Saturday, July 17, 2010
Bellum Providencia 2006
This red from Yecla (province of Murcia) in Southeastern Spain is made from the Monastrel grape. It is a very good wine indeed with lovely, subdued flavors of plum and dark berries, balanced by oak and soft tannins and with a distinctly nutty finish. Moreover, (will miracles never cease?), the price of $10.99 is well below anything I was able to locate on the net. It should be fine for another year or two, get it and drink it!
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Well, my friend, I'm having this lovely Spanish wine right this moment, and I'm sorry to say that I paid $18.95CDN for it.
Both your liquor board and mine--the infamous LCBO--are scoundrels and crooks who can barely turn a profit retailing booze, particularly in Ontario, even though the LCBO has a state-run monopoly. And, get this, the LCBO feels the need to waste taxpayers' dollars by advertising in glossy print inserts of newspapers as well as expensive radio advertising and a glossy magazine of their own making--even though they're the only game in town. (((sigh))).
Privatization of alcohol retailing is the only way to go.
That's why we visit NY state as much as possible.
Cheers,
Tim
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