Wine and shoes, a girl can never have enough…..bringing two of our favourites together. This is truly the perfect gift… Have given a couple of these away already with the ladies reaction going mad for them! Different, sexy, shows a little fun and imagination, dresses up a table, functional for the girl who has everything… Also can be filled with a variety of goods, great chocolate, bath salts, the possibilities are endless. Be sure to pick up the matching stopper too. Available in red, white, black and cheetah designs. Collect them all. Price: Wine bottle holders $39.95 plus $16.00 postage and handling. Wine Bottle stoppers $19.95 plus $6.00 postage and handling To order your Sexy heels to hold your wine Click Here or call 905-338-6797 Great Holiday Gift Giving from The Wine The Wine Ladies! Check out our video and holiday wishes for The Wine Ladies!

Win a prize package filled with wine accessories and more valued over $300.00 The holidays are all about tradition, family and friends, and wonderful memories including making snow angels Christmas morning, to the unbelievable aroma of a turkey roasting in the oven and the scent of mulled wine. What’s your favourite Christmas memory and special drink or cocktail? Share your recipe for a special holiday cocktail with The Wine Ladies and win! Visit The Wine Ladies Facebook Fan Page, share your favourite for a chance to win a special Christmas Wine gift from us valued at over $300.00. Winner will be drawn at random and announced on The Wine Ladies TV Wednesday December 15th, 2010 at 2:30PM on That Channel. If you missed last week’s TV show not a problem, watch The Wine Ladies TV podcasts and archived shows on The Wine Ladies TV Show and That Channel, http://thatradio.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2574 from anywhere and anytime. Here is one of our favourites, Enjoy! Mulled Wine 2 bottles dry red wine 4 oz Port or brandy 12 whole cloves 3 cinnamon sticks (more for garnish) zest and juice of one large orange 6 whole black peppercorns Ground nutmeg Combine all of the above in a large pot and bring to a simmer, do not allow a full boil. Heat for 30 minutes and transfer to a punch bowl, straining. The strained liquid can also be reserved in a crock pot. Great holiday gift giving! For some great holiday gift giving ideas watch The Wine Ladies on “It’s A Crazy Life” with hosts Deb Tymstra and Andrew Nicholson tonight Monday Dec 6th, 2010 at 6:30PM on this week on COGECO Burlington/Oakville Cable 23 Channel. Click Here to check the schedule for replays of the episode all this week. The gift of wine. Chablis Grand Cru Les Preuses, Domaine Dublère 2007 To purchase this wine or any other wine visit the Wine Online Shop or Wine Online and enter the promo code thewineladies for FREE delivery from the wine warehouse to your home or office anywhere in Ontario. Minimum order is one case. Explosively aromatic in its bouquet of iris, buddleia, apple blossom, white peach, fresh lime and nutmeg, this memorable reflection of a great site boasts a creamy, buoyant palate on which scallop-like sweet, saline savour mingles with essence of peach, lime, and liquid floral perfume. Price: $114.00 per bottle Case pack: 6 bottles VINTURI Wine Aerator The perfect gift for your wine lover, the VINTURI Wine Aerator. If you’re looking for a sleek looking, quick and easy, affordable and portable wine decanter your search is over. The VINTURI Essential Wine Aerator is all of that and more. Perfect for decanting just one glass if that’s your pleasure, this light, hand held aerator draws in the proper amount of air for the proper amount of wine. Simply hold the VINTURI over the glass and pour. It’s easy, it’s immediate and it allows for individuals to decide uniquely if they would like their glass of wine decanted or not. You’ll notice a better bouquet, enhanced flavours and smoother finish. It’s that fast. It’s that easy. Have your VINTURI on hand for all wine openings to enhance the flavour of your wine. The handy travel pouch allows you to bring your VINTURI to restaurants, dinner parties, a girls night out and more. Included in the beautiful gift box is a no-drip stand and a travel pouch. Acrylic aerator and stand are dishwasher safe. The travel pouch is machine washable. Price: $54.95 CDN and $16.00 shipping + taxes. Click Here to order your VINTURI online here now The Ravi Wine Refresher We first discovered the RAVI Instant Wine Refresher last summer, which since then has taken up permanent residence in our sub zero! The perfect gadget to have on hand for entertaining impromptu guests or for those days when you simply forgot to bring your Pinot Noir or Grigio to the desired temperature, it can happen! The RAVI chills the wine, not the bottle, one glass at a time. This simple two part contraption fits on the neck of the bottle allows the wine to flow through an internal tube made from stainless steel (used for fermentation tanks), never affecting the taste of the wine or its characteristics, solely the temperature. Before using, place the RAVI in the freezer for 6 hours. When ready to give your wine the perfect chill, assemble the two parts and place it on the bottle. Tip the bottle sharply, and pour. The RAVI can chill up to a full bottle of wine, one glass at a time effectively by controlling the flow of the wine with the air-take valve. Over time the RAVI will thaw, so pour more slowly with each subsequent glass allowing it ample opportunity to reach the ideal temperature for maximum enjoyment. Brilliant, portable and practical! Price: $39.95 CDN and $16.00 shipping + taxes. To purchase Click Here. Awesome new wine club discovered! Makes great Christmas gift for your wine lovers, friends and family. Now is the season where we can take pause to show our appreciation and say thank you to our clients, our colleagues and our employees. As the Wine Ladies, we are happy to report that one gift that never goes out of style is wine and/or wine-related accessories. Wine club memberships make superb