Since July of 2007, Washington DC-area wine enthusiast Alison Somerville has been maintaining the Wandering Blonde Wine-O blog, offering tips and recommendations of wines from across the globe. With a casual, personable tone that belies her sharp wine knowledge, Somerville is honest and fearless about her tastes and ideas. When DC was hit with a massive, city-shuttering blizzard last winter (similar to what Chicagoans are experiencing now), Somerville decided it was the perfect opportunity to hold a quick wine-tasting outdoors. Check her out here as she gives her assessment of a California Snapdragon:
Hope all of our readers are keeping safe and warm—and if they’re stranded indoors, that they have a bottle of wine to keep them company!
