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Review: Sandeman “Character” Medium-Dry Amontillado Sherry

Guess what? We are Sherry fans on this blog. Get us slightly tipsy at a wine bar, and we will never shut up about how delicious the aged, fortified wines from Jerez are. My readers are lucky that The Sherry Fairy is an even dumber name for a website than The Wine Fairy, or else…
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It’s December, let’s all drink Glühwein.

What do you do when it’s dark at 4:30 PM, and you wish it would maybe snow a little, but it’s Texas so it’s 70 degrees and humid in mid-December? Why, drink some wine, of course! If your holiday spirit is lagging a bit, why not pour yourself a dose of liquid Christmastime with Glühwein.…
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Review: The Costco Wine Adventure Calendar (2024)

Update: Costco’s 2025 calendar is out now! Peek inside the box here. Or, if you’re curious about what the wines taste like, check out our archive of reviews from the 2025 Wine Advent-ure Calendar. As every suburban wino knows, the wholesale club Costco can be a reliable source for better-than-drinkable wine at rock-bottom prices. The…
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Two-ingredient wine cocktails to make for the holidays

Ah, the holidays. ‘Tis the season of 12-ingredient punches, smoked and spiced cocktails, artfully strained Christmas cookie-tinis. Time to round up the party supplies. Time to drive to five different grocery stores, clean a bunch of specialty glassware…and oh, where did I put the sugarplum bitters? Okay Martha, calm down. Wouldn’t it be nice to…