August 29, 2006

Sideshow Wines or Freakshow Wines?

This weekend we stumbled across some wines at Shaws called Sideshow Wines. They had interesting labels, a cool gimmick (they're all blends, touted as "novelties and oddities from around the world") and a good price - around nine bucks. We picked up a couple bottles and gave them as a gift, one a white called the Juggler (Chenin Blanc/Chardonnay) and the other a red called the Puppetmaster (Syrah/Malbec). Sounded good on paper, and we were bummed we didn't get to check it out.

Then we got a call from our friend, not a wine drinker known for his refined palate (he claims to prefer his wines from a 5-gallon pail), to tell us he'd tried the Puppetmaster. His quote was that it "looked like Koolaid and tasted like shit...but I had another glass when I finished the first one." Not the ringing endorsement we might've hoped for, but we'll try to get our hands on a bottle, and if you want to get a little more info check out the dusty and not-recently-updated Sideshow Wines blog.

Update: We got a call from our friend's wife who was horrified about the above quote. She said the wine was actually quite good, but sweeter and not as full bodied as our friend like his wine to be - he's a dyed in the wool Cabernet drinker. She said she'd also tried the Juggler and quite liked it, saying it tasted like it cost more than nine bucks. So there you have it...we need to review these bad boys!

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