Tag Archives: Santa Lucia Highlands

August West Pinot Noir SLH

Posted on September 24, 2020 by

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 →

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September Birthdays 2020

Posted on September 10, 2020 by

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 →

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Dawn’s Dream Rosé

Posted on June 14, 2020 by

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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A Good and a Bad

Posted on May 25, 2020 by

“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 →

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Another Aged Chardonnay

Posted on May 7, 2020 by

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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Travieso Amaranta Syrah

Posted on March 19, 2020 by

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 →

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Mer Soleil Reserve Pinot Noir

Posted on March 17, 2020 by

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 →

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Two Reds from Fine Wine Source

Posted on June 25, 2019 by

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 →

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Bernardus Soberanes Vineyard Chardonnay

Posted on June 19, 2019 by

The last bottle that I pulled out of the carton from my wine club “A Taste of Monterey” made me smile.  On one of our trips to Carmel-by-the-Sea we had the pleasure of going to Bernardus Lodge and Spa in … Continue reading →

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The First of Many

Posted on May 30, 2019 by

We went to the first graduation party of the season and according to my Bride there is like a total of eight in the next month or so.  There must have been something in the water to have that many … Continue reading →

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