Still, Grenache.

I just keep on coming back to this wine varietal.  The Miner Family 2012, Sierra Foothills, Grenache was really, really nice this past Friday night (with homemade pizza) and still nice, two days later, last night (with chicken and roasted vegetables).  A medium-bodied Grenache, this grape variety is probably more suited to the growing conditions in the Sierra Foothills than here in Napa.  A very easy to drink wine.
I find that Miner Family do a very consistent job with all of their wines, (except for a bottle of their Sangiovese I had once).
I bought this Grenache, one bottle only, just before Christmas at a 50% off industry only sale at the winery.  I wish I'd purchased more, but I know where there is more to be had.

It's so good!

Vinomaker was given this wine by an attorney friend after a tennis event they both played in: Long story short, it's a delicious wine. I'm not going to get all boring by describing this wine myself, instead I'm going to pilfer the 2007 C'est Si Bon's tasting notes directly from the Elyse website because their description of the wine is possibly the closest description, to actual taste, I have ever come across.
C'est Si Bon (It's so good!), is made from grapes indigenous to the Rhone Valley in Southern France. This medium body wine has delightful aromas of dried raspberries, tangerine peel, white pepper along with hints of earth and dried herbs. On the palate, flavors of wild plums, raspberries, currants and a hint of minerality lead to a creamy mouth feel and genuinely long finish – and is way too easy to drink. 
OMG!  Way too easy to drink is a gigantic understatement.  This wine is so smooth, the soft vanilla characteristic on the palate is so moreish and - oops, I said I wouldn't wax lyrical with my own particular descriptors of this wine.  But, priced at around $28.00 retail, this is a great wine.  It really is so good.