Christmas Gifts for the Foodie

Davd, Charlie and I love experimenting and trying out new Food companies. At Christmas I always look for things we can use during the year for dinners or snacks.

Charlie homeschooling full time now we can find one new company a week and Charlie can order foods to make the following week for dinner. This way we will be able to try new and unique products we haven’t used. before which is why you will find all these companies under our Christmas Tree this year.

While The Mighty Sesame Company is a young one, we’ve got more than 30 years of sesame expertise behind us. Our team has spent their careers grading, tasting, buying and creating with sesame. We’re a more than a little passionate about all things sesame, and the seed itself has taught us that mighty results can grow up from humble beginnings. 

Banza

High protein pasta made from chickpeas.
Let’s change pasta forever, for the better.

Cin Chili & Co.

Suzzane loved Pickles just as David does. For Christmas I was able to get Pickle Sips for David…… I’m sure my sister Debbie will want to try these as well.

Sweet pickle juice with a bit of habanero heat.

This is our Passion Pickles® Mixer in a 10 oz bottle.

Easier to drink out of and carry around.

You can drink it straight or mix it with Tequila, Vodka, Rum, Gin or Whiskey.

Excellent for preventing leg cramps and getting your electrolytes back up.

Eat Your Coffee

Eat Your Coffee Originally founded by coffee-deprived college students, Eat Your Coffee is on a mission to help people get energized and get more done with naturally-caffeinated snacks made with real, ethically sourced ingredients. Every Eat Your Coffee Snack is caffeinated with real,  Fair Trade coffee and made with real foods so you can feel good with every energizing bite.

Jenkins Jellies

Thrills for Every Taste Bud
Our natural seven fresh peppers jams perfectly balance hot and sweet flavors. They’re made in small batches in the USA, with the freshest fruits, to ensure the highest possible quality jelly and jams.

Healthily Sourced with Love & Care
Vegan, Fat-Free, Gluten-Free, and Low in Sodium
Our pepper spread is made in small batches in the United States
No unnatural additives, flavors, preservatives, or colors

For When You Can’t Pick Just One
We feature all four of our current flavor selections in our mini gift set – Guava Brava, Hell Fire, Passion Fire, and Fiery Figs. These are all gluten free, non-GMO, and made with our original 7-pepper recipe as a base. Each flavor variation adds a unique twist.

Our Four Delightful, All Natural Flavors
Guava Brava – Features creamy, fragrant Guava (adds notes of quince, honey, and pear)
Hell Fire – Adds an extra hot red kick of cayenne pepper to our 7-pepper spicy jam
Fiery Figs – This flavor includes Fresh Figs for savory ripe berry & smoky caramel notes
Passion Fire – Our final spicy jelly flavor features Passion Fruit for a tropical tang

Countless Ways to Enjoy
Take your charcuterie board to the next level! You can also stir our spicy jams into tasty drinks or cocktails, add a unique spice to your desserts, spread onto bagels or sandwiches, add a dollop to a salmon dish, or pair with a cheese board!

Our Tongue-Tingling Twist on Tradition
Jenkins Jellies is an award-winning leader in creating premium, all-natural hot pepper jelly. We offer a heartier texture, delicious chunks of premium peppers, and peak-season fruit for maximum flavors. Don’t miss our hot pepper jelly twist!

Spice Islands embraces the artisanship of the spice experience by taking extra steps to preserve the rich, authentic flavors found in the world’s herbs and spices. Our Bay Leaves are hand-picked in California. Our Garlic Powder is milled to the finest powder for maximum flavor. A STORY IN EVERY BOTTLE.

Spice Madam EXPLORE, DISCOVER & EXPERIENCE THE FLAVORS OF THE WORLD. Global spices, recipes & music from a different destination every month. Delivered to your door for only $20.

How it Works
When you sign-up for a Spice Madam subscription, you’ll receive a curated box of global spices, recipes, music and fun facts to explore, discover & experience a different destination every month.
EVERY BOX SOLD SUPPORTS A NON-PROFIT THAT IMPACTS YOUTH EDUCATION

Keto Farms


We make real food Keto snacks with big flavor and irresistible crunch. So, you can treat yourself and feel good along the way.

