Monday, July 28, 2014

Horsey wine alert: Dark Horse Cabernet Sauvignon

I pulled this bottle of Dark Horse Cabernet off the shelf because of the name (obviously), considered buying it because it is a Cabernet and it is from California (check and check, two of my favorites), and I ultimately made the purchase because it was on sale for under $10! Score! And you know what? I tried it last night and it was actually pretty good.


Plus the graphic artist in me loves how their logo uses a champagne flute as the horse's blaze (even though to be technical a wine glass would have been more fitting). Very cute :)

7 comments:

  1. I am guilty of buying wine simply because of the fact it has horse related name or label. I'll have to look for this one!

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  2. A few weeks ago a conference was serving 14 hands wine and I got SUPER excited. The bartenders probably thought I was crazy! Great find!

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    1. I think 14 hands is pretty popular at conferences/weddings/etc which is good because it's not a horrible wine and it's horsey! I've tried several of theirs

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  3. Glad I'm not the only who buys things based on the label. My husband used to question, now he just rolls his eyes. LOL I didn't even notice the flute until you said something, pretty neat "trick".

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    1. I will always buy a horse wine if it's not too expensive, just because! I've tried several different versions of 14 hands so far (not bad) plus another one called "Horse Heaven Hills" and a few from "Wild Horse" (that I can remember off the top of my head). Wild Horse was pretty good too.

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  4. I always buy the horse wine hahaha 14 hands is a common one I see!

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