Because Monday’s book review was about “the Mennonite in the Little Black Dress,” it seemed like the appropriate week to drink the Little Black Dress (2008) Chardonnay.

On a scale of 1 to 5, I would have to give this Chardonnay a 3. It is the perfect wine for a night of wine with the girls. Especially because it isn’t that pricey, and can be found almost anywhere. It is fruity and not to heavy. My last glass I poured through my aerator and it really eliminated the bitter taste that is always present in every Chardonnay I’ve ever had. To me this doesn’t really stand out from any other Chardonnay.

Little Black Dress is also available in Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and several other varieties. I’ve had the Cab and the Merlot and thought the Cab was pretty good. The price point on these wines doesn’t hurt either.

After finishing the Chardonnay, I had a glass of Beth’s Gewürztraminer from Messina Hof. I hope Beth doesn’t kill me, but this wasn’t my favorite. I figured I wouldn’t really like it because it would be really sweet and overly sugary, but instead the reason I am not a fan is I felt like I was drinking a bouquet of flowers. It didn’t just smell like flowers but it tasted like flowers. I suppose for some people this wouldn’t be bad but it just wasn’t for me.

Tomorrow, September 2, is National Cabernet day, what will you be drinking?

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My friend Tara sent me this and I thought it was hilarious and oh so true!

A real man is a woman’s best friend. He will
never stand her up and never let her down.
He will reassure her when she feels insecure
and comfort her after a bad day.

He will inspire her to do things she never
thought she could do; to live without fear
and forget regret. He will enable her to
express her deepest emotions and give in to
her most intimate desires. He will make sure
she always feels as though she’s the most
beautiful woman in the room and will enable
her to be the most confident, sexy,
seductive and invincible.

No wait… sorry…

I’m thinking of wine.

It’s wine that does all that.

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Tonight I decided to go with an oldie but a goodie. . .the 2008 Kali Hart Chardonnay. With these 100+ degree temperatures I had to go with something chilled. And after the adjustment from vacation back to the real world. . .I needed something I KNEW would be good.

Since you know I already like this wine. . .instead of discussing why I like it I want to share with you some fellow winos I have found via twitter that have some great wine knowledge and are pretty darn entertaining.

Recently I discovered that much like on my blog, on twitter it is #WineWednesday. This is how I found @CorkTease, this girl cracks me up! Check out her blog! And @FabOCGirl suggested two new types of wine to me tonight I’d never heard of: Sancerre and Albarion (both whites) – look for these to be discussed here soon. Be sure to visit her blog. Last but not least @UCBeau, he seconded the above suggestions and he has a wine and food blog you should check out!

Sorry to keep it short and sweet tonight but this bottle of wine is getting tome! I’ll post vacation pictures tomorrow for you to see!

Oh and there will be a pause from wine o. wednesday next week more than likely as it is a “special” day and there is a possibility my blog will be hijacked. . .

Cheers!

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I actually did wine o. tuesday last week because I got together with some friends for dinner and then sadly had a really busy week last week. . .which is why I am just getting this blog up. . .August is going to be a busy month so I’m might be a bit of a slacker and will go ahead and appologize for that now!

I stumbled upon the 2008 McWilliams Cabernet Sauvignon. A few years a go a friend of mine gave me the 2006 Cab and I loved it! I am happy to report. . .the 2008 is JUST as good! The only change I could see was an updated label; it went from yellow to a crisp, clean white label.

This is a must try Cabernet that isn’t too pricey, it’s always under $15.00. Let me know what you think when you try it!

Cheers!

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Sorry to be a blog slacker. . .it’s been a crazy week!

I went in search of the Prisoner by Orin Swift and found it, for $38.00. I almost bought it but the clerk said it wasn’t that great especially for the price; despite really wanting to toast to Lindsay Lohan’s incarceration . . .I just couldn’t do it.

Instead I picked up a Cabernet Sauvignon by R Wines. I’ve seen this bottle a couple times and liked the label design (I know such a great way to choose a wine). For some reason I was thinking this wine was made by the same people that make Bitch wine but I was wrong.

This really isn’t a bad wine but there was nothing unique about it to me either. When you first drink it I would describe it as light but it has quite a kick in the end. The price isn’t too bad, it was around $9.00. I would definitely drink this wine again.

It is a screw cap though, so just a warning if you have any hesitancy about them; no cork to remove.

Have you had this wine? What’d you think?

Cheers!

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I was on the hunt for a particular wine, but was not successful in finding it. On a positive not, at least I know what next week’s wine will be. . .however in my search I did stumble upon an unexpected treasure.

Recently two liquor stores opened just minutes from my house; I decided to check out Majestic because I hadn’t stopped in yet and they normally have a great wine selection. Since they didn’t have the wine I was looking for I walked up and down each aisle to see what I could find and stumbled upon the 2007 3 Girls Cabernet Sauvignon.

Because it’s made by 3 girls I decided it would be fun to get 3 girls’ opinions of it. I should preface the opinions with, none of us claim to be expert wine tasters we all just love wine.

First Girl: my sister Beth
When I asked her what she thought of the wine she said it was smooth and sweet, but not too sweet. She followed that up with, “I don’t know I just like to drink wine.”

Second Girl: Lacee
While she also described this wine as smooth, she thought it was light and had a hint of dried cranberry, but finished her description with, “I LOVE it!”

Third Girl: me
I have to agree with all that Beth and Lacee’s said about the wine. I loved it as well. It had a subtle fruity flavor that made it refreshing which is unusual to me for a Cabernet. As I drank it I actually thought, I bet this would be amazing cold; I know blasphemous.

I even tried pouring it through my new fancy aerator that I picked up last week at Bastille on Bishop and even though the effect was to make the wine seem more heavy it didn’t affect my opinion of the wine.
Wish I had picked more than just the one bottle. . .at under $12 I am impressed!

Unfortunately there isn’t much information available about “3 Girls” so if you know anything about them please send the information my way.

What are you drinking?

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I have to confess that I have actually had wine two nights this week. . .so far. But I’m not really sure Monday night’s wine counts because I’d already had both wines before.

In thinking about wine for tonight, I wasn’t sure what to have. . .then I found out on Twitter about Bastille on Bishop. Having grown up in Dallas, Oak Cliff was never a place I was encouraged to go. . .but I have to give them props. . .the Bishop Arts District has some great shops and restaurants and this was the perfect excuse for me to go check them out.

We each paid $10 and got a stemless wine glass and then all the wine we could drink. To get the wine you had to wonder from store to store on both sides of Bishop. This was both good and bad. . .

I found a few things I just had to buy and a few things I really wanted to buy but couldn’t afford. There were so many really amazing pieces of art I would have loved to have brought home to hang on my empty walls, but somehow I just couldn’t justify a $600 piece of art (and that was even at 30% off). . .even though I REALLY wanted it. I have this big empty wall in my kitchen it would have looked perfect on. Maybe one day when I’m rich I can buy it.

I had quite a few different wines tonight, but if I’m being completely honest I actually enjoyed the champagne punches and sangrias they had at several stores a lot more than any of the wines I tasted. Which means this is a pretty lame Wine o. Wednesday blog. . .but it was one of the most fun wine Wednesdays I’ve had in quite some time! Just goes to show that it’s not always about the wine but sometimes it’s about the company you drink it with and the place where you drink.

I’ll get back to the sipping by next week but until then, cheers!

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