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Wine Harlots Spring Fling in Spain and France

“We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.” ― Anaïs Nin I’m in Spain as I write this, embarking on a twenty-six day wine odyssey beginning with Penedés and Priorat as a guest of Freixenet, a few days in Barcelona with gin and tonics, Gaudi and European professional basketball. The [...]

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Crios Torrontes 2012

photograph of a breath of fresh spring air a glass of Crios Torrontes dry white wine from Argentina

“Once I knew only darkness and stillness… my life was without past or future… but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living.” — Helen Keller Tired of winter weather? The darkness, stillness and cold still enveloping you, [...]

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Give a Kickstart to Entrepreneurs: Worthy Kickstarter Projects to Fund

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“You have to speak your dream out loud” – Kelly Corrig Wine Harlots are huge fans of Kickstarter, a new way to fund projects by crowdsourced funding. We’ve told you about the successfully funded products the wine rack STACT and the Mason Cocktail Shaker. Today we have three more worthy of your consideration for funding. [...]

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Wine Glasses from Hollow Chocolate Easter Bunnies

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Here comes Peter Cottontail right down the bunny trail…” — Beatrix Potter Run out of wine glasses this Easter? Try this whimsical life-hack from my friend Beth Smith of Traveling Wine Chick. Lobotomize a hollow Easter Bunny and pour in your favorite tipple. Wine Harlots suggest Port, but feel free to use whatever suits your fancy! photo credit: Elizabeth [...]

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Paul Cheneau Rosé Cava

Cards Against Humanity and Paul Cheneau Rose Cava

“Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.” ― Mae West There’s no evil in the Paul Cheneau Rosé Cava, it’s an affordable, delicious sparkler with subtle flavors of raspberries. It’s a best buy and it’s a crowd pleaser. It was what I was quaffing last weekend when I was getting my ass [...]

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Dashwood Sauvignon Blanc 2011

photograph of New Zealand's Dashwood Sauvignon Blanc with a glass of white wine in from of bamboo fronds and a bamboo screen

“All we need, really, is a change from a near frigid to a tropical attitude of mind.” — Marjory Stoneman Douglas Drinking the Dashwood Sauvignon Blanc will change your attitude to a tropical mindset. It’s a refreshing glass with flavors or limes and grapefruit with bracing acidity. It’s still has the same qualities as the [...]

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Steven Kent Winery LOLA 2011

photograph of the rock star wine from Livermore California Steven Kent WIneries Lola white wine blend

“They slipped briskly into an intimacy from which they never recovered.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald (This Side of Paradise) Lola. L-O-L-A. lo-lo-lo-lo Lola. C’mon sing it. I can hear you right now. Lola. L-O-L-A. lo-lo-lo-lo Lola. Lola is arguably the best rock song ever created, Lola was released by the seminal band The Kinks in 1970 on the [...]

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Château Ballan-Larquette Bordeaux Blanc 2011

photograph of Chateau Ballan Bordeaux Blanc with a wine glass of the golden yellow French white wine

“We must leave this terrifying place tomorrow and go searching for sunshine.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald Wine. Terrifying? For the general public, it can be. So many, brands, so many labels, so many rules, rituals and misconceptions. Like the myth that “Bordeaux wines are super-expensive.” Sure, they’re a few grand crus that are prohibitively expensive, but [...]

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TSA Approves Corkscrews on Planes. Now Citizens Demand Access to Wine Bottles.

color photograph of a pulltex pulltap wine key corkscrew wine bottle opener in red crimson bordeaux

The United States Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced yesterday new guidelines that will allow corkscrews on domestic flights in the United States, effective April 25, 2013. As delighted as the Wine Harlots are about the new regulations (as wine keys are de rigueur for any self-respecting oenophile, we inadvertently have had many, many [...]

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Jean-Luc Colombo Cape Bleue Rosé 2012

bottle shot of a flamingo pink rose wine from the South of France

“See how the sacred old flamingoes come, Painting with shadow all the marble steps: Aged and wise, they seek their wonted perches Within the temple, devious walking, made To wander by their melancholy minds.” William Butler Yeats Anytime it’s sunny and warm, rosé wines always are an easy choice to quaff. It’s been spring verging [...]

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