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Blanc De Blancs 2009

Top 5 Gift Wines + Tips on Best Holiday Wines

December 19, 2014December 27, 2014 Natalie MacLean Leave a comment

On CBC radio drive-home shows yesterday we chatted about great gift wines … here are my tips on choosing them plus my top 5. More gift wine tips in this CBC interview, as well as great sparkling wines. Join us again on December 23 to chat about holiday wines and on December 30 for sparkling wines for the New Year.

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