I am always amazed when I taste an old wine and it has developed into something almost magical. Three of the wines I recommend this month fit into that category. I don’t get to taste these wines very often, so I am grateful to my friend Bill Vandermarel for reaching into his cellar for me to enjoy these wines.

I spent eight days in France in March looking for wines for B&B’s French Wine Club. We tasted some amazing wines and were able to find some great ones for the club. You can read about it all on my blog of the trip at:

French Wine Club Blog

The holidays are always a time of enjoying great wines and this year was no exception. I’ve selected eight wines to recommend - all of which I tasted in the last month. I hope you have a chance to try some of them and enjoy them as much as I have.

As much as I love Bordeaux, I have also enjoyed some excellent Chateauneuf-Du-Papes’ and I will be headed back to France this spring to do some more research on this region.

It’s time for selecting wines for the onslaught of holiday events, and I will recommend a few here as well as some more next month.