Melissa and Jeff Lawson, wine writers and reviewers at Drink the Bottles. All photos courtesy of drinkthebottles.com
Taking a decidedly unpretentious and down-to-earth approach, Midwesterners Melissa and Jeff Lawson curate and produce content for their Drink The Bottles website. The wine reviewers writers, and bloggers personally sample and review every wine they post to their site.
Their intent is to focus attention on wines they believe have universal appeal, noting: “These are wines that we would be happy to share with friends and family and we will cover everything from a $9 grocery store pick-up bottle to bottles worth hundreds of dollars. If we don’t connect with a wine, you’ll never hear about it here.”
It was fun to hear their thoughts on our 2021 Rhapsody Pinot Blanc, which we sent them over the summer—along with our 2021 Prelude Estate Rosé of Pinot Noir and our 2020 Jupiter Estate Pinot Noir. They say:
The Lawsons aren’t the first ones to pair Rhapsody with food! Check out these other recipes:
- Caitlin Hodges of Sips N Tips’ Fall-Inspired Creamy Leek Tartine and Creamy, Greek-Inspired Lamb
- Robin and Michael Renken of Crushed Grape Chronicles’ Halibut Sliders with Garlic Parmesan Aioli, Bahn Mi Inspired Sausage Dogs, and Mexican Street Corn
