This wine is SO GOOD that I don’t want to stop and take notes. I’m too busy smelling it and drinking it and reveling in all that is excellent about Viognier. I wrote about the same bottle last year and had I realized that, I wouldn’t have bothered to stop to take notes but since [...]
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At times, I drink a wine, and think, this wine is fine. Nothing wrong with it at all and I wouldn’t say no if someone offered me a glass, but it’s just not something that grabbed my attention in any way. It didn’t make me sit up and say “Wow, I love what’s going on [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the PR folks for Wines of Chile. I usually pretty up my tasting notes for you. Mainly because they often contain lines such “OMG, yum.” or “The H [meaning Matt] likes.” Today I’ve decided to leave in one such note, which is “Smells like Crayola.” I [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the PR folks for Wine of Chile. Viognier. I love it. And I find it to be truly underrated/underappreciated. People don’t seem to talk about it much, but that’s okay with me, more for me to drink and enjoy. Actually, shush, maybe we shouldn’t talk about [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received the wine from Chile from the PR folks for Wines of Chile. That’s right folks, it’s time again for the monthly wine blog world phenomenon Wine Blogging Wednesday. This month, our host is Remy of Wine Case and he tasked us with a battle of the ages: North vs. South. Remy left [...]
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Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Twisted Oak Winery. I think this wine should be called “Prince.” It’s been known as so many different things over the years….it used to be a %@#$! aka Potty Mouth White. (I reviewed the 2006 here.) This year, it is called the 2007 Twisted Oak Ruben’s [...]
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More often than I care to admit, a wine that I open at home, after having tasted it in a winery tasting room and liked it enough to spare some of my wine dollars for it, doesn’t taste like I remember. I find myself thinking, hmm, it’s not that it’s bad or anything, but I [...]
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It still tastes good! And as I learned recently, lots of people have trouble pronouncing Viognier. Hint: it’s not pronounced Vee-og-on-er. Second hint: the “g” is silent. This version is the 2006 Twisted Oak Viognier. It cost me $21.99 in a WineQ shipment, clocked in at 14% alcohol by volume, and had a real [...]
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No, really, %@#$! is the name of this white, Rhone-style blend from Twisted Oak Winery, aka Potty Mouth White. The 2006 Twisted Oak %@#$! is made up of 41% Marsanne, 34% Roussanne, 19% Rolle, and 6% Viognier. It clocks in at 13.6% alcohol by volume, came in a club shipment, had a real cork closure, [...]
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I picked the 2007 Nelson Family Vineyards Viognier for the wine of the evening. It had a real cork closure, cost me $16.80 in a club shipment, and Matt tossed the bottle before I could write down the alcohol content. I have to say, this was one of the best Viogniers I have ever had [...]
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