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Marietta Cellars 2005 Angeli Cuvee

 

We’ve mentioned this wine before but that was the 2001 angeli cuvee which managed to hold onto for over a year. We just had a chance to try the 2005 version…which was in our possession for about a week. Some might call that an improvement…

In keeping with our desire to enjoy qualty but remain frugal/cheap/miserly we rarely break the $10 barrier in the wine department. Every now and again when the wild hair strikes we’ll throw caution to the wind and splurge on a $15 bottle – but only very rarely and only in uber special occasions…like Boxing Day…or Thursday. Continue reading

Morton’s Bistro

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In honor of our birthdays we recently made dinner reservations at our favorite restaurant, Morton’s Bistro. We armed ourselves with our recently acquired bottle of Marietta Cellars 2006 Angeli Cuvee and sallied forth.

We have a toddler of whom we are rather fond (the most brilliant and beautiful God’s gift, etc, etc) and we’re loathe to let her spend the night anywhere but our house (faint cries of Grandparently protest and complaint in the background here). That means that a wild ‘n crazy night out for is usually over at about 8 o’clock…woohoo… Continue reading