A friend and his pup visited Tuesday, we started with lobster salad, tapenade, and the
2009 Agusti Torello Mata Cava Reserva. Very crisp, lemon and apple, brisk. Refreshing if not compelling. B/B-

While the dogs enjoyed their bones we had grilled spiced cauliflower, a salad of marinated celery with chickpeas/basil/tomato, corn, and a couple of wines

2015 Edmunds St John Bone Jolly rose
Im always a fan of the ESJ gamay pink, but I think this vintage is even better than usual.
Full cherry and raspberry fruit but solid acidic core. Nice herbal accents. B+/A-

2015 Michel Guignier Beaujolais
Very fresh fruit, strawberry and cherry with just a hint of fizz, fun and easy to drink. B/B+

No wine with dinner Wednesday (tuna in red sauce on pasta) as I was leading group to city afterwards. Thursday we had a guest from France for dinner- she was visiting a friend of ours who had to go out of town on a family emergency, so we invited her guest over. Salmon, pasta with tomato and mozzarella, Savoy slaw with tahini, grilled Japanese eggplant with peanut sauce.
Wine was the 2009 Bedrock €œCaritas€� . Full, nutty, oaky. I keep hoping the oak will seem more integrated in these, but its still pretty prominent, while the pear fruit has begun to fade. B-/C+

Grade disclaimer: I'm a very easy grader, basically A is an excellent wine, B a good wine, C drinkable. Anything below C means I wouldn't drink at a party where it was only choice.Furthermore, I offer no promises of objectivity, accuracy, and certainly not of consistency.