The Syndicate

I never drink beer, just never developed a taste for it but I do drink wine. When I want to drink good wines I go to a wine stores (currently Total Wine) and buy a mixed case of wines that all rate 90 or above in wine spectator and cost $25 or less. I've found they are the best for ratings. I tend to drink savignon blancs or chards in the summer and cabs or pinot noirs in the winter (though pinot noir is expensive for a decent bottle). The only favorite wine I can pick out is Kistler's chardonay though it is hard to find and pricey so I don't have it very often. For everyday i just drink Kendall Jackson chard and Liberty School Cab Sav.

My extended family is also known for its frozen daquiris. We have a lake house which we all go to in the summer and make frozen daquiris from strawberries or peaches (fresh frozen are best) rum, razzmatazz for the strawberry, Roses lemon lime (or maybe its just lime), a little sprite, Grand Marnier, sometimes a touch of vanilla ice cream, and ice. We then take them out to the lake and float in our floating chairs and drink them. Its usually about 95 degrees so they taste marvelous. Or we take them on one of the boats and ride the lake drinking. Summer wouldn't be the same without them.

Occasionally my husband and i drink dessert wines but I can't remember the names right now.