Quinta Santa Eufemia, Fine Ruby Porto (Portugal) - This is a $15 ruby port which I only find in one store and which the manager of that store recommended.  I quite enjoyed it.  Although not the most complex ruby it had quite a nice flavor for the price.  And I like the fact this was grown and bottled by a little producer instead of one of the giant port makers which source and blend their port from all over.  6 out of 10 for upper average.

Orleans Hill Winery, Cote Zero 2007 & Zinfandel 2007 (Collegeville, California) - This is an organic brand of wines which are also sulfite free.  The Cote Zero which aspires to be a Rhone blend was the weaker of the two but was still alright.  The Zinfandel could stand up to any typical non-organic low average Zin.  Nancy tried both and liked both, even asked me to get it again, so there's certainly nothing wrong with these wines, they just didn't blow me away.  5 out of 10 for lower average.

Beringer, California Collection, White Zinfandel, 2007 (California) - OK so let's call a spade a spade -- this is a cheap wine product which is mass produced and mass marketed, and it's genuinely offensive to lovers of true rich deep red Zinfandels.  OK, but despite all that, it's still an OK drink.  Like a very weak rose made in a slightly fruity style this is a wine almost everyone can stomach so long as you don't tell them what it is.  There's just so much emotional baggage that comes with it once you tell a bold wine lover that it's a White Zinfandel.  I've been told over the years that there really is no such thing as White Zin, that actually they use other grapes, and that might be true in some cases although I doubt it's a rule.  You can make a white or rose wine out of almost any red grape so long as you minimize skin contact.  And I've also read that the first White Zinfandel made and marketed back in the 80s was an almost accidental creation which they decided to try to sell anyway and were surprised at how popular it became, and I'm more likely to believe that story.  Anyway, it's a drinkable average wine, so 5 out of 10.