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!!

Friday, January 11, 2013

"A" Good night for wine! This time the A's DO have it!

Friday, July 27, 2012 "A" perfect night for wine

We started our new ABC tasting this week. The new category is: A least 50% Cabernet Sauvignon from anywhere.  AND NO REPEATS!

Bob & Karen picked up some really nice wines tonight – a MUCH better “A” Category than the first time they had that letter! (Check out that blog from January 2012)

Note: The wine tasting started late tonight because Bob ran out of gas (for the grill). Bob said, "How often does Bob not have gas."

1.      Avalon Napa Valley 2009  $17.99
Bob: "Fresh aroma. Oooh! That's good!"
Lauren: "It IS good!"
Jess: "It has a tasty smell"
Mike: "I'm not sure about this one. I'm not tasting it. Maybe it was the sweet tarts I ate."
Karen: "It's not dry. It's smooth. Light."
Jess: "Subtle"
Karen: “Yes”
Becky: “It starts out smooth, but turns bitey at the end.”
Mike “Yes”
Stephen: “I agree with Becky & Mike.”
Karen: “I think it’s blackberry. Or black cherry.”
Becky: “It’s better with the meat.”
Bob 7, Karen 7, Mike 6, Becky 6, Jess 7, Lauren 8, Stephen 6
2.     Annabella 2010 Napa County  $13.99
Karen: “Lighter smell.”
Bob: “Not as robust. That’s a good word. I like busts.”
Mike: “Smells better. Light smell.”
Karen: “Tastes similar to the last one. Not good with shrimp.”
Jess: “More subtle. Kind of blah.”
Bob: “Doesn’t promote beef.”
Stephen: “Not as good as the first one. I’m not connecting with this one.”
Mike: “I think my tastes are shot.”
Stephen: “I’m not dialed into this one.”
Bob: “Dial 911!!”
Lauren: “The finish is drier than the first one.”
Karen: “So little flavor you can drink a ton of it.”
Bob: “Not meat friendly.”
Bob 6, Karen 6, Mike 6, Becky 5.5, Jess 6, Lauren 7, Stephen 5.5


3.     Atticus John 2009 Napa Valley  $25.49
Becky: “Smells fruity. A better finish than the first two. A dry finish.”
Karen: “This has the best smell so far.”
Bob: “Drinkable.”
Lauren: “Sweet in the beginning.”
Bob: “The Olympics opening ceremony is distracting our wine tasting!”
Mike: “A flat taste. A little dry. A little sour.”
Jess: “I like the finish.”
Stephen: “A nicer finish than the first two.”
Lauren: “I don’t like the smell of this one!”
Bob 7.5, Karen 7.5, Mike 6, Becky 7, Jess 7, Lauren 6, Stephen 6.5
4.     Arrowood 2005 Sonoma County  $33.99
Becky: “Dark color. I like this one the best!”
Jess: “Dry.”
Mike: “Good aroma. Dry. Best one of the night.”
Karen: “Dry. Nice taste. I like it a lot. Smoky.”
Lauren: “It is smoky. Very dry.”
Stephen: “Best of the night.”
Bob: “Yummy. Jess’s tastes better than mine” (Bob’s glass was empty)
Bob 8, Karen 8, Mike 8, Becky 8, Jess 8, Lauren 7, Stephen 7.5



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