

Happy Pinot Noir Day
Today marks Pinot Noir day, possibly my favorite made up holiday. Last week, in anticipation of today I did a vertical tasting of the 2007, 2010 and 2013 Kendric Vineyards Pinot Noir with my dad. Kendric Vineyards is run by Stewart Johnson and named after his father. Most of his grapes (and all of his Pinot Noir) comes from Marin County, just south of the more infamous Sonoma county. The 2007 was perfectly smooth and well balanced, it reminded me of crushed velvet as I sipped