Wine

I like wine.  Many people think of wine as a snobby highbrow kind of beverage.  That’s a silly idea considering its history. Jesus turned the water to wine because that was the common drink of the day.  Peasants drink wine. I know many people who don’t “know how” to pick wine.  Drink what you like.  It’s silly to do otherwise.  I’ll write a more involved port later on why you might like one wine over another, but in reality, you should eat and drink things you like.  The biggest problem with wine is inconsistency.  Generic cola tastes more like Coke or Pepsi than one Cabernet does to another.  In fact a Cabernet (I only use Cabernet as an example because it’s a popular variety, the concepts are universal.) does not have as exact of a recipe as Coke or Pepsi.  That is the root of the confusion. Somehow people have created this theory that wine is an elitist drink.  Wine is just a drink.  I like the inconsistencies. I see wine as a creative process. Two vintners can achieve different results with the same grapes.

I tried a wine because it was on sale.  For the price it was a very good buy.  That’s the true measure of a wine, the price to flavor ratio.  The wine I’m referring to is  Bonello’s 2003 MERLOT/ NERO D'AVOLA  Try it.  It’s a good wine for pasta dishes, hamburgers, steak and tomato sauce dishes. In other words a good table wine.  It’s a bit heavy for fish, but I would drink it with salmon, or tuna steak. It’s also reasonably priced.