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What is Cheap Wine Podcast

Quake and Dave figure out that when you compare “cheap” wine with other adult beverages cheap wine ain’t so cheap!

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Sipping Sonoma Part 1

In this podcast episode, we reminisce about our travels to California Wine Country, in … Sipping Sonoma Part 1 Heading to Sonoma County? Listen in and pick up some tips along the way.

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Sipping Sonoma Part 2

In this podcast episode, our California wine country tour continues in Sipping Sonoma Part 2 Where to go? Where to stay? Do you need appointments? Should you tip your tour guide? What about your tasting host? We’ve got the skinny for you.

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Ferrari-Carano Sonoma County Chardonnay 2015

The Ferrari-Carano Sonoma County Chardonnay 2015 is 100% Chardonnay sourced from Ferrari-Carano Estate vineyards in Alexander Valley AVA, Dry Creek AVA, the Russian River Valley AVA, and the Carneros AVA all inside the Sonoma County AVA. Those 4 AVA’s are an excellent selection of cool growing areas and warmer regions, giving this Chard a nice taste…

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Coppola Director’s Cut Zinfandel 2013 – Episode 2

In this episode – we dig on some Coppola Zin! Listen in now to see what we thought of it.

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Intro to CheapWineFinder – Episode 1

This is our origin story. Who we are. What we do. Why we do it.

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Windy City Wine Festival 2018 SEPT 7 & 8

The Windy City Wine Festival 2018 is one of my favorite WINE events of the year and the reason is simple, Location, Location, Location. The festival grounds are wrapped around the northern half of Buckingham Fountain, beautiful during the day, spectacular at night, with the eastern boundary of Lake Shore Drive with a cool breeze off…

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Ritual Pinot Noir 2015

The Ritual Pinot Noir 2015 is 100% Pinot Noir sourced from a Veramonte estate vineyard (Ritual is a Veramonte brand) about 18 miles from the Pacific Ocean in the Casablanca Valley growing region inside the Central Valley of Chile. A quick check of the web showed this Pinot Noir selling for $15 to $20, with it…

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CWF Stop Wasting Hours Getting Snacks for Your Office. Do This Instead. #SnackNation

Request your free snack discovery box at https://SnackNation.com/freebox – Everyone in your office will go bananas!

This office manager discovers how shockingly easy it is to get healthy snacks in the office without doing any work. SnackNation delivers America’s best-tasting snacks to thousands of offices and hundreds of thousands of people in all 50 States.

Finally! Delicious healthier snacks everyone raves about, delivered right to your office without wasting hours driving to the store or ordering snacks online.

Surprise and delight your employees with SnackNation healthy snack delivery!

SnackNation website: https://SnackNation.com

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CWF Last Call

A traumatized man calls 911 after seeing his friend shot and killed right before his eyes. With a surprisingly long list of suspects, investigators must sort through layers of lies, jealousy, and mistrust, until they finally uncover the shooter.

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Cheapwinefinder Easter Wine Pairing Basic Guide

Cheapwinefinder Easter Wine Pairing Basic Guide. This is going to be an entry-level wine pairing guide, no matching the herbs and spices used to the secondary flavors of the wine, just the basics. And this is a pairing for some sort of baked ham, along with side dishes that are not overly spicy or exotic….

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City Winery Chicago Riverwalk River Domes

I have a couple of issues with wine bars, the first is when you order wine by the glass they are charging you for the whole bottle, a $11 glass costs them $11 per bottle, probably less there is a bit of profit in there too. So, no matter how great the wine list is,…

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Expo Russian River Chardonnay 2015

The Expo Russian River Chardonnay 2015 is a $9.99 custom private label wine found at Whole Foods. The custom winery that produced the Expo Chard specializes in more upscale private label wine, here the grapes are sourced from the Russian River Valley AVA (Sonoma County, California) one of the elite Chardonnay growing areas in California and the label…

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CWF Jaco’s Warning! Frieza and His 1000 Troops Approach

Frieza plans his revenge against Goku and Earth, but when he learns how strong Goku has become, he begins training. After four months, he’s finally ready to attack, and only the warning of his arrival from a new ally can prepare our heroes!

