Nothing says summer like cheap wine. Enjoy.
Reds Easy to Drink, Easy on the Budget
By FRANK J. PRIAL
An excerpt:
Our favorite was a 2001 Salice Salentino ($9) from Leone de Castria in Puglia in southernmost southern Italy. Salice Salentino is a town; it is also an official wine region near Brindisi on the Adriatic coast. The principal grape is negroamaro. Ms. Battenhouse liked the fruit and acidity; Ms. Hesser found the flavors ripe but subtle, and appreciated the fact that it did not have a candied taste. Mr. Asimov envisioned it with pasta and a succulent meat sauce. We gave the wine two and a half stars out of a possible four. I liked its balance.
Our second and third wines, also at two and a half stars, were both Californians, and were both Gallo wines: a 2001 Rancho Zabaco Dancing Bull Zinfandel, California appellation, and a 2000 Gallo of Sonoma Cabernet Sauvignon, Sonoma County appellation. Both were priced at $10.
Full text:
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/28/di...WINE.html?8nyh
