Do It. BevMo!'s five cent wine sale.

You can count on the BEAT of young los angeles to let you know when BevMo! is having their periodic five cent wine sale. Yesterday, after a long Wednesday at the office, I thought a crisp glass of good rosé sounded perfect. I stopped by BevMo! to find their famous five cent wine sale going on. On certain (plenty good options) bottles of wine, when you buy one, a second is yours for just a nickel.

Needless to say (pictured above) I snagged two bottles for essentially the price of one. While I was there, I also got some pumpkin ale after Lauren's recent post about pumpkin products had me thinking about it.

I ended up having a Blue Moon/Harvest Moon Pumpkin Ale instead of that glass of rosé after all, so I'm hoping when I do open my 2008 Turkey Flat Vineyards it will live up to the 94 points it got from James Halliday.

BevMo! is located at 7100 Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood. The 5 cent wine sale ends November 8. Info: (323) 882-6971

-- Leslie Anne Wiggins

Photo credit: the BEAT

Eat In. Pumpkin products.

The fall is the perfect time for some nutty, pumpkin flavored products. I love pumpkin around the fall time. Here are three of my favorite pumpkin products. I can see certain things not tasting good with pumpkin, but the below products have a really exceptional flavor with a bit of the squash and spice flavor.

Pumpkin coffee -- Cost Plus World Market has a really excellent blend. Usually I hate flavored coffees, but the flavor of coffee is really well complimented by the nutty, spicy flavor of pumpkin. I usually cut the flavor by doing half breakfast blend, half pumpkin spice coffee.
Trader Joe's Pumpkin Pancake and Waffle Mix -- Nice, spicy, fluffy pancakes. These have a lot of flavor, and are a tasty alternative to regular buttermilk on a fall morning.
Buffalo Bill's Pumpkin Ale -- Buffalo Bill's makes excellent seasonals. In summer, it's their orange blossom cream ale. I actually like this beer better. It's spicy and goes well with the taste of hops and yeast that beer has. You can find this at Ralphs and BevMo!.

-- Lauren Williams