I am enjoying trying the different types of wine here. Although Mexico is not known for its wines, in a few days there will be a wine festival here so I’m hoping there will be tastings.
I bought a litre bottle of white wine for 45 pesos, mainly because it came in a carafe-style bottle with a lid, and I wanted but hadn’t been able to find a carafe anywhere. The wine turned out to be quite drinkable, a bit sweetish although that’s certainly preferable to being like vinegar.
The 1.5 litre bottle of sparkling peach wine for 65 pesos was also surprisingly tasty. Again I bought it for the gorgeous bottle. It’s starting to sound like a habit.
The lambruscos imported from Italy have all been good, and at about 70 pesos a bottle they are quite reasonable. Wines imported from Chile and Argentina are usually in the 80-120 peso range. Casks (Chateau cardboard we call them in Australia, and the quality is excellent) don’t seem to have arrived here, but I have seen some 2lt bottles which I might try now I have a carafe. But I’ll certainly need my trolley to bring home a glass bottle with 2lt of wine, and I don’t know how it will go bouncing up the steps to casa mia.
I’m definitely drinking more water here in a hot climate, even bringing home 4lt bottles at a time, but I do like a glass of wine with dinner. I am reminded of a cutting I tore out of a magazine recently:
In wine there is wisdom
In beer there is freedom
In water there is bacteria
Happy drinking!
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