I happened to be at The Wine Company with Traz last week, enjoying a fantastic Tempranillo, when we ran into Les Linkogle, the owner and winemaker of Briar Rose Winery.

After a few pleasantries, all of us quickly came to the conclusion that Briar Rose should be our next weekly “wine pick.” As this boutique, reservation-only winery had been on my personal list of Temecula wineries I still needed to visit and couldn’t think of a better way to spend an afternoon, tasting some of the finest wines in the Temecula Valley.