Cheers,
Joy
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Gnarly Head Old Vine Zin 2006
I hate plums. They are just about the only food that I actively avoid and generally refuse to eat. Admittedly, this has always proven to be a good thing, because no one in the world ever seems inclined to seriously insist that anyone eat anything flavored with plums. Oh, sure, some people eat plums, but no one seems to really like plums all that much. At best, they are innocuous. To me, they are disgusting.
Meanwhile, there is a universe of different foods and beverages out there, and I have few qualms with any of them. I’m not overly fond of cucumbers or cherry tomatoes or black olives, but I will eat them in salads or any time they are included in a recipe. Generally, I dislike any dessert that includes coconut, but I still have been known to eat things that contain coconuts.
I eat all sorts of things that most people find disgusting, and I’ll try anything once. I even like the food in the middle school cafeteria where I work. Everyone else complains about the overcooked, brown, crusty pizza and the imitation pork product boneless rib barbecue sandwich, but I genuinely like the stuff. In short, I am not difficult to please.
But I hate plums, and this wine tastes like plums. Concentrated plums, even. It says on the bottle that it “yields concentrated fruit flavors characteristic of great Old Vine Zinfandel” and that these flavors include “rich dark berry flavors,” several nationalities of oak, licorice, pepper, vanilla, and plum.
Actually, given that description, choosing this particular wine was obviously a bad idea. How is that list even mildly appealing? It sounds like a recipe for an ipecac or some sort of violent medieval purgative. Oak, licorice, peppers, and plums?
So, in hindsight, I guess it’s probably a good thing that all I can taste is the plums.
Except that I hate plums.
3 out of 10
BJs, $8.99
I hate plums. They are just about the only food that I actively avoid and generally refuse to eat. Admittedly, this has always proven to be a good thing, because no one in the world ever seems inclined to seriously insist that anyone eat anything flavored with plums. Oh, sure, some people eat plums, but no one seems to really like plums all that much. At best, they are innocuous. To me, they are disgusting.Meanwhile, there is a universe of different foods and beverages out there, and I have few qualms with any of them. I’m not overly fond of cucumbers or cherry tomatoes or black olives, but I will eat them in salads or any time they are included in a recipe. Generally, I dislike any dessert that includes coconut, but I still have been known to eat things that contain coconuts.
I eat all sorts of things that most people find disgusting, and I’ll try anything once. I even like the food in the middle school cafeteria where I work. Everyone else complains about the overcooked, brown, crusty pizza and the imitation pork product boneless rib barbecue sandwich, but I genuinely like the stuff. In short, I am not difficult to please.
But I hate plums, and this wine tastes like plums. Concentrated plums, even. It says on the bottle that it “yields concentrated fruit flavors characteristic of great Old Vine Zinfandel” and that these flavors include “rich dark berry flavors,” several nationalities of oak, licorice, pepper, vanilla, and plum.
Actually, given that description, choosing this particular wine was obviously a bad idea. How is that list even mildly appealing? It sounds like a recipe for an ipecac or some sort of violent medieval purgative. Oak, licorice, peppers, and plums?
So, in hindsight, I guess it’s probably a good thing that all I can taste is the plums.
Except that I hate plums.
3 out of 10
BJs, $8.99
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