Good Morning!

This long weekend was really needed. I needed to relax, rest and also decompress. Two friends of mine came in town from Duluth, MN. We planned very little just pool time and relax. We had not seen each other in about a year and when we get together, it is just great fun. I met my pal Tony when I was about 8-9 years old and he was around 6, we go way back, 40 years back.

We were neighbors and his dad was my 5th grade teacher and we had sleep overs growing up, we would watch Sammy Terry and Nightmare theater on Friday nights as kids and most of the time we would eat Pizza King pizza and stay up all night. Well, not much has changed, we found ourselves eating pizza and watching movies and laughing about things we did as kids and remembered things about our parents and grandparents and laughed.

Well, instead of Pizza King we cooked or went out to dinner and tried about anything we could get our hands on, and this went for our wine selections too. My neighbors had invited over for dinner and it was lovely. The ribs and salmon were to die for and seriously the peach cobbler was so good, it makes my mouth water thinking about it at 5 AM. I brought several wines and the neighbors poured some awesome wines also, but there was a clear favorite called Amavi Cellars 2008 Syrah.

I love wines from Washington and I have always been drawn to the Pinot Noir and Cabernet’s, but I had not loved previous Syrah’s from Washington, this wine is young and vibrant. It had a huge nose and the pepper and black jammy flavors just stopped my taste buds and they said AWESOME! I know I don’t often give you many tasting notes but I could write for an entire day about this wine and the taste of Walla Walla, Washington wines, I have enjoyed.

The more I try the wines from all over the world the less my palate is stuck on BIG ASS REDS from California (which I still love) but it is great to just open my mind to everything. The best thing about tasting wines for me is that my mouth can taste parts of the world, my body might never get to visit.

There is nothing better than family, old and new friends, great food, great wine and lively conversation. I already miss my friends and look forward to the next time we meet up. I just wanted to share with you the name of the wine that really delighted all of us!

I hope you had an amazing weekend too. If you had a wine that you really enjoyed, let me know what you liked so I can try it too!

Much LOVE and wine,

Tammi