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The Wine Scene - by Jill A. Ditmire

posted: Feb. 04, 2011

Wine Glass Half Empty or Half "Phil"?

Welcome to February. Shortest month of the year. More gray skies than blue. Valentines Day. It's enough to make a sunshine loving single gal fill her wine glass with tears. OK, PHIL could change all of this for me. (As in the Punxsutawney PA rodent, not some possible date on Match.com) However, I am not one to leave my fate to a groundhog so my remedy to beat the winter blahs: wine. 28 days of wine. One bottle for each day at a price that will STILL be less than an hour with a shrink or a Vegas bet on a groundhog's shadow.

This week the reds. Next time, the whites. All available at wine shoppes around the city for $10 or less.

Red Wines:

Le Lapin Petite Syrah- packed with flavors of bold black fruit

Le Lapin Zinfandel- EZ drinking and dry

Le Lapin Speed Bump- enjoy with chocolate

Le Lapin Multiplicity- big and bold

Rabbit Ridge Allure- elegant , rich red

Silvae Monastrell- soft and sumptuous

Don Ramon- crowd pleaser

Wrongo Dongo Monastrell- dirty, dusty, delicious

La Fiera Montepulciano D'Abruzzo- earthy yet smooth

Robertson Sweet Red- Oliver Soft Red from Down Under

Friends RED- peppy, zippy, dry red blend

Colonia Los Liebres Bonarda- bold and lush

Naire Tempranillo- hints of leather, tobacco & earth

Casa de Campos Malbec- Malbec 101 = glass of fun

Jill A. Ditmire is an Omnimedia wine specialist, AWS certified wine judge, freelance broadcast journalist and 20+ year home owner in the Warfleigh neighborhood of Broad Ripple. Send your questions and comments to Jill at jill@broadripplegazette.com
Also on INSTAGRAM @jaditmire

jill@broadripplegazette.com

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