mostly wine stuff

[pete]

had this a couple of times, found it dry as I typically prefer and a on the more sour side, read Raspberry or Current, I'd say much more like Currents as my parents had 1/2 dozen bushes and now thinking about it - is a near perfect description. I think it'd go well with cheese.

Super inexpensive at $10 locally so a great deal if you like such flavor ... bought it as it's made from Valdiguie grapes which I never heard of and was intrigued.

 

[Tony S]

had this a couple of times, found it dry as I typically prefer and a on the more sour side, read Raspberry or Current, I'd say much more like Currents as my parents had 1/2 dozen bushes and now thinking about it - is a near perfect description. I think it'd go well with cheese.

Super inexpensive at $10 locally so a great deal if you like such flavor ... bought it as it's made from Valdiguie grapes which I never heard of and was intrigued.


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I had to look that up!

 

[cantunamunch]

#dontlettheserverchillit
This wine had a cork-adjacent apple spice top note that totally went away after it got chilled - leaving it with nothing more than barely citrusy acid. I mean if I wanted a Greco did Tufo, I would have ordered one.

 

[Tony S]

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#dontlettheserverchillit
This wine had a cork-adjacent apple spice top note that totally went away after it got chilled - leaving it with nothing more than barely citrusy acid. I mean if I wanted a Greco did Tufo, I would have ordered one.

When they put that much stuff into a label, it's often a bad sign.

Also: That glass is not clean.

 

[pete]

When they put that much stuff into a label, it's often a bad sign.

Also: That glass is not clean.

I'm a mean spouse. I hand wash my glass after use and tend to dry it down with a clean towel. Tease my spouse as she hand washes too but lets it drip dry leaving spots, etc.

Maybe drying it with a towel just smears the minerals in the water around thin over the glass but like to think it's more visually appealing and hence mentally, better tasting wine in a shinny glass.

 

[cantunamunch]

Yeah I would like to see either of your glasses look clean by the second plate of crabs.

 

[Tony S]

Yeah I would like to see either of your glasses look clean by the second plate of crabs.

I only said it because it was a restaurant and those look like pre-crab spots to me.

 

[Tony S]

I'm a mean spouse. I hand wash my glass after use and tend to dry it down with a clean towel. Tease my spouse as she hand washes too but lets it drip dry leaving spots, etc.

Maybe drying it with a towel just smears the minerals in the water around thin over the glass but like to think it's more visually appealing and hence mentally, better tasting wine in a shinny glass.

TOTALLY. I don't always do this at home, I readily confess. But Tuna was at a restaurant.

 

[mdf]

I only said it because it was a restaurant and those look like pre-crab spots to me

I'm pretty forgiving about water spots. I'm too busy sending back wine glasses that stink.

 

[Tony S]

I'm pretty forgiving about water spots. I'm too busy sending back wine glasses that stink.

That too!

 

[mdf]

Last night's and tonight's wines. One from Italy, one from California. The first keeps its secrets, but the second is mostly sangoivese with a sizable slug of cab and a touch of teroldega. I'm guessing the first is a similar mix. Both were good!





2019 Urban Legend Sonici

 

[Tony S]

Last night's and tonight's wines. One from Italy, one from California. The first keeps its secrets, but the second is mostly sangoivese with a sizable slug of cab and a touch of teroldega. I'm guessing the first is a similar mix. Both were good!
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https://www.castelloromitorio.com/romitoro-toscana-igt-en.aspx

Syrah and Petit Verdot

 

[cantunamunch]

https://www.castelloromitorio.com/romitoro-toscana-igt-en.aspx

Syrah and Petit Verdot

Interesting.

 

[mdf]

https://www.castelloromitorio.com/romitoro-toscana-igt-en.aspx

Syrah and Petit Verdot

yep, I'm surprised. I'm glad I didn't cheat and look it up.

 

[Tony S]

"Restaurant wine." This is a phrase I learned, back in the day. It meant, "Wine that is easy to like for anyone, even wine newbies. Comes in an attractive package. Supports a healthy markup." Basically, low maintenance for the restaurant.

More recently, "supermarket wine" emerged. It's like restaurant wine but even more so. Typically production is ginormous, but the labels, misleadingly, have (modest) pretensions.

Generally, I get along pretty well with restaurant wine. God knows I've had crushes on enough of them over the decades. (Ch. Carbonnieux blanc, i'm looking at you, girl. Sigh.) Supermarket wine is usually a bridge too far for me. It tends to cross a line - that exists primarily in my mind - from "wine" into "product." I'll own that prejudice.

This one is absolutely a supermarket package. Someone needs to get over themselves in the graphic design department, or go work for the circus. But the wine is classic restaurant wine. I'll take it. Stevie Wonder's "Isn't She Lovely?" comes to mind.

 

[cantunamunch]

^what do you call 'wine and label created exclusively for in restaurant sale'?

 

[Tony S]

^what do you call 'wine and label created exclusively for in restaurant sale'?

Australian.

 

[Tony S]

^
Oops. Sorry. That was the answer to "Supermarket."

 

[Tony S]

 

[cantunamunch]

Honestly I'm not fussed about the cavaliere design - I kinda like the tones of some of the Veneto ones. And the art deco neck wrap looks pretty sharp in black and gold.

Treasury Wine Estates introduces Cavaliere d’Oro

This new portfolio of Italian wines is steeped in 500 years of heritage and represents the evolution of the Gabbiano wine label, a premium Italian wine produced in the heart of Tuscany’s Chianti Classico region at the iconic Castello di Gabbiano. Cavaliere d’Oro, which means “The Gold Knight,”...

www.bevnet.com

If the graphics artists' brief read anything like "Go beat labels like Ruffino for visual cues and coherence across the line" I'd say job done. *shrug*