gifts for the wine aficionado. They offer a variety of services including monthly wine shipments, advice on pairing wine and food, special events and more. We’re happy to announce that The Wine Ladies are joining forces with the Wine Club one of the newer “kids on the block,” however, with seasoned and award-winning partners. This is an awesome gift for the wine lover that will remind them of you every time they pop a cork! Three levels of annual membership from the Silver Package starting at only $39.95 + HST with option to buy wine to the Platinum Package which includes buying of 24 bottles of select Ontario/Imported wine at higher price point but offers invitations to VIP Events. Each specific membership package will appeal to a novice or wine and culinary enthusiast.” By visiting the website consumers can sign up for a limited 1 month complimentary subscription access, informative newsletter and enter a special introductory contest. www.winevirgin.com Open up your heart for Valentine’s Day with The Wine Ladies Wine Tasting Dinner and Dance all in support of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario BUY Your tickets before Dec 25th, 2010 and don’t pay the HST. Save $22.75 per ticket. We will send you a beautiful receipt so it makes a great Christmas gift too. Makes a great Christmas gift! To purchase your tickets online Click Here or call 905-338-6797 Join us for a fabulous evening of fine wines paired with exquisite food and fabulous entertainment. Get to know the face behind award winning wine labels as celebrity guest winemakers from around the world guide you through the individual wine and food pairings. Then be entertained with the gift of laughter and of live music up until the stroke of midnight. The Wine Ladies TV cameras will be there welcoming you on the red carpet and capturing the magic and special moments of this sparkling night. Walk away with your red velvet loot bag as a sweet memory of the evening and quite possibly a Trip for Two to Aruba, our fabulous door prize for the evening! Our silent auction table will be abundant with an assortment of incredible prizes, featuring something for everyone, worth in the thousands of dollars. February is Heart Month, open yours and embrace all this fabulous evening has to offer. The Wine Ladies out and about this week. 3rd Annual Prosperity Ball raises much needed $$$$$’s and a superb success! We had a great time on Saturday Nov 27th at the beautiful Pantages Hotel Toronto hosting the 3rd Annual Prosperity Ball. Thank you to all who came and made it a resounding success! If you didn’t make it out to the ball and would like make a donation please follow this link. No donation is ever too small. Denise Whitter, Director of New Beginnings receives an Appreciation Award Osoyoos Larose ‘Le Grand Vin’ deconstructed from grape to grape with charismatic Bordelaise Winemaker Pascal Madevon Looking forward to breaking bread and enjoying an evening of fine wine and fine food with the talented and very charming winemaker of Osoyoos Larose, Pascal Madevon. Taking place at the beautiful and buzzing Spencer’s at the Waterfront in Burlington, Ontario a small group of us were anticipating the Osoyoos Larose Dinner at which winemaker Madevon was promising a component sampling of varietals that make up the award winning ‘Le Grand Vin’. Osoyoos Larose Le Grand Vin is made from the classic Bordeaux varietals that are grown in the unique terroir of British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley. Post the “deconstruction” a vertical tasting was to ensue including vintages 2004 through to 2007. The atmosphere was lively, the food was delicious and the star winemaker was passionate and engaging as he led us through the individual five varietal samples that make up the final wine. As he held up the slides of each of the wines, the component samples, we tasted, listened and learned what each wine had to offer. The wines were presented in the order, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec, Petit Verdot and finally the Cabernet Sauvignon. We all sniffed, swirled and slurped, then did it again, constructing the Grand Vin in our minds, deliberating on the powers of each, what will the Merlot bring to the table, what of the Malbec? A few of the comments, the Merlot, was “big, you could smell the butter, it was picked at 26 Brix and was 14.4% alcohol. Some liked it very much thinking it could stand on its own. The big winner though, that really impressed the group was the Cabernet Franc, with its sweet vanilla, soft tannins and pure expression. Absolutely delicious! When it was time to sample ‘Le Grand Vin’ we all had a great appreciation of the master at work, our artist, our scientist, the winemaker. The wines were elegant, delicious, with great structure, with each vintage offering its own personality. The 2004 won over the majority of the group, while personally the 2007 was extraordinary on our palates! Asked if Pascal preferred younger or older wines, he didn’t really say, to each his own, trust your palate and enjoy! And indeed we will the Osoyoos Larose Le Grand Vin 2006 is the current release in Vintages ($44.95 #626325) while the ’07 will be released in Vintages April 30th. The fabulous Sara Waxman does it again. Every year we are invited to Sara Waxman’s annual Hannukah Latkes and Champagne holiday party and this year was no exception. We always look forward to a fabulous evening of great food, wine, sparking conversation and of course wonderful company. Always a gracious host, Sara is the publisher and editor of DINE Magazine featuring weekly restaurant reviews, dining trends, news and much more. Sara says that the dining-out scene at restaurants across Toronto is in a sexy state of mind: cocktails, sophisticated small plates and girls in short dresses. Chefs are rock stars and entrepreneurs. There are many special Toronto restaurants to choose from in these pages, so shake up old habits and try dining someplace new. We couldn’t agree more!