This little guy doesn’t have a guilty bone in his body. Neither should you. Every Wednesday (though it could be Tuesday or Thursday) I will write-up a wine that I feel delivers good value for drinking in the middle of the week. Aside from quality, my only other criteria is price. To start, less than $15, but ideally less than $10, for a 750 ml bottle.
I will also add any recipes that I paired with the wine. I hope to leave you with a recipe that you can use to match up with a wine of your choice if you can’t locate the one I recommend.
No-Guilt Wednesday is not about compromising on quality. It’s all about drinking good wine that does not break the bank, eating good food and of course, it’s about sharing with the ones you love.
This was another tough week. What a I do to pay the bills and to fund the wine habit as well as recent focus on slimming down forced me to delay the Wednesday review. But here, on a Friday, I am. I decided to review a widely available Columbia Crest wine today. I also asked Ms. R to give her comments on this. Certainly, the price is right.
Columbia Crest Horse Heaven Hills (H3) Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 ($11). Very shallow nose with a slight grapey dustiness. Simple ripe cherry flavors. On the finish there are tannins to lend structure. On a retasting the next day, I found that some herbal flavors started to emerge. But from my perspective, the wine is flawed because of its lack of acidity. Ms. R says, “This is bringing nothing to the table. I can see teenagers drinking this and getting off on it.” I hate to admit it– I have created a Frankenstein. But in the end, I agree with her assessment if not her sentiments. Turn my nose up at it if offered to me? No. Buy it again? No. Rated * 1/2
Happy Halloween Everyone!
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