MyBaby - dustbunny's guide to wine...some suggestions

dustbunny's guide to wine...some suggestions

Posted March 18, 2008 at 4:00PM by dustbunny
dishing the dirt, cleaning the chaos

Ok, I'm what you would call a non-ossieur. I don't know my a$$ from my elbow when it comes to vino.

Here's what I do know:

I know I don't like it too sweet, too dry, too expensive. I'm not a fan of reisling and that's pretty much where I draw the perameters.

Don't get me wrong, I'm learning because this is important stuff, right?
Anyway, if you are buying wine for the table this weekend (or this afternoon), here are my go-to wines and why I like them:

Barefoot Chardonnay - high taste points (it says on the bottle) and inexpensive. Great with chicken and sauces...or so they say: Barefoot Chardonnay is perfect with seafood, poultry, fresh fruits, white sauce pastas and mild cheeses.

Twin Fin Pino Grigio- Who doesn't like the surfer lifestyle? This is crisp and light. It makes a yummy spritzer too (add club soda & fruit). Listen to the website waves and pretend you are relaxing...they sell it in the grocery store. Get some today.

Fleming Jenkins Victories Rose -on sale for the magnum bottle...big bang for the buck. SUPER tasty, not sweet, great with everything (even breakfast). This is a guy's surprise favorite...if he likes wine, he will love this...AND it benefits breast cancer research!

Mommy's Time Out- This is another Pino Grigio...I read about it here on mybaby and I tried it...it's super delicious and it lives up to its label. It's fruity but not sweet..high ratings and all around yummy.

Firestone Cablahblah Saviblahblah...lol.
Anyway, it's made by that old ABC favorite bachelor-hunk, Andrew Firestone...he's getting married ladies, just an fyi...and not to Jen. Anyone still with me on this post?

Jerry Garcia Merlot - Ok, I can't remember which of these, if not all of them I've tried...anwyay, this one's for the hippies. The label's cool, the wine's not bad and it's marginally more interesting than the wine selection next to it, right?

Big House Red- Great red table blend...it passed a morning-after-mommy-drank-wine headache test..lol. I didn't have too much, just so you know...what's the old saying, ladies & gents?

Enjoy the first, sip the second and skip the third.

That's why I just top off the second, then skip the third.
Oh, and I didn't make up these words of wisdom.

CHEERS!

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kelardo responded March 18, 2008 at 4:16PM

Where am I and what have they done to my body?

I have a favirite to add as a fellow non-ossieur Big Tatoo Red http://www.bigtattoowines.com/. It's a great every day wine not too heavy not too wishy washy (official technical term there) fairly inexpensive (under $10 bucks) and 50 cents from every bottle is donated to breast cancer research in honor of the developer's mom. So you can feel good about buying a bottle of wine too.