WHITE WINE PANIC!

Okay, so you get home with your hot Chinese Take-Out, and then you realize you forgot the wine!  AHAHHHHHH!  You can’t eat Chinese food without a chilled glass of white to wash down the spicy eastern seasonings.  In desperation you accept that any white will do, a Pinot Grigio, a Chardonnay, a Riesling perhaps; you’d even settle for something marked ‘White Table Wine’! 

And then it happens, the magic in the way way back part of your fridge.  You see it green and tall, shinning like a lighthouse beacon, beckoning for your fumbling hand.  Salivating, you graciously accept that what ever it is will be welcome, a salvation for your meal from the Orient.  Now let’s see, what did you pull out?

[Barry in a smoking jacket with a monocle, wiping clear the condensation, then blowing the dry make-believe dust from its soggy label..]

A 2008 Charles Shaw Sauvignon Blanc!  Hmmmmm, normally red ‘Two-Buck’ doesn’t fair well when taste-tested along side its peers.  But, this is a white Two-Bucker, and I’m desperate.  So I’ll uncork it and see.  No time to breathe, just pop—pour—and—chug!

Well, what an unexpected and welcome surprise.  The wine was crisp, clean, aromatic, fruity, and played well with my palate’s salty Asian playmates.  It rescued my meal and saved the day!