Monthly Archives: July 2020

Not Big. Not Little. Just medium. Just Right.

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sku 478727

Catena Malbec

13.5% alcohol

Regularly $24.99, on sale for $19.99 in the second Mystery Case


Mendoza High mountain vines 2017

3rd generation family vintner and one of the pioneers for higher elevation Malbecs. Father/Daughter now bring us these wines. We first had a red from them about 3 years ago and very much enjoyed it. This is a reminder to imprint vineyard logos in your head for future reference.

Its medium bodied and mellower than its French counterparts. 3000 – 5000 feet above sea level and raised in oak for a full year. It has a nice, long finish.

I think it’s a lot of wine for its price – and exceptional value when on sale.

Would he feed me?

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$21.49

SKU: 100753

100% Picpoul grape variety from Southern France in the Langudoc region… and another hit from Gerard Bertrand and his amazing vineyards.

I’m ready to move if this is representative of the terroir of the region. I’ll even help harvest (if he’ll fed me). I’ll take my wages in wine the following year.

It’s light yet complex. Full Bodied and crisp. Make that lively.  I was almost (but not quite) willing to give up dinner and just ’suck em up’

We did an uptown version of fish and chips … roasted potato wedges with grilled salmon steaks and coleslaw.

It needs something soft and gentle on the stereo … call up the girlfriend and ask her to sing for us.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UNQ7Il8wG0

A Prayer

Give me a line so that I can walk
Give me a name so I won’t get lost
Give me a dream, a dream to hold on to
Give me a vision to help me resist.

Give me a child to make my confessions to
Give me a kiss to wash away the evil
Wake me in the morning with a song
which would bless my life.

As your broker would tell you Buy NOW!  Say you are investing in Pale Gold

Rugger to Vintner

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SKU: 261008


Gerard Bertrand Corbieres 

$19.99


Grenache Syrah Mourvedre blend

Gerard Bertrand is a former rugby union player who took over the family vineyard after the accidental death of his father to he has become a renowned in the Langudoc-Roussillon region. He now owns and manages 13 Wine Estates in the region and was Red Winemaker of the Year in 2012 in the International Wine Challenge.

Wikipedia tells us:
Corbières is an Appellation d’origine contrôlée (AOC) for wine in the Languedoc-Roussillon region, and it is this region’s largest AOC, responsible for 46 per cent of the region’s AOC wine production in 2005. Red wine dominates the production in Corbières with almost 95 per cent, with 3.5 per cent rosé wine and 2 per cent white wine making up the balance. Carignan is the most common grape variety. The AOC was created in 1985, covers 13,500 hectares (33,000 acres) of vineyards and produces an average of 554,000 hectoliters of wine per year, corresponding to 74 million bottles.

It’s lovely and rich and wonderfully bodied.