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Turning Leaf wines provide an excellent choice for inexpensive wine service for your holiday dinner this week and through the season.  Celebration time can become stressful enough through the planning process.  Breathe easy while choosing the wine.

Turning Leaf 2008 Merlot

Tasting Notes: This luscious, medium bodied Merlot opens with aromatic notes of blackberry jam and juicy purple plum. Hints of vanilla and cinnamon combine with elegant notes of oak and spice to create a complex, lingering finish.

Pairing Notes: Savor with fresh tomato sauce and angel hair pasta, or pair with savory grilled lamb chops and garlic braised potatoes.

Price: $8

Turning Leaf 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon

Tasting Notes: Supple with aromas of black cherries and boysenberry jam. Notes of vanilla and brown spice complement the dark fruit on the palate, resulting in a rich and lingering finish.

Pairing Notes: Serve with a grilled, garlic-rubbed rib-eye steak and sautéed greens, or with a hearty roast prime rib and shoestring potatoes.

Price: $8

Turning Leaf Chardonnay

It’s rich with notes of honey and butter, and flavors of peach and spice. Pairs well with sliced juicy pears and a wedge of buttery Brie.

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