Label 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...
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Fanna Wrecked ‘Em’s Player Profile Favorite Beverage : wine – cheap or spendy, I’m not picky, as long as it’s not pink. The above player profile quote is what I turned up while searching for more info on the Derby Girl wine label of the month for November. What I knew: Derek DesVoignes is a winemaker friend of mine (or more friends with Jon, but let’s not get too technical) owning and operating the Woodinville winery Cuillin Hills. Cuillin Hills is a classic Washington micro-winery specializing in Rhône-style Syrah and producing roughly 1000 cases per...
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As Back-to-School commercials have indicated the impending return of students to school, so does October harken the appropriate nature of this Label of the Month weblog entry. I’ve chosen a wine label in the portfolio of the British owned Alchemy Wines, Ltd. Alchemy Wines, from what I have gleaned off their website is a wine branding company that works in the post-production stage of wine to create wine identities, then deliver them to the market place. They are essentially distributors of branded wine portfolios. It was quite a struggle to find anything about this wine or the label,...
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