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2005 Torres "Mas Rabell" Red Wine, Catalunya, Spain
Most of the time I buy my wines from proper wine stores. Not just because I like to support them, but also because I'm a firm believer in cultivating a relationship with good wine retailers, who will inevitably turn you on to wines you might not have known about or tried. Sometimes, however, I'm wandering through the grocery store and something catches my eye (yes, sometimes I buy by the label, just like the rest of you) and I throw it in the cart. I came into possession of this wine in roughly that manner, with the additional variable of... continue reading 
- Posted by: Alder on July 11, 2007 11:05 PM
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2003 Alice White Shiraz, South Eastern Australia
This is my entry for WBW3, the third Wine Blogging Wednesday event online, where folks who have blogs all drink and review wines on the same day. This month's event is being hosted by Seattle Bon Vivant, so visit with her in the next couple of days for a complete listing of all the participants. For last month's event, I drank a pricey, critically acclaimed, upper echelon wine. This month I'm doing the opposite. However, I was unable to get my (lazy) hands on a bottle of Yellow Tail Shiraz which is what I wanted to review. I know, I... continue reading
- Posted by: Alder on November 3, 2004 8:55 PM
- Filed under: Red Wine , Wine Not To Buy , Wine Reviews , Wines under $20
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1996 Mystal Merlot, St. Helena
Lest anyone think that I like everything I drink, or even worse, every wine I choose is a good one, I submit to you the following experience. I'm wandering around my local Good Life Grocery. They've got a wine buyer who sometimes gets interesting things in. I notice a unique bottle of Merlot with a nice label and an interesting form factor (more like a bottle of balsamic vinegar than wine). It also happens to be a '96 Merlot, which you don't nomally see lying around in grocery stores that often. So, of course, I bring the Mystal home, and... continue reading
- Posted by: Alder on January 30, 2004 8:42 AM
- Filed under: Red Wine , Wine Not To Buy , Wine Reviews , Wines under $20
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