some recent tastes...

We took this bottle with us to San Antonio to enjoy in our fancy hotel room. Frances Coppola, Claret, and old favorite. At $18ish a bottle, it's worth every penny. 5 stars from the Scroggins.

Natalie brought along this lovely taste during her visit. Firefly Ridge Merlot. I'm not sure how much she spent, but I'm guessing $10 or below. That's pretty much the budget in my little group of fellow winos. It was super super yummy! We give it a 5. I think I had most of the bottle on my own. :)I bought this bottle last summer on my trip to California and the wine country. In my excitement to be among all the wine trees, I spent $50 on it, so we had to save it for a wonderfully special occassion. What exactly was I thinking?? It was from the Tensely Winery, and a Syrah. I guess I knew we'd have a reason to celebrate this year. We opened it in honor of my new gig at the Messenger. It was ok yummy, but I don't know about $50 yummy. Those are some high expecations, ya know? We gave it a 4. I guess we might be getting a little wine snobby in our wino old age.