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Wine Advent Calendar Part 4

December 4, 2018 Jamie

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We are approaching the end of the CraftEaze Wine Advent Calendar. It has been a fun couple of weeks, but its finally time to finish the Advent calendar. Today, I will go over the wines for December 18-24. Below are the links for the first 17 wines, just in case you missed them. This week we will have a couple of sparkling wines highlighted since Christmas is so close!

These wines would be perfect to drink while watching the Hallmark Channel or Netflix. Here is the official Hallmark Channel Christmas movie line-up. These wines would also be perfect to drink while you work on some last minute Christmas gifts. A perfect quick gift idea that you can make for a friend or family member would be these boot cuffs or this laptop sleeve.

December 18 – Peaks & Tides Cabernet Sauvignon

This is a red wine that can be picked up at Aldi. So with that said it is fairly inexpensive, but also tasty. This is a dry wine that would be perfect to serve with beef, lamb, or poultry. You can smell blueberries and currents with a hint of caramel and cherries.

December 19 – Arosa Sparkling Moscato Rosé

Christmas is only 6 days away! Since it is less than a week away, I felt it is only appropriate to highlight a sparkling wine. This is a sweet sparkling rosé that can be bought at Aldi. The Sparkling Moscato Rosé has a nice strawberry flavor and would be perfect to enjoy while watching The Santa Clause.

December 20 – Villanella Pinot Grigio

This white wine would be great to serve with a nice seafood or pasta dinner. It has a peach and apple flavor that is refreshing. The pinot grigio can be bought at Aldi. This would be perfect to drink as you watch Christmas with the Kranks and try to come up with a way to free Frosty.

December 21 – Winking Owl White Zinfandel

Today is the first day of winter and also it happens to be Friday! This is one of the best Fridays of the year because for many people it is the start of Christmas vacation or an extremely long weekend. To celebrate the start to this long weekend, have a glass of this white zinfandel. This white zinfandel is sweet and has a cranberry flavor that could be enjoyed with a salad or an Asian dinner. You can find this wine at Aldi.

December 22 -Dancing Flame Red Blend

This red wine is from Chile. It tastes like blackberry and cherry and has a slight hint of spice. This wine would be perfect to drink with a steak dinner or pasta.

December 23 -Moiselle Moscato

This is one of my favorite Aldi wine. It is sweet and easy to drink. I love to drink this while working on a craft project. I think it has a peach and honey flavor. This wine also pairs well with Mexican food or dessert.

December 24 -Grandi Mori Valdobbiadene Prosecco

Today is Christmas Eve! Hopefully, you have all of your gifts wrapped and under the tree. To celebrate the end of Advent, have a glass of this prosecco. This wine is dry but is very easy to drink. It smells of honeysuckles and pear. Go ahead and buy two bottles of this wine, because you can use one bottle for mimosa to severe tomorrow at your Christmas morning brunch.

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas!!!!

Wine Advent Calendar Part 2

November 14, 2018November 16, 2018 Jamie

So last week we announced our special wine Advent calendar. With the announcement, we included Part 1 of our wine advent calendar. Today we will go over the wines that are perfect for the December 4 – 10. If you are interested in learning what wines were chosen for December 1-3 visit: Advent Wine Calendar Disappointment.

This week we will focus on 4 white wines and 3 red wines. Once again the wines listed can be found at Aldi, Walmart, or your local grocery store. By focusing on these locations we can find affordable wines for almost every budget.

December 4 – Chateau Ste Michelle Reisling

Today’s wine is one of my favorites! The Chateau Ste. Michelle Reisling is my go-to wine to serve with a nice dinner. It is a Washington Reisling and has a nice peach and pear taste. I wrote an in-depth wine review on this wine earlier this year. You can read it here.

December 5 – Outlander Cabernet Sauvignon

This red wine can be found at Aldi. It has a flavor that can be described as a berry or cherry with a hint of vanilla. There is a smokey finish with this wine. This wine would pair well with a steak or turkey pot pie.

December 6 – Flirty Bird Sauvignon Blanc

This wine has a flavor that can be categorized as melon, citrus, and even green apple. It is perfect to drink with dinner particular a poultry dish or seafood. If you are trying to be healthy, you can even pair this wine with a salad.

December 7 – California Roots Moscato

This wine can only be bought at Target. I love shopping at Target because they have really cute home decor items and I love their bath towels! The bath towels are so soft and if you go after college starts there are some great sales on the large towels. So the California Roots Moscato is sweet and is the perfect wine to drink with dessert. It has a peach and melon flavor. I love to drink this wine while watching Netflix. This wine has also be featured as an in-depth wine review earlier this year. You can read that wine review here.

