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"merlot" Definitions
  1. a dry red wine made from a widely grown grape originally used in the Bordeaux region of France for blending

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This Vintage Merlot Wine Soap is made from real Merlot, and it's available on Amazon for just $10.
Merlot has been yanked out of the liqueur's Bordeaux-like mix of rubired, ruby cabernet and merlot grapes, and replaced by muscat of Alexandria.
That's right, you can swim in a merlot bath, poured directly from a 12 foot merlot bottle before you go to dinner to enjoy a glass or two.
You could argue that California merlot suffered qualitatively as winemakers often used too high a percentage of the grape in their blends simply so they could call it merlot.
Broadside Paso Robles Margarita Vineyard Merlot 2014 $18.99 California merlot may never escape its besmirched reputation, courtesy of the 2004 movie "Sideways," which memorably, and with good reason, dismissed it.
No problem; merlot and Hershey bars are a delightful combination.
I guess anything makes sense after three glasses of Merlot.
"You take a little cabernet, a little merlot," she said.
Bret: If Warren were an alcoholic beverage, she'd be merlot.
Tourists come here to ogle art deco buildings or slurp merlot.
He is a finer merlot than anything I tasted in Napa.
Trevor Strydom is really pumped about the merlot he's just poured.
Grape varieties include pinot noir, chasselas, gamay, merlot and many more.
The restored century-old buildings have bricks the color of merlot.
Her red was also from Sonoma, a 225 Buena Vista merlot.
"You really like merlot" is a phrase that turns up twice.
South Africans can now buy the 2013 merlot, made using rooibos and honeybush wood, on supermarket shelves, and Audacia will soon start bottling three 2014 rooibos wooded wines: a shiraz, a cabernet sauvignon, and another merlot.
For now, I'm sipping Thorn, a jammy-smelling and supremely drinkable merlot.
Charlene, meanwhile, wore a bold merlot dress and elegant long cream coat.
Riedel makes our guide once again with its Veritas Cabernet/Merlot Glasses.
Wine School This month, we will consider a much-reviled grape: merlot.
Everyone is sick of the merlot commentary you jacked from Sideways, anyway.
No fair just rolling your eyes and muttering something about the merlot.
These were both delightfully fresh, the cabernet snappy and the merlot soft.
Merlot is superbly adapted to the region's rich clay and gravel soils.
Chocolate cabernet, strawberry sparkling, raspberry chardonnay, cherry merlot -- you really can't go wrong.
I've been growing merlot here for 20 years; we also have so cabernet.
It includes Sauvignon Blanc, Malbec, Merlot, White Zinfandel, Chardonnay, Prosecco and more. Festive!
Most improbable, Anna consumes cases of Merlot and an incapacitating quantity of opioids.
You get two in a set: one for Cabernet and another for Merlot.
Yet as the popularity of merlot nose-dived, syrah never could replace it.
Wine Lovers kits come in Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, Merlot, and Zinfandel Blush.
Only tourists on their way to the souvenir shop in overcrowded wineries drink merlot.
Suffice to say, the impending "merlot mouth" has become my form of purple lipstick.
But a strict Merlot and chocolate diet isn't the path to a perfect complexion.
The Riedel Veritas Cabernet/Merlot Glasses bring out the best flavors in red wine.
"I'm smoking a cigarette, and they bring me a glass of merlot," Boehner said.
In Pomerol, where merlot is the primary grape, a very different picture will emerge.
I also drink some merlot that I have had in my kitchen for awhile.
Sancerre just sounds more sophisticated than sauvignon blanc; Bordeaux sounds more exotic than merlot.
I tasted from a barrel of 210 merlot that was pure, minerally and structured.
International grapes like cabernet sauvignon and merlot are permitted, and were once common additions.
A terrace overlooks the estate's vineyard that produces 1,200 bottles of Merlot a year.
Or to add what some have called "amelioration grapes," like cabernet, syrah or merlot.
" More on Obama: "I'm smoking a cigarette, and they bring me a glass of merlot.
He began making his version in 2016, using Merlot grapes from his vineyards in Bordeaux.
It can be an awkward order for a pregnant woman: A glass of merlot, please.
Instead of Merlot or Rum-and-Coke, you might find a lot more sparkling water.
The candle's scent is made up of dark cherry, black raspberry, merlot and essential oils.
Instead, we will focus on the most exalted region for merlot in the world: Pomerol.
This way, you can relax with a few bottles of the region's acclaimed white merlot.
It was intended to be the next merlot, a wine with an easy, wide appeal.
Iken-Murphy celebrated her late husband's birthday Sunday at Ground Zero with his favorite Merlot.
What's left is a wine that tastes a bit like a Merlot, in Murphy's view.
Now this doesn't mean that you should start putting away a bottle of merlot a day.
In the US, both speakers will come in graphite (black), blizzard (white), merlot (red), or blue.
"I usually drink a malbec or a merlot," the 33-year-old Athens, Georgia, native admitted.
It comes with a leather charging cover in one of three colors: black, merlot, or walnut.
Meanwhile, I hid what I preferred he didn't see: Me relapsing on cheap merlot in Raleigh.
Wheels of Merlot-soaked Parmesan age in a cheese cave at the Sartori Company in Wisconsin.
So pour yourself a glass of chardonnay — or Pinot Grigio, or Merlot, or perhaps a nice Sancerre?
That's when you should consider more narrative-driven horror games, which pair perfectly with your favorite Merlot.
Cabernet- and merlot-based red Bordeaux's, Burgundy-style chardonnay and pinot noirs started taking over California's vineyards.
They went to a Vietnamese restaurant, drained a bottle of Merlot and then feasted on ice cream.
And Bordeaux grapes grow well on Long Island, making the Wölffer merlot a solid choice for red wine.
You could burn this new black cherry merlot candle all year long as it's perfect for any season.
The bartender knows I'm here for a glass of Merlot, even though this is a craft beer place.
