Ray’s Station Sonoma Merlot 2002 Macho Merlot? With a glass

May 8, 2006 Vino

Ray’s Station Sonoma Merlot 2002
Macho Merlot? With a glass of this in one hand, conversation can easily turn into manly pontification.

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