Pasqua Passi Mento 2015

Showing a touch of age on the lighter garnet hue with aromas of red berries, a touch of cigar ash,

Palate--I was not expecting the "sweet" frame surrounding the subdued red berry and again, while it tastes sweet it is not; it is simply very fruity.

While I didn't think I would like this on entering my mouth I think it is a rather fun wine which would pair well with a broad variety of simple appetizers, cheeses, and any tomatoey food dish which is what we will be pairing it with tonight as my wife busies herself with an Italian sausage, kale and cannellini bean soup. On this chilly Maine night, it will be great comfort food and this wine will be a simple but tasty wine to go with it. I could also see this making a great sangria in the summer months, it's just that kind of wine so at around $10, raise a glass.

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Peachy Canyon Zinfandel 2017

Nice depth of hue at a dark cranberry jelly with aromas of stewed cherries, and tart pie cherries. Palate--Nice first impression with dry tannins, impressive Zin dark berry flavors full of spice and lingering berry flavors. Peachy Canyon has always made a decent inexpensive Zin and this is at the $8 price point at Trader Joes. It is satisfying, and though it is at cellar temperature at the moment it will even be bigger and open to more expressive Zinfandel fruit. This Lodi Zin is another example of Lodi really coming into its own for solid Zins which are value priced. I still like Sonoma Zins as my fave but honestly it won't be long before long that Lodi may bust their bubble. Raise a glass!

Emma Reichart Gewürztraminer 2020

*Label is for their Riesling not their Gewurztraminer Pale straw hue with loads of sweet aromas consisting of vanilla, citrus, tropical fruit with a lime splash. Palate--mouth watering acid, mouth filling tropical fruit, lime base, with sweet-tart freshness This $10 Gewürztraminer literally "Spicy Traminer" is one of my favorite German grapes and under appreciated much in the way German Riesling is. If you can get past the name, it's a lovely wine that pairs with Asian foods, spicy foods, or all by itself so raise a glass!

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