Category Archives: Holidays

Preparing Wine for Big Holiday Gatherings

Following up from our post from Omaha Steaks blog post share, we wanted to share some of our own wine tips for your holiday gatherings!

- Have enough wine! The cardinal rule is never run out of wine, so always get a bit more than you expect to use. Make … More

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How to Prepare for Large Holiday Gatherings, from our friends at Omaha Steaks

We’re using the wisdom of our partners at Omaha Steaks to share some excellent holiday tips! The post you’ll read below is from the very useful Omaha Steaks blog, steakbytes.com, where Chef Karl shares his culinary wisdom. We hope you find it useful for your holiday gatherings.

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Categories: Holidays, Pairing Wine With Food
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Gift Ideas: Decanters and Aerators

The purpose of decanters is to bring air to a wine, to allow it to “breathe.” A little air can be a great thing for wines, especially the big, young wines that need to open up. This action helps a wine open up, allows the molecules to start dancing, the aromas … More

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The Wine.com Wine Lover’s Gift Guide

Obviously Wine.com is gift-giving central for wine lovers, but specific gifts appeal more to specific types of wine lovers… so instead of sorting through our entire gift selection, we’ve broken it down to a few different “groups.”

For Him (otherwise known as: For the Esquire Man): Think James Bond Bollinger, … More

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Share your favorite wines this holiday with our friends at the SkinnyScoop!

Pick your favorites from our wine lists and log into the Skinny Scoop to share your favorites!
First up… bubbly!

Categories: Holidays, What We're Drinking
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