Apothic Red Blend Red Wine

Apothic Red Blend features a mix of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah, and Zinfandel and is considered off dry. There’s a bigger market in the U.S. for sweeter wines, and the amount of residual sugars in the Apothic Red Blend appeal to more people’s palates. The Apothic Red Blend is an undeniable crowd-pleaser, with a smooth texture, a big body, and tasty notes of blackberry, cherry, mocha, chocolate, and spice.

There’s much debate within the wine community as to the pros and cons of traditional corks versus screwtops to seal a bottle of wine. Apothic Red Blend features a soft cork. Therefore, to open a bottle of Apothic red wine, you’ll have to dig through your utensil drawer and find your trusty corkscrew. Corkscrews can be intimidating, so simply follow these simple steps: remove the foil from around the top of the bottle, lightly push your corkscrew through the center of the exposed cork, apply pressure and rotate the screw about six half turns (don’t go through the whole cork), gently lever out the cork, and enjoy.

Should you ever find yourself in the situation where you have opened a bottle of Apothic Red Blend and didn’t finish it, you should squeeze the cork back into the bottle’s mouth and place the bottle in the refrigerator (this may feel sacrilegious to put a bottle of red wine in the fridge, but it will last longer). By keeping an open bottle of wine in the fridge, you help mitigate oxidation. Too much Oxygen breaks down a wine’s flavor and makes it pretty unappealing. That being said, you should still serve a red wine at room temperature, so be sure you take the bottle out of the refrigerator a few hours before you intend to drink it.

A bottle of Apothic Red Blend makes a good gift because it’s easy to drink and tasty. There’s a reason this brand is so popular, and no matter the wine preferences of the gift recipient, you can feel pretty confident that they will enjoy this blend. You can find this brand pretty much anywhere that sells alcohol, most conveniently on Drizly, where you can get it delivered to your giftee. Apothic produces several different styles of red wine, and at such a budget-friendly price, you might as well sample a few of them.