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Showing posts with label inexpensive. Show all posts
Showing posts with label inexpensive. Show all posts

15 February 2010

Table Wine

Edwin and I are, like many of you, big on wine but low on cash.  We have recently been exploring the $10 and under bins and have found several surprisingly tasty gems.  Nothing fancy, nothing special...but well balanced, easy to pair with foods and thoroughly enjoyable.  My favorite of the moment is Le Vieille Ferme, Cotes du Ventoux.  It is a pleasant, not cloyingly berried, medium/full-bodied red, with nice tannin, which retails at our local liquor store for $8.99 plus tax.  We had it the other night with an aged Vermont cheddar which was fine, though a nice, stinky camembert would have been better.  It does not take much to make me feel content...a warm apartment, an affectionate pup, good company and decent wine.  This bottle fits the bill and the budget.  Let me know what you have found in the $10 and under....Happy drinking!
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