What's in your glass tonight?

[geek]

Sipping the left over of the Sauvignon Blanc I bought at Costco 2 days ago.

The lemon aroma hits your nose nicely [emoji4]
Still really good after the bottle has been opened for a couple days. I'd definitely buy again, and at that price....absolutely [emoji4]

 

[ibglowin]

Did not suck.........

 

[Boatboy24]

This did not suck either. Almost wasteful on burger night, but sometimes you have to say 'what the heck'. My parents settled on the sale of their house yesterday and their realtor gave them this bottle. 2014 Caymus 1858. Really nice Cab.

 

[Boatboy24]

This Sh!T is still BaNaNaS! Found a local source!

Thanks for the recommendation, Mike. Good Sh!t! Yes, there is a very, very subtle hint of sugar, but that acidity and the bright green apple and stone fruit make it hard to detect. Good stuff!

@ceeaton: no bananas.

 

[geek]

From a cheapo kit

 

[Boatboy24]

From a cheapo kit

You can do better than that on T-Bone night!

 

[geek]

You can do better than that on T-Bone night!

But let me tell you, this wine threw a curve ball at me, it is not complex as my grape wine but it is very good [emoji4]

 

[ceeaton]

I bet that was a good pairing if the wine was drinkable (which I imagine it was with Varis' professional wine making abilities). I wouldn't turn down a bottle of that one.

 

[joeswine]

Which kit?

 

[geek]

Craig,

It wasn't a "great, oh my God" wine, but not too shabby really.

Joe, that's a WE VR 10L kit I bought on sale from LP 2 years ago. I don't have my notes here to know if I tweaked it or not.
I also made a Barolo (now Nebbiolo) around the same time and I think the Barolo is very very good, need to try it soon.

 

[pgentile]

Last year's Zin, coming along quite nicely.

 

[sour_grapes]

Last year's Zin, coming along quite nicely.

Great label! Do you live on Bainbridge?

(I had to "go up 17th" a little to get both towers.)

 

[pgentile]

Great label! Do you live on Bainbridge?

(I had to "go up 17th" a little to get both towers.)

Thanks on the labels, my girlfriend made those for me last year.

Yes I live on Bainbridge, 20 years ago I lived on Kater near your shot.

 

[mainshipfred]

Craig,

It wasn't a "great, oh my God" wine, but not too shabby really.

Joe, that's a WE VR 10L kit I bought on sale from LP 2 years ago. I don't have my notes here to know if I tweaked it or not.

I glad you posted this. This is the first wine I made. Started January 2 this year. It was a kit I asked for for Christmas knowing very very little about wine making. Since then I've come to accept this will never be a killer wine. With all that being said here is what I did last week. BTW, this is 5 gallons seeing I newbie bottled 5 bottles early on.

Took readings SO2 40, Ph 3.28 and TA 5.20. Added 2 tsp wine tannin and 1.5g tartaric plus .5 oz a liquid oak and .5 oz of glycerine and haven't taken readings since. It has a really big bite and way too oaky. Any thoughts anyone?

 

[geek]

Giving this a try.....

 

[Boatboy24]

Finishing off the Kung Fu Riesling from the other night, then onto Winery Series Super Tuscan w/ Ina Garten's lasagna.

 

[jgmann67]

/ Ina Garten's lasagna.

Great. Now I have that song stuck in my head...

 

[Boatboy24]

Great. Now I have that song stuck in my head...

There's a song called Ina Garten's Lasagna?

 

[Boatboy24]

Giving this a try.....

What did you think?

 

[geek]

What did you think?

It has good potential, nice lemon aroma, the flavor is still not quite there yet, for me....just a couple more months (I think).