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My Thanksgiving Wine

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Here’s what I drank at Thanksgiving dinner this year: Bruno Rocca Dolcetto d’Alba 2011 Trifolé. I thought it worked well overall. The cranberry sauce helped pull the wine and the mostly white meat and carb-y plate together.

None of my guests were drinking wine with me, so I didn’t open anything else. Waiting in reserve were bottles of Kung Fu Girl Riesling, some Champagne and Bonny Doon Vineyard’s Querry pear/apple/quince cider. I’ll have to save those bottles for leftovers.

What did you drink with your turkey this year?

Price: 10 bucks or less, Tasting Notes

With a Name Like Stickleback…

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Tuesday night I opened a bottle of Stickleback Red 2008 from the Aussie winery Heartland. It was a Costco grab that intrigued me with it’s mix of grapes: the back label says it’s a blend of 47% Cabernet Sauvignon, 44% Shiraz, 5% Lagrein and 4% Dolcetto.

Tastes more like 100% Smuckers.

This is a major dark berry fruitbomb. If that’s your thing, this wine is a bargain at around $10. It delivers a lotta JAM for your HAM…ilton. (groan)

It was way too much for my Taco Tuesday dinner, but actually worked pretty well with dessert — a super-sweet s’mores-like brownie thing. If you’re into drinking red wine with chocolate (me: not so much), this might be your new favorite wine.

I really wanted to like this because of the unusual blend, not to mention the oddity of Lagrein and Dolcetto in Australia at all, but this wine just isn’t a style that appeals to me these days.