No, not really, but last night Matt decided he would rather have a beer than a glass of wine, so I was forced to taste on my own. (See his beer lurking in the background of my picture?) Until he changed his mind later and helped me finish off the bottle. Picked this bottle up [...]
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Tu necesitas beber esto vino si quieres vino blanco y barato. Sorry, got a little carried away with my Spanish there. Our second bottle of the evening last night was this little gem, Obvio, Vino Torrontes 2005 from Argentina. Synthetic cork, 13.5% alcohol by volume and cost me $9.99 at the Curious Grape. For those [...]
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Last night we drank this bottle of Paringa 2004 Chardonnay/Semillon/Sauvignon Blanc. It ran me $9.99 at the Curious Grape, is 13% alcohol by volume, had a real cork closure and comes to us from South Australia. This is another bottle bought in my pursuit of the everyday wine. In my opinion this wine doesn’t know [...]
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I picked this bottle up for $6.99 at the Curious Grape on my excursion for everyday wines on Thursday. The full title includes Vin de Pays des Cotes de Gascogne. Closed with a synthetic cork, it weighs in at 12% alcohol by volume and is composed of 75% Colombard, 15% Ugni Blanc and 10% Gros [...]
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No, just kidding. I have no idea how long I’ve been searching for something I can drink inexpensively as an everyday table wine. At times, I find something I really enjoy, but then eventually get bored with, or simply want to try something new. I find it’s great to have some fall backs for a [...]
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I spent a good part of the afternoon nosing around the Curious Grape today. Although it’s winter and the more likely choice for wine is a nice heart-warming red, we still like to drink the occassional white, especially on nights where I serve light seafood dishes. And, sadly, we have almost run the course of [...]
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We visited my FIL’s family over the Christmas holiday out in Oklahoma City. Much fun and good food was had by all. We’ve made it home, full of Christmas cheer, but spent for this year. Too bad New Year’s is this weekend, I could use a weekend off! Several bottles of wine were consumed over [...]
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Apparently we were destined to drink wines that showed lots of citrus flavors this weekend! I’m feeling much better today, so onward with the wine tasting. Tonight’s dinner was leftover Chinese and I thought I’d give it another shot with pairing a white wine. The choice? Another from the 6 we bought from Unwined in [...]
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I’m not feeling at the top of my game today, so instead of breaking into an expensive bottle, we decided to continue into our stash of “quest for everyday wine” bottles. I also didn’t feel like cooking so we ordered in some Chinese food from a local place we hadn’t tried before. Very tasty food [...]
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The dinner was a lemon-herb chicken sauteed in fresh lemon juice, extra virgin olive oil that we got at Hop Kiln Winery and I am sad to say is now an empty bottle, and fresh rosemary. Green beans and biscuits with honey (yes, Pillsbury, I can’t do everything yet!). I normally think of white when [...]
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