Our "Scoring System"

A note about what our scores mean:
5 - Wine your kids buy for you
6 - Would drink. Jug wine. Good for parties and your kids!
7 and above - Good for ANYTHING. Would recommend to friends. The higher the better!

And for PAIRINGS the scores mean:
0 = Wine tastes best alone
1 = Wine tastes best with food #1
2 = Wine tastes best with food #2

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This blog started because we needed a tenor in the church choir... Bob, Karen and I told Mike that if he joined the choir we would go out after practice every Thursday for drinks and appetizers. After a while we decided that it would be more fun (and less expensive!) to take turns hosting a "wine & cheese" night. Then Bob had the brilliant idea to "Taste the Vine" in alphabetical order. We started with Cabernet Sauvignon. The rules were simple: 1) The wine had to start with your designated letter, and 2) the bottle had to be covered up so we didn't know what we were drinking. I decided to write down our scores so that we would know which wines we liked the best....then was "forced" into writing a blog so that we could share our "finds" with our friends. So, enjoy!!

Sunday, January 15, 2012

'R' you ready for more wine?

Friday, August 12, 2011
‘R’ hosted by Becky & Mike



  1. Rodney Strong 2008 Sonoma County $14.99
    Bob 7, Karen 7.5, Mike 7, Becky 8, Jess 7.5, Sean 7, Lauren 7, Stephen 7, Caroline 7, Don 7
    Karen: “Smells very nice.”
    Becky: “A bit of a bite.”
    Lauren: “This is good!”
    Karen: “Look at those legs! Thick legs.”
    Bob: “Goes well with pizza.”
    Mike: “Romantic. Round, red aromatic wine.”
    Stephen: “Romanic. Caesar drank this wine.”
    Sean: “Good.”
    Jess: “The taste sticks to the roof of my mouth.”

  2. Red Diamand 2008 Washington State Berry, Cherry, Toasty Oak $8.99
    Bob 5, Karen 6, Mike 6, Becky 6, Jess 6.5, Lauren 5, Stephen 7.5, Caroline 7.5, Don 8
    Jess: “Fruitier than the last one. Less spicy. Juicier.”
    Stephen: “I like it better.”
    Caroline: “Not as heavy.”
    Karen: “Really berry. Not a good solid smell.”
    Mike: “Red berry.”

  3. Root: 1 2009 The Original Ungrafted Colchagua Valley, Chile $11.04
    Bob 5, Karen 4.5, Mike 5.5, Becky 4.5, Jess 4.5, Lauren 2, Stephen 5, Caroline 4, Don 1.5
    Karen: “Rodney had better legs. This one is watery.”
    Mike: “I have too.”
    Bob: “Eww.”

    Random question: What is the name of the Jetson’s robot? (Answer at bottom)

  4. Robert Hall 2008 Paso Robles
    Bob 4.5, Karen 5, Mike 5.5, Becky 4.5, Jess 5.5, Lauren 5, Stephen 5, Caroline 5, Don 6
    Karen: “Ooh. That’s a weird smell.”
    Bob: “It’s odiferous.”
    Mike: “A solid wine. Red.”
    Stephen: “A ‘run of the mill’ wine.”
    Don: “Not fantastic. But it’s good. It’s fake oak. Foak.”

  5. BV – Rutherford 2008 Napa Valley $25.49
    Bob 5, Karen 6, Mike 7, Becky 6.5, Jess 6, Lauren 6, Stephen 6, Caroline 6.5, Don 6
    Lauren: “Really dark color.”
    Becky: “Legs are nice.”
    Jess: “Smooth.”
    Bob: “Fruity.”
    Karen: “Not as bad a ‘fruity’ as the other one.”

  6. Robert Mondavi 2009
    Caroline: “I don’t like this one at all. Musty.”
    Sean: “No character.”
    Jess: “A 7 after jerky. A 6 before jerky.”

    Answer to the random question above: “Rosie” A perfect question for ‘R’ night.
    Jessica was the winner…

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