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Hello Friends and Wine Lovers!

Happy Valentine’s Eve to you all!

I had in mind to put together a flight of Valentine’s themed wines for this week. I thought there would be quite a few wines with hearts or “love” or even “Valentine’s” themes on the labels or in the name. I was rather wrong. Apparently that theme just isn’t as popular as rivers, glens, dales, woods, hills, summits, and groves. (I suppose there could be a random wine-name-generator including just those words, and it would sound authentic. Riverdale Summit, or Woods Hill, or Riverglen Woods Summitdale Grove, or something like that. But I digress. . .)

So in lieu of having any thematic labels to go by, I thought this would be a good opportunity to taste a smattering of good wines that I wanted to taste our, but didn’t want to create other themes.. . .or, if you like, “Wines That You Will LOVE”. Or even “Wonderful Wines To Wet Your Whistle and Woo Your. . .uh, Wuver.”

But just to show you that I tried, I did get one wine that fits the bill for the Valentine’s Hearts and love theme. That wine is the 2000 Mon Coeur Cotes du Rhone. “Mon Coeur” in French means “My Heart” and the label DOES feature a little heart in the middle. So, one out of seven ain’t bad. Maybe I’ll find 2 for next year. Until then, love the wine, and may it love you back!

So Friday, February 13th, between 4:30 and 9:00 PM it’s:

Wines to Woo Your Wuver!
Peter Lehmann 2001 Semillion, Barossa Valley, Australia (Yes! A white wine!)
Porcupine Ridge 2002 Syrah, Boekenhoutskloof, South Africa
El Seque 2001 Tinto Laderas, Alicante, Spain
Sineann 2002 Red Table Wine, Oregon
Three Rivers 2000 Cabernet Sauvignon, Walla Walla, Washington

And the Extra-Loving 2:
Mon Coeur 2000 Cotes du Rhone, France
and a wine that I personally love:
Domaine du Banneret 2000 Chateauneuf du Pape

A good deal at $10 for the first 5, and $6 for the Extra 2 Premium Pours.
Hope to see you here!
Seize the Wine!

Next week is a Cabernet Sauvignon!
M