Hankuna Supply

Do something today that your future self will thank you for. Try Hankuna Supply for candies and coffees with CBD.

Health Burl Barley Granola

BARLEY MAKES IT BETTER

For years, we loved making our homemade oat-based granola. Then we discovered rolled barley (which totally transformed our granola!) and never looked back.

An amazing ancient grain. But it’s often overlooked, like the underdog of grains. Packed with nutrition and wonderfully delicious, we love how rolled barley makes Burl Barley Granola oh-so tasty and good-for-you.

(Re)discovering Barley is like reconnecting with a dear friend – it’s a natural fit.

Kids love the great taste of Burl Barley Granola and parents love its great nutrition. It’s a convenient way to add barley to your day.

From our table to yours – Enjoy!

MacoLife

Nutrition, health and fitness expert Dr. Edward Wagner created great tasting Miracle Reds and Macro Greens as comprehensive nutritional supplements that provide nutrients, minerals, and energy.

The Republic of Tea

Leading Purveyor of Premium Teas. Emphasizing a Sip by Sip Rather Than Gulp by Gulp lifestyle.

Stuffed Puffs

Stuffed Puffs

S’MORES MADE EASIER

Picture this: Rich chocolate melted by a nice, toasted marshmallow, sandwiched between crispy graham crackers. Sounds yummy except a lot of the times the chocolate doesn’t melt and can lead to an unsatisfactory treat. That’s where Stuffed Puffs comes in:

Stuffed Puffs has real chocolate inside, so it melts while the marshmallow is roasting! You get a perfect S’more, every time. It’s amazingly tasty and is the textbook definition of making good things better. So, roast it up and join the stuffed club as we change the game one S’more at a time!

Subarz

Subarz  which are a wonderful holiday gift because they are a unique baked good which combine the crunchiness of biscotti/mandelbread with the sweetness of a cookie.

Subarz come in a variety of flavors and package sizes and there are gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free and wheat-free options.  There is also a Barz Subscription. 

Subarz ship nationwide and Subarz require no refrigeration.  Subarz are perfect as a gift for anyone in the family as well as for teachers, clients, colleagues and friends.   

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Rumi Spice are gifts for the holiday season because they provide delicious and unique sustainable sourced spices while also supporting women and farmers in the Afghan community where we source them and will have a few additional items added in the upcoming weeks. 

Rachel Allene Shop

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Charlie has been wanting to go Camping and now that Charlie is homeschooling full time David and I can take Charlie. Which is why Iwas wanting the IT’S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR | STEEL TRAVEL MUG

Rachel Allene started Rachel Allene with the mission to empower and uplift women. Rachel Allene intentionally designs products to help you feel empowered on a daily basis, find joy in all things, and seek gratitude

Here at Rachel Allene , we focus on real talk, gorgeous products, and seeking joy. If you find yourself on these pages, above all, I want you to find a place to belong.

“It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year Steel Travel Mug with handle.

This steel travel is part of the \ Rachel Allene 2019 Holiday Collection! All of the products in this collection were intentionally created to bring comfort and joy into your home. We hope these products bring light and love into your home during this festive season.

  • Vacuum insulation helps keep drinks hot or cold for hours.
  • Includes a clear, screw-on acrylic lid with a sliding closure.
  • Size: holds 15 ounces.

Freak Flag Organics

Are you shopping for Vegans? I would like to introduce you to a new company called Freak Flag Organics. They bring us vegan sauces and condiments, which make a perfect gift for the vegan in your life as well as a hostess gift.

Wine Country Table Cookbook

Ultimate Holiday Gift Idea for Wine Lovers: Wine Country Table Cookbook featuring Recipes that Celebrate California’s Sustainable Harvest SAN FRANCISC

Looking for a fabulous holiday gift for your foodie friends? Why not get them the ultimate Wine country cookbook from America’s leading wine region—California?

