Wine Black Friday?

After stuffing myself with a fantastic Thanksgiving meal and some great wine (I’ll tell you about the wine on Monday), do you think I jumped in the car to camp out in front of my local Best Buy to take advantage of the great Black Friday deals?Hell no. None of the ‘deals’ were good enough to get me to break out the camping gear and set it up in the mall parking lot. In the age of internet shopping it’s not that hard to find a good price on a flat screen TV or a GPS unit. And I have no patience to deal with the insane crowds of people; once again, internet shopping allows me to bypass all that craziness.

Instead, I sought out a deal on a nice rosé (yes, a rosé; it’s still in the high 70’s here in Southern California). I found this little gem, the 2008 Celler el Masroig “Les Sorts” from the Montsant region of Spain, on sale at K&L for 1/3 off. Now that’s a deal! 90% Grenache and 10% Carinena; a nice, light taste of strawberries and berries, and a good bottle to have on this balmy day in Los Angeles.

K&L has a fresh lot of wines in their ‘inventory clearance’ section, so if you’re in the mood for getting some wine deals on this black Friday, that would be a good place to grab a bargain from the comfort of your home.

Other places to check for bargains include at your local Ikea, where a set of 6 ‘SVALKA’ red wine glasses is only $1.99, today only. Also today only, Wine.com has ’select holiday gifts’ up to 25% and Winemonger.com is offering some black Friday deals for today, and some that continue through the weekend.

Enjoy your black Friday. Open a nice bottle that you got on sale and heat up some leftovers. That’s what I’m doing…