by Anura Guruge
on May 1, 2023
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The 2 bottles I bought a couple of weeks ago & CONSUMED with glee & relish.
I have been a BIG FAN of [yellow tail] for over 20-years. This is mainly because Shiraz is one of my few favorite red wines — and for the longest time [yellow tail] was the only game in town [i.e., New Hampshire] when it came to [affordable] Shiraz.
I was introduced to Shiraz in the late 1990s by female who had discovered it on one of her business trips to Australia. In those days, if I am not mistaken, [yellow tail] was more or less synonymous with Australian Shiraz. I will confess I have not drunk any Shiraz produced outside of Oz.
I typically get at least one bottle of [yellow tail] Shiraz a month — usually the big 1.5L bottle. It is my drink of choice on my ambling trips.
These days I might also get some of other [yellow tail] wines — sometimes even a white!
I happened to see these ‘whiskey barrel aged’ bottles, at a supermarket, recently. They were also very competitively priced, i.e., under $6. I wasn’t sure what to expect, especially with the generic ‘Red Blend’. I was concerned that it might prove to be yucky. I was very pleasantly surprised. The Red Blend was ROBUST & flavorful. I could drink it regularly. Both bottles were good.
I have been looking for more of these bottles this week BUT have been unable to find any.
I thought I had bought the bottles locally. Maybe I did buy them in New York during my recent visit. I do know that I drank a bottle while there. So, I might have picked them up there. Damn. I will be in Vermont this week. I will check to see whether they have it. I will keep you posted.