The '15 Rosso Fresco incorporates some of these — blaufränkisch and dornfelder along with merlot, syrah and cabernet franc.
And who the heck wants to watch The Haunting of Hill House sans a nerve-calming glass of merlot?
The name isn't regionally protected, like Champagne or Merlot, though the grape is native to the Emilia-Romagna region.
He set it on the table, next to a bowl of fruit and a half-empty bottle of merlot.
Pétrus, after all, one of the most prized, sublime and expensive wines in the world, is almost entirely merlot.
But thanks to a new invention, those Merlot marks and Syrah stains could be a thing of the past.
You've already had enough Yellowtail for one lifetime, and as Paul Giamatti says, you're not drinking any fucking merlot.
The current owner of this estate is growing primarily sauvignon blanc, with smaller plots for pinot noir and merlot.
The Aney and Moulin de Tricot are both dominated by cabernet sauvignon, grown on gravel soils, supplemented by merlot.
Back then, cabernet franc on Long Island was typically used as a blending wine, supplementing merlot or cabernet sauvignon.
Bordeaux's winemakers, who typically lean towards Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, are testing out varietals from Portugal's torrid Douro valley.
Jessicah, 229, described the latest sibling tensions at home and the merlot-colored dress she wore to senior prom.
After all, didn't everyone kind of believe this is what Boehner would say after a couple of glasses of Merlot?
You just swish it around in your merlot, and it claims to literally suck the hangover out of your vino.
Rotspon's also now made from blends of merlot, cabernet sauvignon, syrah, and the like, as opposed to straight-up Bordeaux.
Each entree comes with its own suggested wine pairing available for purchase, ranging from cabernet sauvignon to chardonnay to merlot.
You should also consider the2 Piece Riedel Veritas Cabernet/Merlot Glass Set and the4 Piece Royal Stemless Wine Glass Set.
The wine list includes a silky 2004 cabernet sauvignon-merlot blend from Brazil, properly decanted from its chubby little bottle.
Widely planted, often in the wrong places, cynically overcropped and overpriced, much merlot, particularly from California, was insipid at best.
Sicilian merlot may have earned a momentary blip of attention, but it was not a long-term path to prosperity.
The le Puy, by contrast, is mostly merlot grown on clay and limestone, with some cabernet franc and cabernet sauvignon.
In Bordeaux, the more tannic cabernet sauvignon could be just the thing to give spine to the often soft merlot.
Among these selections are merlot and chardonnay, seemingly the most mundane of wines, but delicious when carefully and conscientiously produced.
On their Etsy shop, they offer other wine-inspired jellies including pinot noir, moscato, chardonnay, pinot grigio, merlot, and cabernet sauvignon.
Covers will come in walnut, merlot or black and can charge at the same time as you are charging your Kindle.
In that film, a main character speaks disparagingly about Merlot, and since then, the red wine style hasn't really ever recovered.
The wine blend is primarily Merlot and Zinfandel, but what truly makes the wine special is its mission to help veterans.
There is also merlot, though fans of Alexander Payne's 2004 film version will remember a profane line arguing against that grape.
Only in a very few places, like the Right Bank of Bordeaux, can complete wines be made with that much merlot.
It's a blend of grapes — primarily cabernet sauvignon, tempranillo and graciano — with small amounts of zinfandel, barbera, merlot, trousseau and mataro.
The property is home to 0003 acres of merlot, cabernet and chardonnay grapes, and another several thousand acres of uncultivated land.
These grapes — cabernet sauvignon, chardonnay, zinfandel, merlot, pinot noir, syrah and sauvignon blanc — dominate production and the perception of California wines.
" She then asks Corey if he had some merlot with dinner because he sounds "a little slurry ... a little Biden-esque.
The wine Monaco gave me, called "Pepperosso," is a deep red magliocco and merlot mix, made by Spadafora, a Calabrian winery.
There are six shades, ranging from pale pink to plum to crimson with names like Chardonnay Orange, Shiraz Red, and Merlot Burgundy.
The red contains extract from cabernet, merlot, syrah, and petit verdot, while the white is blended with extracts from riesling and gewürztraminer.
Ordinarily, Rubicon is dominated by cabernet, but, depending on the vintage, also has small percentages of petit verdot, cabernet franc and merlot.
These wines, I believe, will reveal that merlot was never the perpetrator but simply the abused victim of inappropriate farming and winemaking.
While Pomerol is part of Bordeaux, it differs in climate and geology from the Médoc, where cabernet sauvignon reigns, abetted by merlot.
Nothing in this world, in your life, gives you as much joy as a decent glass of Merlot does to him. Sad!
At Bourgneuf, the blend is about 90 percent merlot and 220 percent cabernet franc, or bouchet, as it is often called here.
The wine, made mostly of cinsault, with handfuls of syrah, grenache and merlot, smells of berries and flowers with savory, saline edges.
According to the Quintessa website, 160 acres of the estate are planted with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Carménère.
White wine fans can coat their lips with Chardonnay Orange, and red wine lovers have Shiraz Red and Merlot Burgundy to pick from.
Bridge Lane Wine sells wine kegs in five different wine varietals, including chardonnay, sauvignon blanc, red blend, white merlot, and of course, rosé.
For the Merlot-based Bordeaux, listing Cabernet Sauvignon (the other leading Bordeaux variety)—so long as the region was correctly listed as Bordeaux
The waitress explains that the free merlot is "young" and "sharp," and we are flattered that she thinks we can tell the difference.
You can even add your own rankings once you get skilled enough to detect those notes of woodsy tobacco in your merlot.  3.
For Chile, keep an eye out for Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, and for the summer, she likes Torrontés, a white wine from Argentina.
At various times the winery, which produces only about 30,000 cases yearly, has also made cabernet franc, merlot, riesling, petite sirah and chardonnay.
Plump and redolent grape varietals capable of growing here include cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc, merlot, chardonnay, sauvignon blanc and pinot grigio, among others.
