Back in October, I found "Trim 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon" at my Costco. The sign indicated that this wine was highly rated in the previous vintage but not rated for 2011. It was only $9.99 and looked like a great deal for a California Cab. I thought I should buy 2 bottles before they were all sold. I came home and opened the first bottle. I thought that it was worse than 2 buck chuck! I poured a glass for Cindy and without prompting she thought it was bland and tasted watered down. I let a month go by. I have found that sometimes I think a wine is not good, but when I open another bottle I wonder why I did not like it before. Tonight, I opened the other bottle and it was as bad or worse than the first bottle. Maybe we can throw it into pasta sauce or something. Last week, I noticed that there were still more bottles at Costco. Somehow, everyone else knew something I did not figure out! At least, if you read this, you will not be fooled!!
It has been a little over 3 months since I last posted on this blog. I have taken that time to enjoy old favorites as well as wines bought directly from wineries. I needed a break from trying a lot of unfamiliar wines so that I might have something new to write about. However, now I am planning a live video post for the OlliLife newsletter at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Furman University about value wines from lesser known wine regions and this will require Wine Jane and I to do a lot of research. Well, someone has to do it! There are few places that have as much affordable quality wine as Spain. The best known wines from Spain come from areas like Rioja in the northern part of Spain. However, even greater values can be found further south in the areas bordering the Mediterranean Sea. One such area is Yecla, about 50 miles inland from the sea. In the past seven years, I have posted about four wines from Yeccla. All have been blends of the traditional Spanish g
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