My love affair with wine first started with Riesling in my mid-twenties. Since then it has expanded to all different kinds of wine. My husband and I toured vineyards and wineries in Italy, Sicily and Crete during our honeymoon and really fell in love with great wine. For my 30th birthday last year we went to Napa Valley which made me love wine even more.

Since I love trying new wines, I thought I would share my favorites with you each week and hopefully you will share your favorites with me.

During our Napa trip last year, we toured the winery at Bennett Lane and had lunch there. I liked everything so much that we decided to join their wine club. Our most recent shipment just arrived and we are loving the 2010 Maximus Red Feasting Wine.

Maximus Red Feasting Wine

The description on the back of the bottle reads:

“Every year at Bennett Lane our winemaker creates a proprietary blend from select 100% Napa Valley fruit. Dubbed “Maxiumus” in homage to the Roman Emperor Magnus Maximus, a notorious winelover and gourmand, we adorned the face label with an ancient diobol coin issued in 385 AD during his reign. In true Roman tradition, this feasting wine was made to be enjoyed with good food and great friends.”

It is the perfect wine to go with anything. It’s not too sweet and not too dry. This wine runs around $35 a bottle depending on what year you get. In Michigan you can find Bennett Lane wines at Arbor Beverage in Ann Arbor.