The Cheap Wine Chronicles Volume Two

In this entry, we get all sexy with a variety of red wine that you should get to know, intimately. The Cheap Wine Chronicles Volume 1 Chapter 2 Alamos Malbec 2008 Price: $12 Well hello there, my new friend. What is Malbec? Why am I here? Where is my shoe? All these questions can and will be answered by consuming a bottle of Alamos Malbec. I was ignorant of wines up until a few years ago and had never heard of Malbec, (neither has my computer, which keeps trying to correct "Malbec" to "malice"). I knew about Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, all that business, but I had no idea what I had in store for myself when I first consumed this delicious treat. This semi-erotic Argentinian wine is in-your-face with serious fruit flavor and while somewhat medium bodied, is really easy to drink, with a high slammability factor.                                   Because cast iron grills are where it's at as far as comfort. Since Malbec is relatively unknown in America when compared to say, Cabernet Franc, you can buy this cheap as shit wine and really impress someone, if needed, by removing the price sticker. It doesn't have the negative stigma associated with it like Merlot has (thanks, Sideways) and is much more palatable to someone who normally would not drink red wine. It is a sexy wine, but remember to constantly check your mouth in the mirror so that you don't get sexy red teeth and sexy grape lip liner. This is a fun, cheap wine, that my dog and Mandy Patinkin both love equally.                      "Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya, you drank my Malbec, prepare to die." Thank you and enjoy!

THE CHEAP WINE CHRONICLES VOLUME 1 CHAPTER 1

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!