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October is #MerlotMe Season
Move over Cabernet Sauvignon! Take a seat Malbec! Pinot Noir, you really are too finicky(high maintenance). Let’s not even mention “Red Blends” Pffft. It’s time for Merlot to reclaim its’ place on the top shelf of wines we Americans turn to. This is the fifth year of a collaboration between our Wine Pairing Weekend blogging group and the #MerlotMe wineries. We’ll be sharing lots of great Merlot wine pairing ideas and we’d love for you to join us.

Let Merlot fancy up that burger you made. #MerlotMe

Details for Exploring or Participating with our Wine Pairing Weekend Group’s #MerlotMe Celebration
Thanks to the generous help of the #MerlotMe producers, many in our Wine Pairing Weekend group received samples design pairings around. Join us this weekend as we blog, tweet and chat about the wonders of Merlot! Our blog posts will go live on Friday and Saturday, October 11-12. We’ll host an hour long chat on Twitter on Saturday, Oct. 12 at 11am EDT, 8am PST.  Come and join us at the #MerlotMe and #WinePW hashtags on Twitter. We love visitors. We even love hecklers, join us!

Take a look below at all the great ideas for your next bottle of Merlot.

• Jane at Always Ravenous shares “Food Pairings with Merlot“
• Jennifer at Vino Travels Italy shares “Merlot Pairings for #MerlotMe Month”
• Jill at l’Occasion shares “Foolproof Pairing for #MerlotMe Month”
• Camilla at Culinary Adventures with Camilla shares “This Food-Friendly Varietal Takes You From Savories to Sweets, Snacks to Cakes“
• Deanna at Asian Test Kitchen shares “6 California Merlots Paired with Mexican Food Favorites”
• Lori at Dracaena Wine shares “Onion Pastry on My Plate Makes #MerlotMe So Great“
• Wendy at A Day in the Life on the Farm shares “A Month Long Merlot Extravaganza“
• Martin at Enofylz Wine Blog shares “Exploring Meatless Merlot Pairings for #MerlotMe “
• Kat at The Corkscrew Concierge shares “Merlot is the Perfect Dining Companion”
• David at Cooking Chat shares “Vegetarian Stuffed Acorn Squash with a Napa Merlot”
• Pierre and Cynthia at Traveling Wine Profs share “A very well-traveled Merlot with Vietnamese bò kho
• Linda at My Full Wine Glass shares “It’s #MerlotMe month. Where’s the umami?“
• Rupal at Syrah Queen shares “Celebrating Merlot with L’Ecole No 41“
• Sarah at Curious Cuisiniere shares “Hachis Parmentier and Merlot Pairing”
• Nicole at Somm’s Table shares “Exploring California in 5 Merlots“
• Cindy at Grape Experiences shares “Game Day? #MerlotMe with Ham and Cheese Sliders”
• Gwen at Wine Predator shares “California vs. France #MerlotMe with squash, chard, and bow tie pasta”
• Susannah at Avvinnare shares “Brazilian Merlot with mushroom risotto”
• Jeff at Food Wine Click! shares “Young Professionals Explore Merlot”

Six Word Love Stories for Merlot
The #MerlotMe folks are encouraging everyone to post a short #SixWordLoveStory to Merlot on Social media this month. Why not join in the fun?  I did!