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Sparkling Holiday Champagne Punch

Champagne Cocktail: Sparkling Holiday Spritzer

December 10, 2022 by liz

This is a delightful winter holiday cocktail with pears, cranberries and Sparkling Wine. You can use Champagne, Prosecco, Cava, Crémant or any other type of bubbles you can find—we especially love all the latest Central Coast Sparkling Wine. But honestly, the best bubbles for Champagne Cocktails are the more affordable sparkling wines, that are on …

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Summer Wines: Rosé from Provence, Rioja & Santa Ynez

July 1, 2016 by liz

My favorite summer wine is rosé. Its lovely pink hue and delicate flavor win me over at almost every meal, as it flirts with me from the bottle; I just can’t’ say no to it. It’s as refreshing as a crisp white on a hot day, but slightly big enough with a few tannins and …

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Greek Wines: Drinking History with Elegance

December 18, 2014 by liz

I’ve always been a fan of Greek wines. They’re lean, racy, elegant and complex, all at the same time. Greeks still possess a vigorously old-world wine-making mindset and I, for one, am thankful. You won’t find any fruit bombs here, but you’ll find wines that can compete with Bordeaux’s best blends or nuanced whites from Sancerre, France. …

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Triennes Rose: French rose wine

Is it Triennes Rosé Season Yet?

January 23, 2013 by liz

I know it’s not rosé season. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. I sit in front of a roaring fire as I write this, but I can’t stop thinking about drinking a frosty glass of Triennes rose. I’m thinking about how its soft melon-colored floral acidity flushed down slow, languid bites of luscious Morbier cheese …

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Sigalas, Assyrtiko, from Santorini

Greek Wine in Los Olivos Wine Country

January 22, 2013 by liz

They say local wines, and cocktails, go best with the local food. So what to do when dining at an authentic Greek restaurant in the middle of Santa Barbara county wine country? Go Greek. Petros in Los Olivos is the third of Petros Benekos’ restaurants in southern California, where he serves up high-quality, delicious and …

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What to Drink with Foie Gras: Monbazillac Dessert Wine

July 1, 2012 by liz

Monbazillac is really the great foie gras wine. Neighboring Sauternes (you know it, Château d’Yquem from Bordeaux) is usually regarded as holding this position, but Monbazillac is indeed from the same region as the French home of foie gras, the Dordogne. This region is well-known by foie gras lovers — producing 90% of all foie …

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Rioja Crianza: Tempranillo Everyone Should Drink

Rioja Crianza: Tempranillo Everyone Should Drink

November 9, 2011 by liz

Rioja Spain is a red wine heaven full of Tempranillo. This lovely, russet-colored, medium-bodied varietal excels in all renditions here in its homeland of Spain’s oldest wine region. The Spanish have a foolproof way of guaranteeing what the drinker will get in the glass…at least as far as time in the barrel and time in …

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