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August 6, 2007

A lovely drop for a Monday night

Filed under: Wine and dine — Lonnie @ 3:59 am

I asked Kate what other categories I should have and we managed to come up with “wine”.

I agreed, thinking that I could now drink more wines for “research” purposes.  Can’t argue with that eh?

So the idea of this category is to review wines - as quick as I can drink em!  Hopefully this will be helpful for those of you who want to buy Australian wines, but don’t want to buy that cheap crap that we make/export (yellow tail ring a bell??).  In stead, I hope to review good wine, cheap and expensive!

Tonights drop was Rouge Homme 2004 Linestone Coast Cabernet Merlot.

Nice and smooth.  I usually find that Cab/Merlots are easy drinking though, so it’s not particularly surprising!  This bottle will go well with pretty much anything with a reasonable strong flavor.  It says it’s spent time in American and French Oak - which screams to me “made cheap” - we didn’t have enough of either so we mixed it!  But people who know say that this sort of mixing brings out a variety of flavors… you make the decision!

For $9.50 it’s a good everyday drinker.  It’s also under a screw cap so you can take it anywhere.

Enjoy!

(Sorry Chris, can’t find it in the UK - says it’s not available)

2 Comments »

  1. Well isn’t this exciting!!! Can you add that delicous wine that gave me a headache the next morning. I have forgotten the name and type. Although, I do remember it was scarlet in colour!?

    Comment by Naomi — August 7, 2007 @ 8:23 pm

  2. Ah, yes, that was a 2004 Yering Station Pinot Noir… I recall it fondly!

    Comment by Lonnie — August 7, 2007 @ 9:00 pm

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