May Wine Club Shipment and Triple Berry Syrup Recipe- Hall Winery, Napa

I just received the latest shipment from Hall, one of my favorite wineries up in Napa. These wines are currently available at a pre-release discount.
2006 Hall Napa River Ranch Merlot (Reg $50, currently $45) **Only available until May 31st
2006 Hall T Bar T Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon (Reg $45, currently $40.50)

Looking forward to trying them again and will post tasting notes once done, as my tasting room notes from the last visit are a bit fuzzy, and not admissible in court. As a personal rule, I generally disregard my notes from any winery visit after 430 pm, or after my 4th winery visit of the day. The descriptive phrases I use at that point in the day then tend to be heavy on "mmmm" and "good stuff!", with the occasional "NG" for No Good.

Hall Wines Website

The wine club notes also had a recipe for Triple Berry Syrup, using their Merlot, that sounded too good to pass up.

1/2 bottle Napa Valley Merlot
2 cups Mixed Berries (Blueberry, raspberry, blackberry)
1 3/4 quarts maple syrup
1/2 cup sugar

Reduce Wine, Sugar and Berries, until you have 1/4 cup liquid and berries.
Add syrup and blend with hand mixer until smooth.
Strain through fine mesh strainer. (personally, i'd skip this and leave it chunky)
Allow to cool and serve, over french toast, waffles, pancakes, or fresh fruit crepes.
Mmmmmmmmmmmm.