Read This ONLY If You Are A Mom Who Enjoys Wine!

Thank you so much for all the videos you sent in!  Now, we need your photos! 

If you have any pictures-or videos- of your children driving you crazy, throwing a fit, or even being sweet, etc. - we'd like to add those to our video montage!  Please send them by 9/7 to leah.speer@gmail.com. Thanks!!

You love to drink wine.

You are a mom.

You long for just a moment of relaxation and maybe a little fun.

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

Inspire other moms to kick back, pour a glass of wine and ESCAPE!

“How?” you ask.

Just get a 5 second to 30 second video (SO EASY WITH THAT iPHONE OF YOURS!) of yourself enjoying your favorite go-to after a long day. Whether it’s that tall glass of red or refreshing glass of white. Girls’ night out, book club, bunko (have all the girls in one shot smiling and having a FAB time) or just you and the hubs on the back patio (he’ll gladly take a quickie of you with his phone, Miss Hot Thang!). Just you and your snuggie and The Real Housewives of New York City? No problem! Flip your iPad around and get a snapshot of yourself caressing that glass of vino!

The team here at Must.Have.Wine. are producing a video montage (set to the Black Eyed Peas song “I Gotta Feeling”) that we are going to post on YouTubeand send to every online Mom Magazine we can reach. Obviously, our hope is that it’ll go viral and thus send millions of people to our website (it’s being redesigned as you read this) so that millions and millions will buy our book Must.Have.Wine. when it is published in mid-October.

Send your videos or snapshots to Leah at leah.speer@gmail.com or post in on our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/MustHaveWine/245052782182520?ref=hl

Just think, if it does go viral and they decide to show the clip on The Today Show, you can tell all your friends and family to look for you, you superstar!

DEADLINE TO BE A PART OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIENCE September 7, 2012.

p.s. Extra bonus points if you are singing along to a part of the Black Eyed Peas song in your video!

Wine.com, Obviously

We personally invite you to follow our blog and share in experiences we can all relate to while enjoying our favorite “go-to” after a rough day…that inviting glass of white or red. Whether you're a stay-at-home mom, working mom or work-at-home mom - we appreciate what you go through each and every day.  And though moms’ indulging in a glass of wine is not quite news, in 2011 several wineries started marketing directly to moms following studies showing women purchase 77% of the wine in the United States.  77%!


So we've got the stories to help you feel relief from a frustrating day or to relax with a smile after a cute experience with your little one, but how are you going to decide which bottle of wine or champagne to choose? Wine.com is simply, incroyable!   It is the place to go for everything wine.  Looking for a sweet and light white?  Or are you seeking a bold red?  Got $20 to spend or $75?  This site will point you in the right direction!  


If you are a mom and you love wine: wine.com, obviously!

Brought To By Wine.com, Purveyors of Fine Wine and Champagne 

The Anti-Chicken Fingers Movement - Chicken with Lemon-Caper Sauce

I love chicken with lemon!  Love it!  Add a little white wine (in the recipe and a glass for you) and you've got yourself a delightful meal!  Ready in 30 minutes! Original Recipe

Chicken with Lemon-Caper Sauce

1 pinch salt
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
2 (6 ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/4 cup dry white wine
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces
2 tablespoons capers, drained
2 lemon wedges



Directions

1. Mix together salt and flour in a small dish or plastic bag, then coat chicken and shake off excess. Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Shake excess flour from chicken, then brown in hot oil until both sides are golden-brown, and the inside has turned white and firm, 3 to 4 minutes per side.
2. Remove the chicken, and set aside in a warm place. Pour white wine into the skillet, and allow to boil as you dissolve the cooked bits from the bottom of the pan. Add the lemon juice, and allow to come to a boil, cook for a few minutes until reduced by half.
3. Sprinkle the cubed butter into the boiling sauce. Swirl and shake the pan vigorously to dissolve the butter, thus thickening the sauce. The butter must never come to rest, or the sauce will separate and become oily. Once the butter has completely incorporated, remove from heat and stir in capers.
4. To serve, pour lemon-caper sauce over the chicken, and serve with a wedge of lemon.

Buon Appetito!

Leah