The Wineauxs

Any Mercyful Fate fans reading this out there? Maybe you know the song “Evil”? Maybe you've watched this video and know how awesome ...

Our original Friday night plans were canceled at around noon – not wanting to sit at home, I suggested we go out to eat someplace nice – we ...

I've been singing the praises of cheap Spanish cavas for a while now – for $7 at World Market, this seemed liked a safe bet. A bit of ap...

We recently visited the restaurant Carnivale in downtown Chicago for my sister-in-law's birthday. We were a party of six, but I only s...

I enjoyed our last J sparkling bottle and figured now is as good as ever to try it. Strawberry and bread on the nose. Dry, but quite fruity ...

I don't quite recall where I bought this – I'm thinking Trader Joe's, and I'm certain it was on the $6-8 range. Overripe st...

I got this one a while back – yet another clearance find, $16 or so regular, closer to $6 on sale – not bad at all. Tart cherry on the nose...

I recall enjoying the 2004 of this one, so I didn't hesitate grabbing the new vintage for six stinkin' bucks. A funky nose to be sur...

This was at the local wine shop for $10 – easily the cheapest PN in this particular store – and it came with an (admittedly lukewarm) recomm...

This cheap Cava is available widely and since we've been on a sparkler kick I figured I'd grab it for $6. Oh no – that metallic scen...

The 2005 Bordeaux is being raved about, and I'm not about to drop $650+ on the big names – I will spend $6.50 though. This is just a si...

After realizing we've never actually tried this one when we had the Korbel Chardonnay a while back I figured we should try what all the ...

This was $25 at the store and I figured I'd grab it to keep on hand, so well, you know, it's Sunday night, and we were eating leftov...

This goes for about $15, but I grabbed it on clearance for half that. The nose is mostly earth, funk, and strangely raw meat. Fairly firm t...

We haven't had GV in a while – this one was $10 and I believe we may have had this producer before – but this was some time ago. The nos...

I was perusing the aisles looking for something cheap and interesting – I walked by this bottle a few times and thought nothing of it, until...

I grabbed the second to the last bottle of this at the wine shop on clearance for $14 – normally this goes for over $25 if I remember correc...

This was $3 at Trader Joes and it was on display right next to the cash register I was at – normally, I wouldn't have considered it but ...

After the plesent surprise of the Brut, I grabbed a Brut Rose for $7 at a local wine shop. This is a blend of 60% Macabeo, 20% Parellada, ...

I was walking around Costco and this caught my eye – a couple years back this could've been considered our “house wine” - we bought it f...