I love wine. And not just drinking it, but bringing home a bottle I've never tried (tonight it was a 2010 Pine Ridge Chenin Blanc Viognier), selecting the perfect red to suit my mood (have you ever sipped Ménage à Trois? The name alone is awesome), and recommending my favorite reasonably-priced Cabernet Sauvignon (Twenty Bench) to everyone I know. I'm no sommelier but I know what I like.
Walking into my local wine store today (I live in Philadelphia via NYC, but I'll get into that later), I thought about how completely daunting it is to a) choose a bottle from a store with more choices than you can even handle and b) shell out precious dinero for wine that you might not even like!
Here's where I come in. I'm always on the hunt for great bottles of wine to add to my ever-growing list of favorites—usually priced somewhere between "why is this so cheap?" and $25. So from now on, I'll let all you discerning wine drinkers out there know what I find—so you don't have to browse the wine-filled aisles annoyed that you don't know a damn thing about what you're buying. Sound good?
Oh, and the 2010 Pine Ridge is definitely worth trying—kind of like a Sauvignon Blanc but without the strong grapefruity finish (which I tend to get sick of, especially when I'm having it with dinner). So drink up!
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