Wine to movies

• Fact: writing reviews of wine I have drunk requires me to drink wine

• Fact: buying wine costs money

• Fact: my liquor budget is sadly diminished 

(Corollary: these days I spend said budget on either vodka or cider)

• Result: no more wine reviews for now

I hope to get back to writing them eventually, but for now the only alcohol reviews may be the occasional one for hard cider as I pursue my eternal quest to find one that isn't sickeningly sweet. Instead I will be focusing primarily on my film reviews, interspersed occasionally with fandom character analyses. Netflix and Tumblr promise to fuel me with a nearly unending source of both.

I'll drink to that.


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Healdsbury Ranches: Cabernet Sauvignon

Healdsbury Ranches
Cabernet Sauvignon
California, 2008


Tonight's lesson: Stay away from boots on wine.

Forest Ville: Merlot

Forest Ville
Merlot
California 2009

Hess Select: Sauvignon Blanc

Hess Select
Sauvignon Blanc
California, 2009

Chateau Puynard: Bordeaux

Chateau Puynard
Bordeaux
France, 2005

Oak Leaf Vineyards - Chardonnay

Oak Leaf Vineyards
Chardonnay
California, age unspecified

Cavit Collection - Riesling

Cavit Collection
Riesling
Italy, 2009

Ruffino Lumina - Pinot Grigio

Ruffino Lumina
Pinot Grigio
Venice, Italy, 2009

Solita - Garnacha

Solita
Garnacha
Spain, 2006

Lost Angel - Muscat Canelli

Lost Angel
Muscat Canelli
California, 2007

Col Di Sasso Banfi - Cab Sauv & Sangiovese

Col Di Sasso - Banfi
Cabernet Sauvignon and Sangiovese
Tuscany, Italy, 2007

Robert Parker's Wine Glossary

An excellent glossary of wine terminology from the internationally acclaimed wine critic Robert Parker and publisher of The Wine Advocate:

eRobertParker.com: A Glossary of Wine Terms

I expect to be returning to it frequently.

Wine blogging in general

I have started reading some other wine blogs - not professional ones, I'm frankly not as interested in those - and am quite humbled by the level of expertise and quality of content out there.

To be very clear to the Potential Reader: I post my wine reviews not in any authoritative way, or to set myself up as someone at all knowledgeable.* Rather, it more traces the slow journey of someone first learning about wine.

Adult Content?

When creating this blog, one of the settings is whether my blog contains adult content. The options are, predictably, "Yes" and "No."

I feel like there should be a third option: "Maybe?"

I've barely written anything yet. How should I know what I'm going to say in the future, let alone what exactly constitutes adult content? Does swearing sometimes (which I have done and will cheerfully continue to do) count? Does saying "Tintin is totally asexual" count? Does discussing R-rated movies or liquor, both of which are supposedly adult, count? I assume not. But still.

So:

WARNING: This blog does not yet contain adult content (except for aforementioned cussing). It may in the future. It will very likely link to adult content in the future. If there gets to be a lot of it I may change the setting, but right now I think it's a bit pointless. Make your own, adult, choice.

St. Chapelle Ruby Red

St. Chapelle
"Ruby Red"
Oregon, 2007

Cuvée A, Müller Thargau, Château Benoit (white)

Cuvée A, Müller Thargau, Château Benoit
White wine
Willamette Valley, Oregon, 2007

Cellar No. 8: Cabernet Sauvignon

Cellar No. 8
Cabernet Sauvignon
2007, California

Nahe Kreuznacher Kronenberg Kabinett

Nahe Kreuznacher Kronenberg Kabinett Germany,
2007

Montecillo: Rioja

Montecillo Rioja
Spain, 2006

Melini: Chianti

Melini Chianti
Borghi D'Elsa, Italy, 2007