Month: July 2019

Good evening all!  I enjoy trying new wines and, oftentimes, bottles are what sell me on a wine. I can read the back or look it up on Google or Vivino to get more detail, but what captures my attention is a unique label. I’m a hopeless victim of good marketing. The label is what drove me to purchase the 2015 Tenshən White Wine from the California Central Coast. First of all, the upside-down “e” represented in the label is called a schwa character. You can tap into the Microsoft cavern of fonts to obtain it. Get this…you type a U+0259 then press the Alt key while pressing the X key. The schwa in English is a vowel representing “uh”. Second of all, that was exactly what I uttered when I took my first sip of this wine. I enjoy a relatively heavy oak wine whether or not it is a Chardonnay, a Cabernet or even a Merlot. This was too much oak for me. It was oak-based and complex with some hints of apple. It was almost too complex on its own. However, I then drank this wine with some spicy foods and enjoyed it. The spice was a kick and it kicked back.

The makers of this wine must be extremely cerebral. The label is either a depiction of a maze or a person’s brain. Both of those would represent how drinking this wine can be. You’re either hitting a wall and turning around to then find another open pathway to enjoyment or your neurons themselves are running through a damaged synapse and having to reroute due to damage on the path. This wine caused tenshən in my taste buds and brain. This isn’t a drinking wine for the sake of just drinking it in my opinion. You can find it at Total Wines for approximately $17.00 per bottle.

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Hello All – I hope you have had an excellent Independence Day holiday and great weekend! I enjoyed some time with friends and was able to watch some fireworks at a little place called The Rusty Dog Ranch.  It lives up to its name because the owners, Jeff and Michelle, take in, foster and try to help all sorts of stray dogs (and all animals) and have a heart for giving.   While there, we enjoyed a great cook out with some refreshing adult beverages along with it.   We had hamburgers and hot dogs which are oftentimes paired with red wines or beer.  We went out on a limb and enjoyed a great Rosé that hit the spot on a hot Fourth of July.  We enjoyed the 2018 Château La Tour de l’Évêque from the Côtes de Provence region in France.    Nothing says ‘Merica like Château La Tour de l’Évêque.  If you are looking to try a Rosé, then I’d recommend really anything from the Côtes de Provence region.  I have enjoyed a few from that region and have never been disappointed.  This Rosé had hints of strawberry, honey and a slight citrus taste.  It is just slightly sweet.   This would probably pair very well with sushi and some spicy Asian foods and I will have to try that sometime.  I would recommend this wine just to drink on a patio with friends as well.   It’s a blessing to forget all of the rhetoric spoken by all political at times.  America is one of the few countries in the world where you can drink a French wine while eating beef and pork, blend together in kinship, even with divergent opinions and backgrounds, and blow s*** up.  God Bless America!!