Bonny Doon California Ca'del Solo Big House Red 2003

On one outing to Rafaela (see one of the previous posts) I decided to bring a bottle of Bonny Doon California Ca'del Solo Big House Red 2003. I had bought it because I was surprised to see a Bonny Doon bottle with a screw top, so I wanted to give it a try.
The party included another French guy who was not at all happy about the screw top ("What kind of wine is this ?" he sneered, scrutinizing the label and pointing at the screw top). We opened his wine first, which was fine, and then we moved on to the Bonny Doon bottle, after I begged him to set all his cork-related prejudices aside. He swirled the wine in his glass, sniffed it, took one sip, then another appreciative sip, then had to admit it was "pretty good".
This wine has spicy, fruity flavors. It is not complex but it is fun and easy to drink and goes well with spicy food such as cajun-style pasta.