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August 16, 2007

What I'm Drinking Tonight

When Tim and I went wine shopping the other weekend he gave me a helpful Rule of Thumb to follow when purchasing Australian wine: "Generally, the uglier the label the better the wine."

With that sage advice in mind I picked up a bottle of this

Slipstream 'Fastback' 2005 Shiraz, which comes in with a glorious 15% alcohol content. Yeah baby!

This is a wine that will taste very hot if you quaff immediately upon opening. But if you let it breathe in a large glass for 10 minutes or so it becomes very smooth and tasty, with a full velvety mouth feel and some very nice subtle blueberry flavors on the finish. Quite yum, and at around $5 very fairly priced for those special occasions.

And what dinner with your Bride is not a special occasion?

Posted by Mr. Bingley at August 16, 2007 06:36 PM

Comments

Always you shame me with your profligate spending habits.

Posted by: tree hugging sister at August 16, 2007 07:28 PM

I'm supporting our dear allies, Sis.

i should get a tex deduction for this.

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at August 16, 2007 09:12 PM

Ooops. i just realized I missed a key there. The wine cost $25, not $5.

My bad.

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at August 16, 2007 09:13 PM

Ya think Stephan King had a bottle or more when he started signing those books in Australia?

Posted by: BlackDog at August 17, 2007 10:11 PM

A couple minimum, I'd reckon, Blackdog.

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at August 17, 2007 11:29 PM