Compliments Fowl Dishes?

It says that on the back of the bottle. How? Does it say, "Yo, baby, you have the most beautiful long neck I have ever seen?" A few weeks ago, Bob and had dinner at what was supposed to be a good restaurant in Bonnie Brae. It was the Saucy Noodle for those who want to know. The food there was foul, I hated it, seriously, it tasted like the garlic was fermented and the replacement they brought me was WAY TOO HOT to eat (in the spicy sense). The Chianti we were drinking didn't compliment it at all. In fact, it didn't have anything to say, much less good things. Since when does wine talk anyway? The Chianti was very good. We wrote down the name, but I don't know what we did with the napkin it was on. Bob probably blew his nose with it.
So, tonight I an drinking: BIG MOOSE RED, 2002 Red California Wine. $7.99 sale price, regular $8.99 Alcohol 13.9. It's really good. I was worried when I pulled out the cork screw and realized it had a screw-off cap. No cork. Fast entry. This is an instant gratification wine. Drink it NOW! So I am. I wouldn't want to go against the makers intentions. I'm sure they put in a lot of time, effort and labor. All that barefoot grape sqaushing. Who am I to defy their expectations? It is a blend of 75% Syrah, 15% Petite Syrah, and 10% Grenache. It has a very deep color, is full bodied, has great legs and tastes really, really good.
If Bob doesn't come home soon, I may drink the whole bottle myself. Hmm, I have to work tomorrow, I won't drink the whole thing. That would be a really bad idea.
Read what the Houston Wine Merchant had to say. Scroll down a bit when you go to that page. Another good review at Beekman wines.

Mmmm, Mmmm Good!

Vina Borgia, 2003 Borja, Spain Grenache. 100% grenache. Very good. Very flavorful. Went well with my Boca Burger. Went well even after my Boca Burger was gone. $7.99. Just go buy it, if you don't like it, add a negative comment. At first I thought it was fizzy, like it was carbonated, but I think my glass was just dirty. Stupid dishwasher. I hate him. (just kidding, we use a machine) I washed my glass out and then it was fine.
More to come, I have to go to bed now.

Wrongo Dongo

Undoubtedly, it would go well with Oingo Boingo. This was a pretty good choice. Wrongo Dongo 2003 Jumilla Red Wine $6.99. It was actually on sale at our favorite wine store, regular price was $8.99. It's from Spain. Alcohol content is 13.5. Bold fruit flavors but not a very smooth finish. A little acidic, but nice taste. The label is weird. I still haven't figured out what's on this guys head. It looks like a Picasso with a baby bonnet. Which reminds me a of a picture that J-Dog drew in Microsoft Paint.
J-Dog's Picasso in Paint/Copyright..do not duplicate without permission
Who can actually draw in that program and come out with a good picture?
I drank Wrongo Dongo Sunday. Since today is President's Day, we should be trying something patriotic. Here is a Presidential wine: Valpolicella Superiore, 2000 Zenato, Italy. My guess is that it's probably out of our $10 bottle limit. Ah, well, tonight we are not drinking. I'm blogging and Bob is catching up on the latest Kurzweil book. Did you know that a woman over the age of 25 who has a medium frame and is 5'3" tall should weigh between 121lbs and 135lbs. And, how do I know I have a medium frame, because the circumference of my wrist measures 5 3/4".
Thanks to Bob reading Kurzweil out loud, I now have this useless fact clogging up my brain. What if I had something important to learn? Like, where is Jumilla???

Camelot...ARRRGH...NOT

Yuk. I finally get to review a BAD wine. Camelot 2002 Red Zinfandel. California, alcohol 13.5%.
If I wanted licorice, I would have drank Jagermister, blah, upside-down in the bar! What a nasty flavor! Ok, some of you may like it, but I thought it was too much like Galliano Liquore, only worse. Enough said.

The Family Wine

Yum, Yum, Yum! I like it! Can you tell? McManis Family Vineyard Merlot 2003 $9.99. I really like this. I don't thinkI'll serve it to the kids, even though it's a "Family" wine. Very flavorful, full body. Bob says it has nice "legs". Funny, he used to say that to me. Well, we have been married almost a whole year now. Bob said he doesn't really like this one much...but then again, he liked Columbia Crest Merlot 2001, which I thought Tasted like watered down grapes. Very bland. We don't always like the same things. McManis scored a 94 in a wine tasting competition. So I like it and so do the critics. Hmmm. Well, I' m always right, so...

Comments welcome...Someday, Bob will acually blog a wine. I promise.

Somebody Translate!

