I not a fan of white wines but I wanted to give them another shot. I tried the Frank Family 2006 Chardonnay http://www.garlicsoftware.com/node/229 last month and I wasn't really impressed. So I decided to try two Chards this time. If one wasn't good, maybe two would be better. Great logic right. We had a little gathering of friends and everyone had a chance to taste both the oaked and unoaked version.

I tried two Chardonnays from Mer Soleil Vineyard, California http://www.mersoleilvineyard.com

2006 Unoaked Chardonnay, Silver, Santa Lucia Highlands (Available at Spec's for $29)

I just finished listening to The Neil Gaiman Audio Collection by and read by Neil Gaiman. This is a collection of short children stories and is a pretty quick listen. There is a cute interview at the end of Mr. Gaiman by his daughter.

I just finished reading The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families by Stephen Covey. It is an interesting book and I would recommend it to others to read. It covers more about the relationships between family members but can be applied to just about any group of people, including office co-workers. There are a few items I really didn't agree with but overall I felt it was worth the read.

Wine Enthusiast, 90 points
Wine Spectator, 90 points
The Wine Advocate, 89 points

I really like it when a Winery has all of their information online that I can reference. The Reininger Winery has a very nice site with lots of information about their wines. Check it out at: http://www.reiningerwinery.com They also print their web address on their corks which is a nice idea.

http://www.reiningerwinery.com/2003Merlot.htm

From their website:
Technical Information
Vineyards
Ash Hollow
Spring Valley
Seven Hills Vineyard
Blend

95% Sangiovese, 5% Colovino

The Wine News: 89

Available at H.E.B. for $25

Since I'm getting a Kindle soon I've been on the lookout for sites to download some free books that are in the public domain. Here are a couple that are pretty nice and they both include pdf format as well as Kindle and Sony formats.

http://www.feedbooks.com/

http://manybooks.net/

Wine Enthusiast score: 87

Available at Spec's for $49

Available at Spec's for $16

I shouldn't have tried this wine while having a cold. Sadly my nose is not working and my taste buds are broken. I could only say that what I could smell was a little sweetness which was nice and it did taste fine. My cold is finally waning so I'll have another taste.

Available at Spec's for $13

An OK wine. Not that special to me. I'll have to try another Bierzo or two.

Rated 91 by Wine Enthusiast.
Available at Spec's for $22