This hat has a different sort of color combo that made me think of merlot wine.. the mohair and wool locks I used to decorate it are super soft and bring together the colors of the hat in an unexpected way!

crame romania

... from Italy for the reindeer dominant meal.

Mike Sauer's Red Willow Vineyard, WA

Merlot tasting in the lounge at Toula restaurant

Blackstone Merlot and Common. Two of my favourite things. No doubt!

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Pressing 250 gallons of grape mash to get ~200 gallons of wine.

Wine continues to be fun to paint. And drink. See more at staceychomiak.blogspot.com/2010/06/new-york-and-merlot.html

A very nice Merlot from South Africa. Worth getting again.

Merlot, Amethyst

Designed for one of the winners of the first-ever Star Achievement Pageant.

There was this shelf of merlot at this party and a christmas tree behind it. A little touch of lucis art filter effect on the bottles too..

merlot margurite perle

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K9 intervention dog, Merlot, with his handler, Cpl. Tia Froh, work in Victim Services with Regina Police Service. Photo by Rebekah Lesko.

tamar valley, tasmania

Dave left this behind in the Banqueting House and I enjoyed it in front of the fire after Laura went to bed!

the sweet red was not as sweet as i had wished for. but it was obviously drinkable LOL :)

Kindly brought round by Elina and Cal.