Posts Written OnApril 20, 2005

Next Tuesday (the 26th) I turn 30, and because Nena is so wonderful, she’s respected my wishes and hasn’t planned some huge bash. That’s just not my style on my birthday. Instead, she’s planned a trip somewhere for the weekend…just the two of us, which is something we don’t do often enough. But, she won’t tell me where we’re going. All she’s told me is that we can’t be out too late Friday night at happy hour with friends (also for my birthday) because we need to be up at 7 a.m. to drive to the airport. On my birthday…

Over the next few days, you’ll be reading a lot about Martha Clara Vineyards’ wine here on LENNDEVOURS because I’ve sampled eight of their recent and upcoming releases in the last week or so (for a column on them). Martha Clara Winery’s owner, Robert Entenmann, named his wine making venture after his mother, Martha Clara Entenmann in 1995. You might be asking yourself why Entenmann sounds familiar…well that’s because these are the same Entenmanns that deliver baked goods to the "end of the aisle" at your local grocery store. Actually, the family sold the bakery business in 1978, and moved…