To support the loving SPCA while you drink wine, check out the Howlin’ Good Red from Cima Collina in Carmel Valley. For only 25 bucks a bottle, you could be sipping the velvety rich plum, blackberry, and violet flavors that emerge from this Syrah blended with a bunch of other Bordeaux varietals while you pat yourself on the back for being so charitable.

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