LIWINEDAD

  Today is the second pickup for June.  We include a tasting at a new place for us, Rose Hill Vineyards (formally Shinn), and then on to four more drive-by pickups from Sannino Vineyards , Sparkling Pointe , Pellegrini Vineyards , and Terra Vite Vineyards [1].  On this expedition, we were a small group, only three of us including Jo, Carol, and myself.  We built-in time for a full tasting and small bites for lunch as we explored Rose Hill and the tasting menu .  Rose Hill is a new place for us, and it did not disappoint.  The wine, the small bites, and the view were all fabulous as borne out by us taking four bottles (3 – 2020 First Fruit, 1 Ro ś e 2020) [2] of wine with us.  This brief note does not do justice to what a fine place this is, and we will provide a much more detailed review a bit later.  The second stop was Sannino, where we picked up five different wines, including a 2020 Bianca white Merlot, 2020 Viognier, a 2020 Sauvignon Blanc, a 2020 Fresco white wine blend, and we

 Memorial Day is a day to relax with Family, friends and to reflect on the sacrifices that so many before us made to give us this day.  The day here started a bit cloudy, but it did not stop the Jones Beach air show.  As we live near the beach, we enjoyed the flyovers of all the aircraft as they darted back and forth over the beach, putting on the show.  As this is a day for Family, food, and wine, our son and his girlfriend joined us.  The menu this day was a selection of prime steaks grilled on a ragingly hot searing station and accompanied by all the fixings, including homemade caramelized onions.  Now no day would be complete without some wine, and today was no exception.  We enjoyed five different wines from both the east and west coast of the US. We opened with the 2019 Caymus Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley, one of Jo’s favorite red wines.   It opens with strong notes of Vanilla on the nose, and the taste is rich with very well-structured tannins, balanced acid, and