Out to dinner tonight for a nice meal with friends and our kids. Since it was an Italian restaurant, we went with a red (actually my husband and the friend wife don’t drink so the friend husband and I were the we in this equation). Since it was the friend’s celebration, I let him choose the wine.

We went with Rosemount Shiraz. Yum. It had some nice fruity tones with a hint of spice and a smooth finish . . .

. . . or at least, that was my take.

This retails for about $10 a bottle and hails from Australia. It worked well with the creamy sauce my pasta was drowned in.