Tasting--The Royal

Name: The Royal

Variety: Chenin Blanc

Country: Western Cape, South Africa

Price: $8.95

Year:  2015

Winery Review: The 2015 Chenin Blanc offers loads of melony fruit interspersed with hints of honeysuckle and peach. It is delicious, crisp, fresh, lively, and a dead ringer for a good Loire Valley Chenin Blanc. Drink it over the next year

Personal Review: The wine opened with a nice wet and soft green apple scent. In tasting it had a nice soft body, and about midway between sweet and dry. It had a the green apple flavor mixed with a peachy twinge. Little aftertaste and acidity. It was quite refreshing and great for a light afternoon glass.

Tasting -- alpha omega

Name: Alpha Omega

Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon

Country: Nappa valley California

Year: 2014

Winery Review: 
Color: deep shiny dark cherry with touches of magenta on the rim
On the nose: explosion of boysenberry, cassis and ash with touches of potpourri, macerated cherries, herbs de Provence and nutmeg.

On the palate: soft velvety entrance evolving on dense but soft tannins with touches of plums and blackberries lingering on clay and blueberry

Personal Review: The wine had a smooth rich full bodies smell of dark fruit and a slight wood smell. It had a delicious full taste of black berries and blue berries with a nice lingering taste with a smooth aftertaste. It has a smooth full bodies feel to it. enjoyed with steak and asparagus.

Tasting -- Hall

Name: Hall

Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon

Year: 2014

Price: $157.5 current market price

Country: Diamond mountain district california

Winery Review: Opaque purple, it offers up beautiful notes of chocolate, espresso, blackberry and cassis. The wine hits the palate with a gush of deliciously pure, unctuously textured fruit and offers up full body, a multi-layered mouthfeel, and a long, long finish, nearly disguising some serious structure and tannin. This is a gorgeous, classic Diamond Mountain wine to drink over the next 25-30+ years.


Personal Review: This wine had a rich full bodied smell. It had a smell of dark fruit and a little sweetness to it. It had a full bodied rich taste that hit all sides of the mouth. Its fruity flavors were pronouced of a sweet blackberry. It had a smooth after taste that can easily be sipped or drunk like water. Eaten with steak and asparagus.

Tasting -- Carnivor

Name: Carnivor


Variety: Zinfandel

Year: 2015

Price: $9.99

Country: California 

Winery Review: Carnivor Zinfandel is a captivating combination of full-bodied flavors and elegant spice. Bold notes of dark cherry and blackberry jam complement hints of mocha and toasted oak. Carnivor Zinfandel’s rich flavors end with a plush, smooth finish.

Personal Review: The wine has a nice full bodied smell to it at the start, with a dark current and maybe tannin smell. When tasting it has a full mouth feel that hits the sides of your mouth. It had a bold dark berry
flavor with a spicy after taste that surprisingly has a smooth finish.

Tasting-- Farmhouse Sangria

Name: Chateau Morrisette

Variety: Sangria

Country: Dan Virginia

Year: Not specified

Price: $8.19

Winery Review: Sweet Blend of red wine and fruit. Serve chilled or over ice. excellent choice for any festive occasion

Personal Review: The wine had a very soft smell to it of mostly red fruit and a tad bit of citrus fruit. It had a nice soft sweet taste of a red berry. with a longer sip it had a sort of citrus flavor coming out. It didn't have a large mouth feel. Felt very summery.

Taste by itself.

Tasting--Invino

Name: Invino Si

Variety: Pinot Girgio

Country: Lombardy, Italy

Year: 2014

Price: $5.95

Winery Review: Pavia, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy where viticulture dates back thousands of years is home to the Si Pinot Grigio vineyards. The wine is creamy on the palate with a crisp, dry character, fresh citrus and pear flavors and an elegant finish.

Personal Review: This wine opened up with a fruity and pear like smell that was very sharp, almost attacking your nose. When i tasted it, it had a flowery note along with the pear and general fruity flavor. It was soft and refreshing though you could feel the acidity as it attacked your cheeks.

Tasting Fossi

Name: Fossi

Variety: Sangiovese, Merlot, Primitivo and negromaro

Country: Fiesole, Italy

Year: not stated

Price: $7.95

Winery Review: A blend of Sangiovese and Merlot with a touch of Primitivo and Negroamaro. It will remind those who have traveled to Italy of one of the local house wines they consumed while there.  Simple, juicy, and perfect for drinking with or without food, it’s packed with bright cherry, strawberry and cranberry fruit aromas and flavors.

Personal Review: This class had an earthy, raisiny smell to it. Like a dried sunny earthy smell. It tasted a bit spicy with a black cherry and cranberry flavor to it. It had a bit of spice or a sharp kick at the end.