Wine Wednesday: Alamos Malbec vs Crios de Susana Balbo Malbec

Malbec is a wine varietal I really like. It tends to be flavorful but easy to drink and is generally a good value in the states - you can find a lot for $20 or less that are pretty good. I also went to Argentina last year, which is the premiere Malbec growing region in the world currently, and became familiar with a lot of the names of the producers. In the US, Malbec is currently becoming very popular according to our old pal Gary Vaynerchuk of Wine Library TV.

With that in mind, I tried two Malbecs from BevMo recently and had a pretty good experience: the Alamos Malbec '09 which was $9.99 at BevMo and the Crios de Susana Balbo Malbec '08 which was $12.99 at BevMo.

Wine and Cereal Pairing

Gary Vaynerchuk is at it again - in addition to strategizing about social media, Gary Vee's most famous gig is helming Wine Library TV. No matter what you think of wine and pairing it with food, you have to give him props for having the creativity and the cojones to ask the question "What wine pairs with cereal?" We are talking Cap'n Crunch, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, and Lucky Charms... is this as cool to you as it is to me?



(Can't find a way to embed it so just click the link to see the video)