Vinho Verde Gatão
Maybe I should have written my inaugeral entry before I drank most of the bottle.
I listened to an NPR piece about how to buy wine, and one of the tips they gave was to avoid labels with animals on the bottle. Somehow, though, I manage to keep buying bottles with cats on them. How does this happen?? At least it hasn’t done me wrong yet.
Vinho Verde Gatão is a basic white wine. I don’t know a lot about wine, but I found it enjoyable. Basically, it tastes like fermented apple juice. Or, I suppose, grape juice? Sam said, and I quote, “it tastes like candy.”
I don’t drink a lot of white wine, but I would drink this again. Maybe I shouldn’t, though, since apparently it is too appealing to resist until the bottle is empty.
Maybe I should tell you a bit more about it. It’s sweet and, um, fruity tasting. It was good with barbequed tofu. Also stellar with popcorn. Only 9% ABV, which made it pretty easy to drink. At $7, I would buy it again. I’ll try to be more sober for my next entry!
ailurokat, 
smole and one other person are discussing. 
Mike 6:45 pm on April 20, 2009 Permalink |
While Sam and Shawn are writing decent reviews, it’s pretty obvious that you’re the future of this blog. Keep up the good work!
ailurokat 7:22 pm on April 20, 2009 Permalink |
If it didn’t get me drunk, it’s not worth writing about!
I forgot to add a bonus feature of this wine. Despite knocking me out for the evening, it resulted in no hangover the next morning.
I bought another bottle of Vinho Verde at Trader Joe’s this morning. It’s a different brand for comparison. (I drink in the name of science.) The label on the shelf describes it as “sweet” and “fruity,” so two points for me there.
smole 7:12 pm on April 20, 2009 Permalink |
I wrote a review?
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