No, I’m not a wine connoisseur. I’m just a guy whose doctor told him to drink a glass of red wine every day to help my blood pressure and cholesterol numbers. My usual red wine is a cabernet sauvignon from Rutherford Ranch. But that runs about $15 a bottle. Last week, Diane and I were dining at our favorite local restaurant, The Hideaway Grill, and our favorite waitress, Catherine, suggested The Little Penguin Pinot Noir that they had just started carrying. I tried it out and liked it. The next day, I went to my local liquor store and found The Little Penguin Pinot Noir costs a mere $7 a bottle. I’m going to try the other wines put out by The Little Penguin: Shiraz, Chardonnay, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinto Grigio, Cabernet Merlot, and Shiraz Cabernet. You can check all this out at www.The Little Pengin.com.
Thanks. Always looking for a price saving in our quest for good health.
The Little Penguin Pinot Noir tasted pretty good to me, Patti. And the price is right. I’ll give the rest of The Little Penguin wines a try and report back in a couple of weeks. We had a party this weekend and served several different wines–a Riesling, a white Zinfandel, and The Little Penguin Pinot Noir. The Little Penguin Pinot Noir was the first empty bottle.
I prefer the Bogel Winery pinot, and the wife and I both like their Chardonnay. I stopped drinking the heavy reds (Cabernet) a long time ago, when I realized I just didn’t like them that much. But pinot and petite sarah are enjoyable.
I’ll give the Bogel Winery a try, Rick. Thanks for the recommendation.
Et tu, George? I already hear more than enough wine gibberish from Bruce Taylor, and now you? I’m going to have to start blogging about Diet Pepsi vintages in self-defense!
Or blog on vintage beers, Art. Hey, it’s Doctor’s orders!
Diet Pepsi. NOW you’re talking!
Caffiene Free Diet Pepsi is my poison, just don’t get me started on the immoral price hikes it has has lately.
As for wine, which I rarely drink, I saw a label recently that was all white except for a simple, childlike drawing of a house and the name HOUSE WINE.
I meant “has had,” above. Gotta learn to poorfread.
Cap’n Bob: CFDP my tipple also, formerly Pepsi Gold, now Pepsi White.
My antipathy to wine stems from childhood, when I browbeat parents into buying me Welch’s grape juice in the six-packs of little bottles, because the cardboard package had cutouts that could be assembled into the dwellings and landmarks of Doodyville (Mr Bluster’s House, Oil Well Willie’s derrick, Chief Thunderthud’s teepee, etc.). I drank too way much of that swill in what seemed like a good cause at the time, but now all wine tastes too much like that ghastly grape juice.
I vaguely remember that Welch’s promotion from the remote past, Art. Most of Welch’s grapes are grown right here in Western New York. I’ll try to keep my wine recommendations to a minimum.
GEORGE-ANOTHER GOOD BARGAIN IS THE SANTA RITA CABERNET FOR ABOUT $7. It’s not that heavy.
I’ll check Santa Rite Cabernet, Patti! Thanks for the recommendation. I’m always looking for good red wines at reasonable prices.
I hope Catherine got a decent tip…
We’re generous tippers, Drongo, when the service is good.
If you really want a red wine at a reasonable price, George, try Ripple or Thunderbird. If they still make them. I remember the ditty that went with T-Bird: “What’s the good word? Thunderbird. What’s the price? Thirty twice.” Now, if 60 cents a pint isn’t reasonable, I don’t know what is.
I’ll look into it, Bob.
George, have you ever heard of “Two Buck Chuck”?
No, but maybe Bob has, Drongo.