It's a white one. Our friends, Rich and Daisy gave us some wines for Christmas. One was from Chile, a red, it was very good, although I haven't blogged it yet. Bob is cooking Wild Alaskan Salmon for dinner tonight. Why? Because why have Halibut when you can have SALMON! So anyway, I decided to pull the white wine from the fridge. It is a German wine, so I really have no clue as to what it is. The bottle has a sun logo on it that says, "from the sunny side of the vineyards for the sunny side of life". It is called Piesporter Michelsberg Spatlese 2001 by Schmitt Sohne. There are those funny little dots above the "A" in spatlese and the "O" in Sohne. The alcohol content is only 8.5. It's pretty good. Bob thought it tasted sweet at first, but I think it's because he is not used to fruity wines. It is light and crisp, definitely on the drier side and fruity. The back of the bottle says apricot and peach flavors, but quite honestly, for someone who really knows nothing about white wines, it tasted more like Granny Smith apples to me. It reminds me of a Reisling. The first time I had a Reisling was at my Dad's new years eve party to bring in 2002. Bob and I raided his stash in the basement. I think he is still mad at us over that. I felt a little bad, but it was really good stuff. Sorry Dad!

The Red Rooster...A Cocky One Too

Le Coq Rouge 2002. $5.99 This French wine is a blend of Merlot 45% cabernet-sauvignon 30% and Syrah 25%. This is a keeper. It is medium-bodied smooth as pudding, deliciously light with fruity undertones. Dry with a nice long finish. Ah, but let it sit for about 10 minutes before you drink it. If you drink it right after pouring it is tart and tastes more acidic. The Wine Company has a little write up on this wine. Take a look, you can buy it from there too.
Incidentally, we are in the year of the Rooster right now. J-Dog is looking for a Chinese girl to celebrate with. He is not as fussy as Luke Ford.
Bob and I were thinking of getting a rooster, but our city doesn't allow it. A zoning thing. I thought it would be neat to wake up to a rooster crowing. Bob doesn't think so. He grew up on an organic poultry farm in New Jersey. So, we settled on a rooster that hangs on the front door welcoming strangers and J-Dog. He doesn't crow. He doesn't walk. He doesn't even flap his wings. He is not real. I hate compromise.

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This picture does not represent the bottle. It is just a red rooster.

Shut Up and Dance...The Ball

So Bob and I went to a fund-raiser last night for the Tsunami victims put on by Knus AM of Denver and Laura Ingraham, author of the New York best seller "Shut Up and Sing". Wendy Woo was the music entertainment. She was a mix of country and her own style. She wooed us nicely. Laura was there of course, so she autographed our copy of the book. I wonder if it will be worth money someday. I mean, more than the $25 it cost us. When we were downstairs parking the car, Bob decided he didn't need his phone. What was he thinking??!!. His phone also takes pictures so we missed out in a photo op to go with the autograph. Oh well, we did win a bid on a baseball with Reggie Jackson's signature on it. In addition to dancing, we drank wine. The choices were Laterre' California, Merlot, Cabernet, Rosa. $5.50 a glass. We went for the Merlot. No year on the bottle. It was ok. Nothing to write home about and I certainly won't go out of my way looking for it in the stores, but I know that if we run across it again it's drinkable. It was spicy, crisp and oaky. The color was medium. You couldn't see right through it, but it was not a very deep purple. Hey, aren't they a band?

Speaking of Hogs...

Kimmy has been hogging all the wine! Since I haven't had the chance to try any of her recent picks (well, just a little of the Peachy, 'til she yelled at me. Apparently, she's unable to review wines she hasn't drunk), I'll just have to report on one that I hogged all to myself. That would be Protocolo, 2002 Spanish Red. The sign at the store said it was "yummy", and it was only $6.99, which is very reasonable, esp. here in snooty-ville. It was truly yummy, good flavor and nice body. I had it with chicken, very tasty, which proves the "white meat/white wine" rule wrong. At least to me.

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Two Little Piggies...

Ok, so you are having a party and you invited one of your friends who has a snobby wife or husband. I mean, their nose is waaaay in the air. They think they are the elite of all elite. What do you do??? Why, you make sure you have a bottle of LeSnoot Merlot 2002 North Coast $10, of course. Bottled by Snob Hill Winery in California it is sure to impress even your prissiest friends. Although a "GangofPour" who also critiques wines didn't like it as much as we did. We thought it was very bold, rich wine with tons of flavor. The label is great with two very plump, yet very well dressed pigs on the front. Hey! Don't be a hog, share it with everyone.

This is J-Dog and this is what happens if you indulge in too much wine, your motorcycle shrinks. 

Just peachy but not the flavor.

Since Bob was a hog and I only had one glass of the Penguin, we opened another. Peachy Canyon Red Zinfandel 2002, California. Price: $10.99. Ok, ok, I went over the $10 limit. Sorry. I was in a hurry to get home, so I went to the more expensive store.
Very dry. In fact, I don't think I've ever had a red zin this dry. Smooth, a little tart at the end. Maybe it needs to stay in the bottle for a few more years. Not too bad, although I won't rush out for more anytime soon. Wish Bob didn't drink all of the Little Penguin.

The Little Penguin..with BIG taste

Ok, Bob says..."What a Great speech"! We popped "The Penguin" during The State of the Union speech by the "one and only" President Bush. Bob thought he spoke very well. He has obviously been practicing the pronunciation of nuclear.
So, back to the wine task at hand. The Little Penguin, Southeastern Australia, Shiraz, 2003. Price; $6.99. Very bold, peppery. Very good. Smooth. Good buy.
Hmm, we just had a bull, a swan and now a penguin. The animals seem worthy. We thank them.

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