Thursday, August 4, 2011

L'Italia ottiene smushed! It's Jersey Shore SIP.WATCH.TWEET™


Italy Gets SMUSHED! It's Jersey Shore SIP.WATCH.TWEET™
With La Gerla '04 Brunello Di Montalcino Vigna gli Angeli

It's here and we are all ready to see Italy get SMUSHED! Click to Preview Pugno di pompaggio in Italia and see why Pauly D said "Every day there is a different drama."
Click to Preview Improvvisare Italia Saggi and see why Vinny told Ron "make it just like this, except 1,000 times better."
This season we will see the gang get back to their roots...well, all with the exception of Snooki and JWWOW.

We have been eagerly waiting their return and now our wait is finally over! Although I am not too pro on them going to the mother country, because it's JERSEY SHORE not Miami Shore and certainly not Florence, Italy. That being said, the previews for the upcoming season look compelling and entertaining, maybe the more so than the past three. We see Ronnie and Mike's explosive fight [as The Situation said "It was a bad situation."]. We see Pauly and Deena make out at a club. We see Deena make out with an Italian chick who has a twin and was supposed to be hooking up with Mike. We are on the search with Vinny to find a nice, traditional, real Italian girl. The house has huge blow ups and meltdowns and of course, some fun. Like most Italians know, we love hard, play hard and fight harder. We are passionate people, we throw things, we yell, we scream, but in the end its all about love and family.

Now on to the SIP of SIP.WATCH.TWEET™
With La Gerla '04 Brunello Di Montalcino Vigna gli Angeli

Le cabine sono qui!!
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With the Jersey Shore family in Florence, Italy this season I thought it appropriate to pick a wine region around there. Standing proud like it's winemakers, in stoic dark scarlet and candy apple red blended color hues in your glass. It's nose tempts you with provoctive aromas of dried plums, black currents and purple figs, all with a hint of cardamom. Your palate is then tickled with juicy fruit forward notes of blackberries, elderberries and black plum flesh. This Brunello has delightful culinary spices layered on top of the dense black fruits; anise, clove, fennel seed and pink peppercorn. Full bodied with a silky smooth mouth feel and round, layered, long and lingering finish, leaving you thirsty for your next sip.


Now let's SIP this Brunello, WATCH Jersey Shore in Italy and TWEET about it!
Ora il SIP il Brunello, WATCH Jersey Shore in Italia e PIO! 
Hashtag #JerseyShore #SipWatchTweet and/or #LaGerlaBrunello
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Countess Rose Perry, Certified Sommelier
Creator of SIP.WATCH.TWEET™
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Pugno di pompaggio in Italia!

Thursday, March 17, 2011

SamRon 2.0 Break Down...Sammi/Vinny Battle Rap?! #SIPWATCHTWEET™

TONIGHT'S JERSEY SHORE SIP.WATCH.TWEET™
WINE SELECTION: SASSY BITCH WINE CHARDONNAY

Last episode PaulyD said "If they get back together, I'm going to kill myself. There will be no more beats, because I will kill myself." I'd say 100% of the Jersey Shore cast and 98.9% of the audience feels the same way about. Sammi has gone to blows [at least mentally] with everyone in the house with the exception of sweet Sicilian Vinny...Until now. Tonight, the self-proclaimed "sweetest bitch you'll ever meet" will battle Vinny; first in rap and then... CLICK HERE FOR SNEAK PEEK OF TONIGHT'S JERSEY SHORE



I am proud to present the first blond ever to appear on The Jesery Shore. Dedicated to the "bitch" I love to hate, Sammi- I have chosen the Chilean [which happens to be be Snooki's ethnicity] wine Sassy Bitch Chardonnay. She's a natural blond of translucent golden rod and amber. They Jersey "boys" aren't in to blondes on the whole, but they won't be able to turn this Sassy Bitch down. The fragrance she exudes is an intoxicating blend of the fruits and florals of the tropics-cherimoya, guava and plumeria. On the tongue, more island flavor; refreshing notes of pineapple and papaya flood your palate. She finishes with a hint of banana and as smooth as a "Jersey Shore Juice Head"'s tanned, oiled up chest.

TOR ORDER SASSY BITCH CHARDONNAY CLICK ON LINK: SASSY BITCH WINES

Countess Rose Perry, Certified Sommelier
Creator of SIP.WATCH.TWEET™

Thursday, March 10, 2011

"Doing The Dip"...Cheating ALREADY?! SIP.WATCH.TWEET™

 SIP.WATCH.TWEET™ WINE FOR THIS EPISODE:
WATERBROOK WINERY '09 SANGIOVESE ROSE


Tonight's episode of Jersey Shore brings *shock* more drama to the Shore. This time the target is the newly formed relationship of JWOW and Roger....Side note, is Sammy "Busted" texting someone other than Ronnie? Yea, this episode is busting at the seams with the dark, immortal sins of infidelity! Check out a sneak peak of tonight's Jersey Shore here: DOING THE DIP-JERSEY SHORE SNEAK PEAK
 
With all the debauchery, back stabbing and lewd behavior, what better wine to bring some innocence to the evening than Waterbrook Winery's Sangiovese Rose? With it's Italian "roots", vibrant misty rose color and bright aromas of Honey Pommello fruit, Rose hips and Hawaiian Pikake how can you feel naughty not nice while sipping? The taste is even more lively than the fragrance; white nectarine, yellow peach, passion fruit and a burst of ruby red grapefruit at the pleasantly acidic finish. Watch Jersey Shore to get heated up, savor this Sangiovese Rose to cool down.

