Wines

It shouldn't be drunk by itself. Alone it's tart and bitter, but combined with roasted chicken, blue cheese, and avocado, it's surprisingly good. Which is generally the key with cheap wine, find a complement to overcome its swill shortcomings.

It’s drinkable wine from Texas. Try this one instead of the typical White Zin you might be uncorking tonight.

It’s a review from a somewhat up scale watering hole. Obtained clandestinely, of course! On balance, a pretty balanced wine….

It’s an OK wine now, but a year from now might be better. And don’t forget to let it BREATH. Twenty minutes really seems to help!

A blended wine from Italy. Blended? More like cycled through a Cuisinart? Something got lost in translation

It’s a good effort, at least in my humble opinion and a better sipping wine than a dinner wine. Something with more subtle notes would have scored higher.

It’s a better red wine for dinner perhaps than for just sipping. Letting this wine breath 20 minutes before imbibing will help, but may not totally overcome all its issues.

It’s probably a perfect wine for next summer. Light, airy, not too sweet, and something of a wet finish. I’ve you’ve been drinking wine coolers of late (Arbor Mist comes to mind), this might be worthy replacement.

This product seems to work as advertised, and is much quieter than the Waring model tested earlier. Still not totally silent, but you could at least hold a conversation in the same room while this unit is operating. That’s a big plus for this model

Bob is off having his tail chased, or was that chasing tail? Either way, he won't be joining us tonight for this review. So, work with me here and in my best Bacchus voice:

Yes, this has very little leggings. With a very nice deep ruby colour. I do smell some soft berry notes, but can't identify which ones. After tasting, I'm unable to taste the berries, so I still can't identify what berry it might have been. It is harsh, a bit bitter, and if I didn't usually just swill wines I might be able to tell you if it was tannins or turpentine for a finish. Frankly I thought the Italians did better than this. Okay, enough of trying to do Bacchus' job, I don't think I have the pallet.

Gradings of all White Wines reviewed. Sorted by grade and name with price paid standardized (mostly) to a 750 ml bottle size.

Gradings of all Blush Wines reviewed. Sorted by grade and name with price paid standardized (mostly) to a 750 ml bottle size.

Gradings of all Wine Hardware reviewed. Sorted by grade and name with price paid.

Gradings of all Red Wines reviewed. Sorted by grade and name with price paid standardized (mostly) to a 750 ml bottle size.

Gradings of all Other Varietal Wines reviewed. Sorted by grade and name with price paid standardized (mostly) to a 750 ml bottle size.