Three reds that don't need a special occasion.
These are your Tuesday-through-Thursday wines. The ones you open without thinking about it, the ones that go with whatever you're making — roast chicken, pasta with sausage, tacos, a sheet pan of something with too much garlic. You don't need to decant these or talk about them. Just pour and eat.
What's inside:
2025 Santa Barbara County Pinot Noir ($38) — The lightest of the three. Drink it slightly cool if it's warm out. This is your chicken-and-salad wine, your "I'm just having cheese and crackers for dinner" wine. No shame.
2023 Good Job Bright Red ($36) — A blend that's exactly what the name says — a good, bright red. Medium body, easy drinking, the kind of bottle that's gone before you realize it. Pairs with the meal you made from whatever was already in the fridge.
2021 Demetria Grenache ($52) — The ringer of the group. This is a $52 single-vineyard wine hanging out with its more casual friends, and it elevates the whole pack. Save this one for the night you're actually cooking something — a braise, a bolognese, anything that took more than 20 minutes.
Three bottles, $126 retail, yours for $110. Keep these stocked and you'll never be the person staring at a wine wall at 6:45pm on a Wednesday.
