Episode 133 – A Wine Threesome With a Ménage à Trois Merlot, a Rioja & a Napa Cabernet Sauvignon from Mira Winery

In todays episode, Shelley and Phil open THREE wines to taste through! An easy to find Merlot, in honor of International Merlot Day on Monday, a 100 point Rioja, in honor of International Tempranillo day next Wednesday and another recent #NFT Cuvée Collective #WineNFT drop, this one from Mira Winery! It IS a wine threesome, if you will, and it IS Friday! #HappyFriday! #ItsWineTime! #Cheersing #EasterEgg

Wine Time Fridays Rating System: Phenomenal ?, Practically Perfect ? , Pleasant ?, Problematic ?, Pleagth (Pitiful and Pathetic)  ?

Wines tasted this episode:

2019 Ménage à Trois Lavish Merlot ($12 at Fred Meyer, Coeur d’Alene) ? – 2016 Marqués de Murrieta Reserva Rioja ($46 at Coeur d’Alene FRESH) ? – 2017 Mira Yountville Cabernet Sauvignon ($75 at the winery) ?

For more information on the 2019 Ménage à Trois Lavish Merlot, please visit https://www.menageatroiswines.com/product/lavish

For more information on the 2016 Marqués de Murrieta Reserva Rioja, please visit https://www.wine.com/product/marques-de-murrieta-rioja-reserva-2016/673940#closePromoModa

For more information on the 2017 Mira Yountville Cabernet Sauvignon, please visit https://store.miranapa.com/product/Mira-Cabernet-Sauvignon-Yountville-2017

To find out more about the Cuvée Collective Mira Winery NFT collection, head to https://www.cuveecollective.com/marketplace/wine/mira-winery

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The Cuvée Collective Wine Word of the Week – Canopy

In viticulture, the canopy of a grapevine includes the parts of the vine visible aboveground – the trunk, cordon, stems, leaves, flowers, and fruit. The canopy plays a key role in light energy capture via photosynthesis, water use as regulated by transpiration, and microclimate of ripening grapes.

For more information on Cuvée Collective, future NFT drops and how they’re bringing the worlds of wine and NFT’s together in Web3, please visit https://www.cuveecollective.com

Mentions: Massican, SOUPort the end of Homelessness, Ed Thralls, Longshadows Winery, Drew Bledsoe, Damon Huard, Passing Time, Doubleback, Bledsoe Family Wine, Bottle Joy, Elsom Cellars.

For more information on The Keeper, please visit https://www.elsomcellars.com/the-keeper/

Wines we enjoyed this week:  Shannon Faye Resurrection Red, Barnard Griffin Rob’s Red Blend, Sheridan Vineyard Crossfork Creek Merlot, Michael David Winery Freakshow Chardonnay & Petite Petit, Z. Alexander Brown Uncaged Chardonnay and 19 Crimes Martha’s Chard.

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