Wimmer Czerny, Roter Veltliner, 2007 (Austria) - A recent trial at our wine tasting group.  I found this in a North End store which specializes in unusual wines and at around $22 I expected big things from this sample.  I had learned from looking up Roter that it's based on a pinkish red grape (thus "roter") and the Veltliner reference simply means it's from the same village as the more famous Gruner Veltliner.  Anyway, although I was expecting something which might taste more like a mild rose what we actually got was something very much like a Pinot Blanc.  Nothing wrong with that, I like that grape too, but you an find decent Pinots for far less than $22, so overall I was disappointed.  Regardless, it's still a quality wine with good flavor and body so 6 out of 10 for upper average.

Cline, Ancient Vine Mourvedre, 2005 (Contra Costa County, California) - I've tried and reviewed this before but we just gave it a shot at our wine tasting group so it's back in the review.  This is a medium body red (kind of like Pinot Noir or Charbono in body) but with smokiness, tannins, and bold fruit.  It took a while to open up and we even resorted to decanting it, but everyone genuinely liked it and ultimately we gave it 2 stars on our chart.  A very pleasing sample.  I'll keep the number score the same as my last review of it - 7 out of 10 for above average.