VIP Wine Tasting and the Best Dinner Ever!

Today we got together with our group for a "VIP Wine Tasting" at Premier Wines in Plano. It was a blast! We tried 15 (yeah, 15!!) wines and they were all wonderful. They had cheese, bread, and fresh meats for us to have with the wine. We shopped in their boutique and bought a delicious vintage French Bordeaux, an amazing Australian Cab, a fun French champagne de peche (great brunch wine!) and several bottles of "blue wine". That is a "wine" made from the Blue Agave cactus, and it tastes like a margarita. Fun for a twist on traditional wine, (or margaritas!) and it will be a fun party wine.

I highly recommend this fabulous place. They have several tasting rooms and hold classes and tastings (private, corporate, public, etc).

We were then told about a great Italian restaurant called Covino's in Plano. It's off Parker and Independence and if you haven't been- you HAVE to go! It's kind of a hole in the wall place (in a shopping center) and we thought, uh oh, but WOW, it was one of the best meals we've had in a long time! AND ITS BYOB!!! So, we had a fabulous meal (calamari, I had gnocci with beef and garlic and marinara, and M had cioppini (seafood and linguine with a red clam and white wine sauce) and garlic bread, salad, and tiramisu- the best ever!) along with our favorite wine. YOU HAVE TO GO!

What a fabulous day! We have a brunch tomorrow morning with a big group of us at Kathleen's Art Cafe in Plano. I've been for lunch, but we'll let you know how brunch is.