Emelia's Adventures of Wine

 We had more than just two bottles of wine that day! This was the first time I had tried a Tempranillo and there was no better way to do it right than to try one from Spain. My family is Italian, but my dad had grown up on the hardier and fortified wines of the past. This was something I wanted to give to my family to try because it pairs amazing with pasta! We always have pasta at dinners so I wanted my family to explore something new! The wine had a hint of spice and was a medium body and tasted a bit herbal and smokey as well. 

  This french hermitage was a very floral or deep blackberry or cherry wine. It had more notes of black berry or a dark cherry and was very full body. This wine was served with a smoked pork and beef as part of a large family feast.  This Merlot was a strong wine and was full body with a very high tannin it is also a product of France. My family also enjoyed decanting our wines this dinner and the flavors of the Merlot really shared a delicious full body sweet high tannin deep blackberry flavor. 

  Sorry I ate my food too fast, Tehe This plate was originally filled with pineapple rice, steam squash and baked salmon. All of it paired very well with the dinner because the line was light and citrusy making a good pair for seafood. It had a light and with a little bit of carbonation. Would be a good starter wine as well as a sweet wine.

 Okay so the pairing could of been better, but I really wanted Qdoba.  2020 Blanc De Costis, A white Bordeaux. From Targon, France. This blend is 70% Sauvignon Blanc and 30% Semillon. Light and Buttery. Lemon with a hint of herb. It has a fatty aftertaste with a salty taste. Salt compliments the wine wells. The food does not blend well with wine but the tortilla chips do! Overall, delicious wine!

  This dinner I had this red wine with ham pizza from Pks resturant in Blacksburg VA. The fatty and cheesy pizza with the chianti made this meal two time better. This lighter blend red was fruity and closer to the sweeter side which I liked. It had rich oaky flavor that paired really well with the food.  Earthy taste and Citrus/ lemon flavor. If I had to think of a place this wine sends me, it would have me on a fresh sunny afternoon or morning sitting out in the grass under the sun on a warm day. Lemonade stand basically. It is like a Veggie grape and a salty aftertaste that is similar to lemon.  A sharp smell that is sour and earthy.  Dry, sour, and oaky smell is in flavor and smell.  During this tasting today I am eating Pizza flavored Pringles. The pizza Pringles with the wine does not really have too much effect on the wine. However the pizza flavor of the chips were enhanced after sipping the wine. Except they don't really pair well together.

The other evening my family came out of town and we went to Mountain Lake lodge and had a wonderful seafood buffet dinner. We ordered a red blend to go with our seafood buffet. It was an Argentina wine from Valle De Uco vineyard. The wine is a red blend of Malbec and Cabernet Franc.  The wine has a slight body and a bit of an oaky harder taste. There was a hint of herbal spice and black cherry. It can also be close to a little bit floral or fruity. The blend went well with seafood. It was medium sweet so it did not fight the taste of seafood too badly. The seafood was specifically on the savory side so it paired well instead of a white citrus wine.