Xplorader Merlot Magnificent

I have a new favorite Merlot, Xplorader. They say the Merlot is a “gateway wine” what I mean is when you first start drinking wines you usually aquire a taste for the sweet wines like a Zinfandel and then after a little more courage you might move on to a dry White wine like a Sauvignon blanc and then finally you may try crossing over to a red and the first stop on the red wine bus is usually Merlot because of it’s fruity and pleasurable palette appeal. Well I have been around the Merlot block a few times and haven’t crossed this $4.92 Cashwise beauty before. What makes it different and appealing is its spices. It is not just the normal Merlot mix of grapes it has some pizzazz as it journeys down your throat and makes the heart merry. We enjoyed this wine with Amy’s crockpot chicken taco’s it was very, very yummy.

Hey, This was a really fun wine. Another $4.46 Special at Cashwise, I would highly recommend this Chilean Concha Y Toro wine. It went great with our chicken and pasta supper. It is so fruity that you feel like you mouth is full of Carménère grapes and spices. We ate out on the deck on a wonderful Minnesota summer eve and the wine not only helped us appreciate the evening; eating as a family together, it also reminded us of a simpler time when men were men and women were woman.(Not really:) but it was still pretty yummy.)