Friday, March 27, 2009

[pronounced Row-say]


I went to the Olive Garden for some Italian (pronounced Eye-tar-lee-anh) food. And you know how embarassing it is when they ask you about wine, spout out some funky gibberish and you sit there trying so so so hard to keep a straight face and say 'yes'. . . . hoping its the end of the sentence?

Bullseye.

Well, they did serve some good wine with my seafood alfredo, albeit a little ( actually very much so) unsuitable for seafood. But it did taste good! Then it hit me - maybe i should learn up a little about the many different types of wines, instead of settle for white and red as my distinguishing characteristics.

So last weekend, i ventured into Bevmo (think Walmart - but only for wines and beers and liqour) right behind my hotel and decided to start one aisle white and one aisle red. . . . but rose (pronounced row-say) in particular. I bought one sweet variety called muscato - a desert wine, and another which was the rose. I was deciding between this brand [see picture] and the ever so suggestive Menage A Trois (pronounced Mer-nah-jay-tuah). Tats for the next round.

So how does it taste?

I did not particularly like it - but not because it was not good - but rather because i was expecting something a little more fruity. But this baby was in essence more pinot noir than rose. But that's not a bad thing. the first hit is surprisingly plesant - with a hint of sour hit that lasts but for a fraction of time. It's nose is surprisingly sweet, with a flowery hint almost. The main bulk of it is however rather 2-D (but i only paid $9 for it. . . .) with a plesant after taste. However all in all you could almost separate the water part (is this even possible?) from the wine part. Not much of a blend, and not all that sophisticated. But who am i to say? I tell you though, that Principato Rose' was something else!!! Perhaps the threesome (whoops!) will do me better (pun intended).

Can anyone tell me what makes a wine 'dry'? This one i should ask my uncle (or maybe han wei) hahahahaha.



5 comments:

  1. i learned ,Beer,stout and vodka~from Dad.

    wine's

    i learned from.

    Drunkard -Ronnie, i learned drinking~everything from him.

    Socialite-Nikki Cheah, luv her lots for all she thought me, she thought me recipe's and how to cook!

    U.N.C.L.E-Han Wei, say it ,say it!

    "and wondered why there are sophisticated people, besides the complicated people."

    quite a 'groupe de trois' or 'trois voies' of influence~over something in a bottle and people drink of it.

    dry wine: i quote.
    "A sweet wine such as a Vouvray can actually taste dry due to the high level of acidity. A dry wine can taste sweet if the alcohol level is elevated. Medium and sweet wines have a perception among many consumers of being of lower quality than dry wines."-Hugh Johnson, Vintage: The Story of Wine pgs 70-71

    as for me, I love, sharing Gin and juice~

    and had the worst experience.
    With 2 parts lone star beer, and 1 part apple train cider.
    "one shot was all it took"

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  2. gosh surain u mispelled 'taught' hahahahaha.

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  3. hehe, I wanted to say maybe it is toad's eye (when i saw the photo) that made wine dry :P of course that's nonsense

    wine is healthy! just not too much ;)

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  4. Hersheys, tat does not make sense at all!!!!
    =)

    Boh Seng lee - the correction still leaves ur message ambiguous. . . . hahahahahaha

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