This gold rush isn't even worth walking too- Gold Rush Sierra Foothills Red Wine

I returned from the UK on Friday, October 26th, and the 8 hour time difference hit me hard. I'm already a bad sleeper, but throw in a big time zone change and I'm a certified insomniac.  The first nights back my sleep was miserable, and by the time Wednesday the 31st came around, I was a total crazy person. I could hardly string together a sentence, and I looked exhausted and weathered. Fundamentally, I just needed a good nights sleep!

I wracked my brain for hours thinking of potential solutions to my sleep deprivation, and after some careful deliberation, I hatched what I determined to be a fool proof plan. I was going to get myself a little drunk off a bottle of budget red wine. If I couldn't fall asleep naturally, well then wine would be my "Ambien" (a US prescription sleep aid for those not familiar).

I went to the store and bought a bottle of the first wine I saw- Gold Rush Sierra Foothills Red Table Wine. I got home, opened the bottle, poured myself a glass, and took my first sip.

Initial thoughts- totally awful.

Second sip- terrible.

Basically, this wine is just plain bad. I'd expand on why I came to this conclusion, but I wouldn't want to waste your time.

After 3 sips of this wine, I poured out the rest of my glass (which I pretty much never do), tossed the bottle, and came to grips with the fact that my "fool proof" plan had been foiled. Unless something truly magical happened, It was going to be another restless night.

Recommendation: Don't buy it

Comments

[Doc T]

Hm, I'd say that wine or alcohol is the last thing you'd want to drink to go to sleep (unless, of course, you get totally sloshed and pass out). It actually disturbs your sleep cycle, and while you can fall asleep initially, you'll wake up a few hours later wide awake. I'd recommend rozerem (the commercial starring abe lincoln and the beaver), since that's been shown to alter your circadium rhythms back to normal and has an effect on the melatonin levels. Other stuff like lunesta and ambien can have weird side effects like sleep walking and such. Lastly, you can try benadryll...get the largest dose that you can find over the counter (usually 25mg). Of course, you should probably avoid alcohol while taking these sleep aids...you may not wake up otherwise.