This wine is a medium bodied dry Cabernet Sauvignon from the central valley of Chile. This Cabernet a fruity and complex nose of cherries and blackberries. On the palate, it’s refreshing acidity, fleshy tannin, and broad texture precede a short finish. The color of the wine is a deep, garnet-red at the center which fades
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Rosatello Rosso Sweet Red from Italy
I have had many sweet reds and to me most of them have come across tasting something like the cough syrup my mother gave me as a child, very sweet and sticky. I was very pleasantly surprised by this Rosso. This Rosatello Rosso is sweet (but not too sweet) and easy to drink, it is
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Las Rocas Garnacha
Las Rocas Garnacha is a vibrant red wine with aromas of rich dark red cherry and blackberry. The flavors blackberries, cherries and a hint of chocolate. This is a Spanish wine produced in the tiny town of Miedes about 55 miles North of Madrid in the Zaragozn providence. Founded in 1962 as a grower’s co-op,
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Saturday Suprise
Saturday night my wife says she saw a recipe on TV and is going to try it on us for dinner. This really excited me. She is a very good cook and quite creative. So using the left overs from taco night on Friday, she created this. Crescent rolls laid out in a circle and
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Inspired by the Theme Second Chance- Monthly Wine Writing Challenge #22
I have been trying to figure out a way to store my wine that is out of the way and out of view. In thinking about this month’s theme for the Monthly Wine Writing contest, I had a light bulb idea. We have this in expensive cabinet we have used to store many items over
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Hippos, Giraffes and Snakes….Oh My, The San Antonio Zoo
It is Christmas break, the kids are out of school and thanks to El Nino the weather in Texas is near 80 in December. Right you go to the zoo. We packed up the car and headed off, I must say that for a change traffic was not bad on a Saturday afternoon for once.
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Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas from Food, Wine, Beer, Travel
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2014 Passaggio Barbern Rose’
I will start by saying that this may be my favorite rose’ ever. While Rose’ is not my go to style of wine, the Barbern Rose’ is clean, crisp. . The scents of rose petals and tropical flowers builds expatriation to your nose. Then the flavors of strawberry, rhubarb, cranberry and orange deliver on the
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Green Earth Pan by Ozeri …Really Cool Pan!!
I got the 8 inch pan in apple green to match my wife’s other kitchen stuff. In the box you get the pan and a protector to use when storing to prevent the non-stick surface from scratches. You also get a user guide with instruction for seasoning and cleaning the pan to ensure long life.
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Alamos Malbec
This Alamos wine is an inky opaque dark red color with ruby red streaks going out to a deep-pink color at the rim. Several pungent notes jump out at you, but mainly black fruit tones of crushed black cherries, warm blueberry cobbler, spices, licorice, pepper, mocha and chocolate. This wine makes an entranc e with
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