OK it took me forever to get this blog going because I had trouble to determine what day/way best to review. I also wanted to ensure once started I could commit to it. Today I decided, since I drink wine on Sundays naturally the unique weekly review begins today. Let's review the basics to understand why this lighthearted approach is different then most.
1. A dépanneur often shortened to "dep" is a convenience store, usually part of a chain, or an independently-run corner shop, general store in la belle province Quebec.
2. Wine Now grapes have been cultivated in Quebec for centuries, and in the last twenty years local wine production has taken off in a big way. We can buy wine almost anywhere here. Including our Deps. We love wine; it’s a part of our culture and in our daily lives. With bring your own wine restaurants all over the city; it’s a must to know your good picks. Yet good picks are better if they come at good price, and new flavors can be discovered with half the cents you may think you need. That's the idea of this review, a weekly wine survival blog, to keep the Chianti cheap! This week's two bottles in my brown paper bag are a red variety. The first; a "Nicolas Laloux ~ Les Chais 770" from the quaint village of Rougemeont Quebec.

Recognizable by its logo of what could be "Le Gentleman Bohème" riding a bicycle. I choose the red this go around, as pasta was on the mind for Sunday afternoon. As it is described in French at the back of the bottle Les Chais 770 is a wine of character. It's a simple tasting wine, with a slight pleasant fruity aftertaste. It is suggested to go with red meats, roasted chicken or pasta's. Selling @ my Dep for $9.79; it’s surely wine for "Le Gentleman Bohème". As I've seen it for cheaper. It went down well with my simple pasta, and old Sunday tunes. Give it a go!
My second was consumed with my early dinner of grilled spicy beef brochettes over some plain white rice.The name intrigued me to try, Sexy Lizard. Yet Sexy Lizard wasn’t sexy on taste. It really reminded me of the oak barrels they must have barely aged in from old Uruguay where the wine boasts to be from. For the $11.41 price, I hoped for something with less of a splinter taste on my tongue. Not a wine to impress, but a catchy name no doubt. Only if it were on sale for less then $8 would I repeat this one. So now you know the name of the game. I'll see you all next week with a brown paper bag, and more wine to go through.