Another inexpensive wine that is not half bad considering the price is the merlot put out by Frontera/Concha Y Toro, a Chilean contribution. You can buy a 1.5 liter bottle of the stuff for only 8.99 in Colorado. Three Thieves (or is it Six Thieves?) brand out of California is a fun screw top wine with a nice orange label and a black silouette of guys on horses holding up bottles of wine.
Utah has the most awful state run liquor stores in the world. They are small, with almost no selection to speak of and impossible to find. Usually, they are located in little a non-descript brick building set back from the road with a small sign that reads State Liquor Agency. Utah keeps 'em open from like 2:00pm to 7:00pm. Many small towns in eastern Utah won't even have one, and if you want a glass of wine to go with your steak, you'll be driving 40 miles out of your way for it. Prices tend to be high, too. The situation might be better in a big town like Salt Lake, a place I have always avoided for fear invoking the wrath of Moroni.
We are having our first snow storm of the year here in Colorado, and I am drowning my sorrows in hot buttered rum before hitting the hay.
