#field blend

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Hey 19

From hi-elevation estate vineyards on Mt. Veeder comes this vanishing breed of wines: a true field-blend of old vines but not the usual Italian or Rhone varieties. Here we have Bordeaux grapes with a touch of Syrah. My favorite wine from Hess–and nowhere NEAR their most expensive. Checking in on the 11’s is always interesting, and this one is feeling very near pure drinking enjoyment–maybe even…

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Well Colored

A ridiculously yummy wine, from first sniff through last lingering taste. And another NV! Two nights in a row. And I didn’t even plan that–both just random grabs from the sample-shelf. My mind is a blur groping for the blend on this one… Because of my familiarity with the producer, I WANT to say Aglianico and Sangio, but there’s darker–and more complex–nuances emerging, leading me toward PS and…

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Zinfidelity

A scarily fruit-forward nose on initial pour–I had a bit of an eye-rolling moment–but with air it settles down into something quite elegant. Goldschmidt makes a pretty decent wine, plus “Alexander Valley” and a lower-than-usual alcohol were all grabbing-points for me to try this well-priced wine (Zin is basically the ONLY variety I check ABV on before buying). Nice rosy transparency in the glass,…

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White Essence

So this little screw-top has been lingering in my cellar for AGES. I have no idea where I got it–it might have been my one and only visit to Halter Ranch–but my hands have glanced over it numerous times. Until now. Wow. What a beautiful wine. Dark golden, with no indication of blend or variety on the label, it truly is a shockingly well-aged white. Heavy petrol in the nose, morphing to pretty…

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[waywardwine]

Watch me review my own homemade #wine from my own vines and discuss the 2019 #vintage in #Tualatin #Oregon 2019's harvest did not go as planned. Still, I managed to squeeze out a wine from my backyard experiment vines. Watch my review of it here:

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#1. Home Grown Farms - Family Harvest Red

I drank this to eat with a cornmeal crust pizza with spicy Italian chicken sausage. I'm halfway through the bottle and I'm already watching a marathon of Manswers with Mose. This wine is promising!

Conclusion: This is a field blend with all sorts of different grapes in it, which is my favorite kind of wine. (Sidenote: that is the most complicated this blog will ever get about wine, probably.) It's got a bit more of a bite than the Hey Mambo! (review forthcoming) but it turned out better than the pizza did and it made watching SpikeTV enjoyable. I have a bit of a hangover (rare for me) which is a bummer, but I give this a hearty swallow and extra credit for their attention to detail. Friendly corks! Little boots everywhere!