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Top 10 Wines for Valentine's Day

Send a message with a bottle

Flirt 2010 California Red Wine, one of our Top 10 Wines for Valentine's Day

The Best Vino for Your Valentine

Wine is an industry of romance, filled with lusty dreamers working the land in some of the world's most picturesque settings. So it is no wonder that many winemakers are drawn to romantic cliché in naming and marketing their wines. And while the ploy may typically strike one as a bit kitschy, at Valentine's time, wistful, lustful and seductive are fitting attributes for the world's drink of love. If you're planning something special this V'Day, check out our list of sultry wines that not only offer sophisticated flavor, but also send out a Valentine message in a bottle.

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TOP 10 SPIRITS

From a Russian vodka housed in a Faberge egg to a blue agave tequila, these spirits exist in a league of their own.

TOP 10 FRUIT BEERS

Made with real, fresh fruit using traditional brewing techniques, these refreshing beers are packed full of thirst-quenching flavor.