Wine Shop customers Lucy and Kip run “The Thirsty Kitten” wine blog. Check out their recent feature on Value Priced Reds.
Value Priced Reds
Value Priced Reds
The counter bar here at The Kitten was adorned with tea lights, three wines were uncorked, three long-stemmed glasses awaited the wines, and music from our Pandora playlist filled the air. A tasting, just for the two of us, of value-priced reds. What more could we ask for on a Friday evening at home? Perhaps some take-out food so we wouldn’t have to cook? Oh, yes, we had that, too.
Our teenagers, who are adept at keeping us humble, bantered nearby, calling out amusing adjectives as suggested wine descriptors. They have watched us taste so many times over the years that they can do a Saturday Night Live worthy parody at the drop of a hat. Our youngest used to swirl her apple juice in her sippy cup, take a loud gurgling sip that could rival the most accomplished sommelier, and make confident pronouncements like, “somewhat apple-y with a finish of tart apple-like fruit.” Coming from a four-year-old, we were amused. Given this history, we are quite accustomed to humorous irreverence, and the busy kitchen banter seemed a perfect accompaniment to our tasting.
Since we write often about mid to higher end wines, many of which are hard to find as they are made in small quantities by small wineries, we decided we should give a little attention to “everyday” wines. So I trekked to our local wine shop which is conveniently called The Wine Shop. We love things with self-explanatory names. After all, we named our cat, Cat, for goodness sakes.
Tyler at The Wine Shop had no problem finding a number of intriguing wines that fit my request for full-bodied reds under $15 that would be readily available anywhere. Because of some very nice sale prices, I paid about $10 to $13 per bottle. Of course, I bought a few extra because everything Tyler described sounded so good.
Read the full post on The Thirsty Kitten’s Blog
