Recession Wines
Recession Wines

FREE THE GRAPES!

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Dallas Wine Trail – May 7th, 2011

The next Dallas Wine Trail will be on: May 7th, 2011 From 11:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Cost: $42.22, after tax      Wineries to Visit:Calais Winery - 3000 Commerce Street Dallas 75226  (214) 453-2548 FUQUA Winery – 3737 Atwell Street #203 Dallas 75209  (214) 769-1147 Inwood Estates – 1350 Manufacturing St. #209 Dallas 75207  (214) 902-9452 Times... »View More

PromisQous Red Table Wine

  PromisQous Red Table WineBlend – Zinfandel, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Petite Syrah, and mixed red varietals Santa Rosa, California No Vintage 12.5% Tom Thumb/Safeway $10.99 w/ Store Card Corks: 4PromisQous is a very fruity none oaked wine with aromas of plum, strawberry, and mocha.  To the palette get tastes of mocha, dark berries,... »View More

Martini & Rossi Asti Spumante Sparkling Wine

Martini & Rossi Asti Sparkling WineAsti Spumante Italy NV 7.5% 9.50 Walmart 4 corksFor the price and quality you cant beat this bottle of Asti Spumante sparkling wine.  Check out this site to learn more about Asti wines.  You get aromas of apple, pear, and honey.  Tastes of sweet nectar or honey suckle.  This wine is very smooth and refreshingly... »View More

The Slammer Syrah

Big House Wines The Slammer SyrahSyrah 2008 Central Coast, California Tom Thumb/Safeway $5.50 Corks: 1Well I have to say that this wine is so bad it was probably made in the slammer.  To the nose you get unripe red fruit…you can tell this wine is going to be sweet…and for a syrah its slightlyodd, not a very good start.  The taste... »View More

Kunde Estates Chardonnay

Kunde Estates ChardonnayChardonnay 2007 California, Sonoma Valley 13.8% $6.99 Goody Goody Corks: 3This 2007 Chardonnay wasn’t bad.  I have to admit that I am a bigger fan of naked (or un-oaked) Chardonnays.  The barrel aging seems to leave a more tart/dry finish.  At first sip you get aromas of tropical fruits pineapple, green apple paired... »View More

The Great Spring Reveal Festival in 3 cities

The Black Door is celebrating spring with their favorite beverage…WINE!  Put on your flip flops, sun dresses, and tiki shirts Saturday March 26th and head over to your local MAX’s Wine Dive or The Tasting Room and enjoy gourmet houre d’vours and live music while you sample through 25 of MAX’s and TTR’s favorite wines. ... »View More

Concho y Toro Xplorador Merlot

Concho y Toro Xplorador MerlotMerlot Central Valley, Chile 2008 13.5% Goody Goody Corks: 4Yet another value wine that dosent dissapoint form Concho y Torro.  This Merlot defies the typical merlot with a little more body and spice.  From the nose yopu get  aromas of dark cherry and a kiss of smoke.  Acoomapnied by tastes of plum, fig, slight... »View More

Charles Shaw Cabernet Sauvignon

Charles Shaw Cabernet SauvignonCabernet Sauvignon 2009 12.5% California $2.79 Trader Joes Corks: 4This varietal of Charles Shaw or also known as “Two buck Chuck” was pretty darn good for the price.  My Mom actually brought this wine down from Washington State since we dont have Trader Joes here in Texas.  You get aromas of plum, dark... »View More

Locating Listed Wines

Image via WikipediaWe recently received an email from a reader asking about where to find DeVallois Peche Prestige and I am sad to report that I could only find it being sold by Goody Goody in the Dallas TX area.  Unfortunately, this can being a common problem with many specialty imported wines.  There are several sites on the web where you can... »View More