This split box contains original Cheez-It crackers and a dispensable red wine blend — 50% cabernet sauvignon and 50% merlot — from House Wine.
Then she sneaked into the pantry and grabbed a bottle of Merlot and put the wine, along with her laptop, into a backpack.
Comparing the two is like apples and oranges — or pinot grigio and merlot, if you prefer — because they vary so much in size.
Next to Ms. Occhipinti's vineyard of frappato and nero d'Avola in the Contrada Fossa di Lupo is an abandoned vineyard planted with merlot.
I ended my day at the lounge with a glass of Merlot from British Columbia — it was the only local wine on offer.
More than 40 wine-grape varietals are now planted in the Yakima Valley, chief among them chardonnay, merlot, cabernet sauvignon, riesling and syrah.
The vexing possibilities are worthy of contemplation over a fine wine: What is Bordeaux if it becomes inhospitable to cabernet franc or merlot?
His ambitious aim was to make a wine like Cheval Blanc, the great St.-Émilion, which is roughly half cabernet franc, half merlot.
Similarly beautiful midnight shades could be spotted at Jil Sander and Max Mara, where the tones had hints of merlot and violet plum.
One of those clips followed Chicago's Amuse 126 who, along with Merlot, put in some heavy work during the height of the storm.
And as much as we love sipping on a tasty glass of merlot, we love how the color looks on our lips even more.
The wines in question are a pinot noir and a merlot from Chile, a shiraz from Australia, and, despite its whiteness, a French muscat.
Styled mostly in monochromatic looks of blacks, grays, tans, olive, merlot, the whole knit-on-knit thing is something we can definitely get behind.
No other winery in Stellenbosch makes a wine like the 2013 merlot Strydom has just poured—nor do any other wineries in the world.
You can pick between five smoky shades, including a rich chocolate brown, deep purple, merlot red, and more, for the ultimate seasonal switch-up.
The dominant grape, merlot, has been an object of scorn in popular culture ever since a movie, "Sideways," so pointedly disparaged it in 2004.
Halfway through, my roommate strides into the room; he, like me, needs The Office the same way other people need a glass of Merlot.
"This is going to mix great with a nice merlot," he said before tucking it under his arm and walking farther down the street.
" He blinked away the beads of sweat trickling down his brow, picked up a glass of Merlot, and asked, "What should we toast to?
White Horse is a play on Cheval Blanc, the great wine from St.-Émilion, and like Cheval, it's made of cabernet franc and merlot.
Crushed cabernet sauvignon, merlot and other grapes in tanks are now fermenting into wines that have earned California a prestigious place among global producers.
You may not be able to pronounce it, but they are a fraction of the cost of big names like merlot, nebbiolo, and chardonnay.
Right now, The Plunge comes in six colors: four core colors (black, blush, taupe, and leopard) and two limited edition colors (grass and merlot).
When Toni Sarrión first started making wines at Mustiguillo in Utiel in 1999, he was experimenting with tempranillo, cabernet sauvignon and merlot as well.
Most people who drink wine probably think of wines in terms of the grape varietals, such as malbec, chardonnay, pinot noir, pinot grigio, merlot.
I play fetch with the dog and pick up poop in the backyard for a bit, then crack open the merlot and eat dinner.
I place an order for the TIEM cycling shoes in merlot and cleats from REI, which is a bit cheaper than the product website.
Like the time in 2001, when, according to Mr. Bruni, at the end of a long day, she mirthfully ordered a glass of merlot.
It's naturally made, old-school Bordeaux, 60 percent merlot and 30 percent cabernet sauvignon, with the rest split between cabernet franc and petit verdot.
It's spicy, brambly and precise, made mostly of merlot and cabernet franc, as well as trace amounts of cabernet sauvignon, petit verdot and malbec.
Yes, I still run into Chianti Classicos that are rich and oaky, tasting more of the chocolate of merlot than the cherry of sangiovese.
As the intensity fades throughout the day, the color still stays intact in a soft, just-drank-a-bottle-of-Merlot tinted kind of way.
Basically, it's good for anytime you want to de-stress, but pulling out a bottle of Merlot or chanting "om" might not be socially acceptable.
What really counts, however, is the show's zingy humor, which can involve coconuts filled with merlot and random jokes about Bonnie Bedelia in Die Hard.
Mr. Bolger offers customers three grape varietals from 22012 different vineyards, allowing them to mix a cabernet sauvignon from Pauillac with a merlot from Pomerol.
The wines I suggest come from beyond the plateau, where the soils may have more sand or more clay but are still hospitable to merlot.
So if you're trying to complete your collection of Jimi's Wines, you might want to stock up on those bottles of Hey Joe Merlot soon.
"Do we have a merlot that has this tart of a fruit flavor?" said Imane Hanine, the former assistant general manager at Corkbuzz Wine Studio.
The blend is 40 percent corvina, the red grape of the Veneto region near Venice, with equal parts merlot and syrah making up the balance.
Sipping on Shoshanna, a spicy blend of petite sirah, zinfandel, merlot and shiraz named after his mother, he explains why winemaking there can be so hard.
The red wine, a blend of merlot, cabernet and syrah, was created to suit sweet, spicy or umami dishes, said Mary Melton, P.F. Chang's beverage director.
And if that is too much as well, at least this toe dip into Pomerol demonstrates that merlot indeed has a valued place in the world.
In between being photographed, artist Merlot sits down with me at a kitchen table, every surface of which is currently commandeered by the day's beauty supplies.
Or it may be that some winemakers have not made the effort to focus specifically on syrah, instead using techniques more appropriate for cabernet or merlot.
"Just as Bordeaux has its cabernet sauvignon and merlot or Brunello di Montalcino has its Sangiovese, Tokaj has its furmint, lipovina and muscat," Mr. Vittek said.
Whimsical kitty-mermaid holders and scintillating scents like black cherry merlot shouldn't blind us to hand sanitizer's inherently medical nature and the importance of correct usage.
