Favorite Wine
Barton and Guestier is my favorite bottler. I pretty much like all of their wine. I especially like the chardonnay, which is very dry and clean tasting. I really dislike wines with a woody aftertaste, which are very popular and easy to find. bleck.
Barton and Guestier Label
Today at the grocery store… I could not find the Barton and Guestier. The horror. A while ago, they did this terrible thing. They changed the label. The odds against me knowing the name of the bottler are astronomical in the first place. But changing the label makes my odds of finding the brand ever again somewhere near zero.
Then, the store rearranged all of the wines, rearranged the entire wine section.
I did eventually find the Barton and Guestier brand, with two different labels, one bright and colorful and the other very fancy looking. Neither of them were chardonnay.
I am seriously bummed. I sadly examined the Australian wines and decided no, because I’ve already tried them. I decided against several French and Italian brands because they had only pouilly-fuisse and vouvray and pinot grigio and I wanted chardonnay.
I finally purchased some French brand called Red Bicyclette, which makes me slightly suspicious, because shouldn’t it be la bicyclette rouge? I will ignore that and call it marketing. I haven’t tried it yet.
First, I have no suggestions as I detest very dry wines, especially Chardonnay. I think it tastes like stomach acid. I can only imagine how frustrating that could be. Here, in TN, wine is not sold in grocery stores so at the liquor store I can always found help. In Athens, I spent many an hour at Kroger browsing wines. For white wine, I’m rather to loyal to Hogue.
2. The Red Bicyclette reminds me when I stayed at Paris, in Las Vegas. The entire casino is crappy French marketing. One game, advertising a free car, had a huge sign that said, “Win le Car.” It drove my French speaking best friend crazy the whole time. I still say it to irritate her.