Atlas Cumbres

Name: Atlas Cumbres

Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon

Region: Mendoza

Country: Argentina

Year: 2010

Price: $15; Sale - $6.95

Professional Review: Intense red color with violet highlights, with clean, fresh and complex aromas of berries, plums, figs and pepper. Strong personality is in perfect balance with a medium body and pleasant tannins. Ideal for red meats, cheeses and strong sauces.

My Review: I got spices, charred wood and earthy vegetables on the nose. Lots of spices on the palate. It was mideum to light in texture and had a wonderful finish. I had this wine at a tasting without a meal.

Georges DuBoeuf Beaujolais Nouveau

Name: Georges DuBoeuf Beaujolais Nouveau

Variety: Gamay

Region: Beaujolais

Country: France

Year: 2013

Price: $14; Sale - $3.95

Professional Review: Balanced and lightly creamy, offering pretty flavors of plum sauce and raspberry coulis threaded with hints of ground spice. Elegant, with a floral finish. Drink Now.

My Review: Lots of leafy vegetables with hints of sweet, light spices on the nose. No fruit on the palate. Tannins are good. It was light to medium bodied and there was almost no finish at all. I had this wine at a tasting without a meal.

Bricco dei Tati

Name: Bricco dei Tati

Variety: Barbera

Region: Treiso

Country: Italy

Year: 2012

Price: $7.95

Professional Review: Fresh with aromas of strawberries, cherries and rose petals. THis is ideal with shellfish, salads, chicken, and with appetizers.

My Review: I got roses and strawberry syrup on the nose. It was dry, acidic and almost vinegar like on the palate. It was light bodied and wasn't balanced. I didn't like the finish. It was dry, light and acidic. I had this wine at a tasting without a meal.

Frascati Volpetti

Name: Frascati Volpetti

Variety: Malvasia, Trebbiano

Region: Greco

Country: Italy

Year: 2012

Price: $7.95

Professional Review: Straw yellow in color with a soft, delicate perfume, fruitful flavor, dry and harmonious taste. Perfect with appetizers, soups, fish.

My Review: I got hints of peaches on the nose. It smelled like the peach syrup/water in those peach cans. On the palate I got hints of lemon, melon, citrus peel and orange peel. It was not acidic on the palate. It was light and well balanced with a great acidic finish. I had this wine at a tasting without a meal.

Heinz Eifel Shine

Name: Heinz Eifel Shine

Variety: Riesling

Region: Mosel Valley

Country: Germany

Year: 2012

Price: $15; Sale - $6.95

Professional Review: This drier-styled Riesling is bright, fruity, and floral with crisp acidity and clean flavors of apple, pear and peach that compliment its stony minerality and earthy complexity. It serves well as an aperitif and matches a wide variety of feeds, like lighter salad dishes, shellfish , cream sauces and also anything with a touch of spice.

My Review: There was hints of apple and pear on the nose. As usual, I got dish soap on the nose for this Riesling. It was semi-sweet, hints of lemon, apple, minerals on the palate. It was light in texture and finish. I had this wine at a tasting without a meal.

Bellafina Pink Moscato

Name: Bellafina Pink Moscato

Variety: Raboso, Muscat

Region: Veneto

Country: Italy

Year: N/A

Price: $9.95

Professional Review: A blend of Moscato and Rabosos grapes it has a pale rose color, notes of red berries (strawberry and raspberry), with the characteristic and fragrant bouquet and palate that is typical of the Moscato grape.

My Review: This moscato smelled like red berries, raspberry, rose and fragrant bouquet. On the palate, it tasted like a light lemon/lemonade, sprite, Italian soda. It was acidic on the front and light in texture. It had a great light finish. I really liked this wine and the fact that its sparkling made it even better. I enjoyed it. Then again I enjoy most of the moscatos I've ever tasted. I had this wine at a tasting without a meal.

Weinert Carascal

Name: Weinert Carascal

Variety: 40% Malbec, 35% Cab Sauv, 25% Merlot - Bordeaux Blend

Region: Mendoza

Country: Argentina

Year: 2008

Price: $13.95

Professional Review: Aged for two years in cask. It has a rustic blackberry, scorched earth and leather-scented bouquet with touches of pressed flowers. The palate is well balanced with crisp tannins, expressive black tarry fruit and a Bordeaux-like finish.

My Review: Interesting nose. I smelled what seemed like leather or wet/sweat leather, like a leather glove that was on your sweaty palms all day while you were moving cattle from Texas to Oklahoma. I also got hints of formaldehyde/the liquid that organs and dead bodies are stored in. You remember high school biology where you disected that fetal pig? Or ever visit that medical/body museums? Yea, it smelled like that. On the palate I got burnt wood and a TON of tannins. Interestingly enough, even with all that tannins, it was light bodied and I personally didn't like the finish. I wouldn't pay the $13.95 for this 2008 vintage wine. I had this wine at a tasting without a meal.