Tasting - "Summerville Park"

Name: Summerville Park
Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon
Region: Parkers Estate
Country: USA
Year: 2015
Price: $9.99

Winery Review: Aromas of blackberries, eucalyptus and leather, layered with flavors of black plum and red cherry, with hints of cinnamon and star anise. Pairs beautifully with braised short ribs or Asian beef stir-fry.

My Review: The smell was a very fruity/berry smell. Very full but also had a dry and pungy aspect to it. The legs... beautiful. The taste was interesting. It was kind of harsh and acidity. Very dry and blackberry finish. I love Cab, was a little disappointed with this wine. I would not buy it again. I ate a Kroger ice cream sandwich with it, did not do anything to benefit the wine or the sandwich. I also ate egg rolls with it... HORRIBLE. very bad. very very bad. I also left a glass out overnight... oh yeah.. bad. I thought maybe it would make the wine better, but nope. Way way too sweet and berry like tasting. Tasted spoiled.

Dinner - "The Edge Round 2"

To start off, I've had one hell of a day. Straight chaos. First off I am still hungover from the weekend (great weekend), 2nd I have been breaking and dropping stuff all day. I didn't want to move from my apt which is when I realized I have chicken, corn, ice cream and way over 3 bottles of wine so.. dinner blog round numero dos.

Started off with a nice corn on the cob (but since its not the great corn of NJ (best state in the United States)) I had to cut it off the cob. First cut and all hell started to break loose.



I continued to drop the whole cob on the floor for a second time...

Our app:




A nice Bay Bridge chardonnay, and by nice I mean absolutely horrible; a horrible $2.99 bottle of wine. Very disappointed. It had a musty smell with a very bland flavor. Just blah blah blah. It also had the worst acidity aftertaste. It was such a bad aftertaste to the point where I didn't even want to finish it. It hung around and was very harsh. All around bad wine. Wish I wasn't so broke and could buy better wine (but my tax refund just came in so holla). Idk why I said holla, i hate that word.


Now on to the dinner:


And then my day gets worse:



If you don't know what that is, its one of these shitters:


So yes my day got worse.

But dinner, DELICIOUS:



This though, very nice wine! And only $4.99!! It was a Crane Lake Sangiovese (no idea how to pronounce it but yes, I like it). When I first poured it, a lot lighter than I expected. Very light red that the light when right through. Sniffy Sniff (I hate Gary), delicious smell, very fruity with a hint of cherry and just tons of berries and fruit. Tasted just as good! It filled my whole pallet and tons of taste; cherry, berry goodness. Very impressed for the price. Really delicious.

On to dessert (I am about to explode at this point):


Even with me dying of exstufftion (the act of being too stuffed) , damn did I put down this ice cream. So another $2.99 Bay Bridge bottle except this one is my favorite type of wine, Cabernet Sauvignon. Yes, I was very nervous but hallallua, it was surprisingly good! I knew it from the very beginning. I loved the color! Not too light or dark, looked very appetizing. Had a nice fruity smell and exploded with flavor. Very full and berry/cherry like. Which is WHY i LOVED IT WITH MY ICE CREAM!! (yes mine was the cherry garcia). It meshed perfectly. Literally every time i take a bite i need to sip my wine. DELICIOUS! Brings out the smooth cherry ice cream taste, but it isn't too strong. Very very verrry good!!! I will now always get a bottle of cab when i get cherry garcia!

Great hungover dinner blog day. Until next time, adios.


Ahh shit.. pissed i had to go back and edit this. I forgot to add how my day got worse. My favorite wine glass...



Yep shattered everywhere once dinner was officially ready. I am not setting a date on my calendar to go out and buy a nice ass wine glass (I honestly wanted to go out right now but not a chance I'm under a .08 soo.. yeah didn't happen).

And again adios mothafuckas 

Tasting - "Cupcake"

Name: Cupcake
Variety: Pinot Grigio
Region: Trentino
Country: Italy
Year: 2014
Price: $9.99

Winery Review:  Escape to Italy with our Pinot Grigio sourced from Trentino. Full and complex, this wine has a nose that hints of pineapple, pears and sweet lemons. Tropical fruits are integrated with the zest of citrus fruits and give way to a creamy mid-palate. We achieved depth and complexity through a combination of winemaking methods. First, grapes were hand-picked, de-stemmed and crushed prior to undergoing cool fermentation in steel tanks and an extended maceration. A small portion of the wine was made with the traditional passito method: we dried harvested grapes on straw mats for several weeks, then gently pressed and fermented them before blending.

My review: Actually surprised how good it was. My roommate's girlfriend bought it and I copped a nice sniff and sip from her. It had a very fruity smell, a calming fruity smell. Kinda apple like with a hint of raspberry. Tasted really full for a white wine but also very light and not too sweet. I really enjoyed this wine. I also had corn with this wine. Very very good. Complemented it well.