Swing and a Hit!
I can’t even begin to explain how happy I am to again be drinking wine after wine that I am enjoying so much. Between being sick for a week and getting a string of so-so bottles my palate was in...
View ArticleMarimar Pinot Noir
Our second bottle with our company and pizza this week was a 2004 Marimar Estate Pinot Noir from the Stony Block Vineyard. The bottle came in a club shipment and it cost $42 minus whatever the club...
View ArticleDinner and Good Friends
We had some friends over for a dinner at our house recently and of course served my now famous homemade pizzas, bruschetta and chocolate mousse. Not to mention a good bit of wine. I love having people...
View ArticleNaked Chardonnay Again!
Moving really screwed up my entering shipments of wine into Cellartracker. So when it came time for WBW 36 I thought my only “naked” Chardonnay was the one I had just purchased at Breaux Vineyard. I...
View ArticleToo much for too little
I was not impressed with this bottle of wine. It was a 2004 Marimar Don Miguel Vineyard Dobles Lias Unfiltered Chardonnay. At a price point near $40, I really expect a very good bottle of wine that has...
View ArticleBonus Blogging!
Usually on Fridays you just get my weekend round-up, but my reviews are piling up on me and I need to get them posted without overloading the blog with content. So since the round-up is short this week...
View ArticleTasty, but pricey.
The wine for the evening came from a club shipment, the 2004 Marimar Estate Christina Pinot Noir, Don Miguel Vineyard. It cost me $39, clocked in at 14% alcohol, and had a real cork closure. The wine...
View ArticleAn Oldie
We bought this wine so long ago. It had to be in 2006. It might have even been on our honeymoon. I don’t recall what I paid for it then, and I didn’t write it down anywhere. Looks like the 2006 is...
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