Thirsty Thursday: Gloria Ferrer Blanc de Noirs

Here's a wine that's made from red grapes -- one of my favorites to be exact -- Pinot Noir! Our friends at Gloria Ferrer in Sonoma, California score big points with this wine! Pair this lovely sparkler with darker meats suck as lamb, beef and duck. 

Tasting Notes (via Gloria Ferrer)

Bright strawberry and black cherry aromas with subtle vanilla highlights. Creamy cherry, lemon and cola flavors combine with a lush palate, small, lively bubbles and a persistent finish.

Price: $22.00

Thirsty Thursday: Biltmore Reserve Pinot Noir Russian River Valley (2010)

We're coming up on the holiday season and we have quite of few of our fabulous favorites that we'll be sharing with you in the coming weeks. Call me crazy but I had no idea that the gorgeous Biltmore Estate sold wine! Their pinot noir is absolutely to die for! With lovely aromas of strawberries, raspberries, vanilla and oak, this is will be a sure fire hit with company over the holiday season. Cheers!!!!

Price: $24.99

Thursday's Wine: Codorniu Brut Pinot Noir Rose

Today's wine is an excelent choice! Aromas of raspberry and strawberry waft past your nose and tastes of red cherries. It's delightfully light and guess what? It's fizzy, too! Another happy wine for the masses. Serve it with seafood, as an appertif or greet your guests at the door with it for at the start of your dinner party.

Price: $12.00 and up



Thursday's Wine: Wine Choices for Easter and Passover

One of our absolute Easter favorites! Rutz Cellars 2005 Maison Grand Cru Pinot Noir is a fantastic wine to serve with your Easter lunch or dinner. From the Russian River Valley, this wine has aromas and flavors of cherry, raspberries and spices. Dry and earthy with but has a silky smooth finish.

Price: $25.00-$30.00

Recommended by Food and Wine, the 2003 Bartenura Moscato d'Asti is a lovely wine for Passover. It's light, sweet and slightly fizzy. Also doubles as a perfect apertif.
Price: $12.00

Thursday's Wine: Cuvee Rose Brut Laurent-Perrier

In honor of Valentine's Day, today's wine is the Cuvee Rose Brut by Laurent-Perrier. This is a tasty aperitif and perfect for pairing with different types of foods. Clean and crisp to the nose. Tastes of strawberries, black currants, red berries and blackberries. 

Price: $60.00 and up

Thursday's Wine: 2007 TAZ Vineyard Pinot Noir {Santa Barbara County}

Believe it or not, this cranberry and rasberry flavored  pinot noir from Santa Barbara County has an interesting history.  The winegrower, Bob "Taz" Steinhauer, earned his nickname because of his resemblance to the Looney Tunes character. 

 TAZ

Price: $17.00

Thursday's Wine: 2008 Pinot Noir Russian River Valley Pleasant Hill Vineyard

High-toned nose of bing cherry cola, soy and asian spice, and bergamot. Luxurious mouthful of dark cherry and blackberry with a touch of baker’s chocolate on the finish.

Pair with anything not too spicy -- roast meats, cold cuts, grilled vegetables, pasta. Cheese, nuts, and fruit after a meal or -- add some crusty bread -- as a meal.

Price: $45.00

Today's Wine: Pinot Noir

 

As the week grows to a close I was thinking of some of my favorite wines (and there are alot of them!), so I decided to talk about Pinot Noir. Pinot noir grapes are grown around the world, mostly in the cooler regions, but the grape is chiefly associated with the Burgundy region of France. Today's wine is Rutz Pinot Noir French Cuvee 2005.  With black cherry and berry tinged with notes of tea, spice and clove. Medium-bodied and richly textured in the mouth, this wine brings layered flavors of cola, clove, cedar and chocolate to accompany its earthy black and red fruit flavors. Priced under $35.00