Ep 258: Wines to Give for the Holidays

Wine for Normal People

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

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2018

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

It's the time of year when we're having people over last minute, meeting clients or friends for a drink, or connecting with old friends who have popped into town. We need wine gifts on hand, in our house! We discuss what to have in a "wine stash"(in all price ranges) so you can grab a bottle and go without going to the shop a million times! One trip to the shop should save you a ton of stress.

Don't forget the bows or the wine bags!!

Here is our list:

Expensive (US$30+)

Rhône: Châteauneuf-du-Pape (blanc and rouge), Gigondas, Côte Rôtie
Barbaresco
Champagne
Burgundy (whites): Grand Cru Chablis, Meursault
Bordeaux: 4th or 5th growths from the Left Bank, Pomerol or St-Emilion from the Right Bank
Sonoma Syrah or Santa Barbara Pinot Noir

Moderate (US$18 -$30)

Good sparkling Spanish/Cava (brands to look for: Gramona, Raventos i Blanc, Juves & Camps, Recaredo)
Other Spain: Priorat, Rioja
Chilean: Cabernet Sauvignon from Rapel Valley and Maipo Valley, Chilean Chardonnay or
Off-dry: German Riesling from Mosel or Vouvray from Loire Valley
Late Bottled Vintage Port
Etna Rosso or Etna Bianco from Sicily
Fiano di Avellino from Campania, in Italy
Alsace, France whites

Inexpensive (less than $18)

Beaujolais-Villages (France)
New Zealand Pinot Noir
Jumilla or Yecla (Spain, Mourvèdre-based)

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0:00.0	Thanks for
0:08.0	downloading Wine for Normal People Radio.
0:10.0	It's the podcast for people who like wine,
0:12.0	but not the snobbery that goes with it.
0:15.5	I'm Elizabeth Schneider a certified Silmaier and certified specialist of wine.
0:19.5	And I'm MC Ice, just a wine-loving normal person.
0:24.0	So it snowed today.
0:25.0	It did. A lot.
0:27.0	It really did.
0:28.0	For here.
0:29.0	Yeah. It's snow today and we did a lot of snow activities starting at 6.30 a.m.
0:33.0	Well, we were up at what, three watching the snow, right?
0:38.0	Yes, that was just foolish.
0:40.0	Then the kids got up at six.
0:41.0	We had to go outside and play immediately and then we realized
0:45.6	we were sledding before turned to sleet. But then we also realized that we were
0:49.0	woefully unprepared because being people who were from a warmer climate.
0:53.3	I actually feel bad.
0:55.1	What, for how bad we treated our children in the snow.
0:58.9	Yeah, it wasn't good.
0:59.9	It was not good.
1:00.9	Put on your flip-flops.
	...

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