Wine suggestions for this month!

Wine is the natural accomplice of literature so it seemed appropriate to unite the two in our virtual book club. That said, not everyone is going to like the same thing, so we'll include a couple of alternatives every month for our different palettes.

Our first selection:

Woop Woop's Shiraz is a dry red wine from Australia, here are the stats according to the winery: "It’s deep in colour with great intensity, bursting with blackberry fruit juice, blueberry jam and masses of clean varietal Shiraz fruit. It’s well balanced with black liquorice, pepper and spice giving tremendous flavour and length. It weighs in at 15% alcohol! This wine was matured in French and American oak." This wine should retail at $12.00 a bottle. I've been waiting to try this one for months, I'm glad to have an excuse!

And the second:

Il Prosecco is a white sparkling wine, the tasting notes read: "Clear, almost watery pale with a glint of gold, this lightly sparkling non-vintage wine froths in the glass, but the bubbles dissipate quickly. Its pleasant, delicate peachy aroma invites a taste, and the flavor shows peaches as well, yeasty and crisp, bubbles tickling the tongue even if they're not evident in the glass." I found this sparkling wine for $11.00 a bottle so it should be around that price at your liquor store too. Try adding some fruit for a little extra flair--strawberries will of course work, but why not try blueberries or peaches for a new spin!

All the wines we try here will be available for $15.00 or less, and should be easy to find at any relatively well stocked liquor store. So if we try one--or both--on our own time (while reading this month's book!) and share our thoughts then after a few months we'll all have a better idea of what to bring out with us (or, really, stay home with)!