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Hahn Winery Nicky Hahn Chardonnay Santa Lucia Highlands 2010

At around $12 and available in local groceries, I would highly recommend this wine for light meals, warm days by the pool and sipping on while you unwind during the week.

Stryker Sonoma Patty’s Patch Zinfandel 2009 …. a great wine companion for a backyard BBQ

This is great wine for burgers or other light flavorful meat and veggie dishes where the layers of wine can provide the right accents.

Graffigna Centenario Malbec Reserve 2010 – a very good wine from Argentina

TweetSome of the best red wines at the best price come from Argentina.  I picked up the Graffigna Centenario Malbec Reserve 2010 wine recently at our local wine store when I was looking for a good red for under $15.  I have pretty good luck with Argentinean wines and saw this reserve wine on sale [...]

Hahn Santa Lucia Highlands (SLH) Estate Pinot Noir 2010

TweetIn November on our way down to Paso Robles from San Jose, we decided to visit Hahn Winery.  Hahn Winery is located in Soledad, which is at the halfway point between San Jose and Paso Robles.  I originally read about Hahn SLH wines with I was searching for highly rated wines that were a good [...]

Pommard, Appellation Pommard Controlee, Louis Jadot 2009

TweetWe have been working through Kevin Zraly’s Windows On The World Complete Wine Course and have been expanding our knowledge of wines beyond our comfort zone.  We are working through the French Burgundy reds.  Wines from the village of Pommard are well made Pinot Noir that we have found to be exceptionally balanced and very [...]

What to do with all those wine corks…

TweetWe recently renovated one of our upstairs bathrooms.  We took down the existing mirror, which was a typical rectangular mirror found in so many houses and put it aside.  Now, if you’ve been reading some of our other posts, you know that we love good wines and we really love visiting wineries all over the [...]