“Expect to taste…”. (A favorite at the KGBO)
Scores from a different vintage
(Plus most of the other nominations here - this thread is a hoot)
“Expect to taste…”. (A favorite at the KGBO)
Scores from a different vintage
(Plus most of the other nominations here - this thread is a hoot)
This was a good one:
Names that don’t make for ready identification of the grape-types used to make the wine.
FIFY!
As for stickers, ths wine came with one and was IMO the best Zinfandel I have ever tasted. YMMV!
Eric Kent
Or
Marilyn Merlot
As for stickers, ths wine came with one and was IMO the best Zinfandel I have ever tasted. YMMV!
What a fascinating piece of wine history. The last vintage of Hacienda del Rio. Also one of the first before the Williams-Selyem rename occurred. Really neat bottle of wine.
These are very rough, and there are probably worthy exceptions.
Wines with a sticker on the bottle showing a critic’s score
Wines with a pun nickname, like ArtiZin and 7 Deadly Zins (it’s usually zinfandel, but there are probably others)
Opaque wine bottles
Wines being hawked by some person standing at a table inside the grocery store or Costco offering samples
Labels with cuddly animals on them
Very close to mine:
The “gold medal” sticker or critic’s score are good ones to add.
Leonard Maran:You might be surprised to see how many wineries are using those scores these days.
Absolutely breaks my heart when I see ABC bolding WE scores and sending out score based mailers to their wine club. No one who would actually be able to really enjoy the ABC 2009 Tally Chard should be using WE score, yet… there it is.