Love the Wine You’re With

As many of you already know, I write monthly for a number of
publications across the nation. Whether
it be a regular piece recommending wines, or a cameo spot amongst a national
wine or food publication, my work as a writer keeps me quite busy.

Many times, because I write so many of my pieces so far in
advance, I rarely remember what wine I actually recommended for the upcoming
month. So when the publications are
delivered to my own front door, I always find myself flipping through and
hunting down the wines I wrote about.
Surprised with the verbiage I end using to describe my favorite wines, I
always find myself wanting a glass of the selection at that second.

This month when I thumbed through METRO Edina’s February
Issue, I had just that feeling, knowing that I truly recommended one of my
favorite wines of ALL TIME.

Check it out…

DRINK

February is a lovely month to
share a great bottle of wine with someone special, because love is absolutely
in the air. While a number of wines will be recommended for this month
dedicated to L-O-V-E, I’m a much bigger fan of finding a wine that will
electrify the senses and evoke conversation this particular time of year. The
Numanthia Termes (Tempranillo) from the very small region of Toro, Spain, is
just that wine ($35). The nose gives scents of dried violet, dark chocolate,
peppery dried meats, with a hint of candied spice. The mouth is intense with
mouth-watering blackberry, cherry and stewed marionberry fruit combined with
firm, yet velvety tannins. Ridiculously sexy!  If this doesn’t spark a lively
conversation, you may not have the right date.