8 Gift Worthy Chardonnay Wines

Chardonnay The holiday season is upon us, and it absolutely is the best time of the year, bringing friends and family together in celebration. And with the seasonal gatherings comes a gift exchange. Red wines are always popular for gifting during the holidays, as a bold Cabernet Sauvignon and earthy Pinot Noir pair well with the Christmas goose or crown roast. Still, the gift-giving should not be…

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CATHERINE'S STYLE FILES - 2014

29 MAY 2014 || The Countess of Strathearn visted the Strathearn Community Campus, the MacRosty Park and the Famous Grouse distillery along with Prince William while on their day out in Strathearn.

HEART EYES | the Duchess of Cambridge couldn’t keep her eyes off her husband during an away day to Strathearn

5 Russian River Valley Estates & Wineries

5 Russian River Valley Estates & Wineries

I’ve read that Economist John Maynard Keynes said on his deathbed that his only regret in life was that he had not drunk more champagne. After the pandemic, many of us realize that life is unpredictable, so recently I traveled up to Sonoma County to drink more wine and champagne. After visiting Korbel to drink more champagne, I discovered that the Russian River Valley is a haven for Pinot Noir…

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Strathearn - 29 May 2014

The Earl and Countess of Strathearn arrive at MacRosty Park on a day of engagements in Strathearn in Crieff, Scotland. (📷Getty Images)

✧･*ﾟscottish surnames

→ link to my scottish female name masterlist → link to my scottish male name masterlist

under the cut are 733 scottish surnames. this masterlist was created for all in one breath rp at the request of lovely el, but feel free to link on your own sites! names are listed in alphabetical order. ❝mac❞, ❝mc❞ and ❝m❞ are split into three sections because i mean... look at them. please like♡ or reblog if you found this useful.

abbot(son), abercrombie, abernethy, adam(son), agnew, aikenhead, aitken, akins, allan(nach/son), anderson, (mac)andie, (mac)andrew, angus, annand, archbold/archibald, ard, aris, (mac)arthur

B

(mac)bain/bayne, baird, baker, balfour, bannatyne, bannerman, barron, baxter, beaton, beith, bell, bethune, beveridge, birse, bisset, bishop, black(ie), blain/blane, blair, blue, blyth, borthwick, bowie, boyd, boyle, braden, bradley, braithnoch, (mac)bratney, breck, bretnoch, brewster, (mac)bridan/brydan/bryden, brodie, brolochan, broun/brown, bruce, buchanan, budge, buglass, buie, buist, burnie, butter/buttar

C

caie, (mac)caig, (mac)cail, caird, cairnie, (mac)callan(ach), calbraith, (mac)callum, calvin, cambridge, cameron, campbell, canch, (mac)candlish, carberry, carmichael, carrocher, carter, cassie, (mac)caskie, catach, catto, cattenach, causland, chambers, chandlish, charleson, charteris, chisholm, christie, (mac)chrystal, (mac)clanachan/clenachan, clark/clerk, (mac)clean, cleland, clerie, (mac)clinton, cloud, cochrane, cockburn, coles, colinson, colquhoun, comish, comiskey, comyn, conn(an), cook, corbett, corkhill, (mac)cormack, coull, coulthard, (mac)cowan, cowley, crabbie, craig, crane, cranna, crawford/crawfurd, crerar, cretney, crockett, crosby, cruikshank, (mac)crum, cubbin, cullen, cumming, cunningham, currie, cuthbertson

D

dallas, dalglish, dalziel, darach/darroch, davidson, davie, day, deason, de lundin, dewar, dickin, dickson, docherty, dockter, doig, dollar, (mac)donald(son), donelson, donn, douglas, dorward, (mac)dow(all), dowell, (macil)downie, drain, drummond, (mc)duff(ie)/duff(y), duguid, dunnet, dunbar, duncan, dunn, durward, duthie

E, F

eggo, elphinstone, erskine, faed, (mac)farquhar(son), fee, fergus(on), (mac)ferries, fettes, fiddes, findlay, finn, finlayson, fisher, fishwick, fitzgerald, flanagan, fleming, fletcher, forbes, forrest, foulis/fowlis, fraser, fullarton, fulton, furgeson

G

gall(ie), galbraith, gammie, gardyne, (mac)garvie, gatt, gault, geddes, gellion, gibb(son), gilbert, gilbride, (mac)gilchrist, gilfillan, (mac)gill(ivray/ony), gillanders, gillespie, gillies, gilliland, gilmartin, gilmichael, gilmore, gilroy, gilzean, (mac)glashan, glass, gloag, glover, godfrey, gollach, gordon, (mac)gorrie, gourlay, gow, graeme/graham, grant, grassick, grassie, gray, gregg, (mac)gregor(y), greer, greig, grierson, grieve, grimmond, (mac)gruer, gunn, guthrie

