There’s nothing I look more forward to than a spring evening on my deck with friends sharing an excellent bottle of wine. To find this excellent bottle of wine, the first and typically only place I go is The Wine Merchant. The staff is friendly and very helpful, especially when you are trying to pair a particular dish to a wine.  The last time I visited I needed both a bottle of white and red wine for a pizza extravaganza at my friend’s house. The recommendations for an Italian Chianti and Pinot Grigio were perfect.  My favorite wine for spring, which I discovered in Portugal last year, is vinho verde.  Vinho Verde wines are considered “green wines” because they come from very young grapes and the wine has a bit of effervescence to it like a sparking wine but not quite. To my surprise, The Wine Merchant carried 2-3 varieties of vinho verde, my favorite being Gazela, which at only $6.99 is a bargain.

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