Cheap Wine Chronicles #3

In this entry, we take it back to the old school, cause I'm an old fool. We are going to talk about the first wine I can remember having, which, given my selective memory, may not be the first wine I actually had, go figure.

The Cheap Wine Chronicles Volume 1 Chapter 3

Fortissimo California Grape Wine (Magnum)

Price : $8.99

                                                   "This wine exhibits high slammability."

I fondly remember my grandpa bringing magnums of Fortissimo to family events when I was much younger. Gramps had a pretty straight forward wine palette, as this is a basic red table wine that's heavy on the tannins and exhibits high teeth-staining power. Nobody in my family drank red wine, so when it was politely stashed away in our food-closet, I would pounce on this stuff and quaff it in high quantity and with glorious force.

                           Joni Mitchell bathes in Fortissimo wine in order to keep her youthful glow.

The greatest thing about this wine is that I can't find shit about it on the internet, which makes me think it's mostly reserved for the restaurant distribution crowd. I love how they have to specify that it is, in fact, "California Grape Wine", and not like, asparagus wine or something. As a side note, when I first started working at a winery, I had this dude ask me "You're a wine expert or something, right? So... what's in wine?" To which I confidently replied, "Grapes."

This wine is great, and I truthfully miss it. I am very close to ordering a case of it since it's cheap as fuck and I need more inexpensive Cabernet Sauvignon in my life. Also, it's like a trip down memory lane for me, if only I had a functioning memory portion of my brain.

CHECK THIS OUT a 6 bottle case is only $57.54.

http://www.winechateau.com/sku1036514_CR-CELLARS-FORTISSIMO-1.50L

That's cool!

Thanks again!

-Derek-