I + M WINE GUIDE: WINES UNDER $25
‘Tis the season to be VERY MERRY with lots of holiday cocktails, Christmas parties, dinner dates and cozy fireside wine with your favourite person (and dogs, all the dogs!).
We’ve been having a lot of fun bringing you extra Christmas content this year to help you get inspired with what to wear, what to buy and now, what to sip!
If you’re anything like Matt and I, we can’t go to a friend’s or family members house empty handed, and a beautiful bottle of wine or two is always our go to (or a fun set of napkins or candle, those are my other go to items).
We wanted to help you optimize your wine shopping time with a helpful wine guide that includes some great options for every budget AND bonus for including some Love Local wines as well - you know we love our Niagara wineries!
IDEA: Why not make your wine shopping even more fun and plan a cozy wine date with your bestie or your hunny and sip the wines at the winery before you buy! I’m all about quality testing…. so really, you’re doing your loved ones or that hostess with the mostess a favour by confirming how good the wine is!
WINES UNDER $25
WESTCOTT VINEYARDS 2020 Temperance Red Blend ($19.99)
A lovely 50/50 blend of Gamay and Pinot Noir. Notes of ripe black cherry, red licorice and strawberry. Fresh and fruit forward, this is a light bodied, low alcohol, easy drinking red. 30-day maceration. Stainless steel fermented. 100% wild and malolactic fermentation.
Pairs nicely with roast Chicken with Herbs de Provence, brie, pizza, grilled meats and makes a lovely addition to a charcuterie board night with friends or family.
WESTCOTT VINEYARDS 2021 Pinot Noir Rosé ($24.99)
A delightful 100% pinot noir with 4 hour skin contact and less than 3g/L residual sugar.
With strawberry, ripe cherry and raspberry notes on the palate, this bone dry rosé is sure to be a big hit this summer.
Pairs nicely with light salads, raw or lightly cooked shellfish, grilled fish and goat cheese.
VIENI ESTATES Red Trillium Ripasso 2017 ($14.83)
This easy drinking wine is a bled of Pinot Noir and Cabernet Franc.
On the nose, red cherry, black currants and raspberry fruit with spices, jam and prune. Hints of smoke and leather on the palate and is fruity with black cherry. Mid-weight with a fine balance, acidity, and very good length. The Ripasso process yields an easy drinking medium-bodied wine enriched in part from the colour, aroma and flavours of the appassimento wine.
ROSEWOOD 2021 White Rabbit ($20.00)
This vegan friendly wine is a vibrant blend of 67.7% Chardonnay, 18.6% Sémillon, 8.6% Riesling, 5.1% Savagnin and is 100% wild fermented and aged in stainless steel.
The medium bodied palate offers lots of white peach, stone fruit and some white flower aromas.
Pairs nicely with salads, chicken tacos and seafood.
N.V. ISAAC FERNANDEZ Biutiful Cava Brut Nature ($18.99)
Translucent yellow-gold. Lemon zest, quinine and ginger on the incisive, mineral-accented nose. Sharply focused and dry, showing firm cut to Meyer lemon and green apple flavors, which deepen slowly on the back half. Finishes long and energetic, leaving subtle herb and floral notes behind
VIENI ESTATES Red Trillium Ripasso 2017
These wines are best enjoyed with exceptional company, good music + great food!
(and responsibly of course)
CHEERS BABES! xx