Month: September 2005
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Twin Fin Pinot Noir 2004
Okay I’ll admit it: One of those eye-catching wine stands in the store attracted me to this wine. Upon entering the all-too-familliar wine and liquor aisle at my local store, I was greeted today with a big surfboard shaped display of Twin Fin. This wine is being pushed as a fun, California summer wine. Check…
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Marcus James Cabernet Sauvignon 2004
This cheap wine is a delicious wine for the price ($4.79!). This Argentinian wine really has more to offer than you would expect from a wine that costs less than 5 dollars. Deep ruby-red in color, this cheap wine was very dry and crisp and had a very agreeable finish that seemed not to overstay…
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Crane Lake Merlot 2003
Well, you came to this site for cheap wine. Welcome to the “Wine less than $5” category. Crane Lake wine, around these parts, is CHEAP. I’m talking $3.34 cheap. Think of it. You can get a whole case of the stuff for 40 bucks! But would you want to…? My answer: sure, why not. It…
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Long Neck Cabernet Sauvignon 2003
If you liked the Goats Do Roam Red that I reviewed a while back, also from South Africa, then you’ll probably like Long Neck Cabernet. The Long Neck website could win awards. It is the best wine site I’ve seen so far. But I’m here to review the wine, not the website! The bottle had…
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St. Julian Red
Picked up a bottle of this: St. Julian, you’ve got to start coming up with some better names. I already did a review of St. Julian Simply Red, and I know there is a St. Julian Village Red (wtf?), but this is just plain “St. Julian Red”, not even listed on their website. With that…