White Zin lover

[Innkeeper]

Hi Southern, and welcome to the Wine Board. You are among a growing line of folks who have jumped right in at the merlot level, and I can't understand it. It is like going from peanut butter to oysters. It must be because it is so popular. Why is it so popular? It would take four paragraphs to explain, but believe me, it is for all the wrong reasons.

OK, with that out of my system, here's the same advice we've been passing out to the others. It is 2001 Beaujolais Nouveau season, at least to the end of the month. It is the easiest red wine to start with. Starting in February don't drink it. It is made to be drunk fast after release in November, and fades fast. Starting next month, look for 2000 Beaujolais (plain ole) or Beauolais Village. In Sam's today the 2000 Village was a dollar less than the 2001 Nouveau, which was ridiculous. I bought a lot of Village.