Cheap Wine

I'm not a fan of Trader Joe's Two Buck Chuck . But I do like finding good wines for under $20. Or under $15 on occasion.

Tonight, we had a "Awesome Aussie Blend" (those words appears right on the bottle). It was called "Vin" by Vin Hunter. $12!!!!! Are you kidding me?? 2004 vintage, a Heinen's limited release. We paid $12. Thank you Heinen's wine man. I feel lucky once again to live in Cleveland. Very nice with our pork briscuit. (We subscribe to the theory that white wine is good when your out of red wine so we pretty much drink red with anything.) This was a blend of merlot (50%), shiraz (30%) and cabernet sav. (20%). Can't go wrong. It was so good, we didn't have any wine left to go with our almost nightly dessert -- a piece of dark chocolate (min. 72% cocoa).

That reminds me, Heinen's is awesome for wine, especially if you're an amateur like me. Wonderful wine buyers happy to help you. And they have tastings all the time. For a quarter on the weekend, you can try three or four wines and learn. They also have regular wine events. Only problem is, when we have a good wine, we're left wanting more... Actual time of post: about 9 p.m. Apparently, I opened the window earlier so it registered that time. I'm still learning about this blogging stuff... :)