Time to sing the praises of Vida Organica again.
I've been buying two main types of wine this month. It seems like most of the big wine merchants in Ann Arbor are having a big sale on wines imported by Kermit Lynch this month. I picked up a handful at Morgan & York a week or so ago. These were "value" wines in the $10 to $20 per bottle range; one from Alsace (a blend of several varietals), one from the Loire (a Muscadet), and generic wine "Unique," a sauvignon blanc. None of the wines were awful, but none were great either. I left with the sense that these were poor values, showing and tasting more like $10 wines than the average $15 price tag.
I've also been stocking up on more Vida Organica from Whole Foods. These are wonderful, fresh, fruit-filled wines from Argentina. $9 normally, on sale for $7, and close to $6.30 if you buy six or more at a time (and you should). The white - a Torrentes - will be our "house white" for most of the coming summer, and the rose - a Malbec - will be a fun wine to share with friends in the spring and early summer. The red - also a Malbec - is also a wonderful wine: low tannin, ripe fruit, great with food or all by itself while one is cooking.
Because they are from Argentina and sport "weird" grape types on the label, no doubt many will pass over these wines. For the value shopper who is looking for something well south of $10/bottle for an "everyday" wine, these are just perfect. So much better, so much more interesting than the inoffensive, but insipid, bottles of "lake wine" one can find so easily, but which are so unsatifying, so uninteresting.
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