December 8 – Alamos Malbec

This wine can also be bought at Target. This red wine is from Argentina and is great to serve with beef. It has a flavor that could be described as plum or black cherry with cocoa.

December 9 – Apothic Red Blend

This is a sweeter red wine that you can find at Walmart, Target, and the grocery store. This wine pairs well with pasta and has hints of black fruit flavors (like cherry and blackberry).

December 10 – Moiselle Moscato Spumante

This is a sparkling wine. Normally, there is no real reason to celebrate a Monday, but not today! This sparkling wine is perfect to lift up your spirits! It has a tropical flavor that would pair well with your Monday salad.

Hope you enjoyed Part 2 of our wine advent calendar!

Part 1

Advent Wine Calendar Disappointment

November 7, 2018November 16, 2018 Jamie

I have a confession to make. Today was a day I had been looking forward to for a couple months. I had it marked on my calendar and everything. Today was suppose to be the day that I would buy my Advent calendar. As you may have heard, this year Aldi was going to sell a wine advent calendar in the United States. This calendar was available last year in Europe, and they finally had brought it across the Atlantic Ocean.

Like I said earlier, I had this day marked on my calendar since I read that they were going to be released a couple of months ago. I thought this would be the perfect opportunity for CraftEaze! There was going to be 24 different wines to try! I had it all planned out, every day I would post the wine on Instagram and Facebook and then once a week I would write a post talking about the different wines. It was going to be PERFECT!

Little did I know, everyone else had the exact same idea as me. Everyone wanted a wine advent calendar. Even the special cheese wine advent calendar was super popular. My friend texted me and said there was a line at Aldi when the store opened just to get a calendar. Unforuntualy, each store only had a limited supply. I couldn’t get away from work to go to Aldi because I was filling in for someone else. I thought, maybe if I go straight there after work I will be ok.

So at 3 pm, I went straight to this Aldi store that never looks busy every time I drive by. I got out of my car and walked to the door. As I approached, I noticed a sign on the door. This sign said, “Sorry, due to the limited supply we are sold out of the wine calendar.” So I got back in my car and rushed to the Aldi closest to my house, but I didn’t have high hopes. When I got to that Aldi, I saw a sign stating they were out of both the wine Advent calendar and the cheese Advent calendar. I went on into the store because I didn’t want to be that crazy person that got to the door twice and turned around.

I texted my fiancee when I got into Aldi and told him all about the saga in trying to find the calendar. He immediately looked online and found several calendars being sold on eBay, but they were over $150. I don’t know about you, but that’s way too expensive for me!

So I was feeling a little defeated that I wasn’t able to pick up the Aldi wine Advent calendar. I was thinking that I would just have to buy either a chocolate Advent calendar or even this coloring book Advent calendar this year. But my fiancee came to the rescue! He told me that many other people were probably at work when Aldi opened that would have wanted a calendar. Why don’t you just come up with your own “Wine Advent Calendar”? I thought this was a brilliant idea and decided to run with it.

The CraftEaze wine Advent Calendar will be released in 4 parts. Part 1 will be tonight with 3 wines. Parts 2-4 will be released over the next four weeks and will consist of 7 wines. Most of these wines can be bought at Aldi. Even though, I didn’t get a calendar I feel Aldi is a great place to find deals when it comes to wine.

Wines for the first 3 days (December 1-3)

Just in case you are not familiar with Advent calendars, you get a surprise each day during the month of December. I remember having one when I was growing up where each day was a part of a puzzle. This advent calendar will be a different wine suggestion every day.

December 1 – Winking Owl Moscato

This is one of my favorite wines! Back in June, we had an in-depth wine review on this very wine. This is a Moscato wine that I will buy for craft night. I love the slight peach taste. You can find this wine at Aldi.

December 2 – Moiselle Red Moscato

This wine is a sweeter red wine. It tastes like a Moscato but has more of a berry flavor. This is wine can be found at Aldi. In the future, this may be a wine featured in an in-depth wine review.

December 3 – Dark Horse Rose

So this is a wine that my fiancee thought I was crazy to buy. It comes in a can kind of like a soda or beer. It was also slightly more expensive then other wines I have bought at Aldi, but it was so convenient for a tailgate or even going on a float trip. I am not 100% sure if this is always at Aldi, but I found it there a few weeks ago. This rose is a little drier, but I liked it and I preferred wines that are a little sweeter.

Below are a few of our in-depth wine review, just in case you would like to learn more. I have also included a link to our special cherry limeade wine cocktail.

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Hope you enjoy the wine!

Part 2