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Wine of the Week: Buronfosse Crémant Du Jura

January 27, 2016 in wine by traveleatlove | 1 comment

As our close friends have started having kids, our nights out have turned into fun, casual, and cozy brunches in. It’s become one of my favorite things to do; there’s lots of great food, play time, and of course bubbly.

Our latest brunch was a real feast, with Irish bacon and blood pudding, a delicious egg strata, scones, fruit, veggies, and this sparkling wine from Jura. This Buronfosse Crémant du Jura was new to me and the perfect brunch bubbly. Vibrant, bright, and festive, it offers notes of raspberry and toasted almond pastry, a tiny bit of sweetness on the finish, but not too much at all. Get togethers where everyone brings a bottle often result in some delicious wine discoveries!

Tags: brunch, bubbly, Cremant, Jura, sparkling wine, wine

Wine of the Week: Martorana Family Winery 2014 Dry Rosé of Zinfandel

January 20, 2016 in Tasting Room Series, Travel, wine by traveleatlove | 1 comment

Rosé is always in season in this house. While I curse the weather outside, I can sit by the fire with a glass of summer, cozy, warm, and dreaming of boating and wine country. It doesn’t hurt that Rosé is so good with food. This past long weekend we made tuna steaks with a delicious ginger sesame sauce (recipe to come) and I thought a bottle from the Dry Creek Valley would be a nice throwback to our last visit to Sonoma County.

This 2014 Martorana Family Winery Rosé of Zinfandel was the perfect pairing for the tuna. Dry, with lots of fresh mineral/stone notes and a hint of strawberry, for me this was the perfect style of Rosé. Not only was it delicious, but it went really well with the hearty tuna steaks and the spice and saltiness of the marinade.

The wine also brought back great memories of visiting their friendly tasting room on a scorching hot late summer day, a day where we also visited Truett Hurst for a glass of wine by the river. Bliss.

For other Dry Creek Valley wine posts:

Lambert Bridge Winery

Amista Vineyards

Dry Creek Valley (a VERY old post!)

Tags: Dry Creek Valley, Healdsburg, Sonoma County, Travel, wine, wine of the week, wine tasting

Win Tickets to the Boston Wine Expo

January 11, 2016 in wine by traveleatlove | 16 comments

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

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