Rich R wrote:

> Tonight we are having chile, which will last for a couple of days. The wine
> of choice, Brancott SB. 11.00 US

Nice wine. Our everyday SB is the Villa Maria 2002 Private Bin, which around
here costs about US$12.

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> Last night we made some home made pizzas. Took about 30 minutes. Cline Zin
> or Cline Red Truck.

The Cline CA and Ancient Vines Zins are also great values, especially the
2001s. Our recent house reds have been Cotes du Rhones from Domaine de
L'Espigouette and Ravenswood 2001 Vintners Blend.

So much depends on what you eat, however. We tend to eat more vegetables and
birds, so we tend not to need as many Cabernets as many might. The other
factor is that we now have enough older wines in the cellar that we can pull
out a few wines every week and not worry about depleting the supply -- so our
"everyday" wines are in part things from the cellar now... ;-)

Mark Lipton