This blog is about a French wine, Cotes-Du-Rhone, I got from my Wall Street Journal wine club. This is a very nice, lighter red wine, mainly from the Rhone region of France which is known for their Grenache with 25 % Syrah giving it a nice red color. The wine has a very nice front side, which is very light, and a back-end that gives you a really nice dry feeling on the mouth making it great for red meat and anything with tomato would be nice. We are having this with some wonderful cheese. Your softer cheeses, not so sharp, go well with this wine. Do not try this wine with a harder cheese, it is not good. We had it with the Gombozola and Apricot cheese. It would also be marvelous with Brie cheese. It did not go well with the Asiago or Gruyère cheese.
About myredwineguys
My red wine guys, Jim and Rich, have been drinking and comparing red wines together for the last 10 years. We drink reds exclusively (except for champagne during New Year’s Eve celebration's or special occasions). In our search to find the best red wine for the buck, we are constantly buying and drinking a variety of reds. Frequently, we see many of our favorite reds increase in price (making them impractical to buy and consume with the dismal economy). This motivates us to try and compare lesser known reds from a variety of wineries. We are constantly telling our friends where to buy and save on these great reds. One weekend over a bottle of red wine (of course), we decided to share our recommendations with the world via a blog (with the support of our wives who really think this is another way for us to drink more red wine). We are going to be making road trips up the coast and sharing our opinions on some great California Reds.
Jim is a retired Navy Senior Chief now working as a Navy Technical Rep. His world travels have given him the opportunity to taste wines on different continents. He finds himself often comparing them to his favorite region – Napa Valley’s Oakville/Rutherford districts that produce some of the world’s best Cabernet Sauvignon's.
Richard is a musician who grew up in Santa Maria with a family rich with red wine tradition. According to the family legends, his grandfather used to make wine out of grapefruit when grapes were not available. He grew up drinking and making wine with his father and other Italian families in the central coast, long before there were grape vines in the area. In fact, the reason his family located to California was to make wine!
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