R Wines-Red Lion-California-Cabernet Sauvignon-2006-$14.99-R Wines is owned by Chris
Ringland who is a rising star in the winemaking world. He is from Australia and also just starting making
wines in California. His Australian Shiraz’s are very good and he is known for his bottles having the
greatest labels and this one is one of his coolest. His 2005 vintage was called Green Lion. The wine
has a good fruit forward nose, and was a good value for the price. It had the typical good California
Cab taste, it could get better in a year or so drink now or let it sit in your cellar. NR CR3.5 Good
with chicken, steak, pasta.
Bodegas Muga-Muga-Rioja-Spain-White Wine-2007-$13.25-Wanted to adventure out and try a
white wine from Spain since I enjoy the red white from there so much. The wine was light and crisp,
a bit more acidity than I like, was ok, did not love it. Won’t give up on trying a different white variety
from Spain. WS83 CR3 Good with seafood, chicken, salad.