We spend a week in Hawaii with our good friends Val and Evan!  Lots of laughs, lots of sun and a whole lot of wine!!  My husband decide to ship the following bottles to Hawaii and not surprisingly we drink it all up in 5 days!!  Watching the sunset from their deck is absolutely amazing with a nice bottle of Linne Calodo!!  Alo-ha!! 

•  A. Rafanelli, Zinfandel 2008 $34
• Blackjack Ranch, Billy Goat Hill Merlot, Santa Barbara, 2005 $32
• Blackjack Ranch, Chardonnay Reserve, Santa Barbara, 2005 $35
• Carlisle Syrah, Russian River 2007 $20
• Linne Calodo, Nemesis, Paso Robles 2004
• Lucas, ZinStar Zinfandel 2004 $30
• Martinelli, Woolsey Road, Chardonnay Russian River Valley 2006  $36
• Turley, Pesenti Vineyard Zinfandel 2005 $35
• Beaulieu Vineyard, Georges de LaTour, Private Reserve Nappy Valley 1999 $35 (purchase by Joystna’s wholeseller husband)
• D’Arenberg, The Laughing Magpie, Shiraz, McLaren Vale Australia, 2005 (unknown price)

I thought it was pretty funny that our case of wine arrived intact while my suitcase of clothes was left behind at the airport in San Francisco!  Oh well!  I went straight to the Maui shopping plaza — bought a pair of flip-flops, jeans shorts and a “I heart Maui” t-shirt!  Pop open the Turley, honey!  We’re in Hawaii!!