I picked up a "Funky Llama" Cabernet from Argentina at Wild Oats Market tonight for $5.99 tonight. We shall see what we think of it tomorrow night.

Yellow Tail Shiraz. We just love that stuff. Trader Joe's rules!

ahhh! :eek:

The number of people who have posted positively about Yellow Tail is alarming! :eek:

You'd like it if you owned Yellow Tail! Those people must have made a mint. If it's good, it's good. And sadly enough, if you put a cute picture on the label it'll sell 10 times what a competitor will. Just good business sense. They were one of the first to figure that out, now there are cute animal sketches on every other bottle.

That one had become our favorite table wine, very good.

My mother recently reported to me that she was going to use a bottle of Yellow Tail (which she'd received as a gift) for poaching pears, as it just wasn't worth drinking, even when drinking alone.

I'm so proud of her. :D

Poach pears in RED wine? Yikes! :)

Yellow Tail has absolutely made some serious money - did a great job in marketing the product. I don't begrudge them that at all. That doesn't make the product "good" as you say.

McDonalds has made some big money - doesn't mean it's good.

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Pears poached in red wine is a tasty dessert!

I was watching Rachel Ray on Food Network and she cooked her pasta is red wine which is a clever idea, if it actually imparts any flavor. It colored it anyway.

Geyser Peak - great wine and close to $12 when you get it at Price Club. You should also try the Tawny Port... more than $12, but yummy with vanilla icecream

"Concha y Toro-Casillero de Diablo" Carmenere. Carmenere is the "lost Bourdeaux varietal". It has decent body, little bit of spice like a Zin, and just a bit of fruit. $10 at Total Beverage in the DC area.

I tend to stay away from chardonnay and drink sauvignon blanc or pino grigio... but I really enjoy a bottle of Concha y Toro chardonnay.

What???? How did whites get into this thread? :)

You should be ^ Sales must be slowing down in the States, and it is appearing in New Zealand supermarkets. I bought a bottle to try it - it was dreadful. I am ashamed as an Australian to think that it marketed as an Australian wine overseas. :o