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LOVE IS IN THE AIR
Snow is on the ground but love is in the air. So pull on your snow boots, trek through the slush, and pick out a gift or two from our Valentine's Day selection. Of click your way to "I Love You" and visit our on-line store.
XOXO -Christy
P.S. If you're reading this in from a warm climate....keep it to yourself. |
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VALENTINE'S DAY SUGGESTIONS
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FEELING EXTRAVAGANT? GIVE A YEAR OF BUBBLES
 How cool is this? Every month, a bottle or two of something bubbly delivered to the lucky giftee's door. Consider it a more fabulous version of a fruit of the month club.
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12-Month Sparkling Wine Club Price: $425
See our on-line store for details. |
THE ANTI-VALENTINE'S DAY SUGGESTION
Let's say you would rather take a vow of chastity than deal with all the lovey-doviness that is Valentine's Day. Well we have the wine for you. It's made by nuns. Actual vow-taking nuns of the Cistercian order.
 Monastero Suore Cistercensi "Coenobium Rusticum"
Vino Bianco 2007 (Lazio, Italy)
It's an orange wine - a wine that sees extended skin contact resulting in a distinct orange/peachy color and the grippy tannic structure you usually expect from a red wine. The flavors are also intensely exotic. The Coenobium offers up peach skin notes mingling with spice and incense and the insides of a church. In a good way. So if you're not feeling the V-Day love, consider this your temporary ticket to a nunnery. No actual vows required.
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 SUGAR & SPICE & EVERYTHING NICE 2-PACK
Sure, pink + V-Day is an expected pairing. Pink, sweet and sparkling boarders on cliché. But how about two bottles of pink, one sweet and sparkling, the other sophisticated and savory? Now that's a little less expected.
Lingot Martin Cerdon-Bugey NV Rose (Cerdon-Bugey, France): slightly sweet, utterly charming.
Nigl Zweigelt Rose 2008 (Kremstal, Austria): a sophisticated, savory balance of fruit and spice that could turn rose haters into lovers.
Price: $39 Buy it. |
 GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE
Not looking for a big commitment? Want to give something nice, but not looking to make a Statement. Pick up this adorable bottle of Hugel "Cuvee les Amours" Pinot Blanc. The name is sweet, the bottle is cute and the wine is tasty - fleshy, like a ripe yellow peach. But balanced by enough acidity to keep it from getting all sappy. It's just what Cupid ordered...assuming Cupid is a bit of a commitment-phobe
Hugel "Cuvee Les Amours" Pinot Blanc 2007 375ml
(Alsace, France)
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A BOX OF HEARTS 3-PACK
Skip the box of chocolates. Give a box of hearts instead. This 3-Pack combines three tasty reds, each with some sort of heart connection, either on the label or in the name. Yes, it's cheesy, but hey, it's Valentine's Day. A little cheesiness is a good thing.
 Noella Morantin Gamay 2008 (Loire, France): A lovely, light-bodied Gamay that balances bright fruit with a bit of structure.
Heartland Shiraz 2008 (South Australia): A rich, full-bodied Aussie Shiraz that proves that rich, and full-bodied doesn't have to equal fat and sloppy.
Audacia Coeur de Rouge 2002 (Stellenbosch, South Africa): Dark fruits, red fruits, a touch of vanilla oak combined with classic South African funk.
Price: $48 Buy it. |
 THE CLASSICAL APPROACH 2-PACK
Take the idea of Latin Lovers literally and give this very classically-themed 2-Pack.
Cos Cerasuolo di Vittoria Pithos 2007 (Vittoria, Sicily, Italy): Fermented in terracotta amphorae, the storage vessel preferred by the ancients, this wine is a throw-back to the old days.
Ageri Semi Dry White (Santorini, Greece): Proof that there's more to Greek wines than pine-infused retsina.
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 BETTER THAN A BOX OF CHOCOLATES
Put a liquid twist on classic Valentine's Day box of chocolate. The Chocolate Block by Boekenhoutskloof is rich and lush and has a namesake note of dark, bittersweet chocolate. Buy 2 or 3 bottles and we'll pop them in a gift box so you can give, yes, a box of Chocolate Blocks.
Boekenhoutskloof The Chocolate Block 2008
(Franschhoek, South Africa)
Price: $33.99 Buy it. |
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Frankly Wines | 66 West Broadway | New York, New York 10007
phone: 212.346.9544 | fax: 212.346.9545
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