Yearly recap and wine resolutions thread

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Favorite wine tasted may have been from a charity tasting--the 1998 Clos L'Eglise, Pomerol or 1998 Chateau Pavie St. Emilion and the 1994 Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve.

Favorite bottle purchased and consumed--2002 Joh. Jos. Christoffel Erben Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling Auslese*.

Finally opened a Volnay Les Santenots from Alex Gambal that I bought several years ago.

Value wine is Wynn's Coonawarra Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon, Australia, and Baroja Rioja Seleccion Especial, Spain. (Wynn's Cabernets are prominent in an article in the latest issue of "Wine Enthusiast."

Will have to think more about wine discovery--possibly the Elyse Chenin Blanc from Mendocino and the McManis Viognier and the Desiree chocolate-infused dessert drink from Rosenblum.

Want to learn more about Italian and Spanish wines in 2008 (and budget better for wine purchases.)