Cin Cin, Average Joe Wino!

Posted by danleone on November 17th, 2007 filed in uncategorized

[Unfortunately, this is the best of about 9 million pictures that were taken. But after a bottle of wine, I didn't give a rat's rump that they were all blurred]

I will wait here now while you go visit Average Joe Wino. Ryan and Vee write an excellent blog devoted to all things fermented and grapey.

After a few minutes of poking around his blog, you will be as excited as I was. I even went to the local “purveyor of fine liquors and spirits” to buy a few bottles of vino, relax with a funny movie (Hot Fuzz) and pretend I don’t have any Baby Goats for two hours.

Now that I have sampled a bit from three different wines, I can tell you I might soon be arrested for B.W.I (Blogging While Intoxicated).

For those that need to know, this glass of wine is from a bottle of Clos de los Siete 2005 from Mendoza, Argentina. It is a blend of Malbec, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah. I am not really good at picking out hints of gooseberries and rotten plums, but I can say this is a full-bodied wine with some spiciness to it.

At Ryan’s recommendation, I downloaded all the podcasts available from winefornewbies.net and I have already listened to a couple of them…putting me into even more of a mood for wine!

Raise a glass!

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7 Responses to “Cin Cin, Average Joe Wino!”

  1. Lyssa Ireland Thomas Says:
    November 17th, 2007 at 9:00 pm

    I just knew you were a classy guy – now I have a photo to prove it!

    All this talk about wine appreciation while the ice cream appreciation market is completely ignored. I’m so doing a podcast for that! Excuse me while I go have a conversation with Mr. Ben & Mr. Jerry.

  2. Lilacspecs Says:
    November 18th, 2007 at 1:29 am

    Hot Fuzz was an awesome movie!! Wine probably would have enhanced the ending a bit, but even sober, I was in stitches.

  3. jodi Says:
    November 18th, 2007 at 8:56 am

    I love wine…Wine does not love me..Let’s just say that person that escapes from inside, is someone I’d prefer stay where she is…too many tables were danced on, lol.
    Plus the next morn is awful! I grew up drinking wine with dinner, it was the college days of way way too much vino…

  4. Deb (Missives From Suburbia) Says:
    November 18th, 2007 at 9:17 pm

    Look at Mr. Classy!

    I love their blog, too.

  5. meleah rebeccah Says:
    November 18th, 2007 at 9:23 pm

    I love me a good red wine!

  6. Mimi Lenox Says:
    November 18th, 2007 at 11:10 pm

    Thanks for visiting my blog. Interesting place you have here..

  7. Ryan Says:
    November 19th, 2007 at 1:52 pm

    I’m so glad hear that our blog got you excited about wine. Honestly, I get excited about wine every time I write a post!

    I need to get down to my wine store and see if they have that wine you have in your picture. Full bodied and spicy red wines really do it for me.

    Thanks for the awesome shout out to our blog, I really appreciate it.

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