Primo Amore Moscato

This Primo Amore Moscato from Italy was only $8.95.  It smelled obviously sweet and of peaches and other fruits.  It had a creamier taste, again with a hint of peach and apricot.  I can see this wine tasting amazing with chocolate.

Faraway Farms Shiraz

This Faraway Farms Shiraz is a 2008 wine from South Africa, costing only $5.95.  This wine had a strong nose of plum and raspberry.  It was not too dry, and tasted of mocha and sweet berries.  I could see this wine being pared with a dessert.

Tres Ojos Old Vines Garnacha

This Tres Ojos Old Vines Garnacha is a 2009 wine from Spain, costing only $6.95.  It had a very ruby color and a nose of berries and marshmellows.  It smelled burnt, or tart with dark cherry and tang.  The taste was very dry and brisk.  I can see one enjoying this wine with cheese and crackers.

Fox Hollow Chardonnay

This Fox Hollow Chardonnay is a 2009 wine that costs only $5.95 from California.  This wine had a strong nose of oak, smokey oak.  It was creamy with a taste of apple and almonds, and other fruits.  I could see someone enjoying this wine with tropical fruits.

Wine Tasting of Obikwa Sauvignon Blanc

This Obikwa Sauvignon Blanc is a 2010 from South Africa.  It costs $7.95.  I tasted this wine at the wine tasting this past Thursday, and it was actually very good.  It had a melon, tangy taste to it.  For a cheap white wine it had a good body and was not too watery.  The nose was strong of berries and a little bit of alcohol.  This is a perfect summer wine.  I could see someone drinking this wine with figs and various fruits and cheese.

Dinner - Boudreaux's (New Orleans)

Last night, a few friends and I went to Boudreaux's downtown.  Calli Scheidt and I ordered three glasses of different wines to taste throughout our meal- a Tempranillo, Sauvignon blanc, and a vinho verde.  The Tempranillo was a 2008 Mano A Mano Tempranillo from Spain, 21 dollars for a bottle, and 6 dollars for a glass.  The Sauvignon blanc was a 2010 Ponga Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand, 22 dollars for a bottle, and 6 dollars for a glass.  Lastly, the Vinho Verde was a 2009 Conde Villar Vinho Verde from Portugal, 20 dollars a bottle, and 5.50 dollars a glass.  The nose on the Vinho Verde and Sauvignon Blanc were very different.  The Vinho Verde smelled of lemon and cat pee, whereas the Sauvignon Blanc smelled very sweet with a hint of pear.  The Vinho Verde had more of a blast of taste, and darker color, than the Sauvignon Blanc, it tasted tart with a zing of lemon.  The Sauvignon Blanc had less of a taste, it was very close to a weirdly flavored water, with a hint of bananna or peach.  The Tempranillo was my favorite of all three wines.  The only red of the bunch.  It was pretty dark, and had good legs on a swirl.  It   smelled delicious.  There was a hint of blackberry and smoke in the nose, which then created a smokey, root beer and burst of blackberry in the taste.  It was a very well rounded wine.

For dinner we ordered the crab cake sandwich, which not only was very tasteful, but also amazing with the Tempranillo.  Though I felt that the Tempranillo would pair better with a meat dish, like steak or lamb chops, the crab cake was nicely complimented by the smoothe taste of smokey blackberry in the Tempranillo.  I enjoyed the Sauvignon Blanc with the crab cake as well, but I did not like the Vinho Verde with it at all.  The Sauvignon Blanc was a good accompaniment because I did not think it had too much taste, so there was nothing to cause the crab to taste bad really.  The Vinho Verde was no very good with the crab cake because the flavors did not mesh well.  The Vinho Verde was too tart and lemony.

Last night I drank Mollydooker Cabernet Sauvignon in a variety of wine glasses.  It of course turned out that the roundest glass was easiest to swirl the wine, allowing the air to enter, but the smaller glasses were more comfortable to hold.  Tasting this wine was also interesting because the bottle had be open for a while.  I opened it before I cooked my dinner, let it sit, and then showered, and then returned to the bottle 4 hours later.  The taste was exceptionally different from the first time i opened this bottle.

Tonight I had some Ed Hardy Chardonnay.  It was very creamy and dark in color.  It had almost a vanilla hint to it.  It was not sharp at all, but not too watery.  I really enjoyed this white wine!

This past week I was in the Bahamas and tried some typical Bohemian Beer.   It was a Sands and reall good.  It was not dry, but in fact more of a sweet beer.  There were hints of apple and cherry.  I enjoyed it a lot!