Yago sangria

Juliana, of course, loves Yago sangria. I think it's a touch sweet, and pretty bland. I wouldn't call it "wine" so much as "fun grape juice".

Bogle merlot 2004

A great wine. Today, I tried to find another bottle at Gordon's Fine Wine and Liquors, to no avail.

Duplin Hatteras Red sweet muscadine

This wine is extremely sweet; but, even though it tasted a bit like hard grape juice, it was good. Fortunately, we ate something very flavorful with this sweet muscadine, otherwise I think the wine would have been too much for the food. We drank this very chilled.

Cathedral Ridge pinot grigio 2004

This is an excellent wine! I enjoyed it thoroughly.

I don't recall the first meal I drank it with, but it was very good. I later had it after it had been [[rebottled|PreservingWine]] for a few days (3). It was again excellent. A relatively dry wine, it did not have the same bite that I typically associate with such a dry wine. It went down smoothly; I had to keep myself from from simply slurping it down.

Wrongo Dongo 2004

Not spectacular. In fact, I was not a fan at all.

Cathedral Ridge cabernet sauvignon 2003

To be honest, I don't remember how this wine was at all... It must not have been a standout.

Beringer white zinfandel 2004

This was a sweet, drinkable wine. It was very cheap--2 for $8 from Costco.

It is a nice accompaniment to the everyday dinner. A light and fruity wine, we've drank it with everything: burgers, pad thai, pasta.

summer 2006, part 1

The wines that we've drank this summer. From left to right:

• Robert Mondavi, 2004 cabernet sauvignon
  
• Cathedral Ridge, 2003 cabernet sauvignon
  
• Bogle, 2004 merlot
  
• Folie a Deux, 2004 Menage a Trois
  
• 2004 Wrongo Dongo
• Cathedral Ridge, 2004 pinot gris
• Moselland, Lighthouse Series riesling qualitatswein
• Beringer, 2004 white zinfandel
• Duplin, Hatteras Red sweet muscadine wine
• Fonseca, Bin No. 27 port
• Yago, sangria
  

My mother bought most of them for me from Costco. Except for the port, all these wines were sub-$10.

Being college student and constantly moving, there's strong incentive to not start collecting wine. In fact, I hope to never become a discerning connoisseur; that can get expensive! Nonetheless, I'm a strong proponent of the idea that knowledge increases enjoyment, whether it's sports, food and drink, or engineering. Therefore, starting with these eleven wines, I hope to chronicle my interest and learning of all things gastronomical.

In addition to posts on inebriating substances, we can look forward such riveting topics as:

• B.M. Goodness - I purchased a Breadman TR-4000 from woot.com. It is extremely full-featured and has made some delicious bread. The bread machine goodness will be ongoing.
• Cooking at College - In addition to the bread, I cook semi-regularly. These are almost always very simple dishes. If I use a recipe, it is typically very basic, and then modified to be even simpler. What can I say? I'm a lazy cook.
  
• Advanced Theoretical Zymurgy - Professor Allen Downey is hosting a co-curricular on brewing beer. He is truly an inspiring professor.
  

the first dish

Baking bread. Brewing beer. Drinking wine (from wine.woot.com and Costco).

The intent of this blog is more to serve as a personal chronicle than something for external consumption. It should store thoughts and information for me. Therefore, in the long run, I think I'd prefer to use TiddlyWiki. Until I figure out how to host my own websites, though, hosting with blogspot will work. (Once I figure that hosting thing out, I may blog with Movable Type. That looks like something cool.)