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I Consider myself a serious beer drinker and a novice in the world of wine drinking and my budget is definitely smaller than that of a serious wine connoisseur. The bottles I usually buy range between $10-$20, with a $20 Bottle being a bottle I buy for a special occassion. With this said I bought two bottles of the Simi 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon to enjoy over the Thanksgiving Holidays and paid $20 a piece for them.

My wife and I had a Simi wine with her father in Florida a couple of years ago. I honestly don’t know what the type was we had then.  It was a red and she liked it a lot and is always saying, “Get Simi, Get Simi.”  So, when I was doing my alcohol shopping for Thanksgiving this year and I had already gotten my beer selections of Troeg’s Mad Elf Christmas brew and Atlantic Brewing Company’s Coal Porter, I went for my wine and saw Simi and decided to splurge for my lady.  We had the first bottle with my parents and brother on Thanksgiving day.  We enjoyed the wine before our annual turkey dinner while we were snacking on some of my mom’s wonderful mexican dip and chips and hummus. The wine was definitely a hit with my family.  My wife loved it as much as she remembered and it fulfilled her “Get Simi, Get Simi” cravings.  My brother who probably has the most sophisticated tastes out of the group there loved it and mumbled something about berries and tasting wet and I thought hmmm, isn’t it liquid, but that’s beside the point.  I loved it and would describe it as being very smooth with no offensive bitter flavors, which I sometimes hear as being tannins as well as a nice berry taste that stuck with me for the period between sips.  I love wines that are smooth bordering on velvety with no bitterness and offering my tongue some suddle flavors to enjoy.  I definitely found that with this wine and would utter my wife’s words “Get Simi, Get Simi” along with her.  The second bottle was enjoyed two days later at my mother-in-laws house.  My brother-in-law got most of it and thought it was a good wine for the price.