5th March 2008

Farnese 2005 Sangiovese

The Official Line

“A major winemaking achievement from the south of Italy for this price, with clean, ripe berry-redcurrant fruit, leather and marzipan typical of sangiovese without any hint of acetic problems common in this area. It is almost satiny smooth and has an easy-drinking sweetness followed by a dry, sour cherry finish. Not great length but surely good enough at the price. Will grace any casual meal from pizza and pasta to wings, ribs and Mexican fare. It ranked ninth in the Top 25 Killer Values at the International Value Wine Awards. “

Penfolds Koonunga Hill 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon

The Official Line

“Premium Cabernet Sauvignon grapes from some of South Australia’s best vineyards have been selected to maintain this consistent style and quality. The wine has excellent structure and length, and while it is ready for drinking now, will gain further complexity over the next two to four years.”

 

The inaugural meeting…

Well… our first meeting has been and gone…  how reflective…

So… all in attendance… Toni, Darren, Stu, Sarah and Holly.  Congratulations to Paula and Kevin on their new house… see you next week!

So…  What did I think?  Darren has a post of the official * rating…  But my response:

I am really new to this whole red wine game… but I thought that they were ok… I couldn’t really tell the difference – except my teeth felt funny after the second one.

I liked the food.  Although, I think we needed a piece of good blue cheese to go with it.

It seems that more than anything else, Red Wine Wednesday might be an excellent meeting for planning future wine drinking occassions…

Current suggestions… A weekend at Taupo – Scenic Cellars and a cool lounge bar.

A  weekend at Ohakune – beginning the day at around 11am with a ‘cheeky little riesling’.

Sounds good to me!

Other ideas that were sidelined — sloshed Saturdays and Tequilla Tuesdays…

 

A Meeting of Minds

A wee while ago, this man, Stu, had a party. At the party, this man, Kev, met this man, Darren, and together, they came up with ‘Red Wine Wednesdays’.

The first Red Wine Wednesday will be hosted by Darren and Toni. They will provide red wine so that all in attendance can pretend they know what they are talking about. They will also provide nibbles to go with the wine… YUM.

The idea is that every week, one couple hosts ‘Red Wine Wednesday’ and provides the wine – for the other couples to talk shit about…

They can then come to this site and summarise their findings of the wine. People can also talk about other wines that they have had lately or restaurants that they have been to.

Basically it is our eternal search to find good wine and food and have an appropriate place to talk about it!