When I picked these wines I had no idea I had gone with a complete California theme for Christmas, thankfully I added a little Spain in for a little outside sourcing for dessert. These days Christmas Eve is spent with my in-laws while Christmas Day is spent with my brother and his family – sure we do a fair amount of driving, but it’s worth it to see everybody. My in-laws are more beer oriented, but I’m glad to see some of them coming over to the dark side of wine; my brother is also a beer guy but when it comes to dinner wine is his drink of choice, and he seems to like ’em big and bold. …
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