Bulletin Place Shiraz
Southeastern Australia

Producer: Evans Wine Company
Importer: Vineyard Brands
Year: 2007
Price: $10.99

Twist-off. Dark. Spicy and mellow. Medium body. Soft. Feeling more than a little bit like a loser, I enjoyed this one alone (unless you count the puppy) and it did the trick. A good, cheap wine for takeout sushi and a rom com, in which you indulge while your husband gorges on burgers and buckets of Bud at an after-work happy hour. All the while, his laundry spins in the dryer, unbeknownst to him, and the domestic goddess he somehow snagged plans her own happy hour with the girls for the following evening…