Good Wine

Late summer I had a problem with a Plum tree. Some invasive beetles were trying to eat it.  Harvested 16 pounds of fruit turned it into wine. Opened a bottle today. Very dry, great aroma. Needs to age for a while. I'll open another in about 6 months.  A new hobby for my semi-retirement, next is going to be Apple, then Grape.  

Are Grapes even used in those rotgut brands?
Or are they made with KoolAid and a little yeast?

How about 14 Hands FH?  Lol

jumpsteady, You will never see MD20/20 in the cellar, along with barefoot, 2 buck chuck, Boones farm, Thunderbird, Sutter Home, Yellow Tail,& Mogen David,         

I don't see MD 20-20 FH.
He He..

My wine cellar upgrade project.

Funny GTN.

My bud FH texted me the other day and shared he tasted a red and one of the notes was graphite.  FH educated me on that, as graphite was a new one for me.

The wine I showed in my earlier post had a mineral note to it, I really couldn't place it. It was flat/smooth, and a little earthy.  I looked it up on Vivino, and it was graphite, so funny!  

Literally learned that a couple of days ago, and boom, there it is!

Looks good Brent will have to try

Thought this was a nice red.

Fairly bold and dry, which are two of my favorite things in a cab!

Fruit forward too.  I liked this red quite a bit.

Gorgeous early eve on the front patio with the sun!

Sharing a bottle of Joel Gott with my bride.

Love it! Hope we get a few more days like this!

Bought this bottle bottle because I liked what it said lol!

I'd say a 3.5 or so...

Sitting on the front patio enjoying the afternoon sun with my wife. 

Be careful with that antler that is for winos.

Pour a glass of Red Wine tonight it’s National Red Wine Day.

I try not to rate wine by price, as I've had 15 dollar bottles that were absolutely outstanding, and 75 dollar bottles that got dumped down the drain (remember that time up north FH? Lol)

I'll admit Winking Owl has an attractive price point at 3 dollars per bottle, so I tried it!

Let's just say it got dumped down the drain, and I don't turn my nose up to too many reds.

But if you enjoy it (everyone's pallet is a little bit different), its a good score given its reasonable price!!!!

I know the Lake-Link Sommeliers here will roll their eyes. The Winking Owl Shiraz from Aldi is great with Pizza. I can't comment how it might taste stand alone.