
Happy International Cava Day! In today’s episode, Shelley and Phil will taste a Cava to honor the day, celebrate the start of a new fiscal year for the Wine Time Fridays podcast, as well as, taste through two wines they purchased from a discount store to see if they hold any value. You never know

In this episode, Shelley and Phil honor two different wine days! International Merlot Day is tomorrow while International Tempranillo Day is next Thursday. In this episode they taste through a Washington Merlot (with indirect ties to Quilceda Creek) and a Spanish Tempranillo. Happy Friday! It’s Wine Time! Wines tasted: 1 – 2017 Crossfork Creek Merlot $19.99

Happy International Grenache Day! In this episode, Shelley and Phil are going to taste through two, count ‘em TWO, wines made from Grenache! One is from Skylark Wine Company, located in Sonoma, California. The other one is a Las Rocas Garnacha, from Spain. Grab a bottle of your favorite Grenache and toast to International Grenache Day!

Summer is in full swing, the heat is on, and this week we are ushering in the start of Albariño Days, August 1-5, with this classic Albariño from Spain as well as setting up for White Wine Day on August 4 with a Grüner Veltliner, because why wouldn’t we? A big thanks to our sponsors: