More complicated bad dreams

Five or six in a row, every night, all night. Trying to tell me something. Just money worries? I can't figure it out. The last time I experienced anything like this it was before I married Valeria.

Am I about to make some titanic mistake? If so, what? What is going on? Bizarre to have this many complicated bad dreams.

Wine: Black Swan Cabernet Sauvignon

Very nearly undrinkable. Bouquet like brackish water with a corpse at the bottom. Taste like drinking rancid aftershave. Didn't get better. The kind of wine you initially want to pour down the drain, but stupidly give a second chance to.

I mixed it 50/50 with Charles Shaw Cab and it was drinkable. Overpriced at four bucks. Overpriced at a buck a bottle, it just is not good enough to drink, and I'm far from a snob.

Wine: Charles Shaw Cabernet Sauvignon

This is the Two-Buck Chuck from Trader Joe's you've probably heard about. IT'S DRINKABLE, and not in a my-god-I-cannot-believe-I'm-drinking-this-swill way like a shit wine like "Delicato" might make you feel.

I'm not wild (or even mildly enthusiastic) about the other Charles Shaw wines I've tried, but their Cab isn't bad at all -- and at TWO DOLLARS A BOTTLE I don't feel guilty about drinking it.

This is far from the best Cab I've ever tasted -- then again, it doesn't have that heavy British-beer sensation. It's more along the lines of a wine-like beverage.

I swear by this stuff. Cheap, decent table wine. No complaints. Worth at least six bucks a bottle. I've had far worse for thirty bucks a bottle. Highly recommended.

Wine: Down Under Shiraz

How bad could it be for three bucks? Pretty bad. This is a Shiraz, I usually drink Cabs, so that was a bad start, but what the heck? How bad could it be? My notes on a Post-It say "Small. Tight. Decent flavor. Thin like a ridgetop trail. Sour. Overpriced @ 2.99" And so it was. I'd had worse. But not by much. A wine to avoid. Seriously avoid.

Wine: Mad Housewife Cabernet Sauvignon

This wine has a clever name and that's about all it has going for it... tight, unpleasant, un-fun... really not much to recommend it. Overpriced at five bucks.