At an old friend's birthday party at Sate Sato Indonesian restaurant tuesday evening I had the mild surprise of not being disgusted by not one, but two B.C. wines. Mission hill Cab Sav just leaves the Jackson Triggs in the dust. It may not be great but I sure had low expectations. Then some guy in a sweater I just met graciously bought the birthday girl a bottle of Hillside Estate 2005 merlot. (After he saw me scribbling away at the end of the table he asked, "were you drawing?" To which I replied, "ha, ha, no... I am reviewing this wine, just taking notes.") Wendeep exclaimed immediately upon sipping, "velvety!", impressive since the label itself says 'red velvet in a bottle'. It also says 'big, luscious' and I would agree. It is rather complex for a B.C. wine.
Just a thought on my obvious disdain for B.C. wine products: Maybe they are so over-priced that I just can't afford a drinkable one. What a shame considering the government subsidies.
Bye for now.
-J. Floorburn
1 comment:
whew !
...i lost my place on manywines.blogspot.com before i could finish reading this post, but thank god you used some rational labels !
...i queried it using 'sweater' and found it again !!
good thinking Floorburn !!
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