Happy New Year!
With one last chance to challenge the limits of fine wine before a fresh start, we offer you a very special New Year’s Eve cocktail. I love Champagne any time, but it has to be in my glass on this one day of the year just before midnight. But what to drink for the frenzied lead up? We chose our 2008 Firá Chardonnay as a base for this bubbly pear Champé. The Supplies: Firá Chardonnay Pear Vodka White Grape Juice Club Soda Fresh Ginger Root Lemon [If you can't find Pear Vodka or want a fun project for the kids, you can make your own pear infusion by putting three large Bosc pears...
Read MoreLabel of the Month: LotM – December
Well, I’m not one to have favorites, but hand-over-fist the best value sparkling wine is none other than Domaine Ste. Michelle. Maybe it’s easy for me to remember since there’s not a million kinds of sparkling wines out there (yet), or perhaps the cheap sparklers are really that bad (which is infinitely true) or maybe its my bias toward Washington wines applied to the sparkler category. But, every year I can’t wait for the Fred Meyer December Domaine Ste. Michelle sparkling wine sale (that conveniently lasts through New Years). So, here I am to 1) officially declare...
Read MoreTooting My Horn
As word spreads, like a cargo ship, its always fun to find words of encouragement. This review references our 2007 Kamari Black Label Reserve! 92 points and an “AWESOME!” What a way to make a splish! Next years goal:...
Read MoreWhere’s Wino? Malt & Vine.
For those following along at home, the rules to the game have changed. In an effort to get our followers out and into the shops that are carrying WineGirl’s bottles on their shelves, we’re taking Where’s Wino? to the real world (in part). Here’s how it works: 1. We will post on this weblog, the name of a particular new retail shop that are carrying our wines. 2. You will go to the shop and take a photo of yourself next to our bottles on the shelf (everybody’s got a camera-phone, right). 3. You will submit the photo to us by email. 4. We will display the first...
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