Ep 020 Best Wines for the 4th of July & Summer Wine Picks

Wine for Normal People

Alcohol, Lifestyle, Arts, Education, Food, Wine, Dining, Grapes

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🗓️ 30 June 2011

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Need some wine recommendations for your 4th of July and Summer outings? Elizabeth and Rick suggest some red, white, and rose wines along with some food pairings and gift ideas. Show Notes: A new, shorter intro to get right into the good stuff Main Topic - Wines for 4th of July festivities and other Summer sippers Red Wines - Pairing suggestions for grilled foods, light reds for sipping, and which red wines to bring as gifts White Wines - Refreshing choices for the Summer heat, some food pairing ideas, and which white wines would go over well at a party Rosé Wines - Not all are created equal… We provide some tips on picking the best rosé wines Grape of the Week - Grenache (or Garnacha): The flavor profiles and a little history on the grape Have you tried a Grenache/Garnacha? If so, join the conversation on the Facebook page Send us questions, comments, and some love on Twitter @NormalWine Drop a comment on the Wine for Normal People blog Dig the podcast? Please review us on [...]

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0:00.0	Thanks for
0:04.7	downloading Wine for Normal People Radio, the podcast for people who like wine but not the
0:08.7	snobbery that goes with it.
0:11.0	That's right, this podcast has a strict, no snobs allowed policy.
0:16.0	I'm Elizabeth Schneider, a certified sill mooray
0:19.0	and certified specialist of wine.
0:21.0	And I'm Rick Breslin, a certified wine-loving tech geek. And today we're going to talk about wines for
0:29.2	summer or the 4th of July. If you are in the United States for the 4th of July, if not, if you're
0:34.1	listening in another country, just wines for summer.
0:36.8	That's right.
0:37.8	4th of July, obviously huge in America. Our independence, we celebrated every year with fireworks. But in addition we also
0:47.9	drink some pretty good wine and we're going to talk about all the different types of
0:51.7	wine that you could bring to your cookouts, you can bring to go with
0:55.7	your foods during your parties, this is going to be a great, great episode.
1:01.0	And don't forget, something else besides fireworks are the sparklers, which we're also going to talk about in the wine context.
1:07.0	I see what you did there, very clever.
1:10.0	Ha ha ha. I know.
1:12.0	Wow. Nurdy, I know. Wow.
1:14.0	Nurdy, I know.
1:15.0	Okay, so let's jump into it.
1:18.0	You know, one thing that in the summertime I think that people tend to like are refreshing white wines
1:25.4	but if you're going to be grilling out or you know barbecuing or whatever you call it from whatever
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