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Episode #006 – 2006 Chenin Blanc

patsissons — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:56:51 +0000

This one took a while to get posted, and I’ll tell you why. Lately we have been experiencing some troubling problems with our internet. According to several forum posts at dslreports.com I can see that my house is not singled out, it would appear rather that shaw is employing some new high tech packet shaping (not really) and it severely cripples our internet bandwidth. This is obviously very frustrating, because even though they are doing this to crack down on internet piracy, they are inadvertently crippling legitimate internet usage. In the end, I have found some loop holes that allow me to get by for the time being, but a long term solution remains to be found.

Enough about that, onto the wine. This episode I taste a little more expensive Californian white produced with the Chenin Blanc grape. It was quite tart, so much so that it had my eyes watering a little near the end of the episode. Now don’t take this the wrong way, it’s not as though the wine is unbearably tart, the wine just caught me off guard. This morning I had some unsweetened grapefruit juice (which I really really like, seriously, best juice ever!) and it reminded me a little of the level of tartness that the wine was bringing. I also noticed last night (when i had a glass that had decanted a little longer) that the aroma had a slight dampness component to it, which i enjoyed.

I know I said I was going to try and reduce the time of these episodes, but this one still creeped in at 15 and a half minutes. I’ll try better next time to make the video a little less talk. Another idea I had recently is to get the wine tasted in the first 5 minutes, and then follow up with stories, side notes, and whatever else is on my mind. We’ll see what I come up with next time. Enjoy the episode.

Episode #005 – 2006 Gnarly Head Chardonnay

patsissons — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:04:25 +0000

Another episode ready for you all to watch. Today (as well as next time) I deal with the white variety of californian wines. I also tried some cheese with this wine, something that I plan on continuing to do in future episodes. I totally forgot to show the bottle (again) so I posted up an image here like I did for episode three. The cheese really was surprisingly good after sipping the wine, I recommend that everyone give this a try.

Episode #004 – Two Wines From Spain

patsissons — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:05:57 +0000

Two wines from spain, a white wine named Cune Monopole Rioja (2006) at $17.99 and a red wine named Valencia Baronia Gran Reserva (2000) at $15.99.

Something to note, i had the Baronia with my dinner (steak) and I have to say the steak really paired with the wine, there was no comparison that the wine really showed its colours with the steak.

Sorry for the short description, but it’s late and i’m tired. the video has everything i want it to say, so please watch and enjoy. Also, sorry for the delays on getting this ep posted, network issues along with (again) being busy has kept me away from the computer.

Episode #003 – 2007 Santa Rita Reserva Sauvignon Blanc

patsissons — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:59:23 +0000

Sorry for the extra day, but I was really wiped all weekend, it was a very busy weekend. I had some time after work today however, so I recorded the third episode. This is a wine that I really enjoyed while I was on holidays, I think that everyone would benefit from trying it out. This wine would be especially good for those who don’t drink white wine very often (or at all), as I have turned a lot of heads with this wine. By that I mean that many people who have been self classified as “not white wine drinkers” have decided to give white wine another shot.

Again, please leave comments (now that they finally work), I really do want to know what everyone thinks of this new show that I am doing. I am really enjoying it so far, but I want to know what everyone else would like to see. That means comments, criticisms, suggestions, ideas, ANYTHING!

Episode #002 – 2003 Proyecto Cu4tro

patsissons — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:21:02 +0000

Another episode ready for you. And this time it’s not just on this blog, that’s right, my video podcast is up and running now. I also managed to fix an aspect ratio in the videos that i have posted. Viddler, thankfully, didn’t show the problem, but the ipod video files looked pretty stretched. Anyways, it is all fixed now and I look forward to the next episode, which should be done for Sunday evening.

In this episode I taste a random wine that caught my eye from the Spain/Portugal section in the store by my house.

Episode #001 – 2006 Walnut Crest Merlot (Chile)

patsissons — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:42:49 +0000

Welcome to Wine Me TV, a show about tasting wine with a canadian perspective, and more importantly, an evolution of my palate.

Some things to note are that this is the first video blog I have ever done, in fact, the video camera used for this blog was purchased only a few days ago and is my very first video camera. So with that in mind, please let me know what you think. I am welcome to criticism and comments, I want to make this show as good as I possibly can, and this will not be possible without help from those who watch it.

You must also remember that I am not a professional (except when it comes to programming), so my scores may be out to wack, the same goes for my tastes and smells. The purpose of this blog is to show the process of learning about wine and the progress that I make.

Finally, this blog is not intended to be a clone of Wine Library TV, though I do idolize Gary V, I want to put a new and unique perspective on my show. This is most clearly done with tasting wines commonly available in Canada.

With that said enjoy watching the video below.