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Confidencial Tinto Reserva 2015 A Great Buy from Portugal

March 21, 2020 • Carol Wilcox • Best Portuguese Wine Under $20 • Blog • Casa Santos Lima • Food and Wine • Food Wine Pairing • Portugal • Portuguese Red Wine • Portuguese Wine Tasting • Portuguese Wines • Red Wine • Red Wine Blend • Southwest Wine Guide • Southwestwineguide.com • Touriga Nacional • Wine • Wine Blends • Wine Blogger • Wine Lovers • Wine Review • Wine Story • Wine Tasting • Wine Writer • Wines from Portugal

Confidencial Reserva Tinto Red is a full-bodied red blend wine from Portugal. It's also a great buy currently at $6.99 at Costco and just a few dollars more at other wine retailers.

It's a well-structured wine that pours deep red in the glass. The grapes creating this blend are Touriga Nacional, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon and Tinta Roriz. Touriga Nacional is a low yielding grape used in port wine. But over the last few years, this versatile grape has been used to create complex Portuguese wine blends.

Victor Vineyards Roadside Red Wine Review

February 22, 2020 • Carol Wilcox • California Wine • California Wines • Food and Wine • Lodi • Lodi Wine • Lodi Wine Country • Red Wine • Red Wine Blend • Roadside Red • Small Batch Wines • Southwest Wine Guide • Southwestwineguide.com • Victor Vineyards • Victor Vineyards Roadside Red • Wine • Wine Blends • Wine Blogger • Wine Review • Wine Story • Wine Writer • Winemaker • winereviewonline

Victor Vineyards Roadside Red is a zinfandel-based red blend wine. It has a beautiful red color in the glass with juicy berry and spice aromas on the nose. On the palate, there are bursts of dark cherry and berries with hints of toasted oak. The finish is smooth and long.

Visiting Japan? Try an Edo-style sushi tour with an expert Interpreter

September 25, 2019 • Carol Wilcox • Blog • Destinations • Edo-Style • Food and Wine • Guest Post • Guest Writer • Japan • Japanese Travel • PossiblePoursBlog • Restaurants • Southwestwineguide.com • Sushi • SushiUniversity • Tokyo • Tourism • Travel • Travel & Tourism

Are you planning a trip to Japan? Many visitors to our country wish to experience the cuisine of Edo-style sushi, but don't speak Japanese. We provide an interpreting service “sushiuniversity” to help tourists in Japan who do not speak Japanese, but wish to enjoy traditional Edo-style sushi in the Tokyo area.

Wine Review - Mount Edward TED Pinot Noir 2017

September 24, 2019 • Carol Wilcox • Blog • Guest Post • Guest Writer • Lisa Johnston • Mount Edward Wine • New Zealand Wine • Pinot Noir • Pinot Noir Wine • Red Wine • Southwestwineguide.com • Wine • Wine Blogger • Wine Review • Wine Story • Wine Writer

This is soft, and velvet and as elegant as the label is eye catching. Ripe cherry and plum fruit, fresh and juicy, jostles with gentle oak and all this is brought together with a pinch of thyme. It is a bright and vivacious wine that needs no additional accompaniment to make it shine.

Wine Review - OVR Old Vine Rosé 2018

July 28, 2019 • Carol Wilcox • Best Rosé Wines • Blog • California Wine • California Wines • Food and Wine • Food Wine Pairing • PossiblePours.com • PossiblePoursBlog • Rosé • Rosé Wine • Small Batch Wines • Small Lot Wines • Southwest Wine Guide • Southwestwineguide.com • Summer Wines • Wine • Wine Blogger • Wine Review • Wine Story • Wine Tasting • Wine Writer • Winemaker • Winery

The wine is pale pink in the glass with extremely mild aromas of pear, lemon and grass. On the palate, the wine is tart with plenty of acidity and minerality. The finish is smooth, long, dry and creamy. This California Rosé was aged in neutral oak for 3 months with weekly lees stirring. The grapes included in this wine were hand-picked from some of the oldest vines in California.