Summer Wine Groove #1

Instructions:
1) Download song.
2) Procure bottle. (All are less than $20; theme is refreshing whites.)
3) Chill bottle (in freezer, if necessary, but then you MUST NOT FORGET bottle is in freezer.)
4) Put the baby(ies) to bed.
5) Pour glass.
6) Sit down.
7) Play song on repeat.
8) Drink wine.
9) REMAIN SEATED for the entire consumption of the glass of wine. You can do it. Try to sip slowly.
10) Thank me.

If you are the kind of person who does not believe that playing a good song on repeat for 15 minutes is fun, go read some other blog!

Today's wine is the Aresti Sauvignon Blanc 2009, out of Chile. I generally love Chilean whites, but I thank my friend Cindy for her reminder about the excellence of this variety. Just when I was getting bored with torrontes and albarinos (We've drunk little else for the past several summers.), Cindy had dinner with my wife and gave this excellent tip: "Drink more sauvignon blanc." I'm not sure if those were her exact words. She probably had a more clever delivery, but I got the message.

Most good sauvys come from New Zealand, I'm told, and I've loved the few I've tried. But for ten dollars, I like the Aresti, which is almost as good, though getting hard to find. If you can't get the 2009, I'd have faith in the 2010 as well. The Aresti is less floral and quieter than the New Zealand stuff, but has a crispness that I sometimes prefer to the full mouth of the New Zealand ones. At the end of a day, I want a wine that isn't a Myriad of Contradiction. But now I sound like I know what I'm talking about, which couldn't be further from the truth, so let's move on to the song.

We are listening to "Boogie Oogie Oogie" by A Taste of Honey. Make sure you get the single version. In addition to the classic funk bass line, I chose this song because it contains an Truly Important Message. You think I'm kidding, don't you? But I'm not.