A huge thank you for everyone who attended Saturday's winery trip and wine tasting. I do believe that everyone enjoyed themselves. We will be looking to do another one soon.

( So, what went down and what did you drink? )

( Details under this thing! )

We had a great time down at C14 this past week. The humidity aside this was a near perfect trip. There was plenty of socializing, relaxing and general partying down with some of the most awesome people I know. Some of my goals this trip were to catch up with old friends, run from air conditioned room to air conditioned room and enjoy some new wines ( Read more... )

( So, how can one spend the majority of the weekend dealing with wines but not actually drink a drop? )

( Sigh.... )

( can an inexpensive Cabernet Sauvignon stop the stupid from hurting so much? )

( Well, at least that's what I think he said. God only knows what the hell that man is trying to spit out sometimes. )

Another selection of this past weekend was a nice Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa. This varietal and region is where it all started for me. Once I started enjoying wines many years ago there rarely was a time where my house did not have a few California Cab Savs laying around just begging to be corked. With that, I hold Napa Cabernet Sauvignons to a ( Read more... )

This past weekend I wanted to enjoy a nice red wine. Oddly, I didn't go for the Cabernet Sauvignons that tend to be my "go to" when this urge hits. I wanted red, but something different and something that I've been cellaring ( Read more... )

For a while now I've been wanting to record some of the current wines that I've been enjoying. There is nothing worse then trying to remember if you liked a particular vineyard or varietal while shopping and then choosing incorrectly. Also, I've been wanting to respond to my friends who ask about a particular wine that they may have had at one of ( Read more... )