i love cono sur wine. it is from chili, and it is cheap and all get out, but it is GOOD cheap. like. best by far of the bottles consistently under $10.00. better, even, than many of the $12-$15. bottles. if you're gonna be cheap about wine: drink cono sur. i am especially a fan of their viognier.
well! the other day i went to buy myself a bottle of wine at the local LCBO, as you do, and it was like a tiny miracle of wine wonderful when i found this:
first! i've never seen a cono sur 'reserve' label before... so. that's already exciting. i've also never seen a cono sur rosé. second. it was all by itself. in with the whites. from australia. there wasn't a price tag for it there (of course. this ain't italian!) or in the actual cono sur section. there wasn't a spot for it in amongst the 'vintage' wines... where did it come from? nobody knows. and the label is a bit battered. and a bit dirty. like it's been through some stuff, you know? like it really had to go through something to get itself out there, on that shelf with the australian whites. (yes, sometimes i personify the struggles of my bottles of wine. sometimes i personify every object i am near. sometimes i have a hard time controlling my emotions in response to inanimate objects and their hard hard lives.) ANYWAYS! battered. cellared? who even knows. third! check out that label! really look at it! how good is that picture?! the shadow of the bike being the primary image?! the 'actual' bike being the underline to the shadow?! brilliant. well played cono sur.
and fourth. i went to the till hoping it would not be a million dollars (or, over $15.)... and, lo! it was $9.99!!! steals of deals! mystery deals!
so. i haven't cracked the bottle yet. i have no idea if it'll be good or not. maybe it'll be sickly sweet and gross. but already it's the most satisfying bottle of wine i've bought. so. who even cares?! not me.
2 comments:
Any wine with a bike on the lable is alright by me!
Can you save it for my visit? Pretty please.
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