Wine Asylum

Ch. Ste. Michelle

98.198.166.166

jimbill

Just picked up a couple of bottles of their '07 Columbia Valley Merlot. I needed some wine to cook with. I always buy something that is also worth drinking.

Very pleasant wine. I looked it up on WS and it got an "88" and was released for $16. It was $12 at Krogers, no discounting.

I wonder if this is still the "Sideways" effect?

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RE: Ch. Ste. Michelle - mchad 20:56:35 09/21/11 (1)
"wonder if this is still the "Sideways" effect?"

I believe it is but Merlot seems to be coming back...and Pinot is still standing too. Maybe this just means more people are drinking wine in general?

Merlot is a fantastic wine/varietal but suffers the same as many varietals have with recent trends to make "bigger is better" wines. This is one reason we tend to favor French wines over monster-Cali types in many instances. That said, it does seem like CA, OR and many other new world wines are gravitating toward a focus on terroir and uniqueness in wines and not so much "look at how freaking huge I am" wines. I think we all win with that type of refined movement.

Mike
- In general... - mkuller 13:54:21 09/23/11 (0)
  ...a bottle of merlot costs much less than pinot noir.
  
  In these difficult economic times, the premium wines are suffering.

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