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, February 15, 2015

The "R"s were so good we had to Repeat!

The Invitation(s):
Rejoice!! We will reconvene our wine group this Saturday night at 7 pm.  Revelers will
rush to the McDonald residence for a rich repast and rigorous wine tasting. Rowdy revelry may result. Rapid response requested.

Regards, Andy and Elizabeth

The Response(s):
The Mealey's will relish the revival of the red wine requiem. Robert and My Really Radiant Karen will Respond YES!!!!!

We will relish in the revelry recently recanted! Roughly 3 will reignite the reign of wine night. Remember remember Sophia loves to review the contents of the recumbent resting surface. Let the revelry reconvene! Jessica

Regretfully we will not be able to reconvene with the other red wine revelers. We will be in rural Vermont retrieving our son’s (and his girlfriend’s) possessions and re-positioning them to our residence. It will take some readjusting, but they are relieved that the required bar exam is over. They are looking forward to possibly frequenting our ruby red wine nights in the future! We are really overjoyed to report the arrival of our granddaughter, Autumn Grace Dew, last Monday. We are reveling in her radiance.  Hopefully we will be able to reserve a spot at the next red wine revival.
Respectfully, Dee Dee and Charlie

Rejoice!!, Rejoice!! Red, radiant refreshment returneth. Reinvigorate. Robert remains reclusive, Rather bRyan replaces. Mike

tanto vino, così poco tempo. Wayne


Wine #1: Raymond Napa Valley Merlot 2009 $18.99
Tasting comments:
Elizabeth “Nobody said I couldn’t use Red for R”
Mike “Nice and dark”
Wayne “Spicy. My guess is it’s a Spanish wine”
Elizabeth “A rich flavor it it”
Andy “Robust”
Brian “A rich reservoir of flavors”
Wayne “You’ve been thinking of that all day haven’t you!”
Becky “A touch of velvet”
Elizabeth “I like this wine”
Mike “Robust. Strong flavor all the way through.”
Karen “Earth smell”
Bob “Tastes like wine from my lips to my belly”
Sean “I don’t know if it was the traffic, but this tastes really good”
Linda “Yes. This is good.
Bryan “I like that it’s not too spicy. It’s nice.”
Robert “This is the first wine I’ve had in a week”

WINE #1 SCORING:
Bob 6.5, Karen 8, Mike 7, Becky 7.5, Andy 7.5, Elizabeth 7.5, Wayne 7.5, Linda 7.5, Jessica 7.5, Sean 7.5, Brian 7.5, Bryan 8, Robert 7.5

Wine #2:  Rodney Strong Merlot Sonoma County 2011  $19.99
Tasting comments:
Wayne “Smooth bodied medium wine”

Karen “Sweeter”
Bryan “Not as spicy”
Mike “Has a little bite at the end”
Linda “A little tart”
Jessica “It’s an Andy wine – he likes little tarts”
Sean “It’s all right”
Bryan “Really good with the shrimp”
Andy “Smooth”
Linda “Different with food”
Wayne “This wine is a palate for the food”
Mike “Deep”
Bob “He’s really shoveling it”
Becky “A tart finish”
Robert “This is the second wine I’ve had in a week”
Wayne guessed Chianti

WINE #2 SCORING
Bob 6, Karen 6, Mike 6, Becky 7, Andy 7, Elizabeth 7, Wayne 8, Linda 6, Jessica 7, Sean 6.5, Brian 8, Bryan 7.5, Robert 8


 Wine #3:  Novelty Hill 2009 Royal Slope Red. Red Wine. $15.99
Tasting comments:
Linda “I think this is pretty smooth”
Wayne “I think it’s a Merlot”
Brian “I can taste the grapes”
Wayne “A full bodied wine”
Mike “Nice lines. Beautiful color.”
Bob “Dark and beautiful”
Wayne “Smoke. Cassis. Leather.”
Becky “Has a dry finish”
Elizabeth “It almost causes me to be rapturous”
Andy “Light and accessible”
Sean “Fruity”
Becky “Tart with a dry finish”
Karen “Smooth. Full bodied.”
Becky “Of the three, this one has the longest finish”

WINE #3 SCORING

Bob 7, Karen 7.5, Mike 7.5, Becky 8, Andy 7.5, Elizabeth 8, Wayne 8.5, Linda 8, Jessica 7.5, Sean 7, Brian 8, Bryan 8, Robert 8

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