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Windy City Wine Festival

It’s that time of year again, outdoor wine festival season! The Windy City Wine Festival comes to town, Friday Sept 8th (5pm till 10pm) and Saturday Sept 9th (3pm to 8pm), in the middle of Grant Park on the lake front. As usual the fest goers have the northern 60% of Buckingham Fountain (if you’re not from…

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CWF Running on Empty

The countdown to the dark days causes a mad dash for food. Chris and Jessi venture onto thin ice to net whitefish. Stan and Charlie join forces on a perilous hunt for caribou. And Pat Moore turns to the town dump to feed his pigs.

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Locations “E” (Spain) Red Blend

The Locations “E” (Spain) Red Blend is a blend of Garnacha, Tempranillo, Monastrell, and Carinena, grown from vineyards in Priorat, Jumilla, Toro, Rioja, and Ribero del Duero. If you noticed, grapes from Priorat go into Priorat wines, grapes from Jumilla go into Jumilla wines, etc., etc., etc. That is – until Dave Phinney decided to do Spanish…

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CHILL – An International Wine & Culinary Event

This Thursday, November 10th, come out to Chicago’s iconic Merchandise Mart to eat, drink and be altruistic at The 10th Annual LuxeHome CHILL. It is the international wine and culinary event of the season! Why? Well, not only do you get to chat with and sample signature dishes from over 50 distinguished Chicago chefs paired…

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13th Annual San Diego Wine + Food Festival

One of the largest and most popular wine and food festivals in the country – The San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival – is set to start this month for its 13th exciting year. Get your tickets NOW right here and come party at one of the most talked about celebrations of everything food…

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CWF Chef Tanya’s Cajun White Castle Burger – Chicago | For the Love of the Slider

Tanya Baker, 28, is the Executive Chef of Chi-town’s beautiful Boarding House Restaurant, as well as our gourmet guide to the city, its secrets, and its subtleties. Drawing inspiration for her take on the slider doesn’t seem too difficult, as Baker instinctively reflects on her Korean mother’s passion for cooking while channeling her Louisiana-bred father’s zest for Cajun style.

In this episode, we watch in awe as Tanya combines Chicago-fresh ingredients like shrimp from a favorite local market and spicy Cajun flavors to create her own Original Slider.

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Windy City Wine Festival 2016

The Windy City Wine Festival is coming to Grant Park on September 9 and 10… here is a link for more information and tickets:  WINDY CITY WINE FESTIVAL  It’s an outdoor end-of-the-summer celebration and what I love about it isn’t necessarily the wine (but the wine is important). First, the site is ideal. The event wraps…

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CWF The Big Picture

Losing a battle over the remote control forces Zeke to miss his favourite reality show. He decides to draw himself with the ultimate control – as the star of his own reality show, “You Can Matter”.

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Sargent Canyon Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

The Sargent Canyon Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 is a $6.99 ALDI’s wine sourced from vineyards in the Central Coast AVA of California. The Sargent Canyon Cabernet is Estate grown and  sustainably farmed. So who or what is Sargent Canyon? A quick check with Google shows that Sargent Canyon is a trademark owned by Scheid Vineyards, vineyards and winery…

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Jargon Pinot Noir 2012

The Jargon Pinot Noir 2012 is 76% Pinot Noir, 18% Syrah and 6% Petite Sirah, the Syrah is sourced from the Monterey AVA, the Pinot and the Petite Sirah are sourced from more than one California grape growing AVA. Jargon is one of Trinchero Family Estates (founded in 1974) line of wines, other brands include…

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Roccafiore Prova D’Autore 2012

The Roccafiore Prova D’Autore 2012 is 40% Sagrantino, 30% Montepulciano and 30% Sangiovese sourced from Cantina Roccafiore certified organic vineyards near the town of Todi in the Umbria region of Italy. Sagrantino is a grape that is indigenous to Umbria. Umbria is a landlocked area south of Tuscany and about 90 miles north of Rome….

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