My father-in-law brought this bottle back from a camping trip in New Hampshire. It is a novelty. It’s the first low sulfite, organic wine I’ve ever had…

This Portugese blend is from the Trincadeira, Aragones and Alfrocheiro grapes. Fairly obscure stuff…

This is an interesting looking bottle from one of my favorite new-ish wine regions, South Africa. The color is a deep plum color and the aroma is sweet, almost like cotton candy or those circus peanut candies…

Deep purplish color with a fruity and slightly spicy aroma. Has a smooth flavor with some fruit and soft tannins toward the short finish…

Deep purplish color and smells like dark berries and salted pork…

A blend of 75% Merlot and 25% Cabernet Sauvignon with a nice little story explaining the name on the back of the bottle…

I almost had my first accidental re-tasting of the same wine. I thought Protocolo sounded familiar but I wasn’t sure so I bought it. It turns out that the wine I had reviewed was the previous vintage but I had also failed to remember that I didn’t like it…

This stuff is different for sure. It is half tempranillo and half monastrell and has a nice purplish color. It has a dramatic herbal aroma that I can’t quite describe and that I haven’t experienced before in a wine…

This is a wine from southern Italy in Puglia, all the way down in the heel of the boot. It is blended from 80% Negroamaro and 20% Malvasia Nera grapes. Admittedly, I’ve never heard of either…

I have high expectations here because the Wine Spectator rated this a “Smart Buy” and gave it 90 points, which is a terrific rating for any wine, much less one that costs under $10…