Today is Saturday February 29th. I have to say, I think Google won today’s leap year meme. I don’t know what I was thinking last Saturday when I sat down with my cup of coffee and decided to name my wine blog ‘Leaping Into Some Great Wines’, thinking I had to write that blog last Saturday. I literally woke up this morning and thought ‘I wrote my Leap Year Wine Blog a week too early’. So today I’m calling my wine blog My Leap Year Wine Blog. Let’s say Happy Birthday and Congratulations to all those leap year babies that are finally allowed to drink wine. You’re only 84!
I always try to feature a white wine in my weekly wine blogs, I have a lot of friends that drink white wine. My next question would be have you had Albarino lately?
I bought this to a winetasting in December and the white wine drinkers really enjoyed it. Albarino is a grape that’s grown mostly in Spain and Portugal, however, because of its growing popularity Chile, Uruguay and the United States is also growing Albarino. It’s very aromatic in the glass, with gorgeous aromas of lemon, apple and citrus. If you like Pinot Gris white wine, you will love Albarino. This Garzon Albarino comes in around the $25 mark here in Eastern Canada.
I laughed when I saw this meme, I am really good at drinking wine LOL
My wine of the week this week is a Bordeaux red that’s a great value…
when I tasted this wine last night for the first time, I said to my friend Joanne from the NSLC, “That’s a big wine for the price point”. A Bordeaux red wine is always a blend and this is a delicious blend of 70% Merlot, and 30% Cabernet Sauvignon. I bought another bottle because I think I’m going to have a steak tonight, and this is a great steak wine. As you can see, I have the 2016 vintage, which is very tasty now, however you can store it and drink it in years to come. Full-bodied, fruit forward with some woody and spicy notes. Hard to believe this wine is only $18.99 a bottle. A very tasty Bordeaux for under $20.
Have a great weekend
Darlene
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