/ck/ - Food & Cooking

It was good 20 years ago.

>Went earlier in year
>Red flag was breadcrumbs as toppings instead of lol cheese on several dishes.
>Ravioli wasn't bad in fairness and salad good
>2 adult entrees, 1 app, and 2 kids meals, soft drinks and a couple coffees was $70 pretip

>Almost 30 years old
>Never consumed alcohol on a regular basis
>on a whim one night, bought a bottle of wine on the way to pick up olive garden takeout
>cheap Cabernet Sauvignon
>Enjoy it
>Over the course of the following 4 months, buy upwards of 2 more bottles of Cabernet Sauvignon (different brand every time)
>Yesterday, gf goes grocery shopping and gets me a bottle of Merlot
>Enjoy that too
I thought I was a Cabernet Sauvignon man, but my enjoyment of the merlot raises a question:
What type of wine should I try next?
As far as brands are concerned, I'm quite the connoisseur.
I've sampled Sutter Home, Barefoot, Line 39 and Yellowtail.
The Yellowtail was my favorite.
However, my palate is not sophisticated enough to warrant anything pricy. Pearls before swine and all that.