This one was recommended to me by Patrick. When the first sips hit my tongue I realized that wine appreciation doesn’t have to be an arcane art. I can actually tell a good wine from a bad one. This Brazilian red is, I think, amazingly good for a $10 bottle. The word I think of when I drink it is “soft.” It’s gentle but certainly not insipid. Whereas some I’ve drunk recently have been a struggle (the Australian), this is so gentle, even subtle, so beguiling, that I think I would certainly be capable of downing the entire bottle at a sitting, though I’ve shown more restraint than that, consuming it as I have in the middle of a work week.