More than just a cookbook, it takes readers on a wine country road trip of California, the leading wine and food destination in the U.S. It also provides suggested sustainable wine pairings to bring out the best in each harvest dish—so it’s sure to please everyone from new beginners to advanced Wine lovers.

Eastern Standard Provisions Company, a new gourmet pretzel brand from the culinary team behind Boston favorites like Island Creek Oyster Bar, Eastern Standard, Row 34, and Branch Line.

Led by master baker Lauren Moran, these gourme Bavarian-style pretzels that have been wowing Boston diners are now available nationwide.

These high-quality snacks are sure to take your holiday parties to the next level with options like the FourSeam, a pretzel bun for burgers and sandwiches, SlidePiece, a slider-size pretzel bun. Additional items include Top Knot, Wheelhouse, and Turnbuckle hand-tied pretzels.

This holiday season, Eastern Standard Provisions Co. will be introducing flavored salts and flavored sugars to accompany their fluffy, hand-rolled Pretzels. The following flavors will be available in 1 oz. packages for the holidays:

Flavored Pretzel Salts:

 White Truffle Pretzel Salt – $8.25, Honeycomb™ Everything Spice – $4.50, Lemon Rosemary Pretzel Salt – $3.5 Chili Lime Pretzel Salt – $3.50

Flavored Cane Sugars:

Cinnamon Maple Sugar – $3.50, Mocha Sugar – $3.50, Raspberry Lime Sugar – $3.50

These Pretzels and toppings are sure to be a hit at holiday parties and family gatherings this winter.

Losing weight is not only a GOAL for me next year but I must have as we lost my dad a last week and I don’t want to be next. If I don’t do something about my Health, I could be as my mom passed at 55 and that is what I am.

Being a mom and living to see Charlie grow up and graduate from school is my number one goal and why I can’t wait to try Sunwink out as a new must have beverage for my family.

Sunwink

Sunwink, the female-founded, ethically sourced, sparkling herbal tonic that is made to nourish and re-energize you through the world’s cleanest herbs.

From morning wakeups to afternoon boosts, to evening parties with or without booze; Sunwink is meant to be consumed daily without the high added sugars found in Kombucha or juice. Sunwink retails for $3.99 in select stores and is available online ($48 per case of 12 bottles).

Sunwink is the first-ever sparking herbal tonic beverage brand made of the world’s cleanest herbs that are good for your body and the planet. Sunwink is founded by females, crafted by herbalists, and made to nourish and re-energize you through the power of plants.

With a mission to help people reconnect with nature and feel great every day, Sunwink’s current product offering includes Detox Ginger, to detoxify and stimulate the system; Turmeric Cleanse, to clarify and invigorate; Immunity Berry, to supercharge the immune system; and Lemon-Rose Uplift, to boost mood and support digestive health.

All Sunwink products are made with whole plants, are vegan, non-GMO, have no added flavors, and are the first sparkling herbal tonic ever to be sold at select Whole Foods, available for $3.99 each.

Designed to make an impact, Sunwink will be donating 1% of all revenue to different organizations that give back to women and support mother earth.

Pure Maine Maple Syrup

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Pure Maine Maple Syrup I can’t wait to see the dark color and to taste the robust flavor. But I bet you Charlie ask David to make him a Waffle so David and Charlie can try out Pure Main.

With award winning maple syrup, Maine Maple Products Inc., is simply the best place to buy all your maple products. We offer pure maple syrup in a variety of containers and sizes, maple candy, maple cream, granulated maple sugar, maple mustard, maple seasonings, honey, and jams and jellies. Place an order, or stop in our store, we’re sure you will be back for more!

Steve’s Goods Coffee is a Gift I wanted to give David. Even though I know my sister and also my mother-in-law would like to try Steve’s Goods Coffee because like my mom and David their avid coffee drinkers.

CBD Coffee To Balance Mind and Body: What Is CBD Coffee Used For?

