http://thekindwine.com A Wine Tasting Blog Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:19:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Winery:Barefoot Grape:Merlot Region:California Vintage:Non-Vintage Price:$6 Rating:Gotta Have It! Having recently enjoyed a bottle of Barefoot Chardonnay, I decided to see if this winemaker was a one-hit wonder by sampling their Merlot. In a word, WOW. At $6 a bottle, one hopes for ... http://thekindwine.com/archives/30 Winery:Barefoot Grape:Chardonnay Region:California Vintage:Non-Vintage Price:$6 Rating:Drink It When I saw this bottle on the shelf it didn't appeal to me. Of course I know that wine and feet have a long intermingled history, but I'd just rather not be thinking about feet while ... http://thekindwine.com/archives/29 Winery:Bogle Grape:Old Vine Zinfandel Region:California Vintage:2005 Price:$11 Rating:Skip It In my continuing quest to find a truly good Zinfandel, I tried Bogle's "Gnarly Old Vine" wine and was disappointed. Berries on the nose but overly heavy tannins on the finish and a middle ... http://thekindwine.com/archives/31 Take the quiz from Blogthings>> http://thekindwine.com/archives/34 Winery:Gouveia Vineyards Grape:Oaked Chardonnay Region:Connecticut Vintage:Non-Vintage Price:$16 Rating:Drink It I brought home a bottle of Gouveia Vineyards Chardonnay after a recent visit and tasting at this terrific little Connecticut vineyard. The first thing you'll notice about this Chardonnay is the stunning gold color ... http://thekindwine.com/archives/32 Winery:Hopkins Vineyard Grape:White Blend Region:Connecticut Vintage:2005 Price:$12 Rating:Drink It This white wine is a blend of estate-grown Seyval and Vidal Blanc grapes, both of which are popular hybrid grapes commonly grown in the New England region, as well as in Canada and across the ... http://thekindwine.com/archives/27 I came across a profile of a new book called Wine Across America: A Photographic Road Trip in the Stamford Times this week. The book is a photographic account of the 80,000 miles traveled by photographer Charles O'Rear and his wife as they visited wineries in all 50 US ... http://thekindwine.com/archives/26 Winery:Big House Grape:White Blend Region:California Vintage:2006 Price:$10 Rating:Skip It This wine is so bad it's criminal. It's a blend of Viognier, Malvasia, Bianca, Orange Muscat, Muscat Canelli and Marsanne, which together add up to a whole lot of crappy wine. Drinking this ... http://thekindwine.com/archives/25 Winery:McManis Family Vineyards Grape:Merlot Region:California Vintage:2005 Price:$10 Rating:Gotta Have It! Stop what you are doing immediately and run (or drive, but very fast) to your local wine shop and buy a bottle of this Merlot! Go! Now! Why are you still ... http://thekindwine.com/archives/24 Winery:Pindar Grape:Red Region:Long Island, NY Vintage:Non-Vintage Price:$10 Rating:Skip It I bought this wine because I wanted to have something from Long Island, and, well, it looked interesting enough. Plus I'd really enjoyed my previous Pindar wine. But Sweet Scarlett was a disappointment. ... http://thekindwine.com/archives/22