Changing nasty to amazing, Zeus or Steven Hawking? Ok I’ve had XS Red cabernet sauvignon previously and I recall it tasting nasty then, nevertheless, I thought after two glasses of XS Red it would be better, sadly this was not the case. However the next day it was amazing, HOW? AIR is how; yes plain-o-air.
Ok, since December of last year I’ve been noticing that wines I use my vacuum pump (thank you to beautiful young woman who gave me the pump) on, for overnight storage, always taste better the next day, oh let me qualify that with “most of the time”. Basically from what I’ve been reading reds seem to taste better after being aerated. I’ll keep investigating and hey if you know more about what I’m blogging about let me know.
Friday I had this wine with pork-fried-rice, Saturday I had it without food and it was amazing. However I’m going to say that if one buys a wine it should taste good from the start.
XS Red
Cabernet Sauvignon
2005
$5.99
If you haven’t had wine from Yellow Tail stop what you are doing and go buy a bottle now! Yes, wine from this label is that good, and for the price it can’t be outclassed. Oh and if you happen to find a bottle of Yellow Tail Reverse buy them all up, and don’t let the sticker price of $13.99 detour you. Yes, I break my ten dollar rule for the Yellow Tail Reverse.
Ok I am really-really fond of wines, yes wines meaning reds and whites, from Yellow Tail. The whites are great to cook with and reds just make the day shine. I had this wine with a lovely boiled pork sausage and creamy mashed potatoes, a great meal for a great wine.
Yellow Tail
Merlot
2006
$5.49
This is the syrah I’ve been saving for a perfect meal and Sunday that meal materialize. After waking up from a much needed nap I found that I was in need of victuals and so I prepared myself for the trek to the neighborhood Giant, or as we say here “Gee-ant”.
While at the neighborhood Gee-ant I found myself powerless to decide on a meal for the evening and thus I wandered the crowed aisles aimlessly. That was until plantains magically appeared in my hand basket and then the meal became clear. A bag of pealed tailless shrimp, package of thinly sliced steaks, fresh tomatoes, and fresh cilantro (sorry McCormick) and I was off.
On a side note I don’t understand why the bagging people will not bag my groceries when bring my reusable bags.
Now most of the time when preparing a meal I have a glass of wine however I forced myself to wait till this meal was ready for consumption and yes it was worth the wait. The meal was flawless and having an open bottle of my favorite syrah at the table made the whole experience momentous in too many ways to count.
If you want big boy wine buy a bottle of Red Bicyclette, nuff-said.
Red Bicyclette
Syrah
2005
$9.99
The bottle of Rosemount was the nightcap for the evening. Hmm, what can I say about this wine, well I identify it as a pretty good wine however I feel I can’t give it a fair appraisal after the said events of the evening so I’ll have to buy another bottle. Sorry Rosemount, please don’t hate me.
Rosemount
Shiraz
2006
$7.99
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