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#winePW: Chuletas de Cordero + Tempranillo

Do you know what I love about the second Saturday of the month? It's our #winePW - Wine Pairing Weekend - reveal. I love it. The bloggers who participate love food and love wine. It's a great event from which I always make a wine shopping list. The theme for this month is: regional pairings. Here's  David's September #winePW invite . Think Italian food + Italian wine or Argentinian food + Argentinian wine. Get it? I opted for a Spanish Parrillada Mixta , mixed grill, with a bottle of Tempranillo. ¡Salud! In the Glass... Zumaya Tempranillo 2011 from Ribera del Duero is a basic Tempranillo from Spain. The vines are young - under 25 years in age. The wine is fermented in stainless steel and given two months in oak before bottling. The result: a dark purple wine with flavors of berries and aromas of spice. This is a youthful style of Tempranillo. Not bad. Basic. In the Middle of the Plate...  We made this meal at the end of a really horrible, rotten, ...