The sangiovese requirement did not always deter Montalcino producers, who earlier in this century sometimes covertly added international varieties like merlot or syrah to their wines.
With this dish, I would stick with cabernet-based wines from the Médoc or Pessac-Léognan rather than easier-going, merlot-based St.-Émilions or Pomerols.
The magnets pull the case and Kindle Oasis together to form a neat little slab that sits inside the case (available in merlot, walnut and black).
I washed it down with a mini bottle of Merlot — BA is more generous with its drink offering in economy than a lot of transatlantic carriers.
One of its fixtures was the outgoing speaker of the House, John Boehner, who drank merlot poured from a bottle with his face on the label.
Château Milon St.-Émilion Cuvée Caprice 2016 $20163 A rare bargain from the prestigious St.-Émilion region, this is merlot from a Bordeaux point of view.
PaintNite: The idea of combining Monet and Merlot has been around for a while, but the founders of PaintNite wanted to make the model more cost-effective.
I almost never use the same recipe each time I make sangria, so this one has merlot, brandy, triple sec, fruit juice, and an apple (for now).
That includes a 2016 Saturday Night Live California Red Blend, 2016 Stefon Beaujolais, 2016 Debbie Downer South Eastern Australia Chardonnay and 2015 The Californians Monterey County Merlot.
It wasn't until 1994 that a researcher discovered it growing in Chile, where producers had assumed it was a type of merlot for the previous 150 years.
Whether you are a wine connoisseur or can't tell the difference between a Syrah and a Merlot, Vine Box is a great way to try new varietals.
Twenty years ago, the few commercial wineries in the area were planting cabernet sauvignon and merlot on the flatlands in an effort to appeal to international markets.
Silky smooth and spectacularly stylish, Dead To Me begs to be eaten up with a spoon, and then re-enjoyed with a mellow glass of merlot. Cheers!
Twenty-five years ago it was an entirely different story, as producers in Sicily were betting on international varieties like merlot and cabernet, but tastes have evolved.
Copycat red blends with sexy labels—for instance, E. & J. Gallo's zinfandel-based Apothic Red and Ménage à Trois' merlot-forward Midnight—began to pop up like mushrooms.
You may no longer speak, you could have drifted apart, or you might still be friends, able to meet over a low-key coffee or glass of merlot.
The more than 200-acre Sant Miquel vineyard, around 3,20163 feet above sea level, includes the usual suspects: sauvignon blanc and chardonnay, merlot, cabernet franc and so on.
The 2016 Stefon Beaujolais, 2016 Debbie Downer South Eastern Australia Chardonnay, and 2015 The Californians Monterey County Merlot are all for sale for less than $25 per bottle.
Having a tasteless, colorless rohypnol — a "roofie" — dropped in your Merlot is a pervasive problem for women and men of all ages, yet students aren't taught about it.
Just last fall, China sent cabernet sauvignon, merlot and pinot noir vines into space to see how they fared in microgravity, the results of which are still pending.
Expert winemakers have spent years harvesting cabernet sauvignon, merlot and cabernet franc varietals at the foothills of the Helan Mountains in Ningxia, a region that borders Inner Mongolia.
Ms. Herrera enjoys a glass of wine at lunch and dinner — an inexpensive merlot is the current favorite — and she still reads The Times Literary Supplement every week.
You should also consider theRiedel Vivant 4 Piece White Wine Glass Set, the2 Piece Riedel Veritas Cabernet/Merlot Glass Set, and the4 Piece Royal Stemless Wine Glass Set.
This wine, made from biodynamically grown merlot mixed with a small percentage of cabernet sauvignon, is mouth-filling, lightly tart and, as with all good Bordeaux, absolutely refreshing.
Expert winemakers have spent years harvesting cabernet sauvignon, merlot and cabernet franc varietals at the foothills of the Helan Mountains in Ningxia, a region that borders Inner Mongolia.
And anyway, you know red wine is heart-healthy—that party line spills from your aunt's merlot-stained mouth every Thanksgiving after someone comments on her third glass.
The rise in popularity of pinot noir at the expense of merlot may be partly because of the merits and potential of the wines, but not entirely so.
He eventually married, bought a vineyard in Côtes de Castillon (a lesser Bordeaux region) and set about growing merlot and cabernet franc, and trying to sell the wine.
That includes traditional local grapes like the fragrant canaiolo and colorino (which deepens sangiovese's pale ruby color) as well as international grapes like cabernet sauvignon, merlot and syrah.
As the wine flows, so do her thoughts (she tells one pourer that "Merlot is the basic bitch of wine"), which is bound to get her into some trouble.
The 60-minute treatment uses a variety of wine-adjacent organic products that contain the tannins and polyphenols found in a good merlot for a variety of skin benefits.
Just like there's excitement in pouring a new glass of pinot or merlot that you've never sipped before, you can't go wrong with testing out a new vampy lipstick.
Before bringing us out to the vineyards, Strydom rattles off several tasting awards that Audacia's 2013 merlot has won, not entirely unlike a parent describing their kid's school accomplishments.
Since 2017, Garçon has been making a flattened bottle that looks like a flask with an extended neck, filled with wine that comes in standard merlot and sauvignon blanc.
For many producers, as much as 30 percent of their Bordeaux varieties like cabernet sauvignon, merlot and cabernet franc, and Rhône grapes like grenache, had yet to be harvested.
That year, it was made with a plurality of merlot and a sizable percentage of grenache, along with syrah, mourvèdre and a few others "for fining tuning," he said.
They stand in sharp contrast to neat rows of vines on wire trellises, evidence of efforts to modernize the region with international grapes like merlot, tempranillo or cabernet sauvignon.
This dealt a crushing blow to the winemakers in southwest France, while keeping the Bordeaux wines, made from noble grapes like cabernet sauvignon, merlot and sauvignon blanc, on top.
Silky smooth and spectacularly stylish, each installment of Dead To Me begs to be eaten up with a spoon, and then re-enjoyed with a mellow glass of merlot.
