Wine of the Weekend

2009 E. Guigal Cotes du Rhone Blanc

Cotes du Rhone, France – $13
One of the best ways to find an awesome yet affordable wine is to look at the heavy hitting producers. While $300 bottles of rock-star wine are a great way to prove you’re a kickass winemaker, they’re expensive to produce, take years of aging [...]

2009 Dry Creek Vineyards Chenin Blanc
Dry Creek Valley, California – $15
Summer is all about lazy afternoons spent chomping fresh seafood while perched by a body of water. Since this could be anywhere from a friend of a friend’s absurdly extravagant house on The Cape to a kiddy pool you setup on the sidewalk in front [...]

NV Emeri Sparkling Sauvignon Blanc
Australia – $13
Bubbly is confusing. Here is a quick cheat sheet:
You can’t call all bubbly Champagne because in order to don the prestigious (and more pricey) name the grapes have to come from the Champagne region of France.
Prosecco is a bubbly that comes from Northern Italy. Cava is the Spanish version [...]

2007 Château de la Fessardiere Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine Climat
Loire Valley, France – $15
Confused by the name? It breaks down to one easy to remember formula: this wine + shellfish = awesome. It’s that simple.
The white wine Muscadet exists for the sole purpose of washing down sea creatures. In France it’s drank by the gallon with [...]

2009 S.A. Prum Essence Riesling
Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, Germany – $15
Summertime = funtime and we fully support busting out a bottle or two for a late lunch on a gorgeous, lazy weekend afternoon. While the whole “liquid lunch” thing is totally awesome in theory, let’s face it: nothing good happens when you get schwasted by 3pm. Luckily, there’s [...]

2009 Twin Vines Vinho Verde
Vinho Verde, Portugal – $10
You’re staring at a wine that is absolutely perfect for summer. It’s light, super crisp and ultra refreshing. Not only that, it’s also light on the alcohol (around 10%) so you can sip on this wine all day while bathing in the sun but not be a [...]

2007 Rock Wall Wine Company Zinfandel
Sonoma County, California – $20

Zinfandel is California’s hometown hero. It’s the closest thing they have to “local, indigenous” grape and they’re running with it! (Technically, it has it’s roots in Primitivo from Italy, but hey, who’s counting?)
Big, bold and loaded with sun-ripened fruit, this is a grape that has a [...]