I have been eagerly awaiting this moment….without any further ado…
No- this is not a slightly embarrassing article of my clothing. It is…. the Wine Monkey.
It’s amazing, isn’t it? Well- it can be yours. Leave a comment (tell me what your favorite summer sipper is right now) and I will pick a winner on Friday. If you’re not the lucky lad or lass that gets the goods, you can buy one in Los Angeles at domaineLA!
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Camillo Donati Lambrusco
My favorite summer sipper right now is Rose, anything made in a dry, Old World style. And the best of the rose is the Domaine Tempier Bandol!
my favorite summer sipper is a wine sangria with peaches and mangoes. yum yum yum yum!
Sparkly rose!
omg I MUST HAVE IT! I love sock monkeys and wine. My favorite summer drink is Relax Riesling. Perfect end for summer days!
A sauvignon blanc from NZ! I’m not picky…
Oooh, I think sangria is the perfect summer drink…
Sangria is my favorite!
Currently Marsane, 2007
http://www.winepros.org/wine101/grape_profiles/marsanne.htm
Totally loving cava right now
Any COLD Chardonnay! Deeelish on a HOT summer day!
I will go with Fetzer Gewurztraminer, it’s very crisp and sweet, a good dessert wine but also great when sitting outside in the sun. However I am not yet very wine-savvy, my wife is slowly teaching me what all is out there. Even better in my opinion is: A homebrewed American Pale Ale, somewhat restrained on the hops, sitting at about 4.0% alcohol, with very crisp carbonation level. (However any Rye Pale Ale will also fit my needs!)
Kind of embarrassingly, I really like the Honey Moon Viognier from Trader Joe’s. But a Vinho Verde also always hits the spot.
Fuzion is a pretty great red (I’m not a huge fan of red…so that says a lot) and pretty much any Zinfandel rocks my summer drinking list…with French Cross at the top.
I love this Green Apple Reisling from a local winery – well not too local, it is a 4 hr drive, but totally worth it! It’s from Lumina Winery in Wilmington, NC. The wine is nice, slightly sweet and tart, and wonderfully refreshing!
A local blush wine, Habersham Winery Cherokee Rose.
2007 Petite Syrah from Eagle Castle in Paso Robles . . . not exactly a Summer sipper, but I likes me mah reds . . .
Lately I’m loving Wente’s Pinot Noir Rose. After a hot day, it’s perfect!
Prairie Fume by Wollersheim Winery, a local sip near my hometown.
Frontera wine is cheap but it happens to be my favorite drink in all the world right now.
My summer red wine fave is Layer Cake Malbec. I also really love the label ont he bottle of Pinot Evil – the three monkeys – haven’t tried the wine yet, but the label is so worth it!
Mimosa’s are NOTonly for breakfast any more..lazy summer morning..a bottle of bubbly…cold oj…all set for a summer sip
Champagne flute anyone?
best……
nothing beats a white wine sangria… yum!
so adorable! definitely cherry wine from a michigan winery…yum!
Interesting that someone else loves Layer Cake, though my personal fave is the Primitivo. However, while everyone else I know seems to be throwing back Blue Moon’s like they’re going out of style, my favorite summer drink is whatever white Bordeaux we happen to pull out of the basement each night (which, let’s be honest, is just an excuse to spend some time in my 20-degrees-cooler-than-the-rest-of-the-house basement).
PS: I’m digging the redesign of the blog; are more changes a’comin?
Oooo this one is the one I always crave on sunny summery days, Oyster Bay Malborough Sauvignon Blanc. It bursts with tropical fruity flavours yet is still nice and zesty. I love drinking it with goats cheese….mmmm..mmm yum
nice monkey… its brilliant… wont you need all of his friends for a blind tasting?
A nice summer refresher for me is definetly the Gaja Barbaresco Sori San Lorenzo…
oh wait wrong wine….
i think i have been working too much and not sipping in the summer sun enough….
i have been putting a hurting on
the Freixenet Brut Cava Cordon Negro …. at a little over 10 bones, it will not let you down!!
At the moment, anything red and Italian is my favorite. Big robust flavors great for drinking (healthy stuff!) and great for cooking (Lamb, pork and beef, oh my!). It also matches my current language endeavor (Io non capisco l’Italiano), my current diet plan and most of my outfits (stains look to be on purpose XD).
I make some killer sangria that was a hit at parties in Texas!
Now if you only knew my feelings about sock monkeys…