万花筒 Kaleidoscope 2007-01-30&31, 精选香醇红酒

I'm Ed Deitch at the NBC Wine Tasting. When it comes to ordering wine in restaurants, I'm a real cheapskate. I know that wine is an important profit center for restaurants, but I just can't get used to the idea of those huge markups, three to four times the price I would pay for retail¹. So my little secret is I'll scan the wine list to see everything that's offered, but I will almost always go back to the first wine on the list which often isn't too well-known, but is usually the cheapest. I did this the other night, and I found a terrific cheap red wine.

Here it is, from Southern France the 2004 Saint-Chinian Grand Reserve from Maisn L'Aiglon. Now Saint-Chinian is named after the town of the same name in the L'Aiglon Region. I paid $28 for this one in a bistro at my neighborhood. They were selling it for 875 a glass. So it's an example of the bottle price almost always being cheaper if you are in your day and you are going to have a couple of glasses of wine yourself. But here's the astonishing thing. When I got home and started looking on the Internet, I found that the wine goes for as little as $6 to $7 a bottle if you buy it in a store. Now at that price, it's a real bargain.

The wine is a blend of three grapes common in southern France, Grenache, Syrah and Carignan. It has pretty aromas² and tastes including blueberry, raspberry and touches of pepper and herbs. It's got nice complexity³ for the price. We had it with steak and leg of lamb; it will also match well with roast chicken and pork. I scrolled⁴ it around in an ice bucket for a few minutes; bringing the temperature down a bit to make it more refreshing⁵. Ultimately we had a very good dinner with excellent food and a satisfying bottle of wine that I will be buying again. Only this time to enjoy at home at well under $10 a bottle.

For more on this wine and many other reviews, go to my weekly column at wine.msnbc.com. Question your comment; you can email me at [email protected]. For now, I'm Ed Deitch. I'll see you at our next NBC Wine Tasting.

1 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

2 aromas   

n.芳香( aroma的名词复数 )；气味；风味；韵味

参考例句：

• Intoxicating earth aromas induced lassitude and ethereal calm. 泥土的醉人的芳香叫人懒洋洋的，感到一种远离尘世的宁静。 来自辞典例句
• Nose and elegant nose with attractive fruity, floral and citrus fruit aromas. 芳香：优雅、馥郁、迷人的柑橘属水果的果香及花的清香。 来自互联网

3 complexity   

n.复杂(性)，复杂的事物

参考例句：

• Only now did he understand the full complexity of the problem.直到现在他才明白这一问题的全部复杂性。
• The complexity of the road map puzzled me.错综复杂的公路图把我搞糊涂了。

4 scrolled   

adj.具有涡卷装饰的v.（电脑屏幕上）从上到下移动（资料等），卷页( scroll的过去式和过去分词 )；（似卷轴般）卷起；（像展开卷轴般地）将文字显示于屏幕

参考例句：

• Wherever the drop target can possibly be scrolled offscreen, the program needs to auto-scroll. 无论拖放的目标对象是否在屏幕之外，程序都需要自动滚动。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• If It'still is then you've not scrolled up enough lines. 如果还在说明你向上滚动的行数不够。 来自互联网

5 refreshing   

adj.使精神振作的，使人清爽的，使人喜欢的

参考例句：

• I find it'so refreshing to work with young people in this department.我发现和这一部门的青年一起工作令人精神振奋。
• The water was cold and wonderfully refreshing.水很涼，特别解乏提神。