June 2010
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The classiest 12 bucks you'll ever spend.
Michael is right- Spanish wines= value… more bang for your buck. One of my favorite go-to Spanish wines is the 2007 Juan Gil Monastrell from the Jumilla region of Spain. Monastrell is the Spanish version of Mourvedre, which is a principle blending grape in Rhone blends (and I LOOOOOOOVE me some Rhone blends.) Until trying this wine I had never had Mourvedre on its own, but I must say...
The Spain Attraction
I can sum up spanish wines in one word: value. By value I don’t mean cheap wine, I mean getting a lot for what you pay for. It’s like watching a film by Pedro Almodóvar and walking out feeling like you’ve seen three films for the price of one. Or eating one paper thin slice of Jamón Serrano and having the satisfaction of feasting on the whole pig.
Spain unlike any other...
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Saludas Vino de la Tierra de Castilla 2009
Occasionally a delightful sub-five dollar bottle of wine will hit my lips. I’m usually disappointed, but not surprised. But on the rare occasion I strike gold, I’m in love. And when the bottle costs two dollars?! So while you bums are traipsing through the Trader Joe’s wine aisle picking up cases of Charles Shaw at two bucks a pop, I’ll be lugging home cases of two dollar...
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Fig at Five- A $5 Happy Hour
Last week I stopped by Fig Restaurant at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica to check out their “FIG at Five” Happy Hour- (from 5pm to 6pm certain wines by the glass, cheeses & charcuterie, and snacks are all $5 each.)
Usually at your typical happy hour, the wine selection, well… sucks. But I’d had all but one of the wines on the “FIG at Five”...