Holiday Gifting Guide 2023: The Best California Merlots

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I want to thank each of you faithful wine lovers who have gone on this holiday gifting guide journey with me from November 20th all the way up to today! This has been my first holiday season dishing the goods and recommending the top of the top. It's been quite an honor. That said, DRINK MORE F#*!$&@ MERLOT, ya hear?! If you continue to think Sideways is a movie about wine and let it influence you not to drink Merlot, that's on YOU! Merlot has been and always will be delicious. California has ideal conditions to get Merlot fully ripe, and in the right soils it becomes a chef's kiss of excellence for drinking on its own or with a bright holiday meal. With that, here is my last holiday gifting guide of 2023 and my picks for the best California Merlots to give as gifts.