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Somm Things I Think About: Pop the Cork!

Pop the cork! Holiday Parties are coming up and we here at Wine.com decided to make it a little easier on you and give you our top 5 Sparkling wines under $20.

  1. Adami Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Brut Bosco di Gica
    We love this wine. Prosecco is fresh and fruity, and definitely a people pleaser! A straw yellow color. Creamy texture, with delicate and long-lasting bubbles! On the nose, it is rich, with excellent fruit, releasing scents of yellow apple and peach, with notes of wisteria and acacia blossom. Wonderful balance and elegance complement a pleasurably crisp spiciness. The palate holds a delicious vein of acidity, displaying a crisp, savoury mouthfeel. Generous, lingering flavours nicely mirror the nose and achieve perfect balance.
    Antonio Galloni’s Vinous agrees with a 91 pt. score. “Adami’s NV Prosecco Superiore Bosco di Gica emerges from the glass with mineral-infused white fruit, smoke and crushed rocks in an intense, serious style of Prosecco I find appealing”

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Wine Cocktails for Fall!

We here at Wine.com do love our wine,  but we also like to spice it up a bit! With so many holidays and parties coming up in the next few months, here are some crowd-pleasing and easy-to-make sparkling wine cocktails. While these are per serving recipes, if you are good at math, you could make pitchers too! Continue reading Wine Cocktails for Fall!

Somme Things I Think About: Which Sherry is right for you?

Sherry is making a huge comeback in the wine world, both as a base in cocktails and as an amazing pairing for savory foods. Although typically considered a wine best enjoyed with desserts and dogged as a sweet sipper for great aunts and English vicars alike, sherry is so much more!   The wine comes in a myriad of styles, from bone dry to seductively sweet. The tricky part about this unique wine is to understand the label so that you choose a style you’ll love instead of one you’ll toss out.

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Top 5 Champagnes for Bastille Day!

It’s Bastille Day! La Fête nationale, The National Celebration, The French Revolution!

I can’t help but think of Champagne on a day like this, and what better way to celebrate than pop a bottle of bubbles and yell “Vive La France!”

Here are my top 5 Champagnes that could have been used to celebrate the revolution!

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Somme Things I Think About: What do I want to drink on a summer day?

Whether you call them “porch pounders” or “summer sippers,” these refreshing wines evoke everything you love about the season — brilliant sunsets, long hot days and backyard barbecues. They are the quintessential easy drinkers and they make everything a little brighter and more fun.

Here are some of my favorites:

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