H

hall, hamill, (mac)hardie/hardy, harper, harvie, hassan, hatton, hay, henderson, hendry, henry, hepburn, herron, hood, hosier, howie, hugston, huie, hume, humphrey, hunter, (mac)hutcheon, hutcheson

I, J, K

(mac)innes, irving, iverach, ivory, jamieson, jarvie, jeffrey(s), johnson, johnston, jorie, (mac)kay, (mac)kean, keenan, keillor, keir, keith, kelly, kelso, keogh, kemp, kennedy, (mac)kerr(acher), kesson, king, kynoch

L

laing, laird, (mac)laine/lane, lamond, lamont, landsborough, landsburgh, lang/laing, larnach, laurie/lawrie, lees, lennie, lennox, leslie, lindsay, little(son), lithgow, livingston(e), lobban, logan, lorne, lothian, lovat, love, loynachan, luke, luther

MAC-

mac ruaidhrí, mac somhairle, mac suibhne, macadam, macadie, macaffer, macainsh, macalasdair, macallister, macalonie, macalpine, macanroy, macara, macarthy, macaskill, macaskin, macaughtrie, macaulay, macauslan, macbean, macbeath, macbeth(ock), macbey, macbriden, macbryde, maccabe, maccadie, maccaffer, maccaffey/maccaffie, maccalman, maccambridge, maccann, maccance, maccartney, maccavity, maccaw, macdowell, maccheyne, maccodrum, maccomb(ie), maccorkindale, maccormick, maccoll, macconie, macconnachie, macconnell, maccoshin, maccoskrie, maccorquodale, macclaren, maccleary, macclew, maccloy, macclumpha, macclung, macclure, macclurg, maccraig, maccrain, maccreadie, maccrimmon, maccrindle, maccririe, maccrone, maccrosson, maccuaig, maccuidh, maccuish, macculloch, maccurley, macdermid/macdiarmid, macdougall, macdui, macduthy, maceachainn, maceachen, macelfrish, macewan/macewen, macfadyen, macfadzean, macfall, macfarlane/macpharlane, macfater/macphater, macfeat, macfee, macfigan, macgarrie, macgarva, macgeachen/macgeechan, macgeorge, macghie, macgibbon, macgillonie, macgiven, macglip, macgriogair, macgruther, macguire, macgurk, machaffie, macheth, machugh, macichan, macinnally, macindeoir, macindoe, macinesker, macinlay, macinroy, macintosh, macintyre, macisaac, maciver/macivor, macilherran, macilroy, macjarrow, mackail, mackeegan, mackeggie, mackellar, mackelvie, mackendrick, mackenna, mackenzie, mackerlich, mackerral, mackerron, mackerrow, mackessock, mackettrick, mackichan, mackie, mackilligan, mackillop, mackim(mie), mackinven, mackirdy/mackirdie, mackrycul, maclafferty, maclagan, maclarty, maclatchie/letchie, maclaverty, maclearnan, macleay, maclehose, macleish, maclellan(d), macleman, macleod, macleòid, maclintock, macllwraith, maclucas, macluckie, maclugash, macmann(us), macmaster, macmeeken, macmichael, macmillan, macminn, macmorrow, macmurchie, macmurdo, macmurray, macnab, macnair, macnally, macnaught(on), macnee, macneish/macnish, macnicol, macninder, macnucator, macpartland, macphail, macphatrick, macphee, macphedran, macpherson, macquarrie, macqueen, macquien, macquilken, macrae/machray, macraild, macrob(bie/bert), macrory, macrostie, macshane, macsherry, macsorley, macsporran, macsween, mactavish, mactear, macturk, macusbaig, macvannan, macvarish, macvaxter, macvean, macveigh/macvey, macvicar, macvitie, macvurich, macwalter, macwattie, macwhannell, macwhillan, macwhinnie

MC-

mccabe, mccain, mcclelland, mcclintock, mcconell, mccracken, mccune, mccurdy, mcdiarmid, mcelshender, mceuen, mcewing, mcfadden, mcgeachie/mcgeachy, mcgowan, mcilroy, mcinnis, mcivor, mckechnie, mckeown, mclarty, mclennan, mcneill(age/ie), mcowen, mcphee, mcpherson, mcwhirter

