August 9, 2006

Wine X Weekly Email Blast is 'Da Bomb'

A little while back we covered a story about not judging wine by its label, which we found over at Wine X magazine. Until then we hadn't been familiar with the publication and we liked what we'd seen so far, so we jumped on the mailing list for their weekly email blast to see if it was any good. Turns out we're glad we did, and we think you'll dig it too.

Some of the blast is pretty standard, with stories they've covered recently and all that, and that's cool. But where we found the most value was in the X-Rated Wines section, which has the tagline "Wines that normal, grocery-store going folk can actually find, buy and drink." Sounds like us, right?

They review five wines they've found in a week, rating them on a scale of X (Gets it Done), XX (Fo' Shizzle) and XXX (Da Bomb), and offering short tasting notes as well as the ability to save the information for later. Plus, every single wine they blasted about this week was $15 or less. We'll include a couple of this week's picks below so you can get the drift, and we recommend you sign up ASAP (check for "Blast X Me" at the top right of the page).

XXX. York Mountain
2003 Pinot Noir
San Luis Obispo County $15
Liquid love.

XXX. Babcock
2005 Pinot Grigio
Santa Rita Hills $15
Tastier than a food fight at the Playboy Mansion... and the best part is lickin' it clean.

XX. Courtney Benham (Martin Ray)
2004 Sauvignon Blanc
Napa Valley $14
On a hayride with the short shorts girls - crisp, smooth and long on the legs. Close to XXX.

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