La Loggia (CO.TRA.PRO.S.C.A), Barolo, 2004 (Italy) - This is a Trader Joe's marketed affordable Barolo (at $16 versus typically $40 or higher).  The label makes grand claims (but probably true) that Barolo was the wine of kings and has a sophisticated palette with garnet red and orange colors.  I definitely see the colors.  The flavors (from the Nebbiolo grape) are certainly there and excellent although I'm tasting $16, not $40+.  I'm also most curious about who really made this because La Loggia is just a branding, the back in fine print says it was bottled by CO.TRA.PRO.S.C.A and I couldn't find on the internet who or what that was or what the initials stood for.  Anyway this is a nice rich wine with cherry flavors.  6 out of 10 for upper average.

Akhaseni, Georgian Semi-Sweet Red Wine, 2007 (Georgia) - Another Saperavi grape wine from Georgia.  Both Nancy and I really liked it, in fact she drank most of it and asked me to get it again.  Although they say semi-sweet it's really no sweeter than a bold fruit forward cabernet sauvignon.  6 out of 10 for upper average.

Peter Lehmann, Botrytis Semillon, 2007 (Barossa Valley, Australia) - This came in a half bottle and was only around $16.  The contents are a little like a honey sweet sauternes however the botrytis added a rich complexity that was more familiar to the cadillac wine I once reviewed.  A nice sweet wine for the price, and if you blind taste tested this against the other two I mentioned you'd have a hard time telling them apart.  I was leaning towards a 7 but Nancy suggested I give it an 8, so 8 out of 10 for a very good sweet wine.