I’m trying the wines, y’all.
You know I’m a hard liquor kind of gal but I know that there is more out there than rum so I’m broadening my horizons.
Tonight, I tried the Little Penguin’s Riesling. I know. Another wine with an animal on the label and another yellow bottle. I like yellow and I like animals. Sue me. This also another Australian wine though I didn’t pick it because of its country of origin-pure coincidence.
Since I had already picked up a red I was looking for something that appeared to be the exact opposite of the Shiraz. The Riesling is …read more

Wine.com, the #1 online wine retailer, says that Syrah (Shiraz) outsold Chardonnay for the first half of this year. They say that Syrah sales have grown 47% for the year to date, which is pretty impressive. The close red second is a Cab Sauv, which basically means that by outstripping Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah is pretty much the top-selling wine for the year so far. GO SHIRAZ!
It’s a little difficult to tell if those numbers are going to stand up nationally or not however. The press release goes onto say that:
“What you’d typically see in national wine consumption …read more