Friday, August 20, 2010

Who Likes Grenache?

Well, it's back to San Luis Obispo this morning - will return to classes next Tuesday. I'll be a "commuter" for a while until I locate permanent housing.

Last night I was graciously treated to dinner and wine tasting by my vacation rental hosts, Laura and Chris Hagar, at the Sonoma Wine Club in Sebastopol. We tasted some nice reds and I was wowed by a 2005 Mathis Grenache - gorgeous deep reddish purple color, and my nose detected what I described as peppery, but was more appropriately classified by the wine expert as cherry and spice. In any event, I loved it and was happy to know it only costs $30 a bottle!

I can already see I won't be satisfied drinking two-buck Chuck from Trader Joe's much longer!

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