Finally, on to one of my favorite subjects, Zinfandels! The next wedding wine is the Murphy-Goode Liar's Dice Zinfandel. Surprisingly, I discovered this wine in my home town in KS at a liquor store when we were back in town visiting. My husband and I read the back of the bottle, it sounded good, and the price sounded good, too. Then, after we left the store, I suspiciously checked the receipt, it sounded like more than we had thought. And so, we discovered that this wine was $22 instead of $12 (although we have since found that you can buy it at wine warehouses for under $20). This turned out to be a lucky turn of events because we probably never would have tried it after looking at the real price tag. We uncorked the wine while watching a Chiefs game, and it knocked our socks off! For me, this is what a perfect Zin should be--plums, raspberries, dark cherries, an explosion of fruit on the palate without forgetting the spice. I'm pretty sure I have measured every Zin in comparison to this one ever since.
