(Feb 7, 2021) A white wine! Wow.
It was fine.
My dad used to drink white grape juice. It was weird. Here's a thought experiment, if you haven't had white grape juice before. Take a glass of regular grape juice from the grocery store, and put it on the counter in front of you.
This assumes you are in the kitchen so you have counters right there. I'm not sure where else in your house counters might be - the shed? The bathroom? Don't drink grape juice in either of those places. It can stain, you know?
Now get a glass of prune juice. For this thought experiment we are assuming that we are Honored Citizens Of A Certain Age and that we have prune juice. Place that glass on the counter about a foot to the left of the grape juice. They look similar, don't they?
Now get a third glass and fill it with water. Pour both of the glasses of juice into the sink and just drink the water. We're all thirsty, and when I read anecdotal stories about people who live past 90, all of them say that one of the secrets is drinking a lot of water. If you've got prune juice in your house that you could dump in the sink you might want to listen to that advice, you know?
White grape juice is gross. It's like grape juice but manages to be both too sweet and not sweet enough all at once, with a weird taste like grape peels. I was the kind of kid who would gnaw peels off of grapes and eat the peels and the pulp separately is how I know. I sure don't have time for that shit anymore! I have a Blog about Wine that is Very Important now.
Anyway. This wine was fine, like I said before. It's a white, and you could cook with it - maybe making a roux or - I dunno. I'd use Red in a gravy, personally, and brandy with fruit. What do we cook with white wine? Sorrow and ennui? This wine would go well with those.
I've been drinking a lot more whites lately - not the sweet ones because I'm not a teenage girl - because they're just.... there. I get drunk! That helps me feel fun and dangerous again! I am stuck in my house because of the Rona and I love my family and my job but I sure don't feel dangerous, so I drink wine and dance in my chair!
I'm listening to NIN remixes right now. Dangerous feels, without actual danger!
The best White wines avoid the shouting and the narcissism that red wines can have. That's my point. This wine is fine. It tastes fine, and it doesn't have any flavors that piss me off or interfere with my ability to play Halo again, because I have to remember the levels so I can play with my teenage son.
This wine is a good wine to play 20-year-old video games to. It's not gross like white grape juice but - it's just there. The next day it had just a hint of that sparkliness that some whites get when they're warm and have been sitting out for a day. Kinda like when you make cornbread - where you have baking powder/soda for the leavening, and you taste some of the batter. Just a little sparkly - that's what this wine has. I actually like that better than the chilled first glass.
So here's my recommendation: this wine is fine. It's got a simple enough label that won't interfere if you're serving it with a salad or a stir-fry with angel hair pasta, or if your mom and her friend drink it on the front porch, bundled up for social distance. It's a twist-off so this is NOT for the people who like gear. Me, if I get this wine again I'm'a remember to open it the day before, have a glass, and then leave the rest out on my counter to drink the next day when I'm shooting the Flood with my son.
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