'tis the wine of the season

 

Almost made a mistake and posted this to the Detour blog... good thing I caught that. I guess that's an occupational hazard trying to blog at 3am when I can't sleep.

In any case, this is the WINE OF THE SEASON. Not sure why, other than it goes down smooth, it's on sale, and it represents redemption. From Holy Cow. And Kung Fu Girl.

OK. So awhile ago, quite awhile ago, I ripped on Charles Smith and his Holy Cow Chardonnay. If anyone is keeping up with my ramblings they'd know to ignore all comments about white wines. I just can't help myself from putting out my two cents sometimes...

And then my long-lost best friend Amy stuck up for Mr. Charles Smith - and I gave him a shot. I saw the "Chateau Smith" at Sendiks - bought a couple bottles and brought them to girls night at Shelby's big house. Or Chateau. I'm not sure.

The 2 bottles went lickity split (how do you spell that?...).

Everyone liked it... including NON-red wine drinkers. Which, usually by-the-way should scare you off. But oddly I think this one has wide appeal. It's a Cabernet but not too CA, and not too anything else. Not sure what it is ... but it's a bit addictive ...

Chateau Smith
Cabernet Sauvignon
Columbia Valley
2006
Washington State

I just had a thought... maybe Washington and/or Oregon wines might form a "new" classification ... new old world wine?

PS Not much information on the back label... other than I shouldn't drink the bottle then operate heavy machinery.

PPS Purchased on sale for $14.99 (regularly $19.99) at the new Sendiks on Layton in Greenfield.

Holy Cow Chardonnay - I got a soft spot, dang it!

"Holy Cow, is this bad. But a good back up for fondue-making if you would rather spend $12 to boil your wine and put cheese in it."

That was going to be my first review... until I decided to check out their website: www.charlessmithwines.com, and develop a conscious. Dang it! Remind me not to do that. They are from Walla Walla Washington, and have really cute pictures and pretty convincing commentary about their wines.

Furthermore, I'm not a white drinker. So, who am I to judge. After checking out their other wines, I got excited to try some of their reds - notably the syrah. However, all I have here left to taste from them is Kung Fu Girl, which is a Riesling. Why I bought it is another story, for another post.

Holy Cow Chardonnay 2006 (I would bash it, but I'm not going to)
Charles Smith Wines
Mattawa
Washington

P.S. I think it's funny how they felt the need to say "Washington State" ... I really never heard anyone say that until I went to the east coast, when there was a need to differentiate it from Washington, as in D.C. This is probably because the Charles Smith is from Scandinavia, and not from the west coast, where we assume Washington is a "state".

$10.99 (on sale for $8.99) at Sendik's in Franklin