M

maduthy, magruder, mahaffie, main(s), mair, major, malcolm(son), malloch, manson, marr, marno(ch), (mac)martin, marquis, massie, matheson, mathewson, maver/mavor, maxwell, may, mearns, meechan, meiklejohn, meldrum, mellis(h), menzies, mercer, micklewain, milfrederick, millar/miller, milligan, milliken, milne, milroy, milvain, milwain, moannach, moat, moffat, mollinson, moncrief, monk, montgomery, moore, moray, morgan, (mac)morran, morrison, morrow, morton, mossman, mucklehose, muir(head), mulloy, munn, munro, (mac)murchie/murchy, murchison, murdoch, murphy

N, O, P, Q

nairn, naughton, navin, neeve, neil, neish, nelson, ness, nevin, nicalasdair, niceachainn, (mac)nichol(son), nicleòid, (mac)niven, noble, ochiltree, ogg, ogilvy, o'kean, oliver, omay/omey, orchard(son), orr, osborne, park, paterson, patrick, patten, peacock, peat, peters, philp, polson, power, purcell, purser, qualtrough, quayle, quillan, quiller, quinn, quirk

R, S

(mac)ranald(son), randall, rankin, reid, reoch, revie, riach, (mac)ritchie, roberts(on), rose, ross, rothes, roy, ryrie, salmon(d), scott, selkirk, sellar, shannon, sharpe, shaw, sheen, shiach, sillars, sim(son/pson), sinclair, skene, skinner, sloan, smith, somerville, soutar/souter, stein, stenhouse, stewart/stuart, strachan, stronach, sutherland, (mac)swan(son/ston), swinton

T, U, V, W, Y

taggart, tallach, tawse, taylor, thom(son), todd, tolmie, tosh, tough, tulloch, turner, tyre, ulrick, urquhart, vass, wallace, walker, walsh, warnock, warren, ward, watt, watson, wayne, weir, welsh, whiston, whyte, wilkins(on), (mac)william(son), wilson, winning, wright, young

A tropical fruit-like Chardonnay should be enough cooled for summer, as well as Sauvignon Blanc. This is really nice! #chardonnay #macrostie #winery #tastingroom #healdsburg #sonomacounty #sonoma #russianriver #winetasting #winelover #california (at Sainte Claire Hotel)

🌧 then a 🌈 (at MacRostie Winery & Vineyards) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsTFkxQA5twDE4r_kDtTYDybzNjakp_y8be5bc0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=mhfkfukvbh45

Raise a Glass to Women

Today is the day to toast all the wonderful women in your life because let’s face it….you wouldn’t be here without them. Today is International Women’s Day. While I wish we didn’t have to draw attention to the fact that there are amazing women doing the work so often associated with men, it continues to happen, like in the wine industry. Still, strong, independent women have been thriving in the…

