Let's Go Shopping... for Booze!

[canyonwalker]

I mentioned Friday night that part of my (sparse) plans for this weekend were to do a bit of shopping. That included one of my favorite kinds of shopping: shopping for booze! Between a Costco run yesterday (where we also bought lots of non-booze stuff) and a visit to Total Wine today I hauled in these 9 bottles:



That big vodka bottle at the back came from Costco, the rest I bought at Total Wine.

That vodka bottle is big. It may not look so big at the back of the lineup above, so here's me holding it up in my hand.



This monstrosity is just a 1.75L portion. The style of the bottle makes it look bigger than it is. I've bought 1.75L bottles before without feeling so... worried about my liver 😂. Alas it's the only size Costco sells, and I've wanted to try their French style vodka for years. So here we are. At least it's inexpensive (part of the point of buying the Costco big bottle!) so If I don't like it I won't feel bad about throwing it away. Or maybe I'll just take a few almost-full bottles of liquor I haven't cared for and donate them to the homeless.

Comments

[ihavenoarms]

thank i had the wine the 3 one from the right

[canyonwalker]

The Radius Merlot? I picked that up on a store employee recommendation. How did you like it?

[ihavenoarms]

it was good

[culfinriel]

I like Salice Salentino a lot for cooking with red wine.

[canyonwalker]

Sunday was my first experience with it. The store had it as one of four wines at a tasting display. I hesitated to bother with the tasting but when I saw two varieties that were new to me I decided to try it. The Salice Salentino blew me away with how good it was. It's got a light (for a red), approachable flavor that makes it suitable for drinking as an aperitif with enough structure and acidity to pair well with a variety of rich food. I bought two bottles and opened the first last night to go with a dinner of ravioli and meat sauce I cooked.