Lilac Wine

Since moving to the Midwest we've been trying to drink a glass of wine every few nights.  The Fiancé and I are pretty much teetotallers so we are very cheap dates.  Even so, we find that it enhances our food-tasting experience and makes us feel like grown-ups as we eat our dinners off of a handed down coffee table until we purchase a proper dining table.

A few wines we've been getting into lately that are great deals and great tasting (note: in each case the vintage we've been imbibing has been 2007)

1.  Nobilo sauvignon blanc from the Marlborough region of New Zealand.  According to my sommelier-without-the-certification brother, this part of NZ is famous for it's Sauvignon blancs due to its particular climate and soil characteristics.  Also, these grapes need less aging so a Great sauvignon blanc is cheaper than a great Chardonnay.  This I like.  Sauvignon Blanc may be my favorite wine these days.  It's so crisp, so green, so tropical...so delicious.  You can get it at Trader Joe's for around $10.

2.  Alamos malbec from Argentina.  Wine people are really into this wine.  Aforementioned brother says that for a bottle of wine to rival the wonder that is this $11 beauty you'd have to spend over $30.  I love a bargain but most of all I love this dark beauty's velvety, chocolate-y, tannin-y richness... 

3.  Famega vinho verde from Portugal.  This is one of the cheap Summer wines we drink most frequently.  You can get it for around $7 and its citrus-green-apple-y yumminess will not disappoint.  I love to drink it with fish, tapas, Summer salads...even barbeque (which is totally against all wine laws, but I enjoy it tremendously...)  I should warn you-this wine fizzes!  It's so refreshing on a hot Summer's night.

 

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