intro...

so to give you a bit more of an idea about my wine palette...i am willing to try anything, but tend to buy more syrah, petite syrah, cabs, and an occasional carmenere, malbec, or blend. as a grad student, i often buy wines that err on the side of "light on the wallet". i also often times pair my wine with rather non-traditional (read, nasty) culinary selections...like when you are at whole foods and the fancy little card underneath the bottle says "bold, daring cabernet with hints of blackberry, cassis, and darkly toned kenyan roast arabica. enjoy with piping hot turkish mint jelly garnished rack of lamb accompanied by hand harvested organic free-frange legumes brined in sea salt. i sort of understand the point scoring system, but am never sure what to do with these descriptions and meal suggestions. if i were to write these tags, they might read: "this wine tastes especially delicious chased by reese's chocolate covered peanut butter cookies (i can tell you where to get these, they're wicked awesome)." i regularly buy my wine at gas stations, but occasionally spring for a decent bottle. i once worked in a wine store for two months. that said, nothing at all qualifies me to write about wine other than that i enjoy it. here goes.