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Light and Easy

Light and Easy: A delicious start to the year, featuring simpler, enticing, sustainable choices that are full of flavor, yet easy on your schedule, your budget, and your lifestyle. 

J. Lohr: Light and Easy spotlights Bay Mist White Riesling and Wildflower Valdiguié – two lighter alcohol, lighter carbs and calorie releases from the J. Lohr Monterey Roots series.  ARIEL Vineyards Chardonnay and ​ARIEL Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon, the original, premium, alcohol-removed wines, are also part of the Light and Easy way of life. Read on for tips and recipes for a Light and Easy start to 2025!

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Monterey’s Lighter Side: Bay Mist & Wildflower

White Riesling. Valdiguié. Two classic grapes from the Lohr family’s long history of sustainable winegrowing in Monterey. Artistic, cool-climate wines with a fresh look and easy, no-rules style. And did we mention they are lower in alcohol, calories, and carbs?

Perfect pairings for quick, weeknight fare or as part of a wind-down wine cocktail. J. Lohr Bay Mist White Riesling and J. Lohr Wildflower Valdiguié: find them at a store near you. 

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New Look for ARIEL Vineyards

Named for Shakespeare’s ethereal spirit in The Tempest, ARIEL is premium, alcohol-removed Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon. ARIEL Vineyards new eye-catching, botanical label invokes a sense of wellness and whimsy. 

ARIEL weaves a delicious spell of generous Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon aromas and flavors – without the alcohol.

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Crafting ARIEL: The Original, Premium Alcohol-Removed Wines

Take a peek inside the world of ARIEL. We’ll take you behind the scenes into the cellar and winery to reveal the artistic process of crafting our alcohol-removed Cabernet Sauvignon. Learn how Jerry Lohr's pioneering reverse-osmosistechnique gently removes alcohol while preserving the wine’s rich flavor and character. Our winemaking teams showcases how ARIEL blends together innovation, craftsmanship, and uncompromising quality into a delicious, non-alcoholic option.

Video debuts here on Monday, February 3rd.

Shakespeare and ARIEL – A Light and Easy Book Club Podcast

Join us for an enchanting session as we explore the literary roots of ARIEL, named for the Bard’s ethereal sprite in The Tempest.  We’ll delve into famed actress Dame Judi Dench’s Shakespeare, The Man Who Pays the Renta fun, revealing book, full of behind-the scenes personal anecdotes and goings-on from her long stage career. 

Discover the magic of Shakespeare through Dench’s eyes – this isn’t your high school English teacher’s version! Join us for this light and easy perfect pairing of some of the most immortal scenes every written with the classic flavors of ARIEL Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon.

Podcast drops here on Wednesday, February 19th.   

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