Hello! I am super excited to share my thoughts on this new wine delivery service – Weekly Tasting. It’s wine tasting you can do at home! But unlike how I usually ‘wine taste’ at home (read: um, just taste wine as I drink it)
Weekly Tasting walks you through each wine, like that napa valley wine, with a video from a sommelier.
Each Weekly Tasting has a theme – wines to enjoy with take-out food, wines from a specific area…
My box was wines from Spain. I love that the little card said “Hola!”. I thought it was a special message because I’m Mexican, but then realized it went with the Spanish wines.
Each Weekly Tasting comes with 4 wines and cards that describe each wine. On the back of each card there is a food pairing recipe suggestion. That is perfect! I feel like a big part of getting to know more about wine is learning what food they should be paired with.
I had already planned on making a cheese plate to do this tasting so I was happy to see one of the wine information cards suggested enjoying it with a sheep’s milk cheese plate.
Here’s the spread with my new friend Mr. Gnome. He is well traveled and enjoys fine wine…
Bonus tip: The Rosemary Marcona Almonds from Trader Joes are amazing. Get them. Share them. Eat them all.
Now for the moment I was waiting for… let’s wine taste!
Now for the fun part… tasting the wine!
I like wine, but I have been super intimidated to ask a lot of questions about wine at fancy restaurants or even at the store when an employee offers help. I’m super interested in learning about wine but don’t know where to start. So, this was a perfect situation for me because I watched the video, tasted the wine and was able to kind of ‘re-taste’ and process the expert’s thoughts along with my own.
With in-person tastings I feel like I just nod and smile even if I don’t taste ‘notes of peach with an oaky finish…”. Um, yeah! Totally. I totally taste that too.
I liked that there are food pairing suggestions too. This makes it easy to plan a wine tasting party or girl’s night. You could even ask 3 friends to come over and ask each one to make one of the dishes (or similar) and you’ll provide the wine. Boom!
I was afraid that I wouldn’t like this wine tasting because all of the wines were red wines. I don’t like red wine! Well, the reality is – I don’t know anything about red wine and have avoided it because it’s risky to just pick a random bottle at the store. I went into this experience thinking I wouldn’t like the wine but could at least learn about red wines and taste the differences.
It’s kind of funny – I got so caught up in watching the video and was curious about the tasting process… I drank the entire glass before I even realized and thought, “Hey I drank it, I liked it!” Ha!
Elizabeth Schneider is a Sommelier and has spent over 10 years in the wine industry; she also hosts the Wine for Normal People podcast. Elizabeth is cute and obviously passionate and super educated on wine – but more than that she just seemed to like it so it made it more fun.
Does this make me a wine-ologist?
Overall: Four wine glasses up.
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Me too. Order Weekly Tasting and invite me over please!
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Don’t drink wine? What’s your favorite beverage??
Thank you for reading and supporting RunEatRepeat. This post is sponsored by Weekly Tasting. All opinions are my own.
The Weekly Wine Tasting has a horrible website. If you get a gift code, good luck trying to claim it. They ask for your credit card. Then when you try to get claim it it’s a mess. No link to weekly tasting. Cancels out your order even though you just gave your credit card for a gift you received. Very frustrating.
I love Shiraz in the reds and white wine is usually a sweet one like a Riesling
Love the post, I just ordered my first box! Wines for BBQing, super excited!!!!
Today is national wine day!!
I like wine! Usually nothing too sweet. I go through phases but usually more white in warm months and red in cooler. I really like Pinot Noir for the reds! Sounds like a fun service. At first I was like “4 bottles per week – wow that’s a lot” then I clicked over and saw it wasn’t a subscription – that you just did it when you wanted. I might try it for a party!
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I like a little wine once in awhile – a sweet one!
I like a little wine every once in awhile, but only if it is sweet!
YES I LOVE WINE! Riesling and Chenin Blanc, girl!
I don’t care for wine or any alcohol really! I have tried to like wine but I just don’t. I had some champagne at a wedding once i really liked, only to find out it was sparkling cider. Probably why I liked it.
Oh man, this looks great! I like french red wine the best.
I love wine! I prefer reds but I’m currently on a rose kick. Trader Joe’s has this organic rose that’s only like $5 and its delicious. I think the brand is Green Fin or something – super yummy.
I love white wine during the warmer months. Love your hair in these photos.
I love a good cabernet sauvignon anytime of the year but am partial to it during the cooler months. In the summer I love Sterling Vineyards Malvasia Bianca , which is a white wine. I used to have a neighbor who was a wine goddess and would hand me glasses over the wall during the summer when I was cleaning the pool. She taught me that I didn’t hate wine, I just needed to find the right ones and the Malvasia Bianca is my favorite.
I like wine and will drink it on occasion, always red wine.
red all the way!!!
I don’t drink wine or alcohol personally, but man, my girlfriends would go crazy over weekly wine tasting!
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I prefer dry,white wines; especially Pinot Grigio.
This is a great idea! Date night, or girls’ night, or both! I’ve recently switched over to more of a red wine drinker (if there;s no hard cider available..). Merlot if my favorite!
I love a spicy red wine. Shiraz is usually my favorite.