On Friday, February 8th virtual vino history was made. Three families gathered around their computers and Skyped while tasting the same wine for the very first time. We discovered many interesting things. Including that Skype three way calling is only meant for platinum users and that Brit has his own tasting scale (which we hope he will post later).
We tasted a Riesling-Spätlese (Spätlese literally means "late harvest"), from the Pfalz region of Germany. The vintage (for us) was 2009. The bottle recommended pairing the wine with spicy, sweet, or sour food (basically anything except salty stuff lol).
The Hogans tasted it with a smoked gouda cheese which made the texture of the wine smoother. They also tried it with a dark chocolate, but didn't think the wine was sweet enough to hold up to the sweetness of the chocolate. The Swartzwelders paired their wine with Hershey's Special Dark Chocolate and we thought it enhanced the cinnamon taste of the wine.
Appearance - ginger ale or honey colored. Light
Nose - sweet and very fruity
Taste - apple, pear, apricot, cinnamon, medium body. "Mouthfeel" - woolly
Overall Ratings (out of 5 stars):
Sherry - 3 stars
Erin - 4 stars
Sean - 0 stars
Brit - 3-4 stars
Melissa - 3.5 stars
Robin - 3 stars
Gerry - 3.5 stars
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