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Forget watermelon and cantaloupes. Put down the strawberries and ignore the pineapples. Our summer fruit obsession this year is with juicy, succulent mangoes!

A recent Miami Herald article lists our Moscato as a perfect wine pairing with this decadent fruit, so in honor of this, we've created the perfect summer drink: Mango Moscato Champagne! Give this recipe a taste and let us know what you think! Have any other mango recipes? Share them here!

INGREDIENTS

- 1/2 pound frozen mango chunks, slightly defrosted

- 2-3 tablespoons sugar or honey if you prefer

- 1/2 cup Barefoot Moscato

- 1 bottle of Barefoot Bubbly Brut (or skip the Moscato and Brut, and just go with a full bottle of the Bubbly Moscato Spumante)

DIRECTIONS

Combine mango and sugar in a blender and pulse to puree. Add the 1/2 cup Moscato and blend briefly. Fill a chilled champagne flute halfway with the mango-Moscato mixture. Fill the rest with chilled champagne and stir gently to blend. Enjoy!

Yields 8 servings.

Pirates, smugglers and good old fashion swashbuckling fun. Nothing completes a great summer like the perfect book. Here's a list of CNN's "Ten Great Adventure Books For The Beach" and our picks for which wines would best accompany these classic page turners. Have a great beach read suggestion? Head to the comments section and let us know!

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Hey Footers! This past weekend we had a great cleanup and celebration in Austin, TX. Volunteers from all over Texas joined us as we cleaned Lady Bird Lake right in the heart of downtown Austin. We found some pretty interesting items along the banks of the lake including some bedding, plenty of tennis balls and an awesome tricycle!

In the South, there are basically two types of iced teas: the only thing that makes them different is one has sugar and the other doesn't. Southerners LOVE their sweet tea and drink it by the gallon. They drink it year round with most meals. When people order tea in a Southern restaurant, it's almost a given you'll get sweet tea. This is Southern Sweet Tea with a Twist! Enjoy!

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It is getting HOT HOT HOT out there these days and we've got the perfect summertime drink recipe to cool you down.

This recipe, from our winemaker Jen Wall, features our very own Moscato and is a fun, new twist on the traditional mojito recipe.Give it a taste and let us know what you think in the comments section!

Ingredients:



2 tbsp finely chopped mint leaves 



1 tbsp lime juice 

1 tsp granulated sugar 



½ cup Barefoot Moscato 



Crushed ice 



Chilled seltzer 




Instructions:



In a small pitcher, mix mint leaves, lime juice and sugar. Fill 2 tall glasses with crushed ice; pour mint mixture over ice. Add Barefoot Moscato wine; top glasses with seltzer. Serves 2.