I would just like to announce that today is my 40th birthday. I feel 28 and look 32…or somewhere around that age so I’m told (ha! ha!). My peeps decorated my office, bought me lunch and we had a little celebration at the office with my favorite cake. Yes you guessed it, Sam’s Club Coconut Cake! Best cake ever!

Unfortunately three of my co-workers (Debi, Brenda and Z)were traveling so they didn’t get to celebrate in person with me but they did call and sing happy birthday to me while they were at the airport waiting for their flight. Needless to say they received some funny looks from other travelers. Jana is in Hawaii for her 5 year Merlot trip but didn’t forget and sent me a happy birthday text.

Ray Sanford called me out of the blue to wish me happy birthday (which made my day) and all my Facebook friends were typing away sending me birthday wishes.

I hung out with my husband, family and friends all weekend so I have to say, my 40th turned out to be a great one! Thanks everyone!

Here are some pictures of us celebrating at the office.

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Each week on Friday, our team gathers for a merlot tasting. It’s something we’ve been doing since we opened our doors in 2001, so we like to think our palettes are pretty well honed. To be clear, we ALWAYS taste merlot. No Zinfandel allowed in this bunch. After tasting, we score the wine and use this blog to tell you all about our favorites and our not so favorites (yes, they do happen). Below is this week’s result. If you have an opinion or a favorite to suggest, please leave us a comment.

Date: September 18, 2009
Wine Provided By: Merlot Marketing
Vineyard: Bonterra
Region: Mendocino County
Year: 2006
Price point: $11.99
Today’s high score: 15
Today’s low score: 8
Average score: 10.2

Stand out comments: “Best wine I’ve had since last weeks Fun Friday!” ~ Kym Preslar — “Dry and it has an intense after taste!” ~ Allison Barrett — “Dry but flavorful, a good wine to pair with a steak.” ~ Rob Cook

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Each week on Friday, our team gathers for a merlot tasting. It’s something we’ve been doing since we opened our doors in 2001, so we like to think our palettes are pretty well honed. To be clear, we ALWAYS taste merlot. No Zinfandel allowed in this bunch. After tasting, we score the wine and use this blog to tell you all about our favorites and our not so favorites (yes, they do happen). We score with 5 being the highest and 0 being the lowest score. Below is this week’s result. If you have an opinion or a favorite to suggest, please leave us a comment.
Date: September 11, 2009
Wine Provided By: Kelly Givas, Architectural Digest Magazine (Thanks Kelly!)
Vineyard: Mount Tamalpais Vineyard
Region: Marin County
Year: 2005
Price point: $28
Today’s high score: 14
Today’s low score: 12
Average score: 12.6
Stand out comments: “Nice legs!” - Jackie Taylor (Special Guest) ~ “Looks good until you taste it!” - Allison (Employee) ~ “After a glass of Champagne, this went down with ease and satisfaction.” - Kym (Employee)

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