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You Had Me At Merlot

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Do you often find yourself in the wine aisle of LCBO debating between the bottle with the cutest label versus the one with the higher alcohol content? Believe me, I used to be the same. I figured out pretty quickly in my adult life (am I an adult???) that you kind of need the most basic knowledge of wine and the different varieties of grapes to at least seem like you have your life together. Don't get me wrong, if I could show up to every party or event with a case of beer for the host I would. But this is downtown Toronto and you best believe I'm not hauling a six pack of tall boys across town. This is where wine comes in. It's relatively light, fits in my purse, and comes off kind of classy when I present it to my friends/family as a thoughtful gift. Sidenote: I usually grab a bottle for around $15 but they always think I spent more (suckers). Anywho, the one thing I have learned is not every wine is the same. Actually, most of them are entirely different. So know
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Everything Happens for a Riesling

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White wine AKA my drink of choice from June-September ( cause hot weather makes me think red wine is trash ) White wine, where do I start? It is super casual and easy to drink a bottle of without staining your teeth and your fav white tee red. It pairs like, really well, with creamy dishes and being the carb-addicted Italian that I am, I love a good shrimp fettuccine alfredo paired with a nice bottle o white. So is Riesling and Chardonnay basically the same? Oh my gosh, my sweet child, no . If you are instructed to bring a dry bottle of white wine to the party and you roll in with a bottle of Riesling, expect to get some seriously shady looks from the real live adults who expected better from you. So here is a quick lil run-down of white wine so you stop disappointing everyone in your life and actually show up prepared to a dinner party. Chardonnay : When talking about types of white wine, the first that comes to mind is often Chardonnay. It is one of the most popu
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Red Red Wine

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Neil Diamond said it best, "Red, red wine, Go to my head Make me forget that I Still need her so" Red wine does have a habit of getting into one's mind and making them forget, or just making their face blush and want to tell all their secrets. P.S if you think that's a Bob Marley's song you are banned from this blog...just leave. Red wine is God's greatest gift to humans. It is adult juice that makes gatherings of people much more bearable. It is also a bomb gift to literally anyone. Housewarming gift? Yup! Birthday present? Uh-huh! New Baby? Get that mama some wine! So, what kind of wine is best? Don't they all taste the same? The answer is no. Do they all give us epic wine mouth and turn our pearly whites red? Yup. Drum-roll for the briefest run down of red wine ever. Cabernet Sauvignon  – Full-bodied with herbal notes. Dense, purple-black, jammy and tasting of currants and black cherries. Thick and ripe, layered with expensiv
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