Unlike the regions west of Vienna, where white grapes rule, reds dominate the Burgenland: blaufränkisch as well as zweigelt, St. Laurent and international varieties like pinot noir and merlot.
But this piece of furniture is also notable for its beautiful appearance — its Mission-style A-frame design (available in merlot, espresso, and honey finishes) looks simple but elegant.
Different grape varietals — a pinot noir grape, a merlot grape — are different colors, with skins of different thicknesses, explains Cha McCoy, a very patient sommelier based in New York City.
Wine is extra fun because she can take it to her friend's house and watch "Dancing With the Stars" while enjoying the finest Reserve Merlot my borough has to offer.
Mr. Merlot doesn't make for a very talkative dinner party guest, and while he's a joy to have around, he winds up sidling Schneider with a lot of the housework.
And it can be tough (or at least a bummer) to put down that second glass of merlot or get our head down on the pillow a few hours earlier.
You may also try cabernets from Washington State or South Africa, or good cabernet francs from the Loire Valley, or softer blends of merlot-and-cabernet-franc from St.-Émilion.
With that extra money, I was going to be able to treat myself to a £7 bottle of Merlot instead of a £3 shop-branded one labelled simply as 'red'.
They want the laid-back, rural lifestyle and sense of small-town community, along with a quick drive down the road for a glass of locally grown merlot or chardonnay.
But the label regulations haven't really changed that much, and bordeaux is still called bordeaux, even though it's a blend of cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet franc, malbec, and petit verdot.
As with almost all of the properties in the Right Bank regions of Bordeaux, Le Puy's reds are dominated by merlot, with lesser proportions of cabernet sauvignon and other grapes.
In ultra-soft polar fleece, these might just be the perfect snow-day PJs: Choose this camp-inspired deer pattern, snowflakes or even wine glasses (in a merlot-hued red, natch).
Nick's features interesting amenities for adults, like a Merlot wine that comes from a collaboration with a local winery, while rooms have well-appointed kitchens, plush bathrobes, and heated tile floors.
Walk the aisles of any Home Goods, Marshall's, or T.J. Maxx and you'll find a seemingly endless selection of decorative housewares adorned with wine-related puns: How Merlot Can You Go?
Puisseguin Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux, France, $143 Hailing from the Right Bank, this delightful blend of merlot and cabernet franc is savory and delicious, with flavors of dark plum, cherry and earth.
According to Nieuwsblad, the original cork in the woman's bottle of 2016 Black & Bianco RED Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon had been removed and replaced, suggesting that the wine had been tampered with.
But on this day, Ms. Jackson, the vice president for sustainability and external affairs at Jackson Family Wines, was not just minding the usual haul of cabernet, chardonnay and merlot grapes.
While insipid or pretentious merlot abounds, this one, from the consistently good Broadside, is fresh and plummy, well balanced and lip-smacking, with a pleasant bitterness to invite the next sip.
One particularly helpful buyer review mentioned that the glasses were perfect for pinot noir, merlot, and even heady, intense Malbecs, adding that the shape of the glasses really intensifies the fruit aromas.
A bottomless mimosa and an omelet might skin you for $30 before tip, while a rack of lamb and two glasses of merlot could come across the line at $70 or more.
The style of its long-aging, leathery blends of cabernet sauvignon and merlot, to name just two, have inspired American imitators and are sought after the world over, often at exorbitant prices.
But here in Pomerol, where the shorter growing season is more challenging for cabernet, merlot is the primary grape, abetted (though not always) by cabernet franc and very occasionally by cabernet sauvignon.
The international grapes that were planted at the beginning of Priorat's renaissance, like cabernet sauvignon, merlot and syrah, have faded to bit players, allowing the traditional local grapes to define the wines.
Within that price range, there are 21 different red wine options available on ReserveBar, like the Kenwood Vineyards Sonoma Series Merlot bottle for $18 or the Teddy's Cabernet Sauvignon bottle for $17.
All of the varieties tested, including cabernet sauvignon and merlot, were found to be more or less equally resistant to drought, contrary to previous research that said some were more tolerant than others.
Types of red wine glassesStandard red wine glass: Mostly used for Cabernet, Merlot, Bordeaux, or similar varietals, this tall glass has a full sized bowl that tapers a little bit at the top.
These wines are more expensive than those from lesser terroirs, but the region is the source for Bordeaux's classic profile of relatively austere wines that are primarily blends of cabernet sauvignon and merlot.
Shower gels, fragrance mists, and body creams in the quintessential and best-selling Bath & Body Works autumn scents — like Crisp Morning Air and Black Cherry Merlot — are all under $8 during the flash promotion.
Though you may not have eyes for any jelly other than rosé this summer, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Pinot Noir are available too, so keep that in mind for when the weather cools down.
From gold leaf nail art to glossy Merlot polish, find the Thanksgiving nails that match your vibe, so you can get back to important decisions — like whether or not the velvet headband is overkill.
Pair any of the 10 options ahead with a merlot lip, gold hoops, and some fresh white kicks, and you'll be convinced this piece is made for so much more than the carpool line.
According to Lot18, the California Red is both bold and dense, a combination of Merlot, Zinfandel and Petite Sirah offering firm, chewy tannins and black cherry, black plum, vanilla, dried herbs and oak flavors.
Gifting them yet another carafe of Merlot has gotten old, and you best believe they'd down and toss it in just a few hours (so much for giving them something they'd remember you for).
Consumers had turned a grass-roots cold shoulder to the wines, and without a pop-culture shove from the equivalent of "Sideways," the 2004 movie in which an anti-merlot jeremiad sent sales reeling.
Bordeaux, $17 This wine is 100 percent cabernet sauvignon, unusual for Bordeaux, and especially for the Entre-Deux-Mers, the region between the Garonne and Dordogne rivers, where merlot is king among red grapes.
