2007 Marques de Caceres White Rioja

Crisp, clean taste with a hint of lemon. A nice match for seafood such as the scallops I made with arugala cream sauce. A good buy!

Price: $10
Grape: Viura
Region: Rioja, Spain
Food: Seafood, such as scallops
QPR: Very good

2007 Crios de Susana Balbo Malbec

Deep purple color. Dusky blackberry taste. Pretty nice match for our ribeye, with Mexican spices.

Price: $15
QPR: Good
Food: Grilled steak
Region: Mendoza, Argentina

2006 Coli Chianti

Blackberry and leather taste, with some tartness and medium tannins. Decent with a tomato-based Italian meal such as the chicken cacciatore I made. Will be interesting to compate to a chianti classico. $9.

2006 Cantina Terre Del Barolo Barbera D'Alba

Licorice bouquet and taste of of cherry. The acidity was striking at first but softend after breathing. This acidity made it work as a pair for the pork ragu with its tomato based sauce, definitely more of a food wine than something to sip by itself.