Since I posted last, we switched wine club wineries. We belong to one right next door to the last winery we were wine club members of. This new winery is a little bougie but we both love ALL their wines. Typically, we enjoy half the wines a winery will make but this one, we like them all. Not sure how long we'll remain members but it's great right now.

The last winery we were members of, had a wine club event where we got to partake in a barrel tasting. The wine maker was describing the wine, the scents, the various tastes we'd experience and at one point mentioned, "hints of leather!" My good friend and I looked at each other, swirled and sniffed the wine and could that hint of leather. Before we could ask the winery maker, she said, "and no, we did not put a shoe into the vat to get that scent. "

I wish I had started right after I retired and learned more about wine and wine making. I would have loved to work at one of the local wineries, parttime. Because I would have been the new guy, I would have gotten all the weekend shifts, and my wife was still working so we only had the weekends for fun time. That kept me from pursuing this hobby.

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Good morning from southern Arizona. Down here we have many wineries in the area.

I am learning a lot about different wines. So far white wine in the summer and reds when it starts cooling down.

One of our favorites is the pillsbury winery. They do have a wine that got me enjoying wine. But the price has been going up every year. Started out as a $60 bottle, but I think its over a $100 now. I believe its called guns and kisses

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