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 The Italians love their traditions. Multi-course, carb-laden lunches scattered with wine bottles give way to the traditional mid-afternoon nap. It’s an enviable way to live and they’ve done so for millennia. But things are changing. Read more: Italy’s vino reinvention: How wine has changed in the old country  A darling of the critics for a few years now, this Los Alamos Malbec from Argentina’s Mendoza region has one great thing going for it: It costs under $12, sometimes even under $10. Read more: Wine review: Los Alamos 2009 Malbec Mendoza  I met Carina Cellars during a trip to Santa Barbara wine country back in 2003 after they’d just started. Founders David Hardee and Joel Tensley knew their wines weren’t sold in the states where my column was published but they wanted feedback. So I gave it to them, as my friends know I’m apt to do. This wine lets me know they haven’t changed. Read more: Wine Review: Carina Cellars 2007 Clairvoyant  Perhaps you’re looking for a refreshing white wine to guzzle with World Cup matches? This South African Chenin Blanc (aka “Steen”) scores well in the extreme value department, as well as the deliciousness. Read more: Wine review for World Cup: Indaba 2009 Chenin Blanc South Africa |
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