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Beans Creek Winery

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If you’ve taken the time to read “All About Me” then you know that one of my favorite sayings is “Everyone needs to believe in something.  I believe I’ll have another glass of wine!”  I mean seriously wine makes everything better.  Heck even food with wine in it taste better!  I’m just sayin’…

 
 Today’s post is a review of one of my favorite local wineries located in Manchester, TN which is about 60 miles outside of Nashville.  Beans Creek Winery began when Tom made his first wine in 1976 in a pickle crock in his mom’s kitchen along with his childhood friends, Joe and Dan Lasater.  He spent the next 30 years perfecting his wine style using grapes and fruit grown right here in Tennessee. With the help and support of other local wine growing families, Tom’s dream became a reality.  beans Creek Winery offers a wide selection of Tennessee wines, which I had the pleasure of sampling…yum!
Once you arrive inside the winery you are greeted by a friendly staff.  The inside of the winery shop was quaint and made you feel right at home.  Before partaking in sampling the spirits, I perused the store and found some very cute items.  Of course being a winery they had wine glasses.  But in addition to that they had cute aprons, napkins, marinades, jellies, ornaments and jewelry.

Look at all these yummy goodies! And the wine cozies are adorable!

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Stonehaus Winery – Red Wine

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Last Fall I did a post discussing the 5 types of wine.  Many of you reached out and requested that I go more in-depth and share my semi-professional aka wino expertise with you all.  One of the beautiful things about living in Middle Tennessee is that this area is surrounded by gorgeous vineyards.  Yep you read that right!  Vineyards right here in The South.  There is no written law that states only California can grow grapes.  LOL  Of the five main types of grapes grown in the United States, American and French-American hybrid varieties are the best adapted to Tennessee growing conditions.  One of my favorite types of grapes for wine is Muscadine.  Which leads me to today’s discussion of red wine.

Red wines are not really better than white wines, but a well made red wine has more flavor components and are typically more complex that white wines.  The skins of red wine grapes give it their color, tannin and assorted fruit flavors.  Red grape skins are kept in the fermenting vat for a longer period of time.

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Sparkling Pomegrante Cocktail Recipe

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Happy New Year!!!  What better way to ring in the new year than with a cocktail.

As most of you know, I love wine, wine humor, wine recipes… oh heck anything that has to do with wine is good with me!  So I was pretty happy when I stumbled across a recipe that included wine AND fruit.  I mean since it has fruit in it that makes it healthy, right?!?!  Here are a few nutrition benefits that I found about pomegranates:

  • Pomegranates are often appreciated because they are filled with more antioxidants like punicalagin than other superfoods like acai berry juice or green tea.
  • Pomegranates are also high in vitamin C, with 100 ml containing 16 percent of a person’s daily requirement.
  • It also contains high amounts of vitamin K that helps to support bone health and vitamin B5 that helps the body metabolize, protein, carbohydrates and fats.
  • Pomegranates are filled with manganese which helps to form bone structures during the metabolic process and potassium that helps to maintain cellular functions and balance fluid levels.
  • The fruit is also high in phosphorus, magnesium, calcium, zinc and iron. There is very little fat in a pomegranate and it does not contain cholesterol.
  • The fruit only has 130-150 calories, with around 105 calories being derived from the seeds.
  • These seeds are high in calories because they contain unsaturated oils, sugar and carbohydrates but there is a great deal of fiber and some protein in these seeds as well.

So basically I’m helping you all become healthier by drinking this cocktail.  Hey, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.  Ok now let’s get to the good stuff.  How exactly does one make this drink?  Well first you’ll need a few ingredients.

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