...a bottle of wine and thou

Forest Glen White Merlot

Price: $8
Type: White Merlot
Cork: plain jane natural
Rating: 3
Purchased: Meijers

This is not a good wine.

Now, this isn't a surprise, since Forest Glen is a cheap grocery store brand, but c'mon folks, you could at least TRY. There are a lot of surprisingly good wines in this price range.

This White Merlot is a sticky-sweet cloying wine with the sharp, unfinished aftertaste common to much cheap wine. I'd give it a 2 (it really is almost vinegar) except, well, there was a tiny hint of something interesting which makes me want to see what a Big Boy Vineyard could do with a White Merlot.

So I'm more than willing to try the type again, if I can find a bottle, but I'll stay far, far away from anything by Forest Glen. I don't know what fit of optimism brought this into my house.

posted by Chris Rachael Oseland at 9:10 PM