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

'U' won't believe how these wines taste...

Thursday, September 15, 2011
‘U’ with Karen & Bob


  1. Umbral de los Tiempos 2006 Mendoza, Argentina
    Bob 7, Karen 7, Mike 7, Becky 7
    Mike: “Smooth. Good so far.”
    Karen: “Very dry.”
    Becky: “I don’t think it’s that dry.”
    Bob: “Good outside in the wine tent. Feels like a picnic wine.”
    Karen: “Not, it’s a bit fuller than that.”

  2. Terra Unica Reserva 2002 Product of Spain $8.99
    Bob 6.5, Karen 3, Mike 7, Becky 6
    Bob: “Mild. Wow! A mild wow.”
    Mike: “Sweeter. Not as dry.”
    Karen: “I don’t like the smell. It tastes like it smells. What is that taste…clover, or something like that.”
    Bob: “I like this.”
    Karen pours hers into Mike’s glass.
    Bob: “You’re giving this to Mike? Mike only drinks the crap stuff!”

  3. Heredad Ugarte Crianza 2007 Product of Spain $10.99
    Bob 6.5, Karen 6, Mike 6, Becky 5.5
    Karen: “Bob will like this one.”
    Bob: “Full bodied. A lot of tannins.”
    Mike: “After the herb cheese this is mild. I can’t even taste it.”

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