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I have had many great bottles of wine since my last comment. Been awhile since I've revisited this entry. found this very informative art album on wines and other spirits on ArtMagick. I had fun swirling this one around in my glass ) This wine also had very nice legs, but not much in the way of boquet. Had predominantly a berries flavors (blackberry &В cherry) with aВ slightВ peppery and tobaccoВ taste. Had a Merlot last night, from 'Canoe Ridge Vineyard'В . I would save my money and take a pass on this one. Okay here it is: Bogle Vineyards, old vine Zinfandel 2008, California. not one I would usually buy, but it doesn't usually hurt to try something new? Well, maybe the next bottle will be better: Here's hoping! I'll post the label tomorrow, so that you can be sure to avoid this Zinfandel and save your money. It made me break out in hives? Didn't seem to bother Ken and that's never happened to me before. the second bottle of wine was not so good. Hopefully more to follow in the coming weeks: Cheers! Perhaps some of you can help me out on the food-wine pairing side in return? and you can benefit from my experience with bottles that the gentleman who assisted Ken with his selections assured him 'are widely available and relatively easy to find.' I'll hold my tongue on wine and food pairings though. an on-going entry: 'Good wines for around $20.00'. Well, if my adventures with my other Christmas bottles go well. So aside from asking someone at the store and trusting in their expertise: how does the average person like me wind up with a decent bottle at a reasonable price? As I said at the start of this entry: 'Do you really want to spend $20.00-$40.00 on a bottle of wine that may or may not be any good?'. We occasionally go to wine tastings, but I rarely am able to find a wine that I read about, with a good review, or one that I had tasted at a tasting and liked. I mean, I read reviews and stuff on-line and sometimes in magazines. Did you know that contrary to popular belief, the legs on a wine do not speak to the quality of the wine? The legs on a wine are purely a function of the alcohol content in a given wine, so the higher the alcohol content the more pronounced the legs.

And interestingly enough, I read an article the other day that was about dispelling 'wine myths'. because I usually limit myself to half a glass at a time.

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I had two nearly full glasses, which is saying a lot about how much I enjoyed this wine. It had a pleasant bouquet and decent legs. This Malbec was not overstatedly bold, but it did get your attention, it wasВ rich and velvety, with a chocolaty flavor and hints of blackberry and raspberry. I don't know all of the fancy wine terminology, but here goes. 1 being low, 5 high: I'd have to give this bottle of wine 4.5 stars. The wineВ label isВ 'Layer Cake', Malbec, Vintage 2009 and it is from Mendoza ~ Argentina. Malbec is a new variety for me, so I wasn't sure what to expect. The bottle that we opened tonight was a Malbec (Malbec is supposed to be tamer version of Merlot, so if you find Merlot too overpowering for your tastes, you might give Malbec a try). everything from a Shiraz to a Pinot Noir, most bottles being from the year 2006. Ken had the buyer at a local market,В with over 25 years of experience buying,В help him pick some interesting looking selections. Well, I openedВ my first Christmas bottle of wine tonight and I have to admit that I was more than pleasantly surprised. Ken rose to the challenge and he delivered, but most of the bottles are well under $40.00. And do you really want to spend $20.00-$40.00 on a bottle of wine that may or may not be any good? So for Christmas, I told my husband that I wanted some 'nice' bottles of wine in the $20.00 to $40.00 range. I'm not saying that it can't be done, but it is a challenge.

Anyway, as I said, I am not a wine snob, but it is hard (in my humble opinion) to find a decent bottle of wine for under 15.00-20.00 dollars. Red wine is just so much more complex and interesting,В intense than white in my opinion. It wasn't until after college, when my husband and I went to a local wine festival and I tried some red wines that I started to appreciate wine.

I had only ever tried white wines, because that was what my parents drank mostly and, quite frankly, I didn't taste the appeal in white wines. In fact, I didn't even start drinking wine until after college. One of my Christmas presents this year wasВ a fewВ decent bottles of wine to fill my always empty wine rack.