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, March 2, 2014

It's "F" night with Andy & Elizabeth

Blind Wine Tasting hosted by Elizabeth and Andy
“F” Night

Wine #1: Figaro 2011 Calatayud Spain $12.99
Tasting comments:
Bob “Good smell. Not a fruity smell.”
Mike “Smells sweet”
Karen “I was going to say Earthy”
Bob “Like manure?”
Sean “Soil. I like it.”
Bob “It’s good”
Karen “It doesn’t taste like it smells. It tastes fruitier.”
Andy “F’ing good”
Elizabeth “Has a full taste”
Bob “I don’t like it with the bleu cheese”

WINE #1 SCORING:
Bob 7, Karen 6.5, Mike 6.5, Becky 7, Andy 6.5, Elizabeth 7, Jessica 7.5, Sean 8

Wine #2:  St Francis 2009 Sonoma County ‘Old Vines’ Zinfandel $17.99
Tasting comments:
Mike “Not dry. Tastes like the last one.”
Becky “This wine is a little sharp.”
Bob “Refreshing. Fortified with fruit.”
Elizabeth “Has a little bit of a bite at the end.”
Karen “Sweet start with a nice finish”
Andy “Fair to middling”
Elizabeth “More Fair than Fantastic”
Bob “Kind of Faint”
Karen “No dryness. That’s what everyone is missing”
Sean “I like it a lot”

WINE #2 SCORING
Bob 6.5, Karen 6, Mike 6, Becky 6, Andy 6, Elizabeth 6, Jessica 6, Sean 8

Wine #3:  Fess Parker 2010 Syrah Santa Barbara County $20.00
Tasting comments:
Bob “Oh-this really does have a Fart smell”

Mike “I think we’ve had this one before”
Bob “A morning fart”
Karen “I’m not drinking it…” as she pushed her glass to Bob… “It’s a stinky wine.”
Elizabeth “Bold”
Becky “It’s not as bad as it smells”
Sean “Smells like baby diapers, but tastes good”
Karen “Tart and hits the back of your throat”

WINE #3 SCORING
Bob 6, Karen 4, Mike 4, Becky 5, Andy 5, Elizabeth 6, Jessica 6, Sean 7





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