A "large" glass of chardonnay or merlot in London, for instance, usually means 250 milliliters, the same amount a French bistro might offer in a carafe to be shared by a more abstemious pair.
In a tirade that allows Paul Giamatti go the full "I am not drinking any [expletive] merlot" monty, Chuck unleashes all his rage — and a not insignificant amount of spittle — at his defeated rival.
This wine set includes 12 different grape varietals, so you can savor the flavors of all different styles of wine, including Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Malbec, Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, Sauvignon Blanc, and more.
First, there was "Sideways" the novel, and then the Academy Award-winning film about a guy who takes a friend on a California wine tour to show that pinot noir is better than merlot.
Around 90 percent of Ningxia's wine production focuses on red, with cabernet sauvignon as the most popular variety (others include merlot, marselan, malbec, shiraz, pinot noir and, for white wine, chardonnay and Italian riesling).
Sip some merlot during a spooky movie with a wine delivery subscription, grab a 23andMe as a gift for someone who's hard to shop for, or prep your holiday cards at Shutterfly or Vistaprint.
Piper's bratty 12-year-old brother, Tyler (Jackson Demott Hill), says that the assisted-living facility, Twelve Trees, "sounds more like a second-rate merlot," and quotes Ophelia's mad scene when his grandfather dodders.
Both are made historically with the garnacha and cariñena grapes, better known in English as grenache and carignan, though nowadays they are often supplemented with international varieties like cabernet sauvignon, merlot, syrah and tempranillo.
This season, when holding two metal spoons to your face just isn't cutting it (and those three glasses of Merlot are showing), you have to call in the big guns: a heavy-duty eye cream.
Merlot sales dropped after the movie Sideways, according to one study, while KFC saw its sales drop in part of because of a Patton Oswalt bit about the fast-food chain's "Famous Bowl," NBC reported.
As disappointed as I may have been to find out I wasn't bathing in 25 bottles of pure merlot, I realized later that this probably would have had a terribly dehydrating effect on my skin.
The 2015 Maria da Graça is 90 percent alfrocheiro with a touch of merlot and the remainder bical, a white grape, likewise fresh and floral, with a high-toned citrus quality that lifts the wine.
Nikki volunteered to be the first "wine waiter," pouring Charles Shaw Merlot into each of our Solo cups and reading a card from a deck of themes that we needed to base our descriptions on.
And if you find yourself turning down plans because you're "busy" when in reality you're just going home to sip Merlot while Fluffy snuggles into you on the couch, you might want to keep reading. Offers.
Recent monthly shipments to the United States of Uvairenda's 1750 line of syrah, tannat and torrontés have sold out, said Ramon Escobar, managing director of Chufly Imports, as have Aranjuez's tannat, tannat merlot and torrontés moscatel.
Take your pick from classic Bath and Body Works fragrances like Japanese Cherry Blossom, Black Cherry Merlot and Black Tie, or opt for a new holiday scent, like Frozen Lake, Winter Candy Apple and Vanilla Birch.
But I won't be hopping in a limo and cruising through Napa with a #squad of chardonnay-craving college girls, nor will I sip merlot with Paul Giamatti types and spit it into a sterling silver bucket.
And by the late 1990s, her passion became so intense that she was convinced a career surrounded by pinot grigio and merlot would be more satisfying than the paycheck she brought home from her number-crunching gig.
I pick up plenty of fresh veggies, a loaf of bread, cheese, beans, rice, almond butter, hummus, coffee, oranges, chickpeas, granola bars, a bottle of merlot, a few tins of cat food, and other odds and ends.
Foster & Rye Camping Style Speckled Enamel Cocktail Shaker Set, $18.17Some like to unwind after a long day with a cold beer or a heavy pour of merlot, some would rather shake up a Martini or a Cosmopolitan.
Back in the 1980s and '20133s, international grapes like merlot, cabernet sauvignon and chardonnay were seen as a way of proving Sicily's ability to make fine wine despite its reputation for heavy, powerful wines sold in bulk.
This 2018 blend of 60 percent grenache, with roughly equal parts merlot and mataro (another name for mourvèdre), all grown at Robert Clay Vineyards in Hill Country, is herbal and crunchy, lightly fruity and just plain delicious.
At night, Eaves puts aside his cellphone and enjoys a glass of merlot with his wife, Beth, a tradition they call "wine at 9," with the gas fireplace flickering and a starry lake view in the background.
They planted well-known European varieties like merlot and sauvignon blanc, often to use in blends, offering a veneer of familiarity to consumers who had no idea what to expect from a bottle of assyrtiko or limnia.
The researchers wanted to test how easily one of those dangerous air bubbles could form in five varieties of grapes — grenache, syrah, cabernet sauvignon, regent, and merlot — to find out just how readily a drought could kill them.
When it comes to lips, that's not exactly a surprise, for goth glam was the breakout look on the fall runways (see the black lips at Dior and Marc Jacobs or the matte merlot at Marni and Rodarte).
It mainly stumbles on words with pronunciations that aren't particularly intuitive, perhaps due to their origin outside American English, such as "decorum," where it emphasizes the first syllable, and "Merlot," which it hilariously pronounces just as it looks.
For these earrings, which are topped by clusters of raw spinels in shades from merlot to lavender, she created shimmering spines of intricately fabricated diamond discs — the vertebrae separated by tiny seed pearls to hide the titanium armatures.
Products like "Hey Joe" Merlot and "Wammy Bar" ice cream edibles have stoked a decade-long battle between Jimi Hendrix's surviving family members — and now a new lawsuit aims to shred a line of products including liquor and marijuana.
Zhang led me to a banquet room where four bottles had been set out: a Chardonnay, a rosé, a Cabernet Sauvignon, and a blend of Cabernet, Merlot, and Cabernet Gernischt (a name used in China for the varietal Carménère).
But small birds aren't the only threat to grape farming; wild turkeys, which the state of California encouraged to breed as a game species, are known to gobble up all the low-hanging fruit, especially sweeter grapes like merlot.
