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Double Trouble

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This one over delivers with a nice blend of Grenache, Mataro, and Monastrell from the Jumilla region of Spain – on the south eastern, Mediterranean side. It’s hot and dry, but they’ve been growing grapes here since Roman Times.

JUMILLA – CASTILLO DE MADAX RED BLEND

Alcohol:  13%

UPC:  08436005760601
Now comes the part that’s surprising.  $7.99, on sale from $9.99

Definitely worthy of another trip back to get more to stowaway over the seasons change for when you need a quick lift to go with a hearty meal.  A certain someone will probably buy a case for unsuspecting relatives that drop in.

Was still thinking about Herr Stein when I making this selection.  The Goddess of Wine was on a well deserved break away from her tribe, so I was on my own with this – and my training wheels got a little wobbly.  

If His Impatience has sneaked a sample before the meal was on the table, he would have been disappointed in the organic choice.  

It was the blend that got my attention: 70% Aglianico, 20% Cab Savignon and 10% Syrah.


Once dinner was served and we poured more, things really changed.  REALLY changed.

Warm. Rich and avery nice structure gets you through your first taste. Now the Aglianico grape really had my attention. Slides down almost like velvet.


I’d like to try this with something a little gamey – maybe venison.


CASTEL DEL MONTE – TORMARESCA TRENTANGELI ORGANIC 2016

UPC:  08026530000862

14% alcohol

$22.99

De Bluesen

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Aren’t you glad you name isn’t Jack?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH01QSNCbNA

Tony Joe White – Ain’t Going Down This Time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt0RFrDXZU0&frags=pl%2Cwn


J.J. Cale – Durango (rare)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G_msX9iHwg

Riders On The Storm – (The Doors) Extended Remastered Version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZT_OxPRmSw

Let there be .. drums .. guitars … and an organ

IRON BUTTERFLY IN- A-GADDA-DA-VIDA IN HD BEST FULL VERSION

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCkHanF4v1w

I’d Love to Change the World – Alvin Lee & Ten Years After

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSYFJB7o9ZQ

And now a little bow and arror

(Ghost) Riders In the Sky (American Outlaws: Live at Nassau Coliseum, 1990)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOWjX4BpC24

First of the 3rd

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CHASSELAS – CAVE DE LA COTE ROMAND

UPC: 07610374831372

Alcohol: 12.5%

$24.99

In the last mystery case, the Goddess selected a Red from this group of vintners.  We liked that, and were very much looking forward to trying this.  It’s the first of the 3rd Mystery Case.


It’s from selected vineyards in the Romandie region of western Switzerland, in the cantons of Vaud and Geneva. This wine is made from the Chasselas grape, a traditional and uniquely Swiss varietal.

Yo, Rosemary, Pistachio and Hellmanns over here want to talk to you about those bone-in skin-on chicken thighs he is going to roast. Gonna need your help too with the potato wedges that went in 20 minutes earlier.


No citrusy flavours.  Very Light. And I like it. A LOT.


This is one I think the Triumvirate should go back and revisit – I’ll bet it’s better than “K” remembers it.


Most definitely a wine to enjoy by itself or with something light in food fare. It would be great with a corn on the cob feast.

Lighter and Softer

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COTES DU RHONE – CHAPOUTIER BELLERUCHE 2018

UPC:  03391181110136

14% alcohol

The French don’t have Chateaubriand every night with their wine – and we don’t either, so we did our home made chilli to have with a little Cote du Rhone.

This one seems a little softer and lighter than some, which was a bit of a surprise considering the 14% alcohol content. But that also, generally, means that you can put it down for a few years to savour in the future.

James Suckling says “bright, simple and easygoing style”  We agree.

The anticipated blend of Syrah and Grenache but the % of each we don’t know.

Soil is made up of several major types of terroirs including pebbly clay soils, soils with layers of stones, stony clay terraces, and stony, silty-sand… All these soils provide the vine with a constant water supply and, at night, release the heat stored up by the pebbles during the day.