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Orin Swift Red Blend

This Orin Swift wine is called 75,864 Miles Red.  Now you’re wondering why 75,864 miles, it’s the culmination of miles travel.  From vineyards to vineyards, to different regions of California to pick the grapes and make the wines!  Orin Swift … Continue reading

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Leeuwin’s Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

From the Margaret River region of South Australia comes the 2013 Leeuwin’s Cabernet Sauvignon that’s loaded with light aromas of blackberries, cherries and raspberries.  This medium to full body wine has hints of vanilla and espresso.  This is a powerful … Continue reading

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Vintage Wines – Wine Store and Wine Tastings

We had to cancel our trip to LA and decided to stay local. My wife mentioned that Vintage Wines (in San Diego) were offering a Spanish wine tasting (we love Spanish red wines!)  We were setup with 6 offerings from Spain … Continue reading

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Chapin Family Vineyards

Enjoyed a beautiful day exploring Temecula wineries at the 2019 Annual Temecula Winery Barrel tasting event. Our first stop – Chapin Winery. We were welcomed by the owner/winemaker Steve Chapin who talked about the wineries history. They started making wine … Continue reading

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Le Quattro Stagioni From Conte Ottavio Piccolomini

So what do you do when you get a bottle of Italian wine as a gift?  You open it up and order pizza of course!!  And that is exactly what we did.  This wine hails from Piemonte (Northern Italy) were … Continue reading

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Dry Creek Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

Opened this 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon from the family owned Dry Creek Vineyard in Sonoma County. It’s medium to full bodied with a bouquet of black cherries and dried blueberries. Fruit forward, dry across the tongue with a long finish. The … Continue reading

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Inglenook Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

It’s a chilly Saturday evening after the rain and I decided to open an Inglenook Cabernet Sauvignon 2014. It started out with a very jammy, berry bouquet of dark cherries, scent of licorice, and very earthy. The tannins were very … Continue reading

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Stags Leap Wine Cellars Artemis Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

I needed to pair a nice Cabernet with this beautiful sunset to end the first work week of 2019. I pulled out this beautiful Stags Leap Wine Cellars Artemis Cabernet. Their wine making style has been described as an “iron … Continue reading

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