Now this is what loving wine is all about!
Yummy! I love learning something new about wine. One of my favorite wine blogs wrote about a sparkling shiraz recently and I was immediately intrigued. A what? A sparkling shiraz? Hmmmm. Here’s the link http://thewinewankers.com.au/2013/11/12/sparkling-shiraz-the-perfect-pizza-wine/ So after running around for the past two weeks, I finally got lucky and bumped into one of my favorite wine store owners, Michelle, from Cork and Cow and mentioned to her my quest. Of course she had one in the store, so I told her I would be in on Saturday. It was chilled and ready upon my arrival. That’s right. You have to love your local stores! They will love you back! Anyway, the wine wankers tasted their’s with a pizza and my lovely friend Michelle told me she enjoyed it with barbecue. hmmm again. I ordered a proscuitto and manchego flat bread with mine. It’s fabulous. It’s not a wine I would…
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Hey Conrad, someday you may want to also try a Sparkling Syrah from South Coast Winery in Temecula CA. It is called Ruby Cuvee. We like it so much we had a bottle put on every table at our 25 year wedding anniversary celebration we had a couple of years ago!
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That’s a great wine tip. I’m so glad you guys are also making the style up there and that it is good too! Cheers!! (Oh, and congrats on making 25 years, well done!)
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Thanks for that Ruby Cuvee mention. I am always looking for more Sparkling reds. The Chook is the only one I can really find.
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I love the name. Only an Aussie could come up with that one.
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I’m not usually a big fan on the Australian “critter” brand but “The Chook” is pretty cool. 🙂
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Love sparkling anything! Nice post from MrSugarbears!
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Yes indeed, and I know you two follow each other too.
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Thank you again for this re-blog and mostly for introducing me to such a fun wine!
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My pleasure. Make sure to check out those who visited you! 🙂
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OMG Black Chook is delicious and deadly. Haha, fond memories of overconsuming that particular drop with a friend. Wonderful with pretty much anything on a warm summer’s day.
And of course it is from my beloved Southern Vales.
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Yep, sure is! Thanks for dropping in. Cheers!
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