It's Giudice, Gorga, Manzo Christmas in July RHoNJ SIP.WATCH.TWEET™

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It's a Christmas In July Real Housewives of NJ SIP.WATCH.TWEET™ With

Rodney Strong Vineyards Symmetry Meritage

GIUDICE: Teresa and Joe Giudice's money problems, bankruptcy and court lawsuits are well known and documented. I was proud of Teresa when she said they want the children to know Christmas is not about material things, its's about love and family. Cut to the Giudice home on Christmas morning, the kids hopping on the bed, asking if they can open their gifts without their [sleeping] father. Of course the answer is NO, so they all head downstairs toward the gifts. Gifts including, not limited to: Uggs: $160, a kids pro drum set $199.95, a Mercedes Benz kids car: $560. Hmm...Teresa then says, "The kids are thanking Santa, giving him credit when I was the one running around getting them everything they want." ...I'm not so proud now.

GORGA: Check out the cutest lost footage of Melissa and Joe Gorga's children doing their Christmas Photos. And yes, since Melissa is doing it, Teresa had to Click to View

MANZO: Suffering from Empty Nest Syndrome the Manzos go for a stroll [really a drive] down memory lane. Albie and Chris are having Christmas in their new Hoboken digs, Lauren's with her boyfriend and their family whick leaves Caroline and Albert alone. This is their first time with no children on Christmas. Albert uses this as time for riding the same route they did many years ago. Reminiscing on when the children were little they would drive around to see the Christmas lights. Before the children, reminiscing when he was broke and so nervous when he proposed. At that moment, Albert stops the car, gets out, opens her car door and...


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Rodney Strong Vineyards Symmetry Meritage

This Meritage fills your glass was dark palatinate purple and deep rosewood color hues. The fragrant aroma blends the ripest black fruits including mulberries, figs and plums among a backdrop of cinnamon sugar cookie dough. Extremely full-bodied the taste is complex and offers layer upon layer of huckleberry, loganberry and blackberry. The mouthfeel is silky, round, and peppered with sweet culinary spices like anise, fennel and clove.  Symmetry's finish is long and lingering, leaving you with blasts of the previous notes and a hint of blueberry pie. 


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It's a RHoNY Reunion Blondes v Brunettes SIP. WATCH. TWEET.™

Real Housewives of New York: Blondes v Brunettes Part 1

SIP. WATCH. TWEET.™ with  E. Guigal Côtes du Rhône Rosé

 I have no choice but to assume it was mere coincidence that every brunette "housewife" had a problem with one or all of the blond "housewives". It was a bizarre split from the very first episode and apparently goes all the way through to the Reunion show. It's like Shawn Carter aka Jay-Z said, "my pain, your pleasure.",  no matter if you admit it or not, the more the drama the more you watch.  Click to Preview LuAnn/Ramona Smash Down 

Rumors are out that Bravo will be replacing most if not all of the housewives. If that is in fact, the case, I don't know how I feel about that. Would we get reality television gold like this: Click For Super Size Reunion Preview without Sonja, Alex, Cindy, Kelly, LuAnn and Jill? I don't think so.

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E. Guigal Côtes du Rhône Rosé

A delightful blend of Grenache, Cinsault, Mourvédre and Syrah this Rose is another delicious summer sipping wine. Gorgeous mix brick red, pink carnation and magenta shines through your chilled glass. Bold red fruits on the nose; red plums,  raspberries and pomegranates. The taste is similar to the nose with very ripe strawberries and tart cranberry undertones. The body is surprisingly almost full-bodied, strange for a Rose. The finish is lighter with a whisper of crisp kumquat citrus.

It's A RHoNY Season Finale Faux Pregnancy Pause SIP.WATCH.TWEET™

It's Faux Pregnancy RHoNY Season Finale SIP.WATCH.TWEET™

We're sipping Ferrari Carano '09 Fume Blanc

Click to see Ramona's Big Boobs=Pregnancy

I'm very disappointed in Bravo for the "cliff hanger" previews of tonight's Season Finale. We deserve better than Ramona's "pregnancy scare". Ramona is 50+ years old and we have seen Ramona out and about since the filming of this show and she is visibly NOT pregnant. She goes to Sonja's and when she refuses to have Pinot Grigio to which Sonja says "this is serious..." Yes, for Ramona to turn down Pinot, something is very wrong. I don't know if this happened on the show organically or if it was production at Bravo who pushed for this. If it happened organically, Ramona's old enough to know, at her age [and even as young as 35] big boobs and sensitive nipples can be signs of perimenopause and/or menopause. Menopause and perimenopause would also cause you to skip months of your period or your period to be "late". Quite honestly I'm not buying that she thought she was pregnant in the first place.

