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Weird, Wonderful and Spooky Wine

10/20/2015

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Welcome to the
 


HALLOWEEN EDITION


of Weirdly, Wonderful Wine.

A monthly blog post where my husband and I review a
bottle of wine solely on how cool, creepy or creative

the label is.


This being October (my favorite month of the year) there were many season themed bottles of wine. We found quite a few fun, unique and mysterious bottles that I'll share each month. But I decided to spotlight two bottles this celebratory month!!

The first bottle was a gift from my friend and fellow author Terri-Lynne DeFino 
and it has an awesome label.

Our french maid, Babette, has seen many a bottle of wine and even she was

licking her lips.

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CRYPTIC is a California Red Blend with a label that claims it's dark...mysterious...velvety...alluring...

They had me at dark and mysterious. My husband and I had this wine sitting outside on one of the last summer nights in September, with grilled hamburgers, vegetables and red potatoes. It's a drier wine, which my husband prefers, and I was nervous I may not like it, but I loved it. It had a slight fruit after taste which mellowed the dryness of the wine for me. After dinner we sat outside by a fire and finished the bottle. 

CRYPTIC's website is very cool (www.crypticwine.com). They compare their wine making to alchemy - "changing some ordinary into the extraordinary." Wine make Antonio Trevino keeps his recipe secret, which inspired the label and the 16th French reproduction of the encryption wheel and machine. There is decoding puzzle on the back of the label, which is fairly easy if you're a wine lover, but fun. We enjoyed this bottle - inside and out!

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The second bottle, isn't new to us. It's an October staple in this house and we look forward to it each year. 

How VAMPIRE wine came to be is an interesting story. But briefly, in 1985 NY lawyer, Michael Machet saw lights swimming across the Nevada desert one night and the idea of Vampire red wine came to him. Making and marketing it in Transylvania sounded perfect, but at the time, the country was ruled by a dictator. Three years later, the first bottle came to be in London and eventually found favor with Anne Rice's fans. When the Berlin Wall fell, Mr. Machet was able to travel to Transylvania, but that country took 'vampires' seriously and didn't understand why someone would pay tribute to them in a wine. Especially one marketed, 'blood of the vine.' You can read the full story here.

What was especially fun about this year? They changed the label, adding the flames to the bottom - but best of all - it came in it's own coffin. How adorable and perfect is that? I just love it, and I'm keeping the coffin. You never know when it may come in handy. 

VAMPIRE is a smooth, not too dry, deep red wine that goes with just about anyone, err, anything you're having for dinner. Sip the Blood of the Vine!

HAVE A FABULOUSLY SCARY AND SPOOKY HALLOWEEN!



6 Comments
Liv
10/20/2015 06:59:11 am

These look yummy! I don't drink much red wine anymore - because headache - but if I do, it'll definitely be some blood of the vine.
;)

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Debbie link
10/20/2015 07:41:41 am

You'll like the VAMPIRE wine - Thanks for stopping by :)

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Terri-Lynne DeFino link
10/20/2015 07:54:25 am

Only you would find a coffin "adorable." Hahahaa! I love it. Love these wine posts, even if I don't love wine. Glad you enjoyed Cryptic!

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Debbie link
10/20/2015 11:35:12 am

Wine coffins are adorable :) Thanks for stopping by.

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Sharon Struth link
10/20/2015 11:49:40 am

I love that coffin wine box! Yup, only you would find that! Very cool, though.

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Debbie link
10/20/2015 02:20:37 pm

Actually Billy found it and we had it on my birthday :) He knows what I like!

Thanks for stopping by

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    Debbie Christiana
    Author of Paranormal Romance, Dark Romantic Fiction & Short Dark Fiction. Lover of Halloween, Horror, Yoga and Wine

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