Mood: Springy Wine Selection: 2003 Ilona Howell Mountain The birds are chirping, the sun is out and I’m ready to clean, clean, clean! The thought of cleaning make you cringe? It won’t after you hear my new motto…never clean without a glass of wine! Do you like it?! I thought you would. The wine of [...]

Mood: Fed UP! Wine Selection: Louis M. Martini Lot 1 I’m not going to give anymore excuses as to why I haven’t written a post for so long, but the good news is I think this is going to be a good one.  For years people have been saying they don’t like wine writers, wine [...]

Mood: Enlightened Wine Selection: Bonny Doon’s 2000 Le Cigare Volant Happy New Year All!  I had a fantastic bringing in of the New Year.  It involved awesome wine and great food.  Cafe Cruz, a Santa Cruz County favorite restaurant, came through with a delightful roasted chicken with garlic roasted potatoes…YUM!  I brought the vino, not because [...]

Mood: Thankful Wine Selection: Gatos Locos “Santa Cruz Mountain” Pinot Noir     I’m nearing the end of month two in St. Helena. I have flirted with loneliness, dodged depression, and met a few great people. Merryvale is great! Luckily, I love my job! The people I work with are diverse and I intend to [...]

Mood: Amused Wine Selection: Flora Springs 2005 Trilogy I love Halloween when it falls on a Friday! You get to dress up at work, dress up in the evening, scare some little kids when you give out candy, then go out! Can’t beat that. In my case, the ladies at Merryvale, were invited to the [...]

Mood: Unnerved Wine Selection: Chronic Cellars 2006 “Sofa King Bueno” I have been in the Napa Valley almost a month. I have been wine tasting in the Napa Valley once. My experience? UNNERVING! I don’t want to pat my own back, but I know some things about wine. Let me rephrase, I know enough to [...]

Mood: Tired Wine Selection: Storrs 2004 “Petite Sirah”   That’s right, I worked 8 days in a row and all I wanted was a nice glass of wine and a mellow evening at home. I was in need of a ‘wine down.’ Storrs Petite Sirah wine was just the thing… “Jam packed with ripe black [...]

Mood: Thankful Wine Selection: Sorry, you’re going to have to read on for that!   The scoop: So, this may come as a shocker, but I’m moody. I know….the Moody Wine Drinker is moody? Who would have thought. My moodiness is the culprit for my lack of posts lately. Many of my loyal readers have [...]

Mood: Reflecting Wine Selection: Bishops Peak Cabernet Franc Ok, so I didn’t exactly drink any wine during the “Bay to Breakers” run/walk, but the day after, I was dying for a glass. What did I have? Bishops Peak’s Cabernet Franc. The wine is perfect for a foggy evening, Gorgonzola stuffed hamburgers that I grilled, and [...]

Mood: Restless Wine: Leal’s “Threesome”   Do you ever wake up and need to do something? Not just your normal everyday routine, but something different. Well, I’ve been feeling that for two weeks and it just hit me today…I work all the time and or have beach volleyball commitments, so I can’t get out of [...]