Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, Italy – $11
It can be fun to get together with fellow winos to swirl, sniff, sip and wax about wine styles until the sun comes up (ie: follow our Twitter feeds this Saturday night). However, sometimes it’s nice to put on the slippers, call for take out, turn on a mindless TV show and crack a bottle of wine.
Enter the 2007 Quattro Mani Montepulciano d’Abruzzo. This is a wine meant for no other purpose than drinking. It’s silky smooth with subtle but very agreeable fruit flavors of blackberry and cherry. This medium-bodied wine is something you can pour to any kind of wine drinker and never hear a complaint. Whether you’re having 50 people over for a cocktail party, need a bottle or two for a dinner date or just looking for a glass with a frozen pizza, you’ve found your everyday wine that still totally rocks.
Drink this Italian table wine on its own, with pasta with tomato sauce or even some mild Indian food.
