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LYRICAL SPIRITS

April 10th, 2020

4/10/2020

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Oh shit! It's been over a month since I've last posted a wine update. 
I've been so busy with vinyl shopping and organizing, and trying to figure out what day it is during this quarantine, and what to do about my teen's sleep schedule, and how the fuck to go about my day. 

I can't even go out and buy new wine right now, so I'm clearing out the wine cooler. And I'm finding quite the weird collection we've accumulated over the years. 

Before we left Germany, we bought some wine to move to California with us. Wine we were given during various occasions. And this is one of them... 

Blech. 

Okay, not entirely blech... but yeah, a little strong for me. Maybe it's because I don't like merlot. Who knows.
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NAME: New World OverSeas Wines
Variety: Merlot
Region: Chile
Year: 2011
Price: Currently Unknown

My Review: One glass and I was buzzing hard. It's a very strong wine, very thick if that makes any sense. It's overpowering, but it is pretty good. It's drinkable and you do go back to the glass every minutes. 
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Salvare Sweet Red

3/6/2020

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I seriously think I need to re-evaluate my wine choices. 

This. Wine. Was. Not. Good. 

It's too sweet for my liking. Too "I need to brush my teeth right after drinking" sweet. 

Maybe all Australian Wines are like that? I don't know. 

Or maybe it's because yet again, I got this wine at Walmart when I should probably start taking my fancy ass to local spirit or cork stores. 

Could also be, this was a screw top and no cork for me to add to my cork collection, it's missing that extra aroma you get from a corked wine. 

I'm telling you, there is a difference. 
NAME: Salvare Sweet Red
Variety: Red Blend
Region: South Eastern Australia
Year: 2018
Price: $4.99

My Review: Way too sweet. I know it says Sweet Red wine, but I felt like it was over powered by the sweet I couldn't even really taste the wine. Almost like they added so much extra sugar or something, maybe even dumped a whole dang bag of sugar. I don't know. 

The color is pretty though *shrug* 
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Alice White Shiraz

3/2/2020

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Ummm...
Yeah. No! 

Alice White Shiraz invigorates the senses with black currant fruit, ripe plum, spicy vanilla, and licorice aromas and flavors. Since 1996, Alice White has rewarded wine lovers and discover seekers with rich, delicious wines produced in the heart of sun-drenched South Eastern Australia, one of the world's finest wine regions. Alice White Shiraz Wine: Invigorates the senses Aromas and flavors of black currant fruit, ripe plum, spicy vanilla, and licorice.

All that and a bag of chips. I didn't like it. 

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NAME: Alice White Shiraz
Variety: Red Blend
Region: Australia
Year: 2012
Price: $6.99

My Review: It's taken me quite a few days to drink this wine. Most of the time I couldn't even finish the glass. 

Too bitter.
Too thick.
There was something chocolate like - I love chocolate, don't get me wrong, but it was a strange chocolate taste. Like a day old chocolate taste. 

P.S.  Sir Perky Novelty Bottle Stopper can be purchased on Amazon!
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Birthday Vinyls

3/1/2020

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MEET ANDY ROBINSON

March 1st, 2002, Andrew Robinson is twin #2 born five weeks premature. He was born 2 minutes after his older brother Alexander with a very weak heartbeat; we were told the first 24 hours will be crucial and he might not make it. 

Andrew has cerebral palsy and clearly surpassed the first 24 hours and today celebrated his 18th Birthday.

We've had hurdles upon hurdles, therapy sessions, operations, blood transfusions, milestones we still celebrate with glory. Milestones we still have to fight to get to. He's non-verbal. 

Andrew has the biggest smile. The biggest heart 
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you could ever imagine. He is happy at all times.
Nothing brings him down. 
Not even his disability. 

He continues to brighten our day with his fanatic Taylor Swift obsession and his off tune singing (or squeaking if you will) because since birth, music has been his number one passion. 

Andrew's other passions are shopping and going out and about with his family. It wasn't but four years ago, something big happened in our past little community of Temecula, California. We never thought one simple act of kindness would make us viral and give us such a sweet memory. 

So, of course, for his 18th birthday we asked what he wanted for his birthday, and just like his mom and dad, Andrew wanted records to sit and enjoy them with his parents - and they had to be none other than Taylor Swift - his top 3 favorite albums. 

#CerebralPalsyLife 
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Bay Bridge Red Blend

2/27/2020

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Let's go. 

The very first wine review. You'll be surprised to know (or expected) I chose the cheap wine. But hear me out. I didn't know it was cheap wine until recently. I also didn't know I owned this bottle until recently. 

Backtrack - I receive bottles of wine from friends. Most of the time, I just put them in the wine cooler and forget about them. But a few weeks ago, I ran out of my absolute favorite bottle of Pinot Grigio, so I decided to grab me a bottle of something red out of the cooler. I didn't pay attention to the brand, I didn't pay attention to its region, nothing. I grabbed. I uncorked. I enjoyed. 

After almost emptying the entire bottle (whoops) I googled where to get this bottle and was stunned our local Kroger sells it for $2.99. HELL YEAH! 

I mean, really - you don't have to buy and enjoy a $65 bottle. I'm not a snob, I drink any kind of wine. 

NAME: Bay Bridge Vineyards 
Variety: Red Blend
Region: California
Country: United States
Year: (Bottle kept this a secret)
Price:
$2.99

My review: Sweet. But not that super-duper-uber-sweet. It's kind of addicting. So you take a sip, right, and then another, and another... and suddenly, the damn bottle is empty. The first time I drank it I had chili with it, the perfect combo to warm you up on a cold winters day. 
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Try it. And leave me a comment if you like it or not. 

That's the beauty of opinions, everyone can have a different one. 
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I need a Snoop Vinyl

2/27/2020

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CURRENT SITUATION

You know how 'Murica has these compilation CDs called NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC  and they're hits from a certain time (I think we're on HITS 73 now)

Well, in Germany we have Bravo Hits and they started releasing in the early 90s, (April 1992 was the first one) We are up to 103 if I'm not mistaken - anywho, I'm currently going through them because I really don't like most new music. And Snoop Dogg started playing.
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Now I have to convince the hubby we NEED a Snoop for our vinyl Collection.

Seriously - that would be cool, right? 
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I ran out of room for one genre in our big shelf - can you guess which one? 
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Question, what is Love? 
Answer, the same as hate if you're not careful! 
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Hello, And Welcome!

2/26/2020

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WHO AM I?

Hi everyone, I'm Jeanie. Some of you may know me under my pen name Ava Danielle. 

I started this blog because I love wine. I'm not ashamed to admit it. I'd love to admit I love different wines from different regions, but that would be a lie. I'm an Italian Wine kind of girl however,  recently I found an old bottle of a California Wine in my cooler that I'm sure I received from a friend at one point. I braved opening it. I fell in love. 

Which brings me here... to this blog. 
How fun would it be to find all the nearest (and maybe even out of town) wine stores and try every single wine (within budget) and then report on it. 

Others like to mix up cocktails. 

I like wine. 

But wine isn't the only thing I like. 

So I've decided to combine my love for wine with my love for vinyls and at times books. 
Follow me on this journey. 

Follow me as I give you tidbit of facts on each record of my collection.

Follow me as I share stories that might connect me to the wine and vinyls. 

Follow me on this adventure. We might learn a little something together! 
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