Kyle Zimmerman

🥳”There is still no cure for the common birthday”—John Glenn 🎉

🎂Here we are again—another trip around the sun, another candle I’m legally required to stop counting🤪I won’t divulge which birthday this is, but I’ve been curating this Instagram wine blog for 5 1/2 years now, which in Internet years makes me a fossil with a semi-decent camera roll. That’s a lot of pouring, photographing, and occasionally spilling my way through this hobby-turned-obsession 😝

🎉I’m not a technical wine writer…I largely leave the malolactic and soul composition talk to the professionals (though I will dabble on occasion). What I AM is a storyteller, sharing images that entice you to stop scrolling, and hopefully make you feel like you’re on a patio sipping with me 😌 So instead of getting older and wiser, I’ve maybe gotten better at finding wines worth talking about—and today, I’ve discovered one worth celebrating: Introducing the 2024 “La Güera,” the bright and dangerously easy-to-drink blend from @bodegadeedgar hailing from Paso Robles, CA 😉

🍇62% Chardonnay
🍇17% Viognier
🍇14% Albariño
🍇7% Grenache Blanc

✅Chardonnay and Viognier aged 16 mos new French oak
✅Albariño and Grenache Blanc aged 16 mos neutral French oak

🥂A pale-golden pour, aromas of lemon 🍋 zest, white peach 🍑, apricot and orange blossom 🌸 spring from the glass, layered with notes of vanilla, toasted almond and honeysuckle. Flavors of fresh citrus 🍋‍🟩 and juicy stone fruit 🍑 emerge on the palate. Medium-bodied. Zesty. Creamy. Quaffable. 😉

🍽️ Try with: roast chicken 🍗 with herb butter; creamy mushroom 🍄 risotto; grilled pork chops with citrus-herb marinade; OR crème brûlée 🍮 (my personal favorite) 😋

🧐I may not be wiser, but I AM one bottle of “La Güera” happier—and that’s a win in my book 🙌🏻. Thank you for spending part of my #birthday with yours truly 🙏🏻🙂—Now, go find yourself something bright, chilled, and slightly ridiculous to sip on 🤪 You’ve earned it and so have I 😉.

🥂Cheers and what’s in YOUR glass? 🤔🎉

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