I won’t flip flop on Flip Flop

/ June 10, 2015

We walked into the liquor store knowing we wanted the next label in our wine-expanding experiment.

I was pushing for 19 Crimes, suggested by my smart blogging friend Hollie.

My dear wife Karen was in for this interestingly named variety, so we closely looked over the Merlot shelves. That’s the grape we’ve been drinking together of late, switching over from Cabernet Sauvignon, which I still taste on my own.

Not to be found, this 19 Crimes.

Independent I wandered one aisle over to Cab Sav, and there it was to be had.

Karen wants Merlot, I have mentioned.

We settled upon Flip Flop, a big bottle, mostly because it looked a lot like Barefoot, the previous label in this grand scheme of palate growth, and a definite winner.

Ready for our consumption.

Ready for our consumption.

Flip Flop comes from the Left Coast of Chile, the label proudly declares.

I didn’t hate it.

I didn’t pour it down the sink.

In fact, I drank a second glass, being in the wine mood and all. I don’t think I got all scrunchie-faced, although I have been accused of such behavior while showing my distaste by my dear wife.

Two days later, a quarter-bottle still sits on the counter.

Barefoot need not beware.

I’m still looking forward to that 19 Crimes, Hollie.

What wine brands have you found meh? Drink it anyway or pour it out? Make a fish face or pretend you love it?

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31 thoughts on “I won’t flip flop on Flip Flop”

  9. I drink Barefoot a lot (that’s maybe bad wording). My favorite grapes are the cabernet saugvinon and pinot noir for the red, and chardonnay or pinot grigio for the whites. I used to like Riesling but lately it seems too sweet for me. I also used to like merlot, but it began to disagree with me. Anyway, I find that Cavit has a better pinot noir than Barefoot, and I think Cavit’s cabernet is a little better, too – at least in my non-expert opinion. I mostly stick with those two wineries because they offer individual-serving bottles, which makes it easy for me to limit myself to just one glass.

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  11. I have a bad habit of foraging through the discount cart of my favorite package store. So I have run into some real doozies. I usually use them to cook with. You might be surprised at how many un-drinkable wines can become eatable wines. Not all,but many.

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  12. Ha! I rarely experiment with wine. I do buy an occasional bottle of white wine but mostly stick to whiskey. I won’t turn down a cold beer either – although my dialysis makes me keep that to an occasional occurrence. Wine or whiskey I can drink as much as I please without any (except the normal) problems. My patient file at the hospital once got marked that I didn’t drink at all – Ha! The cancer doc said I should drink more (he suggested a glass of red wine per day) – I told him the file was wrong but I would still be willing to drink more – Ha!

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    • I like your doctor, Paul. My doctor told me that if a patient tells them they drink in moderation they mark down on your chart that you really get drunk every night. 🙂 I love my doctor, too. He’s a good one. I do my one glass of red wine, sometimes two. Not every night, though, not even here on vacation. I don’t ever do the whiskey. That was youngster foolishness. Beer, less than wine. Sorry your dialysis has messed up the pleasure of that first cold beer on a hot day for you. I still dig that feeling.

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  13. I had to pour out a Cocoban.. It is a red blend, as is the 19 crimes (19 crimes also has a cab that I haven’t tried) and it was on sale and had a pretty bottle. The sales guy said a lot of people said it was good. It was not. It tasted like gnawing on a two by four so the whole bottle went down the sink. It just about broke my heart to dump a whole bottle!

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