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Tag Archives: Santa Lucia Highlands
Bernardus Sierra Mar Chardonnay SLH
There is no doubt that I have the avid curiosity of a kid when we get our quarterly box of three wines from A Taste of Monterey. It sometimes feels like an archeologist getting ready to discover an undiscovered room. … Continue reading
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Tagged "A Taste of Monterey", Bernardus Winery, California, Chardonnay, Monterey, Santa Lucia Highlands, Sierra Mar Vineyard
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Wrath Wines KW Ranch Syrah
A December surprise is always what will be in the shipment from A Taste of Monterey from their “Private Reserve Club.” We have been members of this club for ages and it gives us a chance to enjoy some wines … Continue reading
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Tagged "A Taste of Monterey", California, KW Ranch & Highlands, Monterey, Santa Lucia Highlands, Syrah, Wrath Estate Winery
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August West Pinot Noir SLH
The joys of receiving wines through a wine club, is that one never knows what to expect, and it might not be what one was thinking about. The second bottle of wine that I unpacked from “A Taste of Monterey” … Continue reading
September Birthdays 2020
I guess we were all scofflaws, but we attempted to have a birthday celebration, just like we used to do before genteel society ended and we were all in a form of solitary confinement, unless one was in confinement, and … Continue reading
Posted in Dining, Wine
Tagged California, Dawn's Dream, Galante Vineyards, Monterey County, Pinot Noir, Rose, Santa Lucia Highlands
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Dawn’s Dream Rosé
The last bottle in the carton from our wine club “A Taste of Monterey” was a Rosé, which is not something we normally see, as we belong to their Reserve Wine Selections group. More and more people that I know … Continue reading
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Tagged "A Taste of Monterey", California, Dawn's Dream, Monterey County, Pinot Noir, Rose, Santa Lucia Highlands
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A Good and a Bad
“Springtime for Hitler and Germany” With apologies to Mel Brooks, a movie, a play, and then another movie. A farce based on the concept of staging a theatrical production on one of the worst parts of the history of mankind … Continue reading
Another Aged Chardonnay
Jefferson Smith: “I always get a great kick out that part of the Declaration of Independence. You’re not gonna have a country where these kind of rules work, if you haven’t got men that have learned to tell human rights … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernardus Winery, California, Chardonnay, Monterey County, Santa Lucia Highlands, Soberanes Vineyard
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Travieso Amaranta Syrah
A Taste of Monterey always seems to be able to make me smile when I open their shipping carton. Four times a year, we receive their shipment of Reserve Wine Selections and that means twelve bottles of excellent offerings from … Continue reading
Mer Soleil Reserve Pinot Noir
There is an old advertising line that says “when it rains, it pours” and it seems that lately this has been true, because we just received another parcel from A Taste of Monterey, the original wine club that we joined. … Continue reading
Two Reds from Fine Wine Source
While I was at my wine club picking up my selections for June, I thought I would ask if there was anything I should try. If they are busy with sales, when I venture in, I do not even ask … Continue reading