I have a closet full of free wine, samples from producers who want me to try their stuff and write about it. But I use my money to buy Solaz — and a lot of it. And why is that?
Because it’s cheap, around $7 (available at Central Market and Albertson’s). And it’s well-made. And it tastes good. What more can a wine drinker ask for?
Solaz is the wonderfully inexpensive wine brand from Spain’s Osborne, one of my favorite producers. The various red blends have long been in the $10 Wine Hall of Fame, and the white has been in a couple of years. It’s made from the viura grape, a mostly Spanish varietal that produces clean, crisp and floral wines with just a bit of apple fruit. Serve this chilled with salads (I had it the other night with a chef’s salad with Russian dressing), Mediterranean food like hummus or bulgur salad, or on its own.
