What Is Carbonic Maceration?

You know what’s really fun? Doing a blind tasting with your friends who all love wine, but have varying degrees of wine knowledge, and pour only Pinot Noir from regions all over the world and let them think that the wines could be anything. But honestly, it’s fascinating how different…

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Raspberry and Peach Sangria With Mezzacorona

You know what I love about Southern California? The weather is so predictable. Every year like clockwork, mid-May comes around and BAM! Summer is hereeeeee! Summer means white wines, rose, and fresh fruity drinks like sangria! Raspberry & Peach Sangria Recipe Today I want to share with you one of…

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How To Make Candles Out Of Wine Bottles

There isn’t much else other than wine that I love more than a good craft. I love making things, working with my hands and the satisfaction of knowing that I made something out of nothing. A byproduct of being a huge wino is that you end up with a LOT…

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Wine Region: Intro to The Rhone Valley

Who likes Syrah? What about Grenache? If you’ve ever had or heard of a GSM then bonus points for you!! If these wines are your jam, welcome to the Rhone Valley; the ancestral home of these delicious wines! Syrah was one of the first wines I really fell in love…

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Natural Wine With Raw Vino

There are tons of fads out there in the wine world right now. Weird shaped bottles, canned wine, natural wine, but what exactly does that mean? In a world where everything from our food to our shampoo has chemicals that are going to harm us, natural wine makes me really…

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