Craft Night?

Well, this week's Craft Night quickly turned into "drink too much wine and commiserate over crappy jobs and the general state of the world" night. Claire and I enjoyed my newly refurbished patio, with a bottle of 2005 El Dorado Mourvedre Estate Reserve by Holly's Hill, which arrived via wineclub delivery that day.

Here's what the winery says about the mourvedre:

Raspberries and cherries mingle with chocolate in this 100% estate wine. The aromatics are complimented with white pepper and mushrooms/forest floor (think wet pine needles). In the mouth, the wine is mouth-filling with nicely balanced acidity, velvety tannins and a long finish.

After the moquitoes started to brave our application of "Off", we headed inside, where Ken had graciously prepared pizza from "scratch" - feta, fresh tomatoes = mmmm - and a green salad. We opened a bottle of 2004 El Dorado Patriarche, also by Holly's Hill. This one is much more complex than the mouvedre, but as we were quickly getting to the trashed point, I'll be finishing the bottle tonight with dinner.

Here's the winery's take on their Patriarche:

This wine is huge and dark. Complex aromas of dark berries, cherries and raspberries along with toasty caramel, earth and game all come together for a broad mouthfeel and big tannins. It is very drinkable and will keep you coming back for more.

We did actually pull out our knitting; I got about 10 stitches cast-on for a baby sweater before we decided that soaking was a far better option. Hot tub and lime-water for rehydration. Happy times! I sure felt better about the world, that is, until trying to get out of bed this morning :D