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Episode 51 – Summer Wines: Two Whites & Two Reds for Under 15 Bucks a Bottle
Episode 51 – Summer Wines: Two Whites & Two Reds for Under 15 Bucks a Bottle

Rumor has it, Summer is around the corner and, in an effort to properly prepare for this most AWESOME season, we have put together four easy drinking wines, two whites and two reds, all UNDER 15 bucks a bottle! If you can find ANY of these, absolutely pick them up and taste them WITH Shelley

Episode 23 – Dolcetto – 2017 Idiot’s Grace & 2018 Pecchenino San Luigi Dogliani
Episode 23 – Dolcetto – 2017 Idiot’s Grace & 2018 Pecchenino San Luigi Dogliani

This weeks episode of Wine Time Fridays is all about the Dolcetto grape, a variety native to Piedmont, in Italy. A week ago Shelley and Phil were not too familiar with this grape but really enjoyed both offerings they taste through, a Pecchenino San Luigi Dogliani (from Italy) and one they found in their own

Episode 009 – Valpolicella Ripasso and Falanghina Irpinia ‘Corte di Giso’
Episode 009 – Valpolicella Ripasso and Falanghina Irpinia ‘Corte di Giso’

In this episdode, Shelley and Phil explore Italy as they taste through two Italian wines, one white, which is probably a varietal you haven’t heard of, and one red. The white is a 2018 Terredora Di Paolo – Falanghina Irpinia ‘Corte di Giso and the red is the 2016 Tenuta Sant’Antonio Valpolicella Ripasso Superiore Monti

Episode 003 – Moscato and Barbera
Episode 003 – Moscato and Barbera

In this episode, Shelley and Phil taste through two wines from the Piedmont region of Italy. Because it’s Moscato day on May 9, they are pouring a Bartenura 2018 Moscato d’Asti.  Then they move on to a 2018 Barbera d’Asti Pico Maccario Lavignone that came in their newest wine club pack from The Dinner Party.