E-MAIL WINE DEALS - I've been buying some of the email wine specials for about 3 years and I find they're nearly always a solid value. The "descriptive narratives" give the old wine thesaurus a hot yoga style workout and make one wonder just where the authors developed their remarkable palates. They pick up flavors like "brambles," "black caps" and "briary" (there go the "b"s!). I think my favorite, used in a positive way, was something about "as aromatic as a southern Georgia high school prom." I'd recommend getting the emails just to learn a few good crazy flavor descriptors to drop at your next wine event - and who knows - maybe you will detect some "defined red berry fruits," "infused minerals," or " toasted wood spice." And in any case, almost every wine I've purchased has ranged from good to very good and a couple bordered on great buys. On one occasion I found the wine with virtually nothing I liked (I bought 6 bottles) - they took it back without a hassle. As they should. So my recommendation is to sign up for the reading and try a few wines.