Even if you’re a morning person, everyone has days when the anxiety of getting ready and rushing out the door for work creates some amount of anxiety. For those looking to combat that inevitable daily distress, we wanted to provide an answer to what is CBD coffee and how it can help get your day started worry free.

As a society, there are few items that are closely tied with being alert as a cup of coffee. In fact, according to a 2018 Reuters survey, sixty-four percent of Americans drink it every day, which for many makes us more functional, focused and energized.

However, for those suffering from constant or chronic anxiety, one cup can feel like too many to comfortably conduct their daily routines. This is what makes CBD coffee such an important tool for those who value the benefits of caffeine but experience the adverse side effects of feeling jittery, anxious and being consumed by general stress in our day-to-day lives.

With all the potential uses of CBD edibles being widely studies combined with its wide selection of delivery methods, it’s understandable how CBD has become a fixture of modern society so quickly.

Becoming accustomed to seeing hemp-infused products on store shelves seemed to happen virtually overnight, with items like CBD lollipops and CBD gummies creating an instantly familiar method for supplying our endocannabinoid system with the daily dosage it needs to function properly.

The most principal ways in which cannabinol has been recorded to help users are in potentially alleviating anxiety, inflammation, seizures, and pain, though there is research being conducted into a range of other uses.

Sneakz

Meal2Go | Organic Meal Replacement

Fuel to Sustain

Sneakz for Adults Plant-based complete nutrition shake featuring 16g of protein, a full serving of daily vegetables, and Probiotics.

Enjoy Meal2Go plant-based protein powder meal replacement featuring 16 grams of pea, cranberry, and pumpkin protein, energy enhancing ancient grains, a full serving of daily vegetables, 17 vitamins and minerals, and 1 billion CFU of Ganedenbc30 Probiotics.

Sneakz combines whole organic foods, including sweet potatoes, carrots, cauliflower, spinach, and beets with positive nutrition to help families eat better and enjoy their vegetables. 

All of our products are made with pure, clean USDA Organic ingredients and are completely free of GMOs, artificial flavors, colors, sweeteners, gluten, antibiotics and synthetic hormones.

Elanor’s

3 Month Subscription

Cookies for the Adventurous was created by two Los Angeles bakers, Laura DeNeui and Evelyn McLean, who started experimenting with their favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe, they expected to discover a few new flavors to spice up the bakery case.

Five years and 50+ variations later, they are offering a subscription for cookie lovers, and they’re sticking with that beloved chocolate chip–with potentially infinite variations.

Path Water

Until now, finding bottled water that is affordable and responsible just hasn’t been possible. Our ultra-purified water is packaged in a naturally beautiful vessel that is kind to the Earth. Our aluminum bottle provides a superior drinking experience – sleek, lightweight, wide-mouth, and keeps your water cold.

IT’S TIME TO MAKE A CHANGE

As Silicon Valley innovators we believe you – and the Earth – deserve more. That’s why we dedicated ourselves to delivering a superior solution to single-use plastic bottles. The result?A bottle of water that is simply better in every way. Be a part of the change. Join our movement.

The purest, reverse osmosis filtered water is packaged in a naturally beautiful, affordable vessel that is truly kind to the Earth. Aluminum – sleek, lightweight, infinitely recyclable and backed by the most robust closed-loop recycling system today. Most importantly this bottle is infinitely reusable and graded to provide the most superior drinking experience.

The Tea Can Company

My sister is a avid tea drinker and through The Tea Can Company I can choose one of their pre-designed templates or let them create a special custom label I can give to my sister.

I can even include a personal photo of our dad or brand specific logos like my Blog Logo to set her Gift apart. If I have problems coming up with what I would like The Tea Can Company will walk me through the uploading process.

Barbara’s

Charlie loves to snack morning, noon and night and most of the foods he snacks on isn’t as Healthy as I would like. I can’t wait until Christmas to share Barbara’s with Charlie and David.

