Good Arbor

I am drinking a wine called Pergolas, Crianza, Old Vine Tempranillo, 2000, and feeling sorry for paying more for wines before. Now is the height of summer, time of the grill and spicy food. This is just the wine we need, a true food wine. It is a ripe, soft and well-structured wine from Valdepeñas, Spain. At ten dollars, it is perhaps the best wine value I have come across in the past 20 years. Why can’t other people make wine this good at this price? What can’t everybody make wines this good at twice the price? This is the kind of wine that everybody used to drink: good, solid and unpretentious. My summer will be great as soon as I get my hands on a few more of these bottles.