The Wineauxs

Hallo! My name in Pinot Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die. This was sampled to me at a wine shop and while it's not my ...

This is around five bucks or so. Giant bubbles and almost as light as a glass of water. A mild nose of orange blossoms. Sugar water to an ...

We are big fans of Two Lads. I feel that sounds strange, as before visiting their tasting room, I can't say we were "fans" of...

Our alma mater's motto was 'veritas,' so what better wine to drink? This was apparently nineteen dollars (at least that what i...

Alright, so we've had a fair amount of wine over the years and on occasion splurge on fancy ($30+) bottles of various things, today I fi...

This is one of the “top shelf” wines at the local grocery store, with them saying the retail is something like $23, yet it's always on s...

I WANNA DRINK THIS WINE SO BAD I CAN TASTE IT – HUH? – ATTECA! ATTECA! ATTECA! ATTECA! REMEMBER ATTECA? I know, I know, too easy. Right ...

The economy sucks, the wine fridge is getting empty, and when the local grocery store had a sale – Yellow Tail, $4.15 each when you buy six ...

Cooper's Hawk is, I suppose, a chain of wineries/restaurants in Illinois. There aren't many, so I hate to say "chain" but...

This was $15 at a a local wine shop – as a fan of the winery, I snagged a bottle and commented to the manager that I was excited to see it o...

This half bottles goes for about $11, and the full goes for $20. It is billed as being blended to go with Asian food, which is frequently r...

Continuing the pursuit for 100 grape varietals, I browsed a local store looking at blends to see if anything caught my eye – I nearly walked...

You know, I grabbed this fairly recently, but have no idea where or for how much. Trader Joe's? Maybe? It couldn't have been more...

Fran actually won this in a raffle, so it was free. FREE! Figure this is around $9-10. A very strange aluminum quality on the nose. Maybe...

Here's another cheapo 2005 Bordeaux. I don't know the price, but it wasn't $10. A nice nose with anise and cedar. In a word – ...

A somewhat grassy nose – we don't drink much Sauvignon Blanc so this is a thinker to be sure. I feel like there's some coconut and ...

This was a gift from a neighbor, but I recognize it from stores at selling for more or less ten bucks. A big nose loaded with black fruit. O...

Those who read this blog with some degree of frequency know we're on a perpetual hunt for decent, cheap sparkling wine. This was five b...

To celebrate post #500, I thought long and hard about what to open – settling on this one. We are fans of Mollydooker's Boxer Shiraz, t...

The next post is #500 – which I find to be pretty insane. We've had hits from all fifty states plus DC. We've received hits from, a...