  • Barbara’s Snackimals Cereal– All kids will love munching on this lightly sweetened, USDA Organic and Non-GMO Project Verified crunchy cereal with fun animal shapes, including lions, elephants and panda bears! Perfect for kids’ stockings!
  •   Mom’s Best Safari Cocoa Crunch – A fan favorite, these naturally flavored, sweetened corn puffs are made with real cocoa for a cereal that’s delicious straight out of the box. This Non-GMO, gluten-free cereal is made without artificial flavors, preservatives or high fructose corn syrup. Yum!
  • Barbara’s Cheese Puffs – These irresistible and light as air gluten-free cheese puffs are the perfect sidekick to any kids holiday party table – made with real cheeses and Non-GMO stone-ground corn, and no hydrogenated oils or synthetic growth hormones.
  • Mom’s Best Granolas – The perfect holiday snack or recipe mix-in – these high-quality, value-priced granolas come in four mouthwatering flavors, including Oats & Honey, French Vanilla, Blueberry Flax, and Coconut Almond.
  • Packed with wholesome ingredients and a good source of fiber, with 17g – 32g of whole grains per serving and no artificial flavors or preservatives, hydrogenated oils, high fructose corn syrup, or trans-fat.

We all know that little things can make a big difference. Mom’s Best® cereals are a delicious, affordable and environmentally friendly way to do what’s best for the people around your breakfast table and around the planet. No artificial flavors or preservatives. No hydrogenated oils. No high fructose corn syrup. Try one of our delicious ready to eat cereals, granola or 100% whole grain oatmeal.

McCafe Frappe from Mc Donald’s

I’m excited I have the perfect Gift for David. It’s McCafe Frappe from Mc Donald’s in to go bottles. I can’t wait for David to try these new drinks which come in three different flavors.

I’m thinking about purchasing extra for my niece Alyssa and Debbie who love Iced Coffee for there lunches when there working. The drinks will fit perfectly in there stockings.

There is McCafé® Vanilla Frappé, McCafé® Caramel Frappé and McCafé® Mocha Frappé. I know David will want the McCafé® Caramel Frappé. I might try McCafé® Vanilla Frappé and David can take McCafé® Mocha Frappé with him to work once Christmas is over.

Ready-to-Drink Frappés: Happiness Tastes Like This.

The delicious taste of our café-quality Frappés, in a bottle and available at select retailers across the country. Open your delicious with a McCafé® Frappé treat that flavors your day with just the right amount of sweet.

SunRidge Farms®

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Family Owned & Operated

Based in Royal Oaks, CA, SunRidge Farms® is a family–owned and operated manufacturer and distributor of the finest certified organic and natural foods, both bulk and packaged. Formally founded in 1982, our mission is to promote healthy living for everyone through the quality, integrity and environmental sensibility of the products offered.

Thanks to SunRidge Farms I have all the snacks I need for not only Charlie and David’s Christmas Stocking but mine as well. From dried fruits and chocolate covered nuts to Walnuts and Pecans. What more could we want in our Stockings?

Split Nutrition

 Grass Fed Coffee Subscription: Give the gift of healthy, sustained energy this holiday season! Favorite ready-to drink butter coffee, offers a monthly subscription service where you can have a 12-pack delivered right to the recipient’s door for only $35.99/month or a 6-pack for $17.99/month. 

Grass Feed Coffee specifically uses organic, fair trade coffee. MCT oil and sustainable-produced grass fed butter that is high in vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and healthy fats. 

MCT oil has been dubbed a super fuel that acts as a quick source of energy to for your brain. MCTs travel straight from the gut to the liver where they are used as fuel – giving you an immediate source of energy! Sold nationally on Amazon and online.

 SplitNutrition.com

Split is perfect when you’ve got your water bottle packed, hand warmers for the chilly night to come. With all this expert prep, why should your snacks have to be boring?

Split Nutrition is here to save you and your family from yet another pack of trail mix. It’s the first-ever nut butter and jam packet, revolutionizing the way you snack on-the-go. It’s so light and compact, you can pop a few in your pack and not miss a beat. The peanut butter side is great for your doggo, too!

