Little Black Dress Pinot Noir

Little Black Dresses and Red Wine!!! What more could a man ask for? Except a bottle of red wine (Pinot Noir) named Little Black Dress.


What a damn concept and the wine is not bad either.


I happened upon this wine in a very strange and unusual way. I think maybe this wine and I was supposed to meet.


Not but a few days ago I had one of my vendors ask if I've tried this wine yet and was wondering if it might fit onto one of the restaurants wine lists in the company I work for. I didn't really have time to sit and taste the wine with him at that time but promised him I would stop on my way home and pick up a bottle to try.

I swear I wasn't home but 15 minutes when my wife called and asked if I would stop and pick up a bottle of new wine called........ you guessed it, Little Black Dress. She had just received a fax from her corporate office informing her that the restaurant chain she works for was now going to start carrying this wine. She wanted me to try it and give her a review of it that she could pass on to her staff.

It was hard for me to stop laughing long enough to tell her that I just popped the cork on a bottle of said wine.

Needless to say I did not put it on any of the wine lists but my own.

I found the clove and cherry  aromas enticing along with the light floral notes. It has a very decent pallet of strawberry jam and pomegranate. The finish is sophisticated yet friendly with the etiquette to fit in anywhere.

In fact, I am on my third bottle since first trying this wine and writing this post!

Cheers!.






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Crane Lake Pinot Noir

This wine was under $4.00 so I was a bit skeptical about trying it but some of my wine slob friends kept telling how decent it was for the price.

I must admit it was a lot better than I expected.  It was a bit weak but for a cheap pinot you have to expect that. Had nice nose and decent fruit flavor but the finish was a tad short.

This would be a great wine to serve at a barbeque where you plan on serving lots of wine.  You can bet that I will keep a few bottles on hand when my cheap "oh I left my wine on the counter at home "  friends stop by.

I had to do a search on this wine and I was impressed with the number of positive reviews that it receives.  Heck even many of the high dollar wines don't receive this many reviews. (Google Crane Lake wine)

This wine is produced by Bronco wines which bottles many brands of wines including Two Buck Chuck of Trader Joe fame. The CEO is Fred Franzia nephew of Ernest Gallo.

Fred Franzia hit it on the head when he said "I don't make wine to put in a closet. We sell wine to drink"

I will drink to that!

Go ahead and pick up a bottle or two it's well worth it.



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