It's okay to drink the same wine twice.

No, really.

The lack of posting has come from a desire to resample some of the better wines we've had this year.
This week was a veritable festival of Had Before wines.
We begin with the Tannat Amat ($$), which we've mentioned before, and have had at 116 Crown. Find it. Buy it. 'Tis good, yes?
We also had the Bastianich Vespa Rosso ($$), which, yes, was also mentioned before. We had it at Cafe Goodfellas the first time, but special ordered it from Chatham Wine and Spirit. You'll probably have to special order it, as no one else watches that crazy Italian cooking show with Lidia Bastianich (the winemaker's mother). Tell your trusted Wine shop it's distributed by Worldwide, which is now owned by Brescome & Barton, but still has it's own book. If your wine shop doesn't know what this means, switch wine shops.
Other wines previously sampled were, Bodegas Can Blau ($$)and Ferrari Carrano Fume Blanc ($$) which is on the wine list at Portofino on State St.

There was also quite a bit of beer. Good, American Beer. Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA ($) and Orlio Organic IPA ($) are both great examples of a "good, American beer" -- slightly hoppy, moderate alcohol content, and quite drinkable from the bottle. Besides these two, the only beer I'd want with me on a deserted island would be Rogue's Dead Guy Ale ($) which pretty much falls into the same category, with a little plus-sign in the hoppy category.