Ponzi, Merry Edwards

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Well, it's time again to register for the Triangle Wine Experience. I looked over the 17 wine dinner choices last night and narrowed it to four--ones featuring Robert Mondavi, Merry Edwards, Ponzi (Oregon--especially noted for pinot noir and Arneis wines) or an Australian importer. The Mondavi and Merry Edwards dinners were already sold out so that helped me make the choice. I signed up for the Ponzi Dinner at Nana's in Durham which is supposed to be a very good restaurant. The chef-owner of Butterflies, where I often eat when in Raleigh, worked under Scott Howell at Nana's.
I may still get to taste some Merry Edwards pinot noirs as I signed up for another event with tastings of pinot noirs from four viticultural areas of California and Merry Edwards is one represented. I also signed up for an "Art and Wine" luncheon with Robert Mondavi representative and so may get to taste the cabernet sauvignon reserve (I hope). Didn't sign up for the gala and auction this year (bids go way beyond my budget).
Any thoughts there on Ponzi and Merry Edwards pinot noirs? (Sorry, IK, I passed up the dinner with Robert Talbott and Logan chardonnays and pinot noirs from Sleepy Hollow. Oh, also the Pride Mountain dinner with Robert Foley was sold out or I might have chosen that one.