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

'W' night..and another Top Ten!

Thursday, October 6, 2011
‘W’ with Karen & Bob


  1. White Oak 2007 Napa Valley (a duplicate!) $23.99
    Bob 7.5, Karen 7, Mike 7, Becky 7.5, Dane 6
    Bob: “Ooohh!”
    Mike: “Aaaahhh!”
    Becky: “Very smooth. No bite. I like the smell.”
    Dane: “Nyeh.”
    Bob: “Smooth. Tang-less. Mellow.”
    Karen: “Deep berry. Blackberry?”
    Mike: “Definitely mellow.”
    Dane: “Tastes watered down.”
    This one made the Top Ten as an 'O'!!

  2. Windsor Alexander Valley Sonoma 2007 $24.99
    Bob 6, Karen 7, Mike 7, Becky 6, Dane 7.5
    Karen: “I like this one better. It’s drier. Mike won’t like it.”
    Mike: “The after taste is different.”
    Dane: “I like it better.”
    (Karen: “He has a taste like mine.”)
    Becky: “I liked the 1st one better. There’s an odd tate.”Bob: “Not bad. Spicy. Tongue numbing.”

  3. Whitehall Lane 2007 Napa Valley $45.99
    Bob 5, Karen 6, Mike 6, Becky 5, Dane 6
    Bob: “Ewww. That’s a different smell.”
    Karen: “Ewww. What is that smell?”
    Bob: “Garbage?”
    Karen: “Ewww. That isn’t the right word. It gets better.”
    Becky: “A weird after taste.”
    Mike: “A little sour.”
    Karen: “A little sweet.”

  4. Woodbridge 2009 Robert Mondavi $7.99
    Bob 6, Karen 6, Mike 5, Becky 6, Dane 6.5
    Bob: “Smells like the last one. Is this the same wine?”
    Karen: “Not as pleasing.”
    Becky: “This wine is growing on me.”

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