At another plant just across the railroad tracks, workers in white coats and yellow rubber boots infuse cheese wheels the size of dinner plates with Merlot wine and black pepper, and set them up to age on large racks.
In a 000 article in Psychological Science (title: "Waiting for Merlot"), researchers at Cornell University and the University of California, San Francisco, found that just the anticipation of experiences could be more pleasurable than the anticipation of buying merchandise.
Not surprisingly, it took as a model another coastal Atlantic site, Bordeaux, partly because of geological and geographical similarities, but also because Napa Valley had already made Bordeaux grapes like cabernet sauvignon, merlot and sauvignon blanc familiar to American consumers.
He runs out to buy the last couple of things we need for our special dinner tonight: skewer sticks, graham crackers, marshmallows, Hershey's chocolate (making s'mores in the fireplace), rubbing alcohol, and Chardonnay (for the mussels, we're a Merlot household).
It may take time to find your perfect shade and finish — be it a faded cherry balm or a merlot liquid lipstick — but when you do, it becomes your secret weapon for date night, Monday morning meetings, and everything in-between.
Once, when I was twenty-seven, while reporting a piece for GQ about the young sommelier at "21," I won a case of Château Palmer for guessing the relative amounts of Cabernet and Merlot in one of the vineyard's blended wines.
A 1003-ml bottle of Screaming Eagle Second Flight Cabernet Franc Merlot out of Napa Valley, which has about four to five pours, is one of the most expensive wines at $2100— but there is a balsamic that costs more.
It's 70 percent merlot, 20 percent cabernet franc and the rest cabernet sauvignon, and harks back to a time when local villagers bought their wines "en vrac," or in bulk, in containers that they filled and refilled directly from the producer.
So what if you've already cheated on your New Year's resolutions, your formerly Marie Kondo-ed closet is a mess, and your Dry January intentions went down the drain last week when a waiter mentioned a special on a bottle of Merlot?
Heirloom fruits and vegetables like purple carrots, sweet peppers in merlot hues and tart, white-fleshed "cucamelons" have been making their way out of farmers' markets and into mainstream grocery stores as consumers seek novelty and growers realize such produce commands higher premiums.
The chain-smoking, merlot-sipping, former 215-term congressman from Ohio says he had never lit a joint in his life when he and the former Massachusetts governor William F. Weld, now a Republican candidate for president, joined Acreage's board last year.
And when you consider that according CellarTracker's founder, Eric Levine, the average user has rated 49 wines and there are 2,311 users who have rated more than 500 wines, this group sounds less and less like a rowdy horde of merlot swillers.
For a dish of salmon with figs and fennel in a red-wine sauce, Aaron Fusco of Café Boulud picked two less-conventional reds, a 2014 cabernet sauvignon and a 2014 merlot from the Carneros region of Sonoma County, both from Inconnu Wine.
I have a gift card to World Market and they're having a sale on wine, so I leave work and stop on the way home to pick up a bottle of merlot and a bottle of rosé ($27.79 covered by the gift card).
While high-profile Greek winemakers are busy cultivating international varieties like merlot and sauvignon blanc, the spotlight is starting to shine on some of the hundreds of the country's native grapes, many of which have probably existed since the days of Homer.
At times this rule has caused frustration among some Montalcino producers, who 20 years ago were seeking to soften sangiovese's naturally high acidity, darken its characteristically ruby color and relax its often angular austerity by adding international grapes like merlot, syrah or cabernet sauvignon.
Dr. Travis Zack, now a resident in internal medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, said he gained new insights into a rare form of human chronic lymphocytic leukemia by treating the zoo's 13-year-old black swan, Merlot, for the same disease.
The chef had no problem preparing a half-order of each, preceded by a fresh spring pea soup and all washed down with a couple of glasses of white merlot, a delicious quaff pioneered by local vintners and difficult to sample outside the region.
On the tables, plenty are on their third bottle of merlot, and a large portion are busy fiddling with their smartphones—taking pictures of Schwarzenegger on stage, filming bits of the Q&A, or else just watching it through the fully-zoomed, pixelated screen.
I'm also sorry I cry when I'm sad, happy, and when I can't even tell you why — like the time you found me bawling beside a half-empty bottle of merlot while sitting on your kitchen floor in front of the stove and the soggy risotto.
Wearing a gingham shirt and pressed slacks, and with a drowsy, contented look on his face, the former speaker with a well-documented taste for merlot exited a V.I.P. room, offered and accepted back slaps from the guys and hugs from the ladies, then stepped outside.
It was not what I was expecting from Mr. Matthiasson, who, with his wife, Jill Klein Matthiasson, makes a range of wonderfully pure and refreshing wines from both the expected grapes like cabernet sauvignon, merlot and chardonnay, and from Napa rarities like refosco and ribolla gialla.
And while it's currently out of stock, our friends at the brand have let us know that it'll be available again (in the Forest, Merlot, Blush, and Sand colorways) on December 20, so you can scoop one up for yourself and start 2017 on a high (and organized) note.
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In 22018, Mr. Schneider and Ms. Baker, who by then had married, bought a potato farm in Riverhead and planted it with numerous clones of cabernet franc, as well as some cuttings of cab franc and merlot that had originally come from Vieux Château Certan, a famed Pomerol estate.
Unique Vintage Plus Size Navy Hemingway Flapper Dress, $98.00 Unique Vintage Plus Size 1920s Beaded Black La Plante Chiffon Flapper Dress, $168.00 Unique Vintage Plus Size Deco Merlot Red & Gold Beaded Fringe Aelita Flapper Dress, $198.00 With items starting at just $12, even the Weasleys could afford an outfit or two.
Even if you've been slow to officially bookend summer, now's high time to lean into the best parts of fall by shopping for a new pair chelsea boots, a few bottles of Merlot, and a body lotion that smells like pulling your head through the neck of a $300 cashmere turtleneck.
