Sunday, August 19 2007
Another Spin On High Alcohol Wines
Tina Caputo, managing editor for Wines and Vines magazine, has some interesting things to say on the high alcohol debate over in her wine blog, The Wine Broad.
While there is something of a high-alc backlash going on within the industry, I don't think we'll see consumers dumping their Napa cult wines down the drain in protest anytime soon. The simple fact is that a hell of a lot of people really like that style of wine. I'm a little sick of it myself (it would be nice to be able to drink two glasses of California red with dinner without getting hammered), but that doesn't mean we should burn all the Zin producers alive and rid the store shelves of the over-extracted offenders.
I'm with her. The style isn't necessarily offensive, but I had a bottle of Cab-Merlot from a prominent producer the other day, and when I got up from the table after my third glass, I almost went head-first into the cat dish. I really like wine, and having to take a nap after a a couple of glasses really puts a crimp in the afternoon, not to mention how it keeps me off the roads.
On the other hand, it did go very well with dark chocolate--that seems to bring out the best in really big, heavy reds.
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