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!!

Thursday, November 7, 2013

'B' is for a Beautiful Bountiful Bouquet

Blind Wine Tasting hosted by Becky & Mike
“B” Night


Wine #1: Blackstone Merlot B Reserve 2010 Sonoma $15.99
Tasting comments:
Bob “This smells good” (said in his low bass voice)
Mike “Nice dark color”
Elizabeth “It has a rich smell to it”
Bob “A beautiful bountiful bouquet”
Karen “A great bouquet”
Becky “Grape bouquet”

Karen “Great”
Karen “It was better before the food”
Jessica “It’s good by itself”
Becky “Tastes tart to me. Maybe because of the food?”
Mike “It’s a ‘by itself’ wine. Not a dinner wine.”
Karen “Nice legs though”
Bob “It still has a great smell”

WINE #1 SCORING:
Bob 6.5, Karen 7.5, Mike 6, Becky 6, Andy 7, Elizabeth 6, Jessica 7

Wine #2:  Bogle Petite Sirah 2011  $11.99
Tasting comments:
Currants. Grapes. Coffee. Dirt.
Elizabeth “I just took a sip and I like this one better than the first one”
Becky “A lot smoother”
Andy “More to it. More complex.”
Jessica “Smoother than the first one”
Karen “Full taste. Nice start. Dry finish.”
Mike “I’m blushing”
Bob “It’s because your beautiful”
Elizabeth “A wine in bloom”
Andy “Berry good”

WINE #2 SCORING
Bob 7, Karen 8, Mike 7, Becky 7.5, Andy 7.5, Elizabeth 7.5, Jessica 8

Wine #3:  Blackstone Pinot Noir 2011 $8.99
Tasting comments:
Bob “It sucks”

Jessica “Hold back Bob!”
Bob “I’ve tasted better”
Mike “It’s not a vinegar smell…but…”
Karen “Smells like the second one. No…it doesn’t”
Andy “This is not good. It’s really bad.”
Bob “It blows”
Elizabeth “I’m going to have to pour mine into Mike’s glass”
Becky “It smells like toilet cleaner”
EVERYONE poured their wine into Mike’s glass

WINE #3 SCORING
Bob 4, Karen 2, Mike 4, Becky 4, Andy 4, Elizabeth 4, Jessica 4
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