Purple Teeth Diaries – A Wine Lover's Journey

Winery: Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
Wine: 1980 Red Blend
Location: Pauillac, Bordeaux, France
Purchased: JJ Buckley
Price: $110.00

Jonathan’s turning the big 3-0 this year (yes, I am too!) so for Christmas I gave him a bottle of Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande from his birth year. Granted, 1980 wasn’t a spectacular year in the wine world so this wasn’t a hot commodity like say a 1982 bottle. In researching various châteaux, I found several I was interested in, but some were potentially past their prime or at least on their downhill slide. I ended up [...] Continue Reading…

My aunts forwarded me an e-mail yesterday they received, announcing a new discount item at Wal-Mart – wine! It goes on to say how it would be affordable and would target those looking for inexpensive wines…blah, blah, blah. The funny part of the forward came when a list of possible wine names were offered:
10. Chateau Traileur Parc
9. White Trashfindel
8. Big Red Gulp
7. World Championship Riesling
6. NASCARbernet
5. Chef Boyardeaux
4. Peanut Noir
3. I Can’t Believe it’s not Vinegar
2. Grape Expectations
1. Nasti Spumante

*This is all in good fun, and is not intended

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