Wine makes every meal an occasion, every table more elegant, every day more civilized

We discovered a wonderful Pinot Noir today, called In'Ka. It's directly imported from a tiny area of Chile, the Leyda Valley. We are told, it is comparable to Santa Rita/Santa Barbara County Pinot Noir. I'm more of a white wine drinker, but I'm starting to think I really like Pinot Noir's. This is one of two red wines I love, and they are both Pinot Noir. I'm thinking I need to try others. We bought a bottle of this today to take home.

The other wine we really enjoyed today is another red, named Purple Hands. It's a blend of Merlot, Pinot Noir, and Cabernet Franc, from Oregon. The 2007 we tried today is sold out at the winery. It is hard to describe this wine as light, medium, or full bodied, because it has a tendency to be all three.

At many of the stores in the Bellingham area, if you buy 6 bottles you get a 10% discount on the wine. At Fred Meyer, they also give you a free reusable wine bag. The wines we bought today at Fred Meyer were all whites, except for one white Zinfandel:

Beringer White Zinfandel - I'm sure no wine snob would ever drink White Zinfandel, but if you enjoy this type of wine, which we really do, Beringer is one of the better, budget wines. It's one of our favorites. This is the wine we are drinking this evening.

Chateau Ste. Michelle, from the Columbia Valley, Washington...
-Riesling 2008
-Gewurztraminer 2008

These two were on sale. Actually, all the wines we bought were on sale, these two a little more on sale, as they were last week as well. These are my two favorite types of wine, Riesling and Gewurztraminer and I really like these two budget wines. The off-dry Riesling has a taste of passion fruit and lime, while the Gewurtz is a medium-dry wine with aromas of lychee nuts, nutmeg, and clove spice. hah! Like I can pinpoint what a lychee nut smells like! That's what the web site said ...