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September 1, 2005

Carlo is cool

I’ll go as far as to say he’s my paisano.

Here you have it, since more than a few of you asked about the wine I was drinking the other night. Below is a wine seller’s description of it.

A light-bodied chianti. The name means "friend."

Winemaker Notes
The lightest of our reds, Paisano also seems to show up most often at big family gatherings. [That’s because it is dirt cheep, how else could you get your big Italian family juiced up without going broke?] There’s something about the clean, easy-to-enjoy style and crisp raspberry taste of this wine that make it a favorite.

It is really nice though. It’s like punch or soda, certainly not fancy. We used to make fun of my parents for drinking it, now look at me. I couldn’t be a better example of the apple not falling far from the tree. I love ya’ ma.

Word of caution: wine is not a dieters friend. It has a lot of calories and when you lose your inhibitions, you throw your diet in the trash, light it on fire, and proceed to eat like the wind.

Check out my big jug of it below :-) I think I threw down 5 bucks for this bad boy. I should show progress charts on how fast I empty these jugs each month.

Posted by hopeful @ September 1, 2005 5:14 PM