{"id":4721,"date":"2018-10-22T21:01:23","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T02:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecorkscrewconcierge.com\/?p=4721"},"modified":"2018-10-22T21:12:48","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T02:12:48","slug":"thanksgiving-villa-maria-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecorkscrewconcierge.com\/2018\/10\/thanksgiving-villa-maria-wine\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcoming Fall, Thanksgiving & More with Villa Maria Wine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Can you believe it\u2019s already October?! And before we blink, it\u2019ll be Thanksgiving followed by Santa squeezing down my (non-existent) chimney.<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> But back to Thanksgiving. It\u2019s my favorite holiday as I get to show off my mad cooking skillz and then complain about how tired I am. It\u2019s also a day filled with wine from breakfast to the last football game of the day and everything in between. #DontJudgeMe<\/span><\/p>\n

And just about every year, people ask me about what wine I\u2019m having with dinner. Truth is we drink a wide variety of wines on Thanksgiving starting with mimosas<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span>. Then there\u2019s a \u201ccooking wine\u201d that I sip on while cooking and also like to have handy with appetizers. And then there\u2019s the wine the actually goes with dinner. And if folks are so inclined, I also have dessert wines. Ms. \u2018Hostess With The Mostest Wine\u2019 I am. <\/span><\/p>\n

So when I was invited to go deep into the wine glass and participate in a virtual chat with Snooth<\/a> and New Zealand\u2019s Villa<\/a> Maria Estate along with other influencers, the lightbulb totally went off when I saw the lineup. Sparkling wine, Sauvignon Blanc, Ros\u00e9, and Pinot Noir? This entire lineup would be fantastic for Thanksgiving! The chat was led by Villa Maria winemaker Kathrin Jankowiec along with Mark and Claudia Angelillo of Snooth.<\/span><\/p>\n

Family owned and a leader in sustainability, Villa Maria is an immersion in passion and dedication. The #1 wine in New Zealand and one of the most admired brands in the world, their sole focus has always been on crafting excellence in the bottle rather than trying to meet some corporate objective. <\/span><\/p>\n

And if these Villa Maria wines sound good to you, it\u2019s so easy to get the entire lineup in a discounted pack from Snooth\u2019s Flash Sale<\/a> for $125 (regularly $200) with FREE shipping. In addition to aforementioned Thanksgiving dinner,<\/span>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span> these wines are perfect to welcome the fall season while enjoying the great outdoors<\/span>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

So here\u2019s the Villa Maria wine lineup.<\/span><\/p>\n

2017 Villa Maria Sparkling Sauvignon Blanc, New Zealand ($15)<\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n
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2017 Villa Maria Sparkling Sauvignon Blanc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So I have to say that this wine presented a couple of firsts for me. It was the first time I\u2019d had a bubbly wine under screwcap<\/span>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span> and it was the first time I\u2019d had a sparkling Sauvignon Blanc. Someone describe Villa Maria as the OG Screwcap which was so awesome and so true! This one was a soft frizzante style bubbly which seems to allow the fruit to really shine through. Fresh, crisp and bursting with citrus and peach. Have it with or without the OJ or have it with dinner. Y\u2019all do know that bubbly goes with just about everything?!<\/span><\/p>\n

2017 Villa Maria Private Bin Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, New Zealand ($14)<\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n
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