A Day Off

We took a day off yesterday to go up to Temecula to pick up some wine and meet a friend for lunch.

We went to Wilson Creek Winery first to pick up this month's wine club offering.  Of course we had to taste some of the wines first.  Cindy always asks the bartenders what new things we should try, so we started off with their 2009 Spring White, a nice little wine, great for summer.  Then I moved on to the 2009 Riesling and almost spit it out; it was too sweet even for me.  I generally like sweet white wines and I usually love Rieslings, but this one was over the top on sweetness.  We decided to test the 2006 and the 2007 Mouvedres against each other, but both bartenders said they preferred the 2006 and we could see why when we tried it, so we decided to skip the 07.  Cindy moved on to the 2006 Cab, while I tried the 2007 Estate Syrah.  Wow!  We had had this wine in a previous shipment, but had forgotten what a rich, smooth wine it was.  So we got a couple of bottles of the Syrah.

After lunch we stopped at Hart Winery and came away with a 2006 Driveway Red, a 2007 Three and a 2007 Sangiovese.  We love going to Hart--it's one of the last wineries that hasn't been Napafied.  You can stand in the cool, dark tasting room and talk wine to your heart's content, but mind you don't trip over the dog.