Ready for some good wine deals? I\u2019ve got several suggestions for you to consider that I\u2019ve been tasting and sharing with friends. Not only have these wines been well received, they\u2019re also well distributed and highly affordable.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m continuing to enjoy sparkling wines this summer and have come across a couple more winners that deserve special mention. First up is the Livio Pavese Extra Dry Prosecco<\/strong>. This delicious Italian sparkling wine is perfect for a warm summer day with floral aromas, big fruit flavors, a fairly sweet finish and relatively low alcohol content. I recently purchased mine at the Community Food Co-Op for only about $10 a bottle.<\/p>\n If you like your sparklers just a touch drier, try the Banrock Station Sparkling Chardonnay<\/strong> (about $11) from South Australia. It\u2019s light and toasty with plenty of pear and apple flavors and an off-dry finish. Serve it with light appetizers or enjoy it well chilled all on its own.<\/p>\n For red wine drinkers, the Cantofino 2005 Granacha Tintorera<\/strong> (about $9) is a well-priced selection from Spain that\u2019s great for everyday drinking. It\u2019s got plenty of nice berry flavors, good acidity and gentle tannins.<\/p>\n The Spires 2003 Barossa Valley Shiraz<\/strong> bucks the trend of some one-dimensional Australian shirazes that have become giant fruit bombs. This one has restrained dark cherry flavors and a nice layer of pepper and spice on the finish that pairs perfectly with grilled lamb and other barbeque meats. At about $11 a bottle it\u2019s a super deal that I highly recommend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ready for some good wine deals? I\u2019ve got several suggestions for you to consider that I\u2019ve been tasting and sharing with friends. Not only have these wines been well received, they\u2019re also well distributed and highly affordable. I\u2019m continuing to enjoy sparkling wines this summer and have come across a couple more winners that deserve […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-from-the-bellingham-herald"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}