I enjoy fine wines. There are two Iowa wineries that I enjoy - Santa Maria Winery in Carroll, Iowa and Prairie Moon Winery in Ames, Iowa. My favorite wine from Santa Maria is Batta Bing, a bing cherry wine. My favorite wine from Prairie Moon is Blushing Moon, which goes down really smooth.
While I love the expensive wines, there are some cheaper picks that I also enjoy. They include Black Swan, an Australian wine, and several California wines that you can actually buy for $6.00 to $3.00 a bottle - Southern Pointe, Blackstone, Tisdale, Beringer and Oak Leaf. Yes, I said $3.00. You would like that a $3.00 wine would taste really horrid, but it's simply not true!
Merlot, Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon are my favs. I find white wines to be too dry. There are a lot of wines that I have yet to try. I like to try a new every week. A glass of wine makes you feel relaxed. You drink it out of a very elegant, pretty glass (I also collect wine glasses.). Wine is sophisticated compared to beer. It is considered an "adult" drink. After all, you don't get a "wine belly"!
I never realized that there are specialty wines until I went into a wine store at the Mall of America recently. At this store I found wines themed after Ed Hardy, Harley Davidson, and Marilyn Monroe, to name a few. There are also hip names for wines - "Bitch", Rhuby Dooby, Little Black Dress, and the list goes on and on. Wine tasting is a fun hobby that I really enjoy, who wouldn't?
Girls' night out often includes wine. Sitting around relaxing and enjoying a great class of wine. Sitting around a bond fire sipping wine is also very relaxing.
I have much to learn about wine, and I intent to further my knowledge, bottle by bottle! lol! :)
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