Bolli in the morning

I was going to save this post for Wineblogging Wednesday#53, “Wine for Breakfast”, hosted by El Bloggo Torcido of Calaveras County, CA but then I read the fine print and realized that sparkling was out. As well as rosé, dessert wine and no mixing, i.e. mimosas or other cocktail-y type drinks. Our assignment this month...

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De Martino Malbec ’06 for Wineblogging Wednesday #52

 Today is Wine blogging Wednesday (#52)!! Our mission, given to us by Cheapwineratings.com, was to pick a Chilean wine for under $20 bucks or value reds from Chile as they put it. With the exchange rate what it is now, we settled on a Chilean for under £14 (approximate, but with the pound sinking it might be less now).   At Oddbins...

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Almost time for Wineblogging Wednesday

Wine Blogging Wednesday is coming up once again. I love WBW. WBW is the chance for us bloggers from around the world get to get together and blog about a pre-determined wine. This month Cheapwineratings.com is hosting the blogging event and they’ve chosen Chile as their wine of the month. Chile has been sending some great...

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Wineblogging Wednesday – Alsatian Grand Cru ’03 Riesling

A rural country path, leading off into the wilderness…. …it’s not really that rural but I had to make my urban hike look a little bit adventurous… …just to keep up with all those other macho bloggers who, I am sure, were scaling near vertical hillsides along the Rhine while blogging about this months...

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