Lulu B. Pinot Noir 2004 (France)

Purchased for $8.99 at the Cork & Cap liquor store in Ft. Lupton, Colorado, enjoyed at Bob's apartment in a solo drinking of the whole bottle.

This is one of the new French wines marketed in the new world wine style, with the Pinot Noir directly on the label. From the Lulu B. Wine website comes this quote

I am the daughter of famed French winemaker Louis Bernard, so I was lucky to grow up with a rich heritage of winemaking traditions. After studying in France, I toured the world's wine regions, seeing new vineyards, meeting new winemakers and learning new world winemaking practices.

Having satisfied my need to discover, learn and explore, I returned home to my family's estate and let my renewed motivation take over.

My Syrah, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir wines are a warm and sunny expression of my Southern French terroir with the best of the New World which makes them delightful, delicious and captivating.

On to the tasting! This wine has black cherry on the nose with black cherry and grape flavors on the palate. This wine is deep with some tannin and light earthiness, not overly complex. The finish is dry and tapers off nicely. Good Pinot, good value, I give it a B! I definitely want to try their other varieties.

Biaggi's

Thursday night we went out with people from Katie's work at a nice italian restaurant Biaggi's Ristorante Italiano. Wonderful place to eat, has great atmosphere, perfect lighting, wonderful walnut trim, just a great place to enjoy a good evening out with friends. I enjoyed the Chilean Sea Bass while my wife had the N.Y. Strip steak. The Bass was a wonderful choice, the steak needed A-1. I especially enjoyed the vegetables they substituted for the seared spinach, seared green beans and red peppers. The garlic mashed potatoes were wonderful too. I wouldn't recommened the steak, they didn't get the veggies or potatoes right, and the steak wasn't juicy. Biaggi's does have good Calamari Fritti (breaded fried squid), didn't even need the sauce it came with. They also have a wonderful bread to get you started while waiting for your meal, the bread is dipped in olive oil with a mix of parmesan cheeses, salt, and pepper. So, of course you want to hear about the wine. I had a glass of Vermentino, Argiolas “Costamolino”, from Italy. From the menu description "Ripe and exotic fruit with salty sea breeze-like notes. A Sardinian classic." Went very well with the Chilean Sea Bass, good white wine, I recommend it with seafood dishes or it would go well with a nice chicken or light pasta meal. Yum, Yum!

Colorado Wine Country USA

I'm starting a new wine blog dedicated exclusively to Colorado wines, I'm going to call it Colorado Wine Country USA. el Catavinos will continue it's dedication to wine in general and I will be moving all Colorado postings to the new blog, enjoy!