boring

Last night was a night of boring wine. I had a couple glasses from two bottles.

2004 Clos du Bois, Cabernet Sauvignon "North Coast"
2002 Sydney Lane, Syrah (Paso Robles, CA)

Neither wine was spectacular by any means. The Clos du Bois was brought over by a friend on Monday night and Lauren and I finished it off last night. It was perfectly fine for what I assume to be a $12 grocery store bottle, great for a "house wine" of sorts, but you can also get better stuff for the same price w/ a little searching and tasting. Just ask the guy at the wine shop ... he/she will know 5 things that are better.

The Sydney Lane ($18) was recommended to us by an employee at our local wine shop, Vendome. It was not very special and there are plenty of other options available at the same price point, noteably the 2002 Brophy Clarke, Rodney Shull Vineyard Syrah that is also available at Vendome for $15 (and single vineyard!). We have that quite often as it's a solid wine that you don't feel guilty about drinking ... ie it's not a $40 bottle. In fact last time we were at Vendome a few bottles were priced on sale at $12.99 so we picked up a couple more.

There was also a bottle of 2004 Hacienda el Espino Syrah "1707" opened after I had decided I was done w/ wine for the night. I have had a couple glasses of this on a previous occasion and I remember it to be damn tasty for a $10 bottle. So I'll see how it holds up tonight when I get home :) And then it's off to see Lady Sovereign at the El Rey ... and that means another Bud Light night is in store:)