Just do Me!
Surfing the blogosphere is tough work. It is always a more palatable endeavor when paired with a glass of red wine. We have been fortunate enough to drink lots of killer juice over the years, helped in part by our ability to score allocations from such esteemed Napa properties as Shafer Vineyards and Harlan Estate.
A steady escalation in the release prices of their flagship wines has us questioning our staying power on their coveted mailing lists. If you don’t order the current release they throw you under the bus and delete your contact information. Which is a bitch when it takes nearly a decade of waiting to make the cut. Harlan “invited” me to purchase their 2004 Cabernet at $350 per bottle, which causes even Masters of the Universe to blink. After you pay for the wine they are kind enough to release to you...about a year later. These winemakers likely trained as accountants too given the working capital benefit of this arrangement.
But trophy wines are unsuitable for everyday drinking given the prohibitive cost. Thus we find it necessary from time to time to go slumming in the under $50 a bottle category. The wine aisles at retail can get a little seedy at this price point, kind of like Times Square circa 1991, before the Disney-fication of NYC. Lots of shifty people exchanging furtive glances at prices.
After months of breathless anticipation, we finally had a chance to try the debut vintage of Sogno Uno, a $42 wine at retail (Buy it here). A wine that in theory should leave us hot and bothered.
Savanna Samson is likely a familiar face to many degenerate readers of UTC. You don’t know her from her ballerina days, but likely spent quality time with her at Scores when she danced there. With nearly 30 movies to her credit, including our personal fave Just do Me!, she has deftly managed her career without becoming as overexposed and nauseating as say, Paris Hilton.
Savanna made quite a splash earlier this year when the inaugural release of her wine, Sogno Uno, snared a 91 point score from wine critic Robert Parker. This garnered her a wider audience…
The release of the wine was held up for several months by government authorities because of the controversial label, which features the fetching Ms. Samson in a provocative pose. Racy stuff, but hardly pornographic.
We like the wine but will spare you a pithy tasting note. Lets just say it was voluptuous and worthy of a 34-C rating, which coincidently is in line with Savanna’s ample endowment.
