BOOZE TYPE: Wine
PRICE: $6.99 at Astor Center
RATING: C+
It’s Friday night! I want a bottle of wine! I know I shouldn’t listen to the voice in my head that’s all HEY LET’S BUY A $35 BOTTLE OF SAKE HUH HUH ISN’T THAT A GOOD IDEA? even though it’s got this other friend, a little whispery voice that says, and on top of that it’s payday you know or you could use your credit card. So after a lap around Astor Center and a jaunt once or twice through the aisle, I decide, man, screw it! Let’s get some stuff from GREECE.
I had actually been planning on hunting up a decent Greek red wine sometime in the near future, to be partially mixed into a olive-based pasta sauce, and partially poured down my gullet. But I was feeling a little tired of red wine mouth stain, and also my groceries from FreshDirect won’t be here until tomorrow, so white wine it is!
I went for the Kourtaki because it was white, $7, and had a picture of a bull on the label. I played God of War II recently, and, I don’t know, it spoke to me in some mythological way. (Note to self: wine pairings for video games? could work.) The stuff is drinkable, but really not very thrilling. There are couple of nice fruity notes in the scent of it, but nothing that stands out heavily; it does have a nice mineral quality, which is something I always find very interesting. In the end, though, it just sort of leaves the “hello! I’m a generic white wine!” taste. Hmmm, I seem to be having this problem with wines that cost less than $10… could this mean something?!
BUY IT AGAIN: Nope. Let’s try something nicer from Greece, and not be fooled by bulls again.
