As it says over on the Grape Juice blog, today's Wine Blogging Wednesday is brought to you by The Letter "S" - meaning to pick a wine that has something to do with the letter "S": Syrah, Sangiovese, or Souzao would be obvious choices.
I had a long hot day today sssshlepping wine down to the Ahwahnee hotel (not complaining, they love our Viognier down there!) All I wanted to do was munch sssome take-out carnitassss, get sssome work done, and ssssip sssomething nice and cool. Ssso, I grabbed a bottle of our 2006 Verdelho. On a hot, ssspooky, and ssssmokey day, the Verdelho is perfect for sssating a parched throat. Aromasss of bananasss and other tropical fruitsss, with flavorsss of grapefruit and honeydew, make it a perfect quencher.
But, I thought, the Verdelho hasss nothing to do with the letter "S". Then I remembered! It comesss from SSSSILVASSSPOONSSS VINEYARDSSS!!! I'm sssaved!
Hope you enjoyed your WBW wine too!
My friend - you are by far one of the best wine bloggers out there. You bust me up.
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Posted by: Paul Mabray | July 09, 2008 at 10:14 PM
Sssimply ssswell, el jefe. Do you find the banana character to be typical and/or lasting or to be a residual characteristic from fermentation that's yet to fade away.
Posted by: David McDuff | July 10, 2008 at 05:15 AM
hi David - It seems to be a characteristic of the varietal, and it doesn't seem to fade away anytime soon!
Posted by: el jefe | July 10, 2008 at 09:17 AM
Yes, I enjoyed mine! I wrote about the Scholium Project!
Posted by: Dale Cruse | July 10, 2008 at 06:24 PM
Ssssssso, where did you get that keen ssssenssssse of humor? August can't come sssssoon enough sssssssso I can finally tassssste that 06 Torcido, cheerssssssssss my friend!
Posted by: NY Pete | July 11, 2008 at 05:12 PM