Concert in the park enjoying PCH, a few blocks from PCH.

This Thursday evening like all Thursday evenings during the summer was spent in a local park listening to the Long Beach Municipal Band play while we enjoyed a picnic dinner with friends.  The wine of choice this evening was Pacific Coast Highway ("PCH") Pinot Grigio,which is fitting since I live only a block away from the real PCH which inspires this line of wines.  

PCH 2009 Pinot Grigio 

PCH is the big brother if you will to the I Heart California ("IHC") that I reviewed over the weekend and the mid price point wine in the new California wine collection F&E debuted this year.  At $8 this wine is more expensive than its little brother IHC but a much better wine overall.   Like IHC, PCH as you can tell from the name, is a California wine.  The clarity and nose are similar to the IHC though I really get a more subtle smell of the wine during the swirl of the PCH.  The real difference comes into play during the taste, its almost like biting into a summer peach; crisp but sweet. The PCH Pinot is a more complex, and complete wine, I enjoyed the extra layer of flavors that present but not overwhelming, kind of like the dixieland jazz that was wafting through the park this evening...    

The view from our picnic.

Its summer right now I encourage you all to go to local events like a concert in the park and get as many friends and neighbors to attend as well; nothings ever promised to us tomorrow today.   We all tell ourselves to seize the day which I did today.  Listening to music with several hundred neighbors, a picnic with friends, and enjoying a good affordable wine means that today was not a wasted summer afternoon. 

I hope you all enjoy every day of summer.  Cheers!