Entries from August 2008
August 31st, 2008 · 1 Comment
 Dynamic Red Table Wine California 2006 $8.99
sold exclusively at Trader Joes
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 RANKING: Serve to Guests
Well I fell for a label again. The Mediterranean tower-home gave this wine an “old country” look that I couldn’t resist. How in the world Trader Joes keeps finding well priced little gems like this I dont know. This one is from Ceago […]
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Tags: Recent Quests (Wine Tastings) · Great $10 Reds · Ceago Vineyards
Red Belly Black Australian Shiraz 2006 $7.99
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 RANKING: SERVE TO GUESTS
This couldn’t work. To kill bugs you have to crush them or spray them. The pheromone baited trap for Japanese beetles just didn’t seem…well…lethal enough. But the hummingbirds and bees (bees are disappearing from what I read?)were on the same trees and plants that the beetles were […]
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Tags: Recent Quests (Wine Tastings) · Great $10 Reds · Australian Wines · Angove Winery
According to an article on Yahoo News today, Drug Dealers buy Washington Vineyards to Hide Pot, “…their vineyards are producing tens of thousands of illegal marijuana plants — a crop that could easily surpass grapes in value this year.”
Now I’ve only reviewed a couple of good cheap wines in my wine quests from Washington vineyards […]
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Tags: Washington State Wines
Red Knot Wine Australian Cabernet Sauvignon 2007
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Ranking:Â Serve Proudly to Guests
I will admit I don’t know much about Australian wines. Heck just trying to keep up with good cheap wines from California is a full time job. (Wait, don’t you get paid for a job? hmmm)   But still I picked up this little red at at a […]
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Tags: Recent Quests (Wine Tastings) · Great $10 Reds · Australian Wines · Red Knot