TO ORDER WATERBROOK WINERY'S '09 SANGIOVESE ROSE CLICK ON THIS LINK: Waterbrook Winery Wines




Countess Rose Perry, Certified Sommelier
Wine Writer and Creator of SIP.WATCH.TWEET™

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Tonight's pick for Jersey Shore SIP.WATCH.TWEET™ is Circus '03 Shiraz-Cabernet

 "Bear In a Circus" SIP. WATCH. TWEET™

Bear in a circus OR Ronnie on a bike?


FINALLY! A smile from "Lonely Ronnie"! Mike "The Situation" buys PaulyD a mini-motorbike for his birthday and ends up being a welcome delight for RONNIE. When Ronnie rides the bike PaulyD calls out to him "...ya big basterd!" and says to the camera, "It's so funny seeing Ronnie's big a_s riding, he looks like a bear in a circus." Sneak Peek of TONIGHT's Jersey Shore

Tonight's wine selection is dedicated to Ronnie. Circus '03 Shiraz-Cabernet is as big as Ronnie looks like on Pauly D's mini-motorbike. The color is dark and ominmous, extremely dark raspberry and violet mix. It looks black in the bottle and not that much lighter in your glass. The aroma is ripe with summer dark berries; blackberry, bosenberry and loganberry with a small hint of white pepper spice on the back end. The flavor is intensely fruit-forward and in your face. Kind of like the entire cast of Jersey Shore [which is why we love them!]. Plum, black elderberry and black currents flood your tastebuds. The mouthfeel is round and ripe, the finish is long and ends with a sweet oak, slightly acidic kick.



Countess Rose Reyna Perry, Certified Sommelier
Wine Writer and Creator of SIP.WATCH.TWEET™

Thursday, February 10, 2011

"The Meatballs Got You!"



Snooki and Deena move "Single Sammi"
 into their room->

Tonight's SIPWATCHTWEET™ Wine is 
Terrabianca '07 Chianti Classico 

"I love Single Sammi!"-Snooki and Deena ...On again fight again. Off again cry again. On again scream again. Off again? Who isn't sick of the Ronnie/Sammi relationship drama. Well cork a bottle of Chianti, pour a glass then, SIP. WATCH. TWEET™ along with me and watch some Trashtastic Reality TV! 

This isn't the generic straw covered bottle of Italian red table wine. Terrabianca Vineyards are located in the middle of Tuscany, right in the heart of the Chianti Classico region. Their Chianti is made of mostly Sangiovese with just enough Canaiolo to build a structure. The color is a bright, cherry-clear red with a body that's similar to Snooki; light but compact. The nose is berry luscious with raspberries and blueberries. The Terrabianca Chianti boasts flavors of berries as well except much more tart than it's fragrance. A little heavier than a light bodied wine it has a fruity crisp mouth feel and boysenberry finish.  

Jersey Shore is on MTV [channel 331 on Direct TV] tonight and every Thursday 7p/EST
If you're watching from New York's Upper West Side you can pick up a bottle of Terrabianca '07 Chianti Classico at 67 Wine 67Wine.com


Rose Perry-Cohen, Certified Sommelier, AWS, WSET, ASA 
SIP. WATCH. TWEET™





Thursday, January 27, 2011

Jersey Shore-The Grenade Whistle...Sip. Watch. Tweet.™ with Monastrell

It's "Jersey Shore" Sip. Watch. Tweet.
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27 January 11 Sip. Watch. Tweet.™ Wine is
Bodegas Sierra Salinas "Mo" '08 Monastrell


Bodegas Sierra Salinas "Mo" '08 Monastrell

Tonights' episode is entitled: "Grenade Whistle". The title alone is freaking hilarious and couple that with the sneak peak MTV teases our Trash-tast-tic* reality show funny bone with makes me as giddy as a big-haired-gum-popping-long-fingernail-wearing-Jersey-school girl around Pauly D! Check it out by clicking this link: Jersey Shore 1/27 Sneak Peek


Grenade Whistle is the New Vuvuzela


What we're drinking this #SipWatchTweet
I decided to go with the Monastrell because much like the Jersey Shore reality show itself--people think they are too good, too educated, too worldly, too_____ for it. But you sip [watch] it once, you'll come back for more when you're in the mood to be entertained on the cheap. If you are unfamiliar with Monastrell and have had Mourvèdre you've had Monastrell. If you haven't had either and you are a red wine fan why not start tonight?

The Bodegas Sierra Salinas Monastrell's color is as dark as Snooki after a spray tan and bronzer. But in lieu of burnt orange it's dark violet with tints of deep garnet. The aroma is a deceitful blend of juicy dark, ripe fruits. I say deceitful because upon your first swirl and sip flavors of mocha and leather flood across your palate. I wouldn't call it a 3 dimensional wine-meaning it doesn't show off a lot of layers but the mouth feel is robust with culinary spices and finishes pleasantly.

So pick up a bottle of MO Monastrell, log in to Twitter, turn on MTV, hang with Pauly D, Vinny, Snooki, The Situation, JWWow, Diana, Ronnie and SIP. WATCH. TWEET.

*I have to admit @fifthand56th coined 'trashtastic'

Rose Perry-Cohen, Certified Sommelier
Sip. Watch. Tweet.™
@VinoCaPisco via @RoseCohenNYC