A lost wine for the Appalachian Trail?

Lost Vineyards Malbec/Bonarda
I saw this wine at Kroger during a 10 for $10 hunting expedition. “Lost Vineyards of the World”? I guess Indiana Jones didn’t have anything to do after stopping Nazi’s and Communists and started a new career searching out lost vineyards. That is a popular thing to do I guess. How can you make a $2.97 wine in Argentina that tastes this good? This must have puzzled the South Carolina governor as well. So much that he had to visit Argentina and see this lost vineyard for himself.

That is the only logical explanation why a successful businessman, member of the Air Force Reserve, father of four and potential presidential candidate would take off and not let anyone know where he was going. Hmmmm. I guess he didn’t want the Bible-thumpers in South Carolina to know he was looking to solve the mystery on how a $2.97 wine this good could make it to grocery store shelves in his home state. Besides, its way too hot to be drinking red wine on the Appalachian Trial.

I like the wine. It is very robust and fruity with a flavor that isn’t like any Cab or Merlot. I’ve found that you could do a blind taste test on many under $10 red wines and most people couldn’t tell you which was the Cab and which was the Merlot. This wine you know is not a Cab or a Merlot. I really like this wine. I might like this at $6.

This time of year it is too hot to drink heavy red wines. I don’t drink that much white wine because Mrs. Dan doesn’t drink that much white wine and I don’t like having the responsibility of finishing a bottle since as a cheap bastard I can’t let it go to waste. This wine, served at room temperature, or slightly chilled, slightly I say, maybe down to 60 degrees, is a nice compromise without having to drink chilled white wine.

Okay, some people would probably hit their computer screens after I recommending chilling a red wine that has some very bold flavors. It’s in the 90’s out there. Get real. I like the smooth dark fruit flavors at the start and the slightly crisp finish. The aroma matches the taste.

I doubt this was a lost vineyard. I suspect it was more like “We got way too many grapes left over for our really expensive wine so let’s leave out the oak casking and extra steps, use these really good grapes to make a quick wine, send it to an importer in the USA who can slap on a cool marketing-smart label and sell it by the case.” Either that or the grapes fell off the back of the truck and mysteriously wound up in the US. Check out their website. Looks like some lost grapes fell off the truck in Spain, Italy, Portugal and soon to fall off in France.

For $2.97 you can buy some for your mother-in-law.

Here’s to you “guv-nah”. Thanks for taking such great personal risks to find this lost vineyard for all of us.
From: Argentina
Winery: Lost Vineyards of the World
Cost: $2.97

Score: 3 Corks
Dan’s Rating System:

1 Cork: Serve it to Democrats you don’t like
2 Corks: Serve it to your loyal staff who can’t get the story straight
3 Corks: Yummy. Great for your family (and extended family)

3 Responses to “A lost wine for the Appalachian Trail?”

1. QuirkyKork says:

   June 25, 2009 at 11:12 pm

   OK….need to get your facts straight…..he wasn’t a doctor and only had 4 kids……you know an Argentine tale would sound like Appalachian Trail on a fuzzy cell phone……
2. Cheap Bastard says:

   June 25, 2009 at 11:49 pm

   You are quite correct. The confusion on him being a doctor comes from a story several years ago during the second Gulf War on whether or not he would have to report if his Air Force Reserve unit was called up. His unit is a medical evacuation group. Some how it got stuck in my head he was a doctor in that unit. I stand corrected on this and the number of children. You might have also stumbled on how his staff got the facts wrong….. Argentine tail might have sounded like Appalachian Trail…. I could keep on going with this but I better cut my loses.
3. WineMonger says:

   July 11, 2009 at 11:14 am

   Funny response!