I hope the poetry gods will pardon my liberties with this verse.  But I’m very excited about my latest find: the half-gallon jug of wine from Wine Garage.  A few months back, I jumped at a Wine Garage email promotion and ordered three half-gallon jugs of their custom-blended wines, priced at $29.99.

I picked up Wine Garage’s B1 blend: a few classic Bordeaux grapes (Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenere, Merlot and Petit Verdot) blended together to make one darn yummy end product.

Wine Garage carries a wide selection of bargains (under $25 bottles) from Sonoma and Napa, and from as far afield as Paso Robles, Lodi, the Sierra Foothills and Mendocino County.  In addition to their “blends on tap,” The Wine Garage produces a line of its own wines from grapes they crush. For reds they offer a Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir, Napa Valley Zinfandel and Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon; there are also two whites, Joy Ride, a lively blend of Albarino, Sauvignon Blanc, Viognier and Muscat, and a 2008 Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc.

Two big thumbs up for the jug ‘o wines!  But I’m bitter than no one in New England has figured out a way to custom blend wines that can be sold on tap in dinner party-convenient jugs.