Wine Club Sept. 25th, 2015

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We spent a lovely evening together, as usual, enjoying good food, and celebrating happy moments!  Happy birthday Tayisa and congrats to Carm!

 The theme was a Mexican fiesta with nachos, shredded beef tacos, chopped Mexican salad, and tasty paletas (popsicles) for dessert!

 As requested, here are links to the recipes I used for the beef and the salad dressing. 
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/mexican-chopped-salad-with-honey-lime-dressing-230154


http://www.food.com/recipe/shredded-beef-for-tacos-or-burritos-228102

 Below are photos of the bottles we had - the first one on the left was the rose bubbly, which I think was a crowd pleaser!  Another bottle of note was the 4th from the left - delicious and a great price!





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