Let me lay it out for you. It’s a Thursday night and work was awful. You had three deadlines today, one at 10:15, one at 2:00 and one at 3:30.  How did you do?  Well, you pretty much got there, but you’re still not flying high.

Yes, you are correct - you’re far too old for malt liquor (although there is a time and a place), and shots of jaegermeiter just don’t feel quite right for a Thursday.  What to do?

Enter RH Phillip’s Night Harvest Cabernet Sauvignon, preferably in a magnum.

At $9 for the 750ml, and around $17 for the mag - your night is looking up.

RH Phillips claims that their grapes are harvested at night, and that “…this concentrates the flavors in the fruit…”  I think that there is a legitimate chance that this may actually be true, although it may just be that somebody important liked the label and the marketing department was forced to invent a story to coincide.  Or maybe not.

Whatever the reason for the label and the name, the wine is very decent.  It’s a fairly dry, fairly average cab with a fairly average price tag.  While this doesn’t sound too exciting, The Night Harvest isn’t overly exciting, and it doesn’t beat you up like a couple bottles of zin might.  However, it seems like just the ticket for most week nights at home - when you want to hit it hard, but you know that you shouldn’t.

Please don’t mistake this last thought for maturity; I assure you that there is a 40oz of OE 800 somewhere in my future.

Live it up,
Ryan