Developed by Chef Jeff Mahin and founder of Performance Nutrition Concepts, Dr. Philip Goglia, Splipairs the finest raw nut butters and fruit spreads, ensuring that you can get the nutrients your body craves in a delicious way from great, real food.

Each Split packet is the perfect balance of good fats, simple carbs, and an array of vitamins and antioxidants to nourish and energize during your camping excursion! 

It’s available in six delicious varieties, including the new Cashew Butter + Sour Cherry Spread & Almond Butter + Blueberry Spread flavors. They use as few ingredients as possible, eliminating any preservatives or additives. It’s also…

  • Plant-based
  • Non-GMO
  • Gluten-free
  • High protein

You can find Split nationwide at Whole Foods and online at SplitNutrition.com and Amazon! I can’t wait to share this with my niece Alyssa because Peanut Butter and Jelly is all my Great Nephew Jason will eat for lunch. With Split Jason would be able to fix his own lunch at school.

AMC Hemp

High Hemp Organic Herbal Wraps is the best alternative to the harsh ingredients used in traditional hemp rolling paper, but even slow burn of tobacco wrap.

They contain a low amount of CBD making them the first of its kind. Certified organic, tobacco free, GMO-free, and Gluten Free.

At That’s Caring, we give to love and love to give and believe your friends and family will be more than interested in our UNIQUE food gift options that gives back!

Each of our high-end gifts at That’s Caring are unique in that they give TWICE: once to the lucky recipient, and once to a hungry child in need right here in the United States. 

For every gift purchased we work with food banks throughout the US to provide weekend meals/bags to hungry children in need. Learn more here.

Gift that we think would be perfect for your gift guide are listed below:

  • Gift Selection: Cheese, crackers and ONEHOPE wine gift box 
  • Cost: $49.99, provides weekend meals for 1 child 

Bushwick Kitchen

 – a New York based company offering a collection of sweet and spicy condiments. From the various types of honey, maple syrup and sriracha.


From your favorite savory dishes, sweet and sip worthy cocktails and more, Bushwick Kitchen really is a must-have for all of your holiday needs this season. The trio sauce packages are priced $39.99 and are the perfect gift for every foodie. Did I mention all products are conveniently available for purchase on Amazon, Bloomingdale’s and Food 52? 

It all started with ingredients. On that first night, in February 2014, we were fueled by pizza and whiskey at our kitchen table in Bushwick as we chased the idea of making sauces.

But before long, we were combing the best aparies for the best wildflower honey; four-wheeling through snowdrifts in the Catskill Mountains in pursuit of the richest maple syrup; eating our way through Queens to discover the most complex gochujang; and sourcing the warmest cinnamon bark from Indonesia, the briniest sea salt from Amagansett, and chili peppers from around the world.

Six years and twelve products later, Bushwick Kitchen has grown into a national brand with retail presence in every state, and spread across the world with customers in 34 countries on six continents. (We’re still waiting on Antarctica.) Born in Brooklyn, NY and mixed/infused in the same great state.

Lumbini

Ceylon Breakfast Tea

Ceylon Breakfast Tea add to your vitality as the sun rises on the world. Ceylon Breakfast is that of a true morning tea, crafted to deliver a natural and sustained fix of energy to help you optimize your day.

Made from fresh leaves selectively handpicked from the enriched and untainted ecological setting of the Dimbula Valley, it is an unblended, single-origin tea that is abundantly rich in character, health-boosting antioxidants and essential minerals.

Full-bodied and aromatic, the essence of forest flowers and the lingering hint of citrus is evident as you indulge your senses in a ritual of flavorful upliftment.

Lumbini Tea Valley carries the World’s Most Awarded Black Tea – Sinharaja Wiry Tips from the Lumbini Tea Valley Ceylon so far 29 awards won globally.

If you enjoy tea just s much as I do then I would like to let you know customers can order online and the products are shipped directly from the Tea Factory. Teas are extremely fresh – bush to cup in 45 days of plucking.

 Mighty Spark craft lean protein and donate a meal to someone in need through each purchase consumers make. Mighty Sparks are low-calorie, high-protein chicken snack sticks.

