Mood Wine San Diego Style...

Here are some pictures from our Mood Wine Club of San Diego. This was our second roll-out Mood Wine tasting event...

Morley House

Our Mood Wine San Diego club hosts Brian and Phil have an amazing craftsman home in North Park - soon to be Morley House B&B. With a beautiful backyard like this who wouldn't want to gather and taste some nice wines?

TIME TO JUMP...

This North Park neighborhood in San Diego is known for its historic Craftsman bungalows... 

Welcome to Morley House

With entertaining in mind, Phil and Brian completely renovated the home...

Front Porch Street Side Viewing Deck

The back yard is complete with fire pit, spa, and outdoor kitchen/bar... it totally set the mood.

Ready to welcome the San Diego Moodies

And I had to put this in, just because...

Morley House - Front Room

Oh, and about that tasting... in addition to the appetizers designed for the wine tasting of the Three Big Reds, we put out fruit, meat, and cheese to snack on... it's just how we set the MOOD...

Time to get the party started

The Moodies gather - time to enjoy one of the reception wines - either Fazeli Cellars  Phel Phel or Sauvignon Blanc...

Mood Wine San Diego Commences

Of course we had to do the fun blind-tasting using the three astounding wines that were so amazing only a Dixie-Cup would do...

Brian showing Jo (from New Zealand) how to properly taste from a Dixie Cup

I think Dan Becker was astounded with his first Dixie Cup taste, and poor Nestor Velochi just couldn't put his finger on the aromas of GRAPE in the Manischewitz he was tasting, but Jo had it going on by this point...

L-R: Jo - Nestor - Dan

For the REAL tasting we paired each wine with a bite that worked with it... 

Almond Stuffed, Bacon Wrapped Dates

The dates were served with the Yalda - this is the Rhone Style blend of Shiraz, Grenache, Mourvedre, and Cinsaut. The sweet dates wrapped in the smokey bacon was perfect with this wine.

The tasting format worked SO well; we all gathered around the fire pit and took our time with each of the wines...

Wine Wine Wine

If I could put words in their mouths... there would be lots of "Hmmm what do you think?" "Is it the blackberry or Kona Coffee I'm getting?" "Wow, I bet I can get my whole nose in this glass!" "Finally - I'm learning how to swirl the wine in my mouth!!!"  But regardless of what they are saying, you have to admit, they are focused...

L-R, Patrick, Greg, Dan, Natalie, and David

It was a rapt group, either that or they were all HOPING I'd wrap up all my wine talk... 

It appears every mouth was full of wine

San Diego now has a fantastic founding group for Mood Wine of San Diego with this debut event...

Brian and Patrick

Thank you Brian for helping make this happen Brian!!!

And of course, who can forget Phil Clooney-Russ from Mood Wine of Palm Springs...

Phil passing at Mood Wine of Palm Springs

NEXT STOP - MOOD WINE OF RIVERSIDE COMING IN MAY!