Last evening’s intense sunset & Cantine di Ora 2020 Amicale Rosso Veneto Italy 🇮🇹 wine 🍷 notes: this wine won more awards than my wife has letters after her name 😁 / flavors of black cherry & cocoa make for a pleasantly slow sipper with an unexpected dry lingering finish #yum

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We love when there are sun rays 🌞 & Ramos Pinto Duas Quintas 2019 Douro Valley, Portugal 🇵🇹 wine 🍷• comes with its own white paper; super smooth; comforting - kind of like being under your favorite blanket; peach marmalade on crispy toast; hard to beat a good Touriga! 😋

Brunello for Wednesday lunch? Why not? Almost as content as the frog resting on the oak tree limb with this 2019 San Felice Campogiovanni🍷 Sangiovese 🍇 #delicious 😋

Last evening’s demure sunset along with this Château Camino Salva - Haut Médoc 2016 • wine 🍷 notes 📝: brooding - a pleasant melancholy, we felt like we should’ve been sitting on a Velvet Settee with a Tiffany Lamp next to us instead of by the fire 🔥 #yum 😋 #SundayFunday

Last evening’s splendid October sunset 🌅 & Vite Colte 'La Malora' Langhe 2020 Nebbiolo 🍇 Piedmont 🇮🇹 wine 🍷 notes 📝: a 3 course meal: crisp & fruity, then in the middle rich like a savory main course, but in the end dark cherry & silky texture like a dessert #delicious 😋

Becker Vineyards Becker Vineyards 2021 Tempranillo 🍇 great label & local Texas wine🍷not your cookie cutter Tempranillo / rather floral & fruity & on the sweeter side with a tarragon finish - complemented well our crab & shrimp stuffed smoked salmon #delicious 😋 🔥

The yellow hibiscuses are in full bloom along with this Michel-Schlumberger 2019 “Le Fou” Pinot Noir, Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County 🇺🇸 wine 🍷 notes 📝: porch pounder supreme - can’t put it down! elegantly bright but not too sweet, bit of sediment - great for lunch #delish 😋

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Woke up to this glorious sunrise 🌅 & now lunchtime Domaine des Riottes Savigny-lès-Beaune 2022 Premier Cru “Lés Lavières” 🇫🇷 Pinot Noir 🍇 wine 🍷 notes 📝: medium-bodied, rich & chewy, dark cherry flavor bursting through grape skins #delicious 😋 #Saturday

Last evening’s stunning sunset 🌅 & wine 🍷 Pagos del Rey Arnegui Reserva 2017 Rioja • Spain 🇪🇸 100% Tempranillo 🍇 #delectable 😋

Cool cloud formation & Château Laclaverie Francs Côtes de Bordeaux 2015 Right Bank • 100% Merlot 🍇 wine notes 🗒️ : needs just a few minutes…walks in shy but once opened up watch out - smooth and seductive with no signs of aging, spices & dare I say watermelon #yum 😋

Cooler temperatures are back! & so nighttime fires 🔥 & Marqués de la Concordia Rioja Santiago Reserva 2018 Cuarto Año Spain 🇪🇸 Tempranillo 🍇 wine 🍷 notes 📝: medium-bodied; needed to open for quite a while, then forest floor & emergent juniper berries #delicious 😋

Opening Day of whitetail 🦌 season! Smash or pass on that 8 point? & last evening’s treat - Canalicchio di Sopra 2015 Brunello di Montalcino. Wine 🍷 notes 📝: dried corsage in a box on the nose, on the palate cherry cola in a leather canteen with an aniseed garnish #sumptuous 😋

A very pleasant sunrise 🌅 this morning & for lunch Château Jalousie Beaulieu 2022 Bordeaux Supérieur Réserve wine 🍷 notes 📝: well-balanced, non-brooding and rather bright, on the palate a hint of toasted marshmallow #yummy 😋 #Wednesday

Clear sky 🌌 with Rodney Strong 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon - Alexander Valley, Sonoma County 🇺🇸 wine 🍷 notes 🗒️: dark chocolate truffle topped with sea salt & dusted with mushroom powder #delicious 😋 #Saturday