Wines

It’s a wine that could go either way as far as sipping vs. dinner. Enough taste to enjoy, enough acidity/tannins for a dinner of your choice. And it’s a wine better than the Chardonnay version.

It’s biggest failing is, except for the tannins and acidity, a certain lack of intensity for this wine. Good for dinner, but probably not really for sipping. Better choices might be the 2006 Pizza Vino, the 2005 Lorval, the 2005 Tortoise Creek and the 2006 Arrow Creek. One from Calinfornia, the rest from France.

Well, Rolling does exactly that. It rolls, but mostly downhill. A wine that’s better suited to dinner (just barely) than sipping (just barely). It’s one wine you might skip, as there are other better choices out there.

It’s a wine that is got no real off-notes but not much to crow about either. It’s a wine that’s most like a cab more than anything else. If that’s your “bag” give it a try. Best with dinner than for just sipping. But at this price, better buys might be had else where. Check our best of list....

As ten dollar wines go, this one isn’t bad. It’s a bit short to nonexistent on the aroma department but pretty dependable otherwise. A wine that’s OK for sipping and maybe a light dinner too.

Redwood Creek? France? You know, I’m seeing more and more of this. French wines with American names. Shouldn’t Napa Valley protest to the International Trade Commission over this? We can’t call our sparkling wines Champagne. Why should they get to use American names for their wines? And it’s a somewhat pedestrian wine that is best suited for dinner than for sipping.

It’s a good thing they named it “Pizza Vino”. It’s a wine that definitely good with pizza, or spaghetti, lasagna, .etc. Even better, it’s good enough to not even bother with the pizza.

It’s a bit of an oddity. This wine strives to be more like a desert wine than a chardonnay. A nice change of pace if you are looking for such a wine. But it’s better suited to sipping than dinner

Not as complex as its cousin, the Syrah-Cabernet Sauvignon blend and not as tasty either. You might want to try that one first. This wine is better suited for dinner than perhaps drinking on its own.

It’s a better effort than the chardonnay version from these guys. A reasonably good sipping wine and also good with dinner. It’s a wine that just leaves your taste buds tingling.

It’s a wine of a somewhat lackluster effort and you might want to ignore the marketing blurb on the back label. You could do worse, but frankly, there are other better choices out there.

An all around nice wine. You can drink it alone (but really, who likes to drink alone?) or you can pair it with food. Try it with roasted pork or some salted, dry roasted pistachios.

It’s something of a surprise, this wine. I’m not much of a Cab drinker, but this one is better than many I drink in this price range. Enjoy, perhaps with some dark chocolate.

Mellow, soft, and very tasty. While it doesn't have great depth or intensity, it is an all around 'great' drinking and companion wine. Pick a young immature sprite to drink this with. And at this price, it also good for a night of carousing.

For seven dollars and a blended wine you could do a lot worse than this one. Certainly a better wine than the Joe Blow Chardonnay tasted earlier. I’ve not tasted anything quite like this since the Relax Red I had a while back. Enjoy some today!