Weinteufelchen Grüner Silvaner
If cold, plastic bottles of mineral water were still in—sun sweated day—that refreshing,
and just ate a salad too (rocket, post-yoga, pre-meditation).
But this is “The Little Wine Devil,” and we know the plastic’s bad, a slur on the afternoon,
such a delicious wine.
3.99 4 @Kaufland
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Corsaire Réserve du Président 2009
Pepper at the end of this beeline, or is it crow flies, dry arrow of a red.
3.90 3.5 @Kaiser’s
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Saint Gilles “Les Albizias” (Grande Réserve) 2008
Like the middle-aged man who, if he makes an attempt at fitness and doesn’t dye those grey hairs, will look quite respectable in a few years.
Having met him at this point, however, he is still slightly portly and uninteresting—a little tart and unimpressive…. Perhaps in a few years.
3.49 3 @Kaufland
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Chateau Fertillère 2008 (Coteaux du Languedoc)
This is a really simple cheap red wine—a little Dad’s-been-making-wine-again unstable, but no one’s complaining. Or, I’m not. You can find a better wine for the price (French wines tend to be a bit more highly priced anyway), but for that cheap wine, pre-drink, wine at the park, found in the kitchen at a house party, half bottle morning swig, this will do you just fine.
1L
2.99 2.5 @Kaufland
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Chardonnay de Pays d’Oc 2008
Reminiscent of the best of the worst cheap Chardonnays, this wine is a bit bitter, not great, bearable. You may think it’s filth but, remember, it’s the best of the filth, so give it the respect it deserves and finish it.
1.79 2.5 @Kaufland
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Castillo Del Rey Gran Reserva 2002
One of the glories of cheap wine tends to be that it’s young, packs a punch, is a bit all over the place, but you forgive it because, for some reason, youth always gets a bye.
The Reservas, however, tend to come out like the guy at the high school reunion who still doesn’t shower and still makes minimum wage at the local gas station; everyone wonders why he never made anything of himself, the internal dialogue running something akin to “thank God I’m under-assistant-vice-manager of a bank.”
This Reserva, however, bucks the trend. You respect him because, while not being under-vice manager, he’s gentle, has moments of ascerbic wit, and can definitely handle a guitar. Yeah, he turned out ok.
2.99 3 @Kaiser’s
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Margräfler Gutedel (Bezirks Kellerei) 2009
Police cars barrelling past us in Hasenheide, sirens blaring, flashlights blinding eyes …
… flashlights picking out this bright, young, innocent, slightly bitter bottle …
… the drug dealers rounded up.
2.99 3 @Kaiser’s
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Lambrusco di Sorbara
If a wine could be charming—gentleman’s arm off the train, champagne glass from a white-gloved hand—then this would be it. This cheap red vino frizzante is fruity and low in alcohol, making up for the lack of booze with just how much you’ll like drinking it.
1.99 3.5 @Kaiser’s
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Erlauer Stierblut 2007
An impossibly obese gentleman sweat-draped half-naked over a car could hardly hope to help sell the vehicle faster, and this impossibly bad label did not have me leaping for the bottle.
However, like the sagging Ferrari beneath our larger friend, this wine had very little to do with its label. A nice, dry, oaky wine. Do not be put off by the front cover.
2.79 3.5 @Kaufland
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Nicolas Napoléon Pinot Noir 2009
Mouth crow-barred open by this red rich, a little sweet, larger than—remember the corpulent New Yorker?—wine. Fantastic.
3.33 4 @Kaufland
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