Nusserhof, Blaterle, Vino da Tavola (Bozen, Italy) - An Italian wine store highly recommended this and we waited quite a while before trying it at our wine tasting group at work.  Hey, this was fun.  It's truly unlikely most any other white wine we had tried, actually hard to describe.  Personally I thought it had a hint of dry apricot flavor.  Frankly it had a punch to it kind of like a red wine but not necessarily along the same flavor.  Interesting.  We ended up giving it 2 stars and on my own scale I think I'll give it a 7 out of 10 for above average.

Layer Cake, Shiraz, 2008 (South Australia) - This is my 3rd vintage of Layer Cake, I had 2005 and 2006 and now 2008.  The 2005 really blew me away and garnered an 8.  By 2006 I thought it had become a mass marketed shell of its former self and just gave it a 6.  This year it's just a 6 again.  Ironically the flavor is a little different.  Last time I thought cherries predominated and this time it's more a leather and tobacco flavor.  In any case this Shiraz is no longer the complex layers of cake it originally was named for.

Archeo, Nero d'Avola, Ruggero di Tasso, 2006 (Sicilia, Italy) - Really quite a nice Nero, bold in flavor and a touch chewy in texture.  It's affordable too since this is one of the Trader Joe's exclusive cheap wines.  6 out of 10 for upper average, and a wine I plan to repeat for myself.