The Taste Test

Well we ventured out to the grocery store for the first time yesterday.
Quite a fun experience. Along with Frosted Flakes (my idea) fresh fruit, spaghetti,
and some other goodies we purchased 3 wines for tasting, price ranging from 4.75 Euro to 1.30 Euro and we are going to tell you all about them! So our blog will get updated over the next few days (or as long as it take for us to drink 3 bottles of wine) and we will give you our impressions.

Date Drank: January 23, 2008
Wine Number 1: Torres Coronas Tempranillo 2005
Price: 4.75 Euro, and I found it online at The Basque Market for $9.49, so a little bit of a markup in the states but not much.
Where is it Made? It is made here in the Catalonia area and is Tempranillo (86%) and Cabernet Sauvignon (14%).
Our vote? Thumbs up! Great taste, very rich and a beautiful color.
What did you eat it with? We had it with spagetti and an arugula or "rocket" salad

Stay tuned for more cheap, I mean inexpensive wine tasting!!!
Ciao for now!


Date Drank: January 25, 2008
Wine Number 2: Borsao: Garancha Mitica 2006
Price: 1.30 Euro,
Where is it Made? D.O. Campo de Borja
Our vote? hmmmmm not perfect, not bad, little alcoholy but not bad for a 2 euro bottle of wine (do you think they are going to ask me to start writing for the Wine Spectator?)
What did you eat it with? We had it with spagetti and an arugula or "rocket" salad (and yes we really did have the same meal 2 days later)


By the way in between these bottles of wine we have been out having dinner and drinking then as well so we will try to bring those bottles onto the tasting blog.
Here is one we had last night at one of our favorite new restaurants: DRAPS

Date Drank: January 28, 2008
Wine Number 3 : Vina Sastre, Roble 2006
Price: 15.50 Euro at the restaurant, I found it online for $17.99 at WineZap. Not a bad price for a really great wine.
Where is it Made? Ribera del Duero
Our vote? Brilliant! Beautiful color, dark, rich, somewhat fruity, big wine
What did you eat it with? We had it with a Mediterranean salad at the restaurant that had cheese, lettuce, nuts, fruit, apples, carrots, string beans. It was amazing!

Here is the link to Vina Sastre