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February 16 – “Finish”

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by Grape Stomper Todd on February 15, 2011

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Ladies: take a quiz to find out which wine YOU are!

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Today is February 16th.  And first of all, Happy Birthday to Mom!  (Not that she listens to these, because if she did, she might wonder where she went wrong).

Speaking of fine ladies, on this day in 1883, the “Ladies Home Journal” begins publishing.

That’s right!  I figured it was time to get in touch with my feminine side, so I took a little jaunt over to the Ladies Home Journal website.  There, I found the online Quiz: What Wine Are You?

And after answering 10 questions that didn’t necessarily apply to my gender,  it was determined that I was a Zinfandel, which I thought was kinda cool since I’ve always thought of Zinfandel as a manly, John Wayne-type of wine.

Perhaps the question about how often I shaved my legs gave me away, because they did say I was spicy and sassy!

That brings us to our Wine Word of the Day: “Zinfandel”

Wait.  We did that word back on August 30th.  Hold on.  Let me pause the recorder while I retake the quiz again.  In the meantime, check out the video for the Paso Robles Zinfandel Festival in today’s show notes.  It’s the funniest thing I’ve seen in a while.

Okay, so I took the test again.  This time I purposely answered all the questions like I never showered, never cleaned the house, and only wanted to spend my free time hiking.  Now the quiz results say that I’m an “Organic Viognier,” which I thought was weird since Viognier is pretty elegant.  But I get the organic part, since that can be a pretty rustic attribute in some wines.  We haven’t done “Viognier” as a Wine Word of the Day yet, but it’s gonna have to wait, because we are out of time.

So this brings us to our Wine Word of the Day: Finish

“Finish” is the description given to the lingering aromas and flavors of the wine after it is swallowed.  If the finish tastes good.  That’s good.  If the finish shows complexity (meaning that the flavors kinda change even after the wine has been swallowed), that’s great.  But if the finish tastes good, is complex, and lasts for 30-seconds or longer, you could be experiencing an amazing wine!

Which is unlike this podcast, which is finishing rather quickly, and with no complexity whatsoever.

Today is February 16th.  And first of all, Happy Birthday to Mom!  (Not that she listens to these, because if she did, she might wonder where she went wrong).

Speaking of fine ladies, on this day in 1883, the “Ladies Home Journal” begins publishing.

That’s right!  I figured it was time to get in touch with my feminine side, so I took a little jaunt over to the Ladies Home Journal website.  There, I found the online Quiz: What Wine Are You?

And after answering 10 questions that didn’t necessarily apply to my gender,  it was determined that I was a Zinfandel, which I thought was kinda cool since I’ve always thought of Zinfandel as a manly, John Wayne-type of wine.

Perhaps the question about how often I shaved my legs gave me away, because they did say I was spicy and sassy!

That brings us to our Wine Word of the Day: “Zinfandel”

Wait.  We did that word back on August 30th.  Hold on.  Let me pause the recorder while I retake the quiz again.  In the meantime, check out the video for the Paso Robles Zinfandel Festival in today’s show notes.  It’s the funniest thing I’ve seen in a while.

Okay, so I took the test again.  This time I purposely answered all the questions like I never showered, never cleaned the house, and only wanted to spend my free time hiking.  Now the quiz results say that I’m an “Organic Viognier,” which I thought was weird since Viognier is pretty elegant.  But I get the organic part, since that can be a pretty rustic attribute in some wines.  We haven’t done “Viognier” as a Wine Word of the Day yet, but it’s gonna have to wait, because we are out of time.

So this brings us to our Wine Word of the Day: Finish

“Finish” is the description given to the lingering aromas and flavors of the wine after it is swallowed.  If the finish tastes good.  That’s good.  If the finish shows complexity (meaning that the flavors kinda change even after the wine has been swallowed), that’s great.  But if the finish tastes good, is complex, and lasts for 30-seconds or longer, you could be experiencing an amazing wine!

Which is unlike this podcast, which is finishing rather quickly, and with no complexity whatsoever. But in this case, that is good.

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Grape Stomper Todd suggests the following items:
Ladies Home Journal (2-year)
Viognier
Grape Stomper Todd suggests the following items:
Ladies Home Journal (2-year)
Viognier

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October 5 – “Hollow”

by Grape Stomper Todd on October 5, 2010

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The attack of midway finishes…read on to see what a bad joke that is.

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Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar in 1582, this day does not exist in the wine making countries of Italy, Portugal, and Spain. In fact, the dates October 5, to October 14, 1582 don’t exist either.  Which brings me to the horrific conclusion that in those nations, no one drank wine on these dates.

This big hole in the 1582 calendar brings us to our Wine Word of the Day: Hollow

Hollow is a term when a wine has no mid-palate.  I can hear you now: “Mid-palate??  Whoa, Todd, take it easy with the wine jargon here!”  But that’s why you’re listening to this, right?  I’m going teach you about the mid-palate so you can sound cool at wine parties, too!

Ready for this?  The term mid-palate is used to describe how the wine tastes when it is in your mouth.  That’s it.

You can break down the actual tasting of the wine into three basic parts: the attack, the mid-palate, and the finish.The attack is how the wine tastes the instant it hits your tongue. The mid-palate is how the wine tastes once it has settled in the mouth.  And the finish describes the flavors you still taste and smell after swallowing the wine.

Thus, a hollow wine, tastes like nothing when it is in your mouth.  These are either cheap wines, or new wines that haven’t had time to develop, or old wines that have lost their flavor, or wines that are served too cold.  So, hollow is not a positive wine trait, but it’s better than if the mid-palate tasted like a midsummer pallet-load of steer manure.

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