What pairs well with beef jerky and greesy taquitos? …I’d have to say a full bodied cabernet would really work nicely. But in all seriousness, you can try that exact combo out at your neighborhood 7-Eleven in the near future. Our favorite upscale bodega will really be selling chardonnays and cabernets for about $3.99 a bottle. They have hired The Wine Group in California to produce it and 7-Eleven will sell it under the Yosemite Road label.
You’d be surprised how many wines follow the same business plan, your favorite moderately priced wine might not be made at its own vineyard at all but rather made from a huge manufacturer who pastes a client’s label on the front. Read more about how wine making far less romantic and way more…well, like 7-Eleven, than we ever imagined at the Daily Beast.
