It's Puzzle Time

To kick off Trader Joe's wine review week, I asked my friend Jared to write about an experience he had a week ago while watching Monday Night Football. His story is not of football, but more about a bottle of wine with a puzzle for a label. Here is his story...

Puzzle Time- 2003 Chardonnay, $5.99 at Trader Joe's
Contributed by Jared Boldemann 

It started off like any other Monday Night. I got home from work, took a nap, then head over to my buddy's place to watch some good old Monday Night Football. Typically, I drink beer with my football- a lot of beer. For some wierd reason, on this particular night  I just wasn't in the mood for a silver bullet or Bud Light. I wanted something different. Normally, I would reach for a nice Gin & Tonic. Not on this day. Instead, I was oddly craving some wine.

So, with only $7.00 in my pocket, I decided to head down to my local Trader Joe's. While at Trader Joe's I found a perfect wine to fit my mood (which was flustered and confused that night.) The wine was called "Puzzle Time." It was a 2003 Mendocino County, California Chardonnay. It had hints of pear, vanilla, and good ole terra firma!! (if you watch Entourage you'll definitely get that last remark). At $5.99 a bottle, after tax I still had some money to spare.

Now, not only was this a smooth and delicious wine to accompany the tray of buffalo chicken wings and potato chips, but to my surprise, it also had a crossword puzzle on the front.

As I settled in and started watching the football game, I could feel the Puzzle Time bottle calling to me. The game was boring as all hell, and all I could think about was the crossword. I went to the kitchen, grabbed the bottle, and the rest is history.

The boring football game ended a couple hours later, but I still felt as though I accomplished something that night. Not only did I down a whole bottle of delicious cheap wine, I also successfully completed a crossword puzzle.

Recommendation: Definitely buy it (not just for the wine, but also for the puzzle)

Comments

[Jeff]

Puzzletime is great... all of their different offerings have been very good.

[Golly]

Cool idea, like a Kinder egg for grown ups.