I love yellowtail! But I have found that I really like cheap wine. For Chardonnay, I prefer the Vendange, which is $7.99 for the huge bottle.
I have a question, though-- when "they" say something like "this wine has a fruity taste of cherries, with an oaky undertone"-- are there cherries in the wine? Or do the grapes somehow taste like cherries or butter or vegetables or whatever it is that the wine tastes like?
Or do the grapes somehow taste like cherries or butter or vegetables or whatever it is that the wine tastes like?
This part. It's more like the grapes are
alluding
to cherries. But even then it's not going to taste like a popsicle. They're mostly trying to find a taste vocabulary that can capture an array of subtle, complex flavors and there's no way to do that without referring to other flavors.
"Fruity" flavors are just indicators of slight sweetness in some way. "It has a lot of fruit" = little sweet. "Oaky" - drier, not sweet, slight woody astringency. "Buttery" - doesn't mean tastes like butter but a smooth mouthfeel. It's all code!
TAR: I was
so happy! And you're right Jessica -- any of the three winning would have pleased me. But I loved that they went to Japan!!!
Top Chef: I guess they
decided that forgetting one order was worse than being mediocre with all three challenges?
I was surprised that
Tiffani
did so poorly because
she has been doing well with the Quickfire challenges all season.
Oh, BTW, in TAR - what was the
thing that they teams had to carry in Maiden. I can't remember what it's called for the life of me.
Thanks!
In Somona at a vineyard tasting, I had a wine dude tell me all about "the big bell pepper on the nose." mr. flea and I cracked up for days. I'm sorry, I do not want my red wine to even allude to a bell pepper. Much less on my nose.
"Fruity" flavors are just indicators of slight sweetness in some way. "It has a lot of fruit" = little sweet. "Oaky" - drier, not sweet, slight woody astringency. "Buttery" - doesn't mean tastes like butter but a smooth mouthfeel. It's all code!
I see. Although I think the yellowtail merlot really does taste like cherries. And I would not want a big bell pepper on my nose either!
I have a big bell pepper on my nose right now. AIFG!
Oh, like you weren't expecting it.
One of my favorite wine blogs linked to a story of the history of the Yellow Tail company a while back, and it pleased me no end to find out that the best-selling wine in North America got that way just by tasting good.
So, nobody watched ALIAS? I enjoyed it, but I don't really have anything in the way of comment on it.
No wait, loved Spydaddy's
grumpy enjoyment that "Apparently, I'm amusing".
That joke was just nast. I can't imagine why they gave it so much build-up.