Andrew and I discovered this fantastic Red at Biaggi’s in Cedar Rapids at a wine tasting last year. Cinnabar Mercury Rising is a Red blend bottled by Cinnabar Cellars in Paso Robles.
It seems that all of the decent restaurants in CR are carrying this wine: Biaggi’s, Teddy’s, Daniel Arthur’s. So, it’s pretty cool that I [...]

Another of the $3.49 wines from Crane Lake; this time a Sangiovese. Tart, watery with a slight smoke and chocolate flavor. The tartness hangs around until the next drink. The flavor of this Sangiovese is very similar to others I have had in the past. I hadn’t drunk a Sangiovese until two years ago when [...]

I overheard a guy talking about these $3.49 bottles of wine in the HyVee liquor store a couple of weeks ago. Apparently the guy’s barber was recommending them. He was talking to one of the store employees who was so surprised by the price that she went back to verify the price! We were at [...]

Jennifer and I hit Biaggi’s to celebrate her 35th birthday.  We both like the food there and Biaggis is one of the decent places in town to get a good glass of wine.  Once again I decided on the “by the glass” menu.  I chose the Stelzner Cabernet & Merlot Blend.
Biaggi’s menu advertises this as:
CABERNET-MERLOT [...]

I picked this wine up at Whole Foods in Chicago last month. It was mid-priced at $12.99 and had some kind of in-store rating of 90 or something. It was the right price and we wanted some red wine to go with our leftovers from PF Chang’s. Although it had this mysterious rating, I couldn’t [...]

2005 Turner Road Appellation Series Cabernet Sauvignon - Paso Robles
$26 at restaurant
Heavy Leather top note that hangs out for the whole bottle. Super Fruity like plums with a hint of pepper. Prevalent warm Alcohol bite spills off the sides of my tongue. Musty finish leaves a fruit taste.
I was looking for a wine that would [...]