 These are perfect to gift to a host for them to serve at the party, or as a gift for those that want healthy snacks while on-the-go; in their gym bag or at their desk. What’s even better is that for every 3 snack sticks sold, we donate a meal to someone in need, so this is a purchase with purpose.

These are available at www.mightysparkfood.com, CVS locations and select convenience stores nationwide.

  • Flavors:
  • Mighty Spark’s snack sticks are made with all-natural, lean chicken with whole food ingredients to deliver unique flavors. Snack stick flavors include: Honey Jalapeno, BBQ Sweet Potato, Black Bean Chipotle and Cranberry Ginger.
    • The snack sticks are: Gluten and Soy Free; made with chicken raised with no antibiotics or hormones; no nitrites or nitrates
    • $1.99 per stick
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 Meadiocrity Mead in San Diego where we make mead with honey from our own bee hives and local partner beekeepers to ensure only the best quality honey goes into them.

 Mead is the oldest alcoholic beverage in the world and often associated with the holiday season. Yet, most people haven’t heard of it or haven’t tried it, so it makes the perfect booze gift for anyone who certainly looks like he’s had them all.

If you haven’t had the opportunity to try out Foundation but would like to. I would like to suggest you pair this with Pizza, Korean BBQ, or Pad Thai which I know David would enjoy a lot.

Wild Diamond Wines

Came onto the scene at the start of this year and immediately started racking up rewards Give your family a taste of these special wines with their favorite varietal or gift them the Wine Club membership!

The 2016 Cabernet Franc is a true expression of how delicious Cabernet Franc grown in California can be. Lauded in places like Loire Valley, France for the earthy, herbaceous, and gamey notes this grape can possess, this particular vintage does not disappoint.

Think of this wine as a Chinon rouge with a California flair. Showcasing a brownish-red color, one dive of the nose into the glass brings out a medley of white truffle, leafy aromas of oregano and thyme, as well as baking spices.

On the palate, there is some tangy coconut, black currants and sweet wood flavors to go along with a well-integrated overall tannin profile. This medium-bodied wine coupled with high acidity is a mouth-waterer that yearns for some food to go along with.

Some suggestions would be any tomato based dishes or vinegar based sauces. Try some German-style Schnitzel or perhaps some Roasted Wild Game Hens as well. Drink now through 2030. Varietal Composition: 100% Cabernet Franc.

Our 2016 Cabernet Franc was awarded a Gold Medal at the 2019 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, which is the largest competition of American wines. In addition, our 2016 Cabernet Franc was awarded a Silver Medal at the prestigious TEXSOM International Wine Awards. Read more about these Cabernet Franc awards.

The 2016 Grenache exudes a fiery, ruby-red color in the glass, smelling of citrus-rind, star anise, and red berries. On the palate, there are fine notes of raspberry and baked cinnamon coupled with a light oak profile heading with a bright acidity and freshness.

Possessing a medium body with good weight, this wine will drink well now through 2023. This will hold up well with a dish like Cassoulet or go ahead and pair with a Spanish classic like Paella. Varietal Composition: 100% Grenache.

Our 2016 Grenache was awarded a Double Gold Medal at the 2019 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, which is the largest competition of American wines. Read more about this Grenache award.

Wine Insiders,

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Wine Insiders, a a site dedicated to helping wine connoisseurs find the best wine for them. The Wine Insiders Club is a subscription service that allows you to receive an expertly selected 12 bottle case of Red, White or Mixed wine depending on your preference every 12 weeks for only $89.

This subscription service offers free shipping and is free to cancel at any time. Through Wine Insiders you can decide on your perfect wine bottle by browsing through tasting notes and customer reviews for any bottle on the site.   

Discovers Teas Tailored To Your Tastes through FREE YOUR TEA a Personalized Tea Subscription service that Discovers + Delivers Teas Tailored To Your Tastes. Let us Free Your Tea!

Thank you,

Glenda, Charlie and David Cates

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