It's not often I have a three bottle night, but it is not everyday you get to celebrate a birthday and an anniversary. My parents came to visit on Friday afternoon (it had been my mom's birthday and their anniversary in the past week). We were making them dinner, but because of their early arrival there was time to catch up before dinner was served. What better way then out on the deck in the beautiful sunshine and nice weather. Mom was talking about a wine she had had earlier in the week with a friend that she thought was quite nice; turns out it was a 2008 Gamay from Malivoire. I said, "If you liked that one then you're going to love this one," and I grabbed a bottle of Malivoire's 2009 Small Lot Gamay, this one is a stunner and one of the best Gamays I have tasted out of Niagara so far. My wife is a white drinker, so when she returned and joined us on the deck it only seemed fair that she get a great wine too, which lead me to pull out a Cave Spring Cellars 2009 Dolomite Riesling. Finally, with dinner a special meatloaf with my first attempt at an Israeli couscous salad (turned out pretty good), for this I pulled out a bottle of Finca El Retiro 2004 Tempranillo Reserva Especial (from Argentina) - this was a spicy number that still had some good dark fruit to balance off the spiciness. Smooth and enjoyable, especially with the meatloaf.
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