Eponymously named after Bartholomew Broadbent, son of English wine critic Michael Broadbent, this Vinho Verde is produced from Loureiro, Trajadura and Arinto grapes sourced from contract growers. I purchased this wine, on sale, in a local supermarket for $5.70 a week ago - I noticed today that it was $6.99. Is it worth it? Yes, and no. I can procure a bottle of Gazela Vinho Verde for $3.99 in a different supermarket and it is actually a slightly better wine, so I'm going to stick with the Gazela, (as every time I drink it I am reminded of how much I like it). The Broadbent was very nice though.
6 comments:
Vinho Verde in NH seems to be over priced; the Broadbent is $9.99, and the cheapest other is $6.30.
Gazela V.V. is one of the great values in wine. It is my aperetif while I cook: a few ounces of Gazela and some seltzer make these humid 90 degree F. days bearable, and often bareable too!
Dennis, those New Hampshire prices are robbery.
NHW: The list price in the supermarket say $10.99 (I think), but it never sells that high.
Tomasso: If I buy 6 Gazela at once the bottle price goes down to $3.59, a bargain!
Got to 101° here last Monday, but a pretty dry heat, just a little humidity from Hurricane Blanca.
When Johnny Carson moved from NY to LA he complained about the LA heat but was told yeah, but it's dry heat. His repsonse: oven heat is dry too...but it still cooks.
Tomasso: Yes, but I'd rather be crispy than soggy!
VG: when I lived in Tehran, the thing I love most was the dry, desert heat (that, and the Riesling).
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