Glögg
Glögg = A Swedish/Scandanavian mulled wine drink.
Brought to us by one of our Continuing Education participants (no names, we promised!), how about a glass of Glögg this fall/winter?
A delicious, warm port wine based drink, the warmth and spices bring the heat on a cold night. (Be sure to serve the raisins too!)
You can find all of our recipes on our recipes page.
Vin chaud 2” by Clément Petit – originally posted to Flickr as Un bon verre de vin chaud. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Commons.
You know how it goes, bottling day is quickly approaching and you have the bottles but, they have someone else’s labels on them. What to do? Well, everyone has their goto formula for getting off those really gooey labels. I did some research and I found some really weird suggestions. I first checked out everyone’s favorite, Pinterest. There are more methods than wine varieties. The craziest was a person who coats the label with peanut butter and then washes the whole mess off.
I continued on my quest and I found this article from Popular Mechanics, this is a real test of common methods to remove labels. Give this article a read, it’s a short read, and judge for yourself.
Marty
It’s Christmas in July
(We know… we’ve just hit summer)
BUT: If you want to be able to give wine for the holidays this year AND you want your recipient’s to be able to drink your wine right away, NOW’s the time to put up a kit!
To help, we’ve got a couple of things to share:
1) We’re ready!
We have recently received two large orders from both Winexpert and Cellar Craft and we’ve got something for everyone. Just some of what’s come in:
| Reds |
Whites |
Fruits |
| Nebbiolo (Barolo) |
Riesling |
Green Apple Riesling |
| Amarone |
Pinot Grigio |
Pomegranate Zinfandel |
| Château Du Pays |
Chardonnay |
Cranberry Malbec |
| Rosso Fortissimo |
Piesporter |
Black Cherry Pinot Noir |
2) We’ll help!
During the month of July, if you put up two kits, we’ll take 5% off the price of your two kits. A third kit will give you 10% off of your kits (or any additional kits).
3) We’ve got something new!
We’ve got three new wines for you:
- World Vineyard – Pink Moscato
- Light and refreshing on the palate with flavors of fresh strawberry, raspberry and cherry.
- Eclipse – Forza
- Deep ruby color with aromas of plum, smoke and spice. Rich flavors of dark fruit, chocolate and cedar with lingering oak and a firm long finish.
- Showcase – Sonoma Vally Cabernet Sauvignon
- This replaces the Showcase Red Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon
Remember, you can keep up to date with what’s happening at Wines By Design by signing up for our newsletter on our Contact page.
Just a quick note to let you know that we’ll be closed Saturday, July 4th.
Enjoy your holiday and have a safe and happy Fourth of July!
Moscato + Strawberry Lemonade = ANOTHER delicious summer drink!
How about a glass of cold lemonade on one of those hot summer days? Lemonade is great whether you’re at a picnic, a backyard barbecue, sitting by the water, or out on a boat.
Moscato, along with lemonade, combine to make a wonderfully refreshing summer-time drink.
You can find all of our recipes on our recipes page.
Strawberry Moscato Lemonade
2015-05-21 05:41:22
Another delicious and refreshing summer drink
- 1 Bottle of Moscato Wine
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup of water
- 1 pint fresh strawberries
- 1 cup fresh lemon juice
- Make a simple syrup by combining the sugar with 1 cup of water in a saucepan. Place over medium heat and heat until the sugar is completely dissolved. Let cool.
- Once the simple syrup has cooled, puree strawberries in a blender.
- In a large pitcher, combine strawberry puree, simple syrup and lemon juice.
- Add 4 cups of Moscato Wine.
- Serve over ice. If desired, garnish with fresh strawberries and lemon slices.
- You don't have to stop with strawberries! Try peaches, oranges, pineapples, whatever's in season!
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Port wine
We are now able to order ports and dessert wines for the upcoming season. However, we’d like your help in building our order.
Please review the list of this years ports and give us a hint of whether or not you’d like to put one of the dessert wines up!
No financial commitments, but we’ll reserve one for you, email you when it comes in, and hold it for you for up to 30 days!
To reserve a port/dessert wine, please visit the 2015 Ports are Coming reservation page.
We need to know before May 27, 2015, so please let us know as soon as possible!
