Marilyn Merlot – glamour in a glass

by Shane Dunning, Woodwinters  Each year on 1 June sees the release of the new vintage of the fabulously titled Marilyn Merlot from California's Napa Valley.  For those of you who have seen the film Sideways where the main character has a merlot related melt-down, you might be aware that it has become quite trendy to be disparaging of merlot  dominant wines. So with that in mind I thought it would