In today’s world of competent industrial winemaking, when you raid the bottom shelf at the supermarket looking for gems you run into lots of ordinary.
Tag: California Wines
Budget Wine: Trader Joe’s Coastal Cabernet Sauvignon Central Coast 2013
When I pick up a wine for $5 I always expect the worst and I’m seldom disappointed. There is something to be said for not
Budget Wine: Drytown Cellars Red on Red NV Amador County
Chocoholics will like this. A seam of chocolaty essence wanders through the nose and palate melding nicely with blueberry and spice, though with a whiff
Wine Review: Lyeth Meritage Sonoma County 2011
It is ordinary people who make the world go ‘round. A jack-of-all-trades who can competently handle anything you throw her way is a valuable person
Budget Wine: Challis Lane Merlot California 2012
We are all familiar with the type: reliable, competent, pleasant, polished, not a hair out of place, but unremarkable, with little to say, unoriginal, exceedingly
Budget Wine: Rosenblum Cellars Zinfandel Vintner’s Cuvee XXXV
This wine is like a waitperson who gives you a hearty greeting but can’t get anything right the rest of the evening. Once you get
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