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Archive for February, 2007

Mirassou 2005 Pinot Noir

I’ve enjoyed two Pinots in the past couple of weeks. I’m enjoying a glass of this Mirassou tonight.
Mirassou Winery
2005 Pinot Noir, California
Price: Definitely less than $18, probably less than $15
Where to buy
Yes I do drink alone on occassion, and that’s OK (although not recommended for most). This Pinot isn’t busting at the seams with [...]

Le Grande Noir 2004

While I was up in Chicago this weekend, I was going to cook for my friends whose house i was staying at. I thought it only fair to cook a meal for them. Well, that meal is tomorrow, but tonight, I decided to try out a good wine while watching SNL. Here [...]

Moulin d’Eole

Once again, I tried another red French wine. Even as I am trying to write this, I am having to really find out where the wine is made and what grape it is made from. Here’s the skinny on it.
The winery: Moulin d’Eole
Country: France
Region: Languedoc Roussillon
Apellation: Costieres de Nimes
Price: $8.99 at Whole Foods [...]

Yellow Tail Merlot

This may be the epitome of good cheap wine. At least in my humble opinion. The bottle that I picked up came from Long’s Drug Store in Sunnyvale, CA for a whopping $6.99 (you can probably find it cheaper in some grocery stores, too). The 2005 Yellow Tail Merlot is a recent [...]