My blog needed direction, as always, wine has led the way. In this series of inexpensive wine reviews, I plan to reinvent my blog into a wine journal for the destitute and/or thrifty folk of the world. I myself am cheap, and I always like to find a good deal, especially when alcohol is involved. The trick is to find a decently priced decently drinkable wine, because price does not always dictate quality, and even to the discerning palate, taste is subjective. Prepare thyself for......
THE CHEAP WINE CHRONICLES VOLUME 1 CHAPTER 1
Hazlitt Red Cat "The Original Hot Tub Legend"
Price : around $10, (I don't remember because I drank too much Red Cat.)
Wow, so like, right off the bat you'd expect a light, transparent red wine the color of strawberry Jolly Ranchers to like, totally kick ass right? The answer is yes. This wine is made with the mighty catawba grape, which to my limited knowledge is a popular Finger Lakes area grape. I don't think catawba is grown on Long Island simply because of how obnoxious it sounds when someone with a Long Island accent speaks it's name ( CUH-TAWW-BUHH).
Right away you notice how fruity this shit is. For anyone outside of the Finger Lakes region, this wine would be considered almost toylike in it's complexity, or lack thereof. This by no means makes this a "bad" wine, it's just really easy to consume in large quantities. It's light, fruity, sweet, and seriously fun to drink. This is a wine that is basically meant to, in the parlance of our times, "get them bitches drunk." It's almost like a wine cooler, but the flavor isn't bad, I stress the fact that this is a pretty tasty wine, once you get over the sugar assault.
This is a wine that you drink to party with. You DO NOT serve this with food (other than Doritos) and you probably shouldn't try to serve this to anyone who knows anything about wine. You even serve it slightly chilled for god sakes. At the goddamn winery they make this into "gelatin shots" and wine slushies, I mean, WTF bro?
This is a wine that some creepy dude would give to freshman chicks at Binghamton or something, but you know what? This is one of the best-selling wines in America and I could see Willie Nelson chugging this shit on a nightly basis in his hot tub, possibly alone.
Does Willie Nelson drink? He does now.
Stay tuned true believers!
