linuxdave — October 9, 2005, 12:23 am
Yellow Tail Pinot Grigio 2005
I love cheap wine that doesn’t stray too far from the taste of the grape it is made from. Pinot Grigios fulfill this desire, and this year’s Yellow Tail is no exception.
Pear, apple, pineapple, lime! A burst of flavor on the tongue! I enjoyed this wine while sitting outside on this cool fall day and it was perfect. The bottle suggests BBQ shrimp as a good food pair, which I might try next time. I think it would also pair well with any Mexican cuisine. Like all Yellow Tail wines, this one didn’t disappoint.
For $5.49, this cheap wine is definitely worth a high rating on my scale.
Rating: 9/10
Price: $5.49
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SE Australia
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Hi Dave!
If there’s one thing I love as much as cookies, it’s wine — especially cheap and good wine. Your blog is very spiffy. Thanks!
Why can I never get the cork out of my Yellow Tail? Excellent wine though.
Amy: I’ve come up with a good system, I have step by step pictures if you need them:
Required: 1 bottle Yellow Tail, 1 Screwdriver, 1 pair combo pliers, 1 wine glass. Optional: Broom, Dustpan. Step 1: drive screwdriver between cork and bottle until you hear a crack. Step 2: Remove label on neck of bottle and carefully set glass aside. Step 3: Use combo pliers to remove cork, pour, and enjoy. You will probably have to finish the wine the same night as the broken glass makes replacing the cork nearly impossible.
Is this a sweet wine or dry?? I had a yellow tail wine at a restaurant but thought they said it was a zinfandel. How does this compare??
This is one of my very favorite wines! Not dry…goes well with anything or nothing! We sip it on ice by the pool on those hot summer days!
Awsome! This was the best Pinot Grigio I have tasted in years!! My prior favorite was elk cove pinot gris, but this is clearly the winner!
Thanks Yellow Tail, another great wine!
I prefer the Chardonnay especially after a tough Thursday with the morning call abuse from Rich G!!!
I love cheap wine – but I don’t understnad the draw of Yellow Tail. It is way overpriced “Critter Wine” – the reds have a horrible bite and the whites are just blah. There are far better wines out there – albeit with less effective marketing.
guys, for christ’s sake yellow tail is juice- in a glass. and bad juice at that. try leaving it sitting in your glass for 1/2 hour and it smells like nothing !
yellow tail is a marketing scheme to get young drinkers who dont know good wines to drink a sucrose-full combination of sweet grapes and preservatives. NOT A GOOD WINE. Cheap and disgusting.
Get some good wines: Napa Valley or Washington State or Oregon wines.
I agree with Jon. I am a releatively new wine drinker but still – this tastes like Welch’s grape with a very slight bite. I mean, I wouldn’t refuse one on a hot summer day on the rocks, but to drink it as a wine is meant to be? No thanks.
I reviewed this on my UK site also, looks like it is popular all over the world. I love the stuff, I could bath in it. (My wife says I already do)