Making all of this even more salacious is that I’m also cheating with Gina’s mom, Flora (as in Flora Springs, which gave birth to this new beauty named Gina).

While Flora wears her Italian heritage on her bottle sleeve (many of her wines are made in an Italian style), Gina is a California native all the way. She hasn’t forgotten what her Momma taught her about good acid balance and judicious use of tannins. She went just a little crazier with the oak, and the fruit is really ripe, just like so many of her neighborhood friends’ vino.

Ooh, but unlike her neighbors, she isn’t charging three times more than simple, love-struck mortals can pay just because A) she lives in Napa; and B) it’s a merlot. Down to earth, too? Now I’m even more smitten.

Cheers,
TSW

WoW
…really excited about wine

I hate it when good wine is named after women, because it always makes me feel like I’m cheating on my wife. In my defense, I’m not. And, my wife feels the same way whenever she drinks Pol Roger.

Currently I’m in love with Gina, a sumptuous, round-hipped red that captures all the voluptuousness of a good merlot, but contains it in a frame that is surprisingly cellulite-free. (This isn’t a flabby, non-acidic wine.)

The fruit flavors range from black cherry to plum, and are beautiful and alluring. However, as the wine opens up, scents of chocolate lift out of the glass, and that’s as straight-up sexy as Gina Gershon. It even has some of the complexity Ms. Gershon showed by doing all her indie films. Spice and a little earth help with that.