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And the winner is. . . Erica, with this comment:

“I’m looking forward to going for the first time…. and Opolo Vineyards Petite Sirah.”

Erica, please email traveleatlove @ gmail dot com with your contact info so I can set you up with your tickets.

Everyone else interested in the Boston Wine Expo, please visit their website!

 

The Boston Wine Expo is right around the corner! As always, it takes place over President’s Day Weekend in Boston, and it’s a fun option for spending time indoors during our usually wretched winters. This year’s Boston Wine Expo celebrates 25 years of great wine tasting in Boston

Boston Wine Expo preview

I have given a pair of tickets to the Sunday wine expo Grand Tasting to give away to a lucky blog reader. Are you ready for a global wine adventure right here in Boston? Do you love wine tasting as much as I do?

Entering is easy. Check out the exhibitor listing pages and let me know what exhibitor and varietal you are most looking forward to tasting (Decoy Sonoma County Pinot Noir, for example).

For an extra entry, tweet: “I want to win @bostonwineexpo tickets from @traveleatlovemm” with a link back to this post.

I will choose a winner next Monday morning, giving you a full week to enter to win!

For more information on the Boston Wine Expo, please visit the below links.

https://www.facebook.com/BostonWineExpo/

http://twitter.com/bostonwineexpo

And the blog http://bostonwineexpo.tumblr.com/

To check out my experience at one of the Boston Wine Expo wine seminars, visit this post.

For more wine blog posts, please visit my wine page.

Tags: Boston, Boston and wine, Boston Wine Expo, contest, giveaway, grand tasting, wine, wine blog, wine lover, wine tasting

Winter whites. I wish I could wear them, but with me being generally accident-prone year-round, and with the dirty, wintry conditions of city-living,  they don’t make it to my wardrobe. Winter white wines, however, are more than welcome in our home, and I love to have a chilled, hearty white wine with a roasted chicken or other cozy meal. For recipes, please visit my recipe post page.  Today’s wine of the week, like last week’s was enjoyed at my favorite Galway wine bar, Sheridan’s. If you ever visit Galway, definitely give it a try!

Domaine de Coussergues Chardonnay Viognier

Tasting notes for this Domaine de Coussergues Chardonnay Viognier blend actually call it a summer wine, and while I can see that, I think it’s perfect for colder weather. The Chardonnay gives it a crisp acidity and citrusy notes, but it’s the Viognier that makes it stand up, giving it that weighty mouth feel that I love most about Viognier. Baked apricot and mango, big, forward, ripe fruit make this wine pack a flavor punch with a lingering finish. I loved it and loved that, when in Europe, I am better at trying European wines, where at home we tend to drink a lot of wines from the US. One of my favorite parts of tasting wine is discovery of a new favorite in my glass or a new place I want to visit.

Don’t limit your wine pairings to what other people  might find seasonally appropriate; enjoy what you like year-round!

Tags: chardonnay, Viognier, wine, wine and food, wine bar, wine of the week, wine tasting, Wine Wednesday, winter whites

While visiting Ireland last week I got to visit my favorite Galway wine bar twice. Sheridan’s is a must-visit for the wine lover; it’s the perfect spot for reading magazines and sipping wine alone, or devouring a cheese plate and a beautiful bottle of wine, as I did with my sister-in-law two days in a row. It was so lovely.

Martín Berdugo Crianza 2010 Sheridan’s always helps me to discover new favorite wines, and this weekend I fell in love with this Spanish red wine, Martín Berdugo Crianza 2010.  Once I smelled this wine, I knew we needed a full bottle. It reminded me of a Syrah, with its deep, dark intense fruit notes mixed with rich cocoa and a little bit of spice. This wine is velvety, lush, warming, and really just delicious. It was perfect on a very chilly Galway afternoon, with local Irish cheeses and family. We tend to buy a lot of California wines, so when I discover a wine from a region that I don’t always look to.

This wine would be a really wonderful addition to a holiday party, and I hope to find a bottle under the tree.

Tags: Spanish wine, wine, wine bar, wine tasting

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