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Last week in my WashingtonExec column I talked about good bets for Thanksgiving wine. I thought I’d expand the focus here to the holiday season, sharing some suggestions from wine bloggers I read regularly.
Robert Dwyer at Wellesley Wine Press just published a long form piece in his local magazine about wine and holidays. He reaches out to a number of Massachusetts wine retailers for their best sellers and suggested food/wine pairings.
New York Times wine critic Eric Asimov made suggestions via Twitter chat in this column from last week. Joe Roberts of 1WineDude. com published his Dos and Don’ts list on Answers.com.
Jon Thorsen at ReverseWineSnob has a good series called Give Them What They Want. While Jon tries never to spend more than $20 on a bottle of wine, he realizes that many of us want to do so for a gift. So he writes about the more expensive bottles that still deliver good value.
Finally, W. Blake Gray in the Gray Reports suggests books that make great stocking stuffers for any oneophiles in your family. These aren’t reference books, they are stories about the world/business/personalities of wine. To his list I’d add The Emperor of Wine by Elin McCoy and The Accidental Connoisseur by Lawrence Osborne.
I hope this list gives you plenty of wine related ideas for your holiday season. Enjoy!
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