Sadly we, and my wife’s parents, have indulged in rather expensive wines for several years now. It is hard to go backwards and the search for value wines is never ending. We just did a tasting and couldn’t believe the quality vis-a-vis the price. Curiously there was a backstory. The wine was mislabelled; hence we scored a good wine at half price.

To go with the turkey we had Chardonnays including Far Niente, Mer Soleil, and finished the evening with a 1955 or 1960 Cockburn port (unbelievable).

While reds are where it’s at (but not Merlot or Syrah for us) we did score six bottles of Kistler over the weekend — which is a whole other world of Chardonnay, IMO.