One study (out of several others, mind you, that cited less flattering things about alcohol consumption) showed that moderate intake of wine—14 glasses a week or less—had a protective effect against the common cold, so we're swapping out our industrial-sized can of Lysol for a full-bodied Merlot.
Robert Mondavi and others, eager to lift the image of California wine, ambitiously aimed to compete with the best wine regions in the world, which back then they identified as Bordeaux, where cabernet sauvignon and merlot are the leading grapes for reds, and Burgundy, for white wine, where chardonnay rules.
Notes include pumpkin spice latte, pages from a worn out Nicholas Sparks paperback, boxed merlot, suede Ugg®'s, fresh artisan bagel (obvi gluten-free), cold-pressed kale juice, vanilla froyo, velour tracksuit fabric, Sunday Funday mimosa, nail art lacquer, and fresh cut grass from Coachella that'll have every Basic Bitch hashtagging #TakeMeBack!
Even within the bounds of the Bordeaux region, for example, there are differences between the left and right banks of the Garonne river: Over by Saint-Emilion, Merlot grapes give us wines with hints of fruit, whereas on the left bank, the Médoc region gives birth to stronger wines thanks to Cabernet Sauvignon.
A tried and true strategy of winemakers in underappreciated but ambitious regions in the last quarter of the 220th century was to gain global attention by planting well-known French grapes like cabernet sauvignon, merlot, sauvignon blanc and chardonnay, and then making wines in internationally popular styles — potent, oak-aged reds, for example.
"The property has a perfect set up for a fall wedding with the garden, foliage and a 250-year-old oak tree serving as an incredibly gorgeous and natural altar," said the couple, who added that they chose a color scheme of Dawson's signature black, as well as merlot and champagne, to decorate the space.
A different kind of Californian blend, the Californians Monterey County Merlot aims to encapsulate the exaggerated essence of this soap opera parody about a group of wealthy Southland people, through its full-flavored mix of black cherry, plum and roasted coffee bean, with grapes sourced from sustainable vineyards and grown in mineral-rich soils.
The issues with the region are complicated, but they basically boil down to this: The good wines cost a lot of money; Bordeaux's English-speaking audience is aging; the dominant grapes, cabernet sauvignon and merlot, are out of fashion, relatively speaking; and the region, unlike, say, Burgundy, lacks charismatic representatives to talk up its appeal.
It's the bar where Albany fans watch their team play in the America East Tournament, and if you look you will see that there's a little UAlbany pennant hanging from the shelf behind the bar supporting the top two cable boxes, a little to the southeast of the dust-topped bottle of Johan Santana Merlot.
Dr. Bird also chilled her merlot – "in case of power loss," she said – and found time for an act of generosity toward friends of hers in the British Virgin Islands, which was slammed by Hurricane Irma: She bought credit for their cellphones, "as a kindness gesture as they face another difficult night," she said.
And variation has a central role in their work: Their wine-growing area is a sort of edible forest, where in four hectares different varieties of wine grapes (Ugni blanc, Aramon, Carignan, Cinsault, Oblun, Merlot), many wild plants, and 400 fruit trees—ranging from fig, almond, pomegranate, and olive; all planted since Marc came here—coexist in harmony.
Ultimately, I showed up to my first shoot in a friend's Hood By Air sweatshirt and my own torn jeans, feeling terminally uncool, especially since I would be in the presence of other trans and non-binary artists and models I've admired from a distance — influential creative people like Devan Díaz, Nar Rokh, Pierce Hughes, and Merlot.
The "drug" part of an intoxicant has long been a taboo in scholarly criticism—you'll never spot a wine writer going long on the giddiness brought forth by a glass of Merlot—but Browne understands why people smoke marijuana, and it would be intellectually dishonest to focus exclusively on the welcoming smell or the tasteful contours of the bud.
The 2015 merlot, aged 15 months in the barrel, was spicy and plummy, and the 2014 Anokhee syrah, one of the winery's most expensive wines at $32 a bottle, reminded me of some of the best syrahs I had tried in Paso Robles, an up-and-coming wine region about three hours' drive south of San Francisco.
Called "Sideways the Experience," it was adapted by Rex Pickett, the author of the book, and for some ticket-holders, the performance will include a food and wine tasting (merlot included) by the caterer Mary Giuliani onstage before the show begins, as well as wines — selected and provided by Wine Access — to sip during the performance.
Anyway: If you ever fancy mulled wine—very, very, very bad mulled wine—without the sheer rigmarole of studding an orange with cloves and warming it slowly in a deep pan while children sing carols around you, then I can sort of recommend that you add a dab of PSL syrup to some Merlot before chugging the whole thing down.
Campolargo makes an array of wines, including the fresh, smooth, gulpable Entre II Santos ($15), made primarily of baga with a little castelão and merlot thrown in; Termeão Pássaro ($17), made mostly of touriga nacional, a leading port grape, which is denser and more tannic, with aromas and flavors of violets and red fruits; and a fresh, elegant and substantial baga ($25).
At a lawn party to mark the release of their first merlot, we ate sweet native shrimp that my brother had netted in Puget Sound; tender asparagus from a nearby farm stand (locals will not eat asparagus unless it is picked that day); and little lamb chops, grilled to perfection by a friend whose Spanish ancestors ran sheep in Eastern Washington in the early 1900s.
I had walked to the museum in the long black dress, flowing brown coat, and merlot lipstick of a lonely romantic, and although I knew I could already pass as a cisgender woman visually now if I wore makeup, months before I would begin taking hormones, I had not actually thought that going to the museum would be any different from how it had been in the past as a male.
Yet such a vertical tasting — as distinguished from a horizontal one, in which many wines from a single vintage are sampled — offers invaluable insights into some of wine's greatest mysteries, which, even with all the advantages of modern science and technology, have yet to be understood: We know that the gradual exposure to air over time softens the tannins in a firm red like Lafite, made primarily of cabernet sauvignon with varying degrees of merlot, cabernet franc and petit verdot.

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