Join Rick every week as he tastes and learns about a new wine!
Rick is not a sommelier. He doesn’t play one on TV. He just likes to drink wine. He doesn’t know everything about it, and he doesn’t pretend to be an expert. He’s not. But he knows what he likes, and what he doesn’t. And that’s good enough for him.
If it tastes good to him, He will drink it, and if he likes it, he’ll recommend it. If he doesn’t, he won’t, and he won’t drink much, either. He’ll just chuck it down the sink. And that’s what counts.
Because that’s the way most people in the real world drink wine. They aren’t hung up on all the nuances of a fermented beverage. They don’t want to waste time with all the pretentious pomposity associated with wine snobbery. They just want to enjoy it and the fellowship of family, friends and acquaintances who share their interest in this nectar. After all, at the end of the day, isn’t that really what wine is all about?
Rick prefers dry and semi-dry red wines, although he will occasionally drink white, if it is at least moderately dry and not too tangy. He does not like sweet wines, but will occasionally drink a dessert wine in small amounts if it isn’t overly syrupy or sickeningly sweet.
Among the reds, he prefers a good Merlot, Cabernet, Bordeaux, Valpolicella, Zinfandel, Chianti, Malbec or Tempranillo, and some red blends if the combination is right. So, if you want to send him a nice bottle of wine to taste and review (hint hint, nudge nudge), send him one of those.
This is the eighty-ninth episode of the live winestream. I open, taste and review a Hahn 2018 Pinot Noir from California purchased by my wife from Fresh Market in Pineville, NC. I also toast birthdays and talk about Thanksgiving.
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I open, taste and review a Kuleto Estate Native Son 2016 Red Blend from California purchased from Winestore in Blakeney, NC. I also toast birthdays, national days, and talk about stuff.
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I open, taste and review a Prayers of Sinners 2018 Red Blend from Washington State purchased from Sunset & Vine in Blowing Rock, NC. I also toast birthdays, an anniversary, national days, and talk about stuff.
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I open, taste and review a Paris Valley Road 2017 Founder’s Blend from California purchased from Sunset & Vine in Blowing Rock, NC. I also toast birthdays, national days, and talk about stuff.
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I open, taste and review a Rosso di Ca’Momi 2018 Italian Red Blend from California purchased from Winestore in Blakeney, NC. I also toast birthdays, national days, and talk about stuff.
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I open, taste and review a Vinum Cellars 2017 Pinot Noir from California. Plus, I premiere a short animated cartoon I made with my friends back in 1981 that has never been seen on the Internet!
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I open, taste and review a Gun Dog 2019 Malbec from Mendoza, Argentina purchased from Winestore in Blakeney, NC. I also toast birthdays, an anniversary, national days, and talk about stuff.
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I open, taste and review a Camina 2019 Tempranillo from Spain purchased from the bargain bin at the local supermarket. I also toast birthdays, national days, and talk about stuff. Plus, it’s TV trivia time!
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I open, taste and review a Black Box Cabernet Sauvignon from Chile purchased from the local supermarket. I also toast birthdays, an anniversary, national days, and talk about stuff, including National CB Radio Day. Plus, Tommy Savoia bakes cupcakes!
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Tommy Savoia’s 21st Birthday celebration continues with beer – for International Podcast Day. Tonight he is going to taste beer for the first time. Plus, he receives a very special birthday gift made by his sister Tia Savoia.
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