Apothic Red
Wine
If you’re on your way to an event you may not have really wanted to go to, short on time, feeling guilty that you have nothing to bring with you, don’t want to bring the usual MGD, and are stopped in a convenient place along the way – like Walgreens – rest assured there are worse wines on that wine shelf. But that’s about all the rest there is to be had.
Pontificis – 2013
Trader Joe’s
Today we have a French table wine that’s perfect for an everyday meal because it’s both good and inexpensive.
Today’s review is a wine from Portugal.
Presswork Shiraz 2011
A slightly sweet aroma escaped the bottle as the screw cap was removed. That was unexpected along with the very pretty arterial blood-red color in the glass.
Prosecco – DOC – Mario Collina – ALDI
The first surprise for this wine is the screw cap. The screw cap is most likely there as a little insurance for the extra pressure in the bottle. This is a mildly carbonated wine – bubbly. As an aside, despite everything you may have heard, there’s nothing wrong with a screw cap on a wine bottle. They’re just not as sexy as a cork.
Tommolo
Montepulciano
d’Abruzzo
The first taste is sort of tannic, fruity and watery at the same time. All in all, it’s not a taste that’s impressive. Neither is it a taste that’s abusive.
San Zenone
Venezie
Bianco
ALDI
This is an ALDI “while quantities last” special. They could last a long time if my bottle is representative of the wine.
1967
Toscana IGT
Grifone – 2010
Little did I know when I did the San Zenone Toscana Rosso wine review, that a week earlier I had picked up this IGT Toscana from Trader Joe’s. If I had remembered I would have done a side by side comparison. No one ever said wine improves the memory. Did they? I can’t remember.
Toscana – 2011 – IGT – San Zenone
I’m not quite as enthusiastic over this 2011 vintage as the Bald Viveur was for the 2009 vintage. But for those who care, the bald guy explains some of the mystery over what’s in the bottle.
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