Carpe Vinum Friday Flights! Stellar Reds under $10!
Hello Friends and Wine Lovers!
It’s time to see where the wine market is really at. It’s the everyday drinker. I believe the Australians have labeled the everyday drinker “Plonk,” although I think that term originally referred to the wines better suited to thinning paint, but more recently has been used to label inexpensive everyday drinking wine. In honor of that, this week we’ll be tasting Stellar Reds Under $10! (And 2 Stellar Reds Under $15.)
I know there are a lot of wines out there. Hundreds of thousands. If you think about it, it would be impossible, or improbable, to even try a sip of every wine that is released each year. Imagine that if you spent each second of every day, without any time off for sleeping, eating, or. . .well, anything else. . .it would only be possible to try 31, 536, 000 wines in a year. (One wine per second.) And that’s without the possibility of reflection of how it tastes. Besides, your palate would probably be pretty shot after the first minute, I would think.
Where am I going with this? Good question. I forgot, really. My train of thought derailed around the time I did the math for how many seconds are in a year.
I guess one direction to take it, is the fact that in those great number of wines, there are quite a few that you don’t have to pay a lot for, and they are just as decent as others that are simply overpriced. And that’s what I’ve collected here. . .no, no. . .not the overpriced ones. The under $10 gems. All good. Easy on the bank account, and easy on the palate. Call it “Exquisite Plonk”, if you will.
So Friday, February 18th, between 4:30 and 9:00 PM it’s:
Exquisite Plonk! Stellar Reds Under $10!
Guelbenzu 2003 Jardin, Valle de Colchagua, Chile
Magnificent Wine Co. 2003 House Wine “Lot 3″, Prosser, Washington
Casa Santos Lima 2003 Quinta da Espiga, Estremadura, Portugal
Bodegas Iranzo 2001 Vertus Tempranillo Crianza, Utiel Requena, Spain
Mas de Guiot 2001 Grenache/Syrah, Vin de Pays de Gard, France
Stellar Reds Under $15!
DJ Maragas 2001 Legal Zin, Oregon/California
Zaca Mesa 2001 “Z Cuvee”, Santa Barbara County, California
A stellar deal at $10 for the first 5, and $6 for the Extra 2 Premium Pours.
Hope to see you here!
Seize the Wine!
Next Friday tasting is Zinfandel!
M