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Wine of the Week: Schramsberg Blanc de Blancs

April 22, 2015 in wine by traveleatlove | 2 comments

If you’ve been reading for a number of years, you’ll remember our Schramsberg cave tour and tasting on one of our trips to Napa Valley. I recommend the Schramsberg tour to everyone planning a Napa trip; it’s interesting and well done, and the tour ends with some delicious sparkling wine.

Schramsberg Blanc de Blancs Schramsberg Blanc de Blancs is a classic beauty of a California sparkling wine and the first wine Schramsberg produced. Made from Chardonnay, this wine is light, fresh, and bubbly, with notes of citrus and pineapple, along with yummy brioche-y flavors from its being aged on its lees.  We recently enjoyed it at a family dinner that included lobster, filet, and potatoes. This wine is so versatile that it really pairs well with anything, most especially people you love to be around. I hope you’ve been toasting with some delicious wines too. Please feel free to tell me your recent favorites in the comments!

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Wine of the Week: Anna de Codorníu Brut Rosé

February 18, 2015 in Tasting Room Series, wine by traveleatlove | No comments

Sparkling pine wine is always in season, in my opinion. I don’t care if it’s 90 degrees and sunny (Please God, make it 90 and sunny someday soon.), pouring rain on a dark Spring day (I’ll take rain at this point!), or snowing and blustery on a freezing cold Valentine’s Day.

I had the great joy of visiting my family this weekend for Valentine’s Day. My mom put together a feast of lobsters and filets and brownies, and I picked out a pretty pink wine for the occasion.

Anna Codorniu Brut Rose

Anna de Codorníu Brut Rosé is a beautiful and festive cava that is also a great value at around $15.  The pink bottle was just the icing on the cake when it came to this Valentine’s Day wine.

Notes of bright summer strawberry, citrus, and minerals all wrap up in a very bubbly bubbly with nice acidity, making this cava, like many others, a perfect food wine. The acidity made it go really well with buttery lobster but also with red meat, and worked well right through to chocolate brownies. It’s a fun, versatile wine that could very easily become our house sparkling wine.

I definitely recommend an affordable bottle of bubbly in the snow as a mid-winter pick-me-up!

Did you eat or drink anything special on Valentine’s Day?

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Wine of the Week: A Delicious, Affordable Cava

December 10, 2014 in wine by traveleatlove | 3 comments

Merry and bright, that’s the way the season should be, and that is exactly how I want my holiday sparkling wine. It doesn’t hurt when that wine is also under $15. As we settle into our lives in Lower Mills and celebrated our year anniversary in our house this past weekend, we got a chance to toast with wine from Esprit du Vin, our favorite local wine shop. The store’s owner is so friendly, much like everyone else we have encountered in Dorchester/Milton Lower Mills. He always has suggestions on wines and excellent cheeses in the shop, as well as where to get pizza and other items in the village. And he knows everyone.

Mas Fi Cava We discovered this Mas fi cava at Esprit du Vin over the summer when looking for a fun boat wine. I truly believe that good bubbly comes at all price points and from many regions, so it was easy to give this one a shot. It ended up being even easier to drink.

Mas fi cava is from Pendes, Spain (and I am dreaming of a cava tour of Spain someday soon) and is delightfully dry with crisp notes of citrus fruits and persistent bubbles. It is such a festive wine that pairs excellently with food or just with good times. We sipped ours while decorating the Christmas tree in front of a fire and counting our many blessings. This cava would be a great alternative to Champagne on New Year’s Eve and would be amazing with food like oysters and shrimp as well as with richer items like flatbread and your favorite truffle mac and cheese. I truly believe that bubbly goes with everything. No one has proven me wrong yet.

mas fi cava

Happy Wine Wednesday! What’s your holiday wine go-to?

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