Pick the Best Wine For Valentine's Day
Hank Zona, local wine expert, gives you suggestions on how to pick the best one for the holiday.
Editor's Note: This article first ran on Patch on Feb. 14, 2011. But we love it so much, we're posting it again! It was written by Hank Zona, the proprietor of Swirl Wine Events. Valentine's Day means different things for different folks. I offer wines for every approach to the day. First, let me focus on a wine for those who see February 14 as a dark day. Perhaps the darkest of wines are the wines of the Cahors region in France. They are malbec-based, but not nearly as approachable as the malbecs of Argentina. Besides, if you are anti-Valentines Day, who wants approachable? Marketed over 100 years ago as "the black wines of Cahors," this is a brooding wine — if you plan to brood. Of course, if wine won't do the trick, may I suggest a …
Hank Zona
1:06 pm on Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Thank you Mike and Montclair Patch! I'm happy to update this some time and especially interested in anyone's own selections. The name of my business is no longer Swirl Wine Events, but changed to the name of my tv show, The Grapes Unwrapped. Look for it on YouTube...or write to hank at thegrapesunwrapped.com. Cheers. more ›