I remember watching the movie Sideways the great 2004 ode to binge wine drinking, with Carm a few years back. Good movie but there were several things I didn't get and maybe the director cut out. I did't get the subplot of Miles' hatred of his parents or his mysterious hatred of Merlot. Maybe his parents beat Miles with Merlot bottles.
I enjoy a good California Merlot, and the Winewrights Napa Merlot is a great example of an affordable high quality Merlot, its also $10 which is just icing on the cake. I picked up a bottle of Winewrights Merlot along with some spare bottles of Chateau Coucy before a "whole pig" butchery class I attended, taught by Chef Paul from Primal Alchemy Catering. It was 11 am on Saturday, I was drinking good wine, sampling cured meat, head cheese while separating the shoulder of a 200 lb organically raised pig; good times.
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| Bob the Pig, after the hams were removed. Chef Paul in the background. |
My buddy Kurt from Probasketballtalk.com [a one stop shop for all of your NBA related news] joined me for this culinary adventure and by 11:30 we finished the bottles of French wine I brought. [between us Kurt and I have 4 soon to be 5 kiddos, so when we get out, we drink!] Chef brought out another round of figs wrapped in prosciutto so we cracked open the Merlot. The primary flavors on the taste are dark berries, plum and chocolate. enveloped in a dense Merlot package. There is a hint of oak and gentle tannins on the finish. I also love the label I dig the very Leonardo Da Vinci look to them, at a $10~ pricepoint this whole package wine is an absolute steal.
Near the end of the class Chef prepared a pork loin as a demonstration. That seared pork tasting alone with the Merlot accompanying it was worth the price of admission.
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