Making Your Own Wine Blends?

If you drink a fair bit of wine, you may find yourself with a quarter bottle or less across several bottles yearning to be enjoyed. If you were smart and Vacu-vined your wines, they should be pretty close to the day you opened them. I encountered a similar situation last night, but I only had enough wine in two bottles for one glass. What to do?

Blends are very popular these days, Cab/Shiraz, Shiraz/Viognier, Cab/Merlot, the list goes on and on. To me blends are like children, they tend to take the best characteristics from each parent and make something prettier than the original. Wine blends also add a little variety and complexity to wine.

Last night I had California Cab and Aussie Shiraz remnants, and figured what the hell, let's mix'em! I must say it was one enjoyable glass of wine. I enjoyed it so much, I might play Mr. Wizard with my wines a little more often.

Cheers!