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Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Tis the season to Encourage (Wine) Drinking

Know some wine loving friends and don't know what to get them? Not interested in the typical "Here's a bottle of my favorite wine" gift? (Not that that's a bad gift... wine will always be enjoyed.. but if you feel like getting creative, here are some of my favorite ideas...)

1) Wine tasting.. CLASSES. Always hear people say things like "I can taste the pears.. and the berries... it finishes a little peppery" and crap like that? Now you can give the gift of learning to drink like every other wine snob!
Classes are offered everywhere but if you google wine class, you'll find an abundancy of them in New York.

2) A personalized wine bottle from winelabel.com:

... ... uncork that bottle and soon you'll be saying "Holly Happydays! I mean..."

3) Customized wine charms from www.wineglasscharms.com:
I don't know how I feel about the little Texas wine charm but you get the gist. The great thing about this gift idea is you can get some craft supplies from a craft store and make your own wine charms!

4) A Winemaking package, oooooooh! Homemade drunkeness!!!

www.finevinewines.com--> starter packages. These gifts start at about ummm... a thousand bucks. Very affordable... if you're Oprah.

5) A wine gift for the golf lover:
OR.... ...OR...

A wine "caddy"... Wine stoppers.... "Wine bar bag". All for under $50. :) That's what I'm talking about.

Happy holidays!

Sunday, December 17, 2006

Sorry for the delay!

Sorry for the delays! Miss Merlot and I have been very busy with the holidays and all. I have about 8 reviewed wines to put up and no time to do all the writing. In the mean time, here are some last minute promo codes for wine.com if you are considering! Just click on the wine.com link on our sidebar and use one of the codes during checkout.

LSDEC5: 5% off any order of $50 or more

LSDEC10: $10 off any order of $150 or more

LSDECCOLL: 10% off wine collections only

-one promo code per order

-not eligible for corporate orders

-customers may use a code more than once

-all codes expire 12/31/2006
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