Amateur Hour with Meg

Today I'm taking a break from thinking about the bathroom and instead sipping some rosé. I just happened to buy two very similar looking wines recently, so I thought, "Why not taste them side-by-side?!" It's not as easy to do this with my first love (red wine) without being wasteful, since I'm the only wine-drinker in the house and really can't have more than a bottle open at a time. Whites and rosés can just be popped back in the fridge and kept for days, assuming your spouse won't get fed up with the cramped fridge space... So the wine: both dry French styles / around $12 per bottle / even sporting the same cute little glass stoppers instead of a cork. And alllmost the same blend of grapes. I first tasted rosé when I was living in Provence, but unfortunately, I wasn't a huge wine fan at the time. (I know... absolutely tragic!) However, that wonderful summer really was the beginning of my love for wine. Being "forced" to drink wine a...

Yikes. It's been awhile since I blogged about wine. So, if I haven't gotten a shipment in a couple of weeks, what the heck have I been drinking? Well... A little of this and a little of that. When I'm not trying wine-subscription wine, I'm usually drinking something from Trader Joe's (whatever sounds appealing in the Fearless Flyer) or a bottle from Costco. Costco is pretty dang solid for wine. I usually avoid the bulk shelf section and choose something from the fancier bins. I'm sure there are some great ones in the bulk area, but I don't make it to Costco that often and feel like the specialty wines are a safer bet of guaranteed deliciousness. Lately, though, I've been sending the hubby on Costco runs since that parking lot gives me heart palpitations and our kids are generally unpleasant to cart around on errands. The man knows I love my reds, so he'll graciously pick up a bottle of red for me while he's there. We won't speak of the time...