Episode 20: 2004 Cartlidge & Browne Rabid Red

One thing that the Grapedonk is suspicious of: cheap red blends. Especially if they come with cutesy names. “Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Syrah, oh man, this thing has everything in it. Definitely dog wine,” he said, not sounding thrilled.

On tasting, he said, “Takes like absolute dogshit. Like box wine . . . without the box.” After discussing why winemakers give their wines stupid names, the Grapedonk opined that you shouldn’t buy a wine that has a dog making a silly face on the label. After all, dogs aren’t picky.

We paid $12.99 for this wine. Buy it now at BevMo.

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Reviewed on: September 10th, 2006

One Response to “Episode 20: 2004 Cartlidge & Browne Rabid Red”

  1. Liz Says:
    October 9th, 2006 at 7:53 am

    Obviously the fellow only drinks boxed wine if he is on here trying to get an ear on what’s hot in the wine industry, however I do think this site is a bit off in saying that the Rab Red was bad. I have purchased whole cases from the tasting room in the past and love the stuff. Maybe it was a corked bottle!

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