The other ridiculous thing is Natalie Cole loving LuAnn's "Money Can't Buy You Class" and will sing at LuAnn and Jaques' anniversary party. Her singing is conditional-LuAnn simply MUST sing with her. Oy Vey! Apparently it was a very slow year for Ms. Cole... Click to Preview Natalie Cole and LuAnn

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Ferrari Carano '09 Fume Blanc

This Fume Blanc has a spring/summer-like color blend of lemon yellow and goldenrod hues in your glass. The nose is fruity with notes of key lime, kiwi, honeydew melon and mandarin peel all with a back drop canvas of freshly cut grass. The flavors are intensely delightful bringing citrus notes of pummelo, tangelo and clementine to your palate.  Layers of citrus are complemented by subtle flavors of lychee and mango. Because Ferrai Carano presses the Sauvignon Blanc grapes into stainless steel tanks it gives this Fume Blanc a clean, brightly crisp mouthfeel. You can tell it has some aging in oak because of the depth of the layers it gives you upon your second and third sip. Refreshingly light-medium bodied the finish is short yet extremely smooth and leaves you with the lingering taste Sicilian lemon.

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Conundrum White Wine Blend

Ah, the holidays. In a "normal" home it brings out both the best and the worst in us. Add a bankruptcy, publicized money troubles, a foreclosure and a lawsuit from your ex-partner and watch out! Joe and Melissa Gorga host the family Christmas dinner and KimG's +1 is none other than Monica Ciccione. <Monica's husband is suing ex-partner, Joe Giudice for forging his signature on a document.> Melisa has no interest in having a possible "mosh pit" on her hands and will be "devastated if anything happens". KimG on the other hand--she's always looking for drama. Joe seems to owe everyone because at the party a man asks for "the money you owe me. The $1,000." At some point [we will see Sunday] Joe declares "...last time I was nice, this time I'm not going to be so nice." *Dun Dun Duuuuuuhhh!*

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This wine is called "Conundrum" because they won't tell you their secret blend of grapes. They will only tell you that its a blend including one or more of these grapes: Muscat, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and Viognier.

Conundrum sparkles sheer hues of apricot flesh and canary yellow in your glass. The aroma is almost all floral, including star gazer lillies, freesia and honeysuckle. This particular white wine blend has a straight forward complexity with a top note taste of sage honey, clover honey and Indonesian cinnamon. The middle note layers on with fruit flavors like Asian pear, white peach and casaba melon. Sage honey comes back to your palate on the bottom note of Conundrum with a medium bodied finish of lemon thyme, pink lady apple and cilantro.  

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Hide your ears, Hide your eyes. LuAnn is at it again. RHoNY SIP.WATCH.TWEET™

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We're sipping: Château Giscours Le Rosé de Giscours

Preview Ramona and LuAnn squaring off on Parenting Skills: Click Here

I am definitely not looking forward to watching LuAnn's video tonight. Apparently, Ramona's feelings were similar in regards to being in her video. Ramona wonders aloud what the "real" reason is for LuAnn wanting to have all the "Housewives" in her video. She suspects it has more to do with publicity than being a supportive part of the experience. Ramona implies LuAnn spends more time in the city than with her daughter in Southampton. LuAnn implies that despite, not because of Ramona, somehow Avery [Ramona's daughter] is a wonderful young lady... 

It continues to be like the "Blondes v Brunettes", I don't know if it's organic or made to look that way by Bravo. In any case, we all love watching the very expensive fish swim in their Bvlgari fish bowl every single week. I just wish we didn't have to endure LuAnn's second attempt at being a pop princess. Oh, well. Hide your ears, Hide your eyes...

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Château Giscours Le Rosé de Giscours

Giscours Le Rosé is a Bordeaux blend of Cabernet Franc and Merlot and is a fabulous summer sipping wine. It glows sheer almost translucent hues of salmon and pale goldenrod in your glass. The nose is extremely aromatic with floral notes of freesia and hydrangea with a hint of Mandarin peel. The mouth feel is light and crisp with notes of citrus fruits like kumquats, blood orange and meyer lemon. The finish is short yet powerful and slightly acidic with granny smith apple on the back end.

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We're Sipping Etude Rose of Pinot Noir Carneros

Once again, a "musical debut" of LuAnn's...Listening to it I have to ask myself the same thing I asked when she dropped her first single. IS SHE SERIOUS?! I mean, seriously. "Money can't buy you class" but it obviously can buy you two singles that are at best, entertainingly funny. Click Here to Watch Her "Video" You be the judge and let me know if she's in on the joke or is the joke on her? Before shooting her video she brought Jill with her to listen to her latest "song". Jill being...well, Jill of course had to put her nose where it doesn't belong. Jill tells Chris [LuAnn's producer/manager] how she would remix it...

Meanwhile back on the Upper East Side Ramona and Sonja are shopping for Sonja's naughty burlesque themed party. Sonja is absolutely the epitome of 40s being the new 20s because she is as sexy and hot as ever. And Ramona? She's no slouch herself! I refuse to believe she's as old as it's been reported! Peek in the dressing area while Avery looks on and "prohibits" her mother [Ramona] from buying what she deems as "understand" by Clicking Here. Speaking of party...

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Etude Rosé of Pinot Noir

Perfect for summer sipping this Rose shines from within your glass of a spring like coral and salmon pink color hues. The nose is that of strawberries, mulberries and rainier cherries. The summer like fragrance of this Rosé  of Pinot Noir prepares your taste buds for the fruity ride. Bing cherry, rhubarb and Sicilian blood orange. The mouth feel has an oxymoron blend of cranberry-citrus acidity and silky mineral notes. The finish is crisp and powerful with a hint of lingonberry.

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