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Wine Recommendations

https://j.mp/36WrGyB Wine Recommendations https://j.mp/36WrGyB The NewsletterWine ReviewsLuxury ChardonnayGood Value Pinot NoirLuxury Cabernet Sauvignon from NapaSpanishItaliansCal-italDinner WhitesFun, Dumb, and Delicious: the WhitesFun, Dumb, and Delicious: the RedsSerious (but cheap) RedsCabernet/SyrahOld NewsGallo’s HumorKeith’s Cheat Sheet Wine Reviews Luxury Chardonnay These represent the best of what California Chardonnay can be, although they are mostly in the big-big-big oak and buttery buttered butter style. Talbott “Cuvee Audrey”Patz and Hall Hyde Vineyard MacRostie “Wildcat Mountain” Chardonnay Hyde de Villaine CarneroBeringer Sbragia Good Value Pinot Noir Nether thought this would happen, but sure as hell, it has. There is good Pinot for under $25. If you are telling yourself, “I know a bunch of good Pinots for under $25”, then you are in desperate need of a Wine 101 class. Some of these have been around for a while and maybe harder to find, especially since I have been buying them all by the case. Siduri “Sonatera” Robert Stemmler Nugent Vineyard Picket Fence Russian River ValleyKenwood Russian River ValleyGundlach Bundschu Luxury Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa A great deal of excellent Cabernet has seen price reductions, most likely because high-end wineries are in desperate need of cash. Bacio Divino To Kalon Vineyard Robert Craig Howell Mountain Lail Vineyards “Blueprint” Heitz 1998 Martha’s Vineyard Pine Ridge Oakville Ramey Larkmead VineyardRockledge Vineyards Find these wines here: The Wine Finder Spanish There are some excellent Spanish wines in the market right now, with a strong focus on Priorat. Not sure how or why there is a glut of wines from one of the greatest wine regions in the world, most of which is listed at good prices. Manga del Brujo Red Mas de l’Abundancia Fluminus Cims de Porrera Solanes Buil And Gine Priorat Cellars Capafons-Osso “Mas de Masos” Priorat Italians Lately, the Italian wines have gotten very interesting, with a lot of 2003 Brunello and some single-vineyard Barolo. Donnafugata Mille Una Notte Caparzo Brunello di MontalcinoTerriccio Tassinaia Michele Chiarlo Barolo BrunateLuiano Lui di Luiano Cal-ital Glad to see a few old favorites at great prices. Bacio Divino Pazzo Luna Estate Sangiovese Find these wines here: The Wine Finder Dinner Whites Good quality that will do quite well whenever a white wine is called for. Pieropan Soave Classico Source Gamble Vineyard Sauvignon BlancNepenthe Sauvignon Blanc Fun, Dumb, and Delicious: the Whites Great for folks who don’t drink often. Top-notch wines for newbies. Pillar Box White Hedges CMS Pirie Estelle Tasmania Fun, Dumb, and Delicious: the Reds These are the easiest drinking bunch of quality wines I have ever seen. Fruit bombs! Rolf Binder “Hales” ShirazBleasdale “Bremerview” Shiraz X Winery Spring Mountain Merlot Serious (but cheap) Reds These are very well made and offer up some varietal and regional typicity. Serious wines but at a very good price. Columbia Crest “Reserve” Syrah Domaine de la Soleiade VacqueyrasWolf Blass “Gold Label” Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet/Syrah Personally, I think this blend is intrinsically flawed. These wines don’t make it into the school cellar often. However, these five are so good they almost change my opinion. Almost. B Cellars Blend 25 from Napa Bacio Divino Vagabond from NapaHall Darwin from Napa Antiyal Kuyen from Chile Parson’s Flat Shiraz/Cabernet from Australia Old News This was originally part of our February 2010 Newsletter. For more up-to-date information, register for our Wine Newsletter. Gallo’s Humor This week, the major media outlets continue their reports on how E & J Gallo was duped into selling fake Pinot Noir. Last week, a French court convicted the leaders of several wine companies in the scheme. The wine in question was actually Merlot and Syrah, which was bound for Gallo’s “Red Bicyclette” brand. Poor silly little Gallo! Gallo is being portrayed as being a somewhat inept corporation that was duped by a few winemakers and negotiants in the Languedoc region of France. However, Gallo is well known in the industry for being one of the smartest, best run wine companies in the world: a billion dollar enterprise respected for its ability to create, distribute and sell brands. This is a company that turned a brand concept (Da Vinci) into one of the best-selling brands of Italian wines in the span of five years. Would such a company purchase millions of dollars of wine without a scrupulous audit, or without a team of wine professionals inspecting every batch? Probably not. Pinot Noir from Languedoc is of very poor quality, which is why they produce very little of it. On the other hand, the region produces an ocean of decent syrah, and does so very cheaply. I find it hard to believe that Gallo did not know about the switch. Gallo is the king of market research: it knows people want to buy Pinot Noir, it also knows that Pinot Noir that retails for less than $10 is crap, it also knows that people who are buying Pinot Noir for less than $10 have two priorities: Price and taste. You can’t tell a bargain-hunting consumer that there is no such thing as a decent Pinot for $8. Instead of selling them horrendous wine, why not sell them something decent, even if it’s not Pinot Noir? Everyone wins. Everyone except the 12 people who were convicted of fraud last week. It’s interesting that no one, not even those charged with serious crimes, has even proposed the idea that Gallo actually knew about the switch. Is it because Gallo is beyond reproach or or because Gallo wields such a huge amount of power in a crumbing economy? Keith’s Cheat Sheet Back in the day when Jonathan Newman ran the PLCB, his Chairman’s Selections were often amazing. The program is still alive, although lacking in quality control. The program still offers some great wines at stupendously cheap prices. However, the buyer has to be very careful; there are a lot of stinkers out there, too. As a service to our loyal students, here is our internal list of the best of the best wines in the PLCB system and its Chairman’s Selection program. Wines don’t make this list unless they are priced below wholesale and of exceptional quality. In other words, these are the best of the best…. and the cheapest too! Find these wines here: The NEW Wine Finder

The Cambridges literally could not keep their hands off each other while unveiling a commemorative plaque at MacRosty Park, Strathearn

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Wine tasting!!! (at MacRostie Winery & Vineyards)

Had a fun day breadstick tasting at the winery. 📷: @ahopcus (at MacRostie Winery & Vineyards) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwdRaePntMj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=m0ypcqtnuz8g

sunday’s in sonoma🍷 (at MacRostie Winery & Vineyards) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv-Lbkbg_BL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1raa74bihzyn4

Second stop in the Russian River Valley. (at MacRostie Winery & Vineyards) https://www.instagram.com/dartlimousines/p/Bv4wSElnKYD/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3fwuuajsohmp