2006 Siempre Caren’s Cuvee.
It’s Willy Wonka’s purple velvet jacket–smooth, rich, and more than a tad wacky.
Rating: 4/5
,Price: $24.
Earlier Reviews
2003 Cline Oakley 5 Reds.
Like prunes and a brand-new roll of 3M masking tape–still wrapped in plastic.
Rating: 3 /5
,Price: $8.
2008 Zolo Gaucho Select Merlot.
Firecrackers, farts, and a eucalyptus dial set on 11.
Rating: 3/5
,Price: $16.
2007 Owen Roe Sinister Hand.
Blackcurrant, leather and tobacco come together in the best band since the Beatles.
Rating: 5/5
,Price: $23.
Update: the 2006 Wrongo Dongo was in a cracked bottle.
Rating: ./5
,Price: $pdate: the 2006 Wrongo Dongo was in a cracked bottle. YMMV.
2006 Wrongo Dongo.
It’s better than drinking the dirty dishwater–but not much.
Rating: 2/5
,Price: $8.
2006 Yalumba Shiraz Viognier.
Like drinking the remains of a burnt polyester blanket.
Rating: 2/5
,Price: $10.
2007 Brander Merlot.
Take licorice whips, mix in grape sweettarts, ferment in an paneled 70s room.
Rating: 4/5
,Price: $17.
2004 Camelot Chardonnay.
Pine-cone collecting at Big Sur; licking the stucco side of the park restroom.
Rating: 3/5
,Price: $8.
2007 Oak Grove Cabernet Sauvignon.
Count Chocula’s taken all the Booberries and made them into vino!
Rating: 3/5
,Price: $8.
2007 Smoking Loon Sauvignon Blanc.
A visit to the family doc at age 6: rubbing alcohol, mentho-lyptus, lemon sucker.
Rating: 2/5
,Price: $8.