This is another one from the
Paola store.

We check the residual sugar
on the rosés in an attempt to
assure that I get dry ones.

This one had a RS level that
indicated that it might taste
a wee bit sweet.

I was willing to try it just
because of the eclectic blend.

http://www.menageatroiswines.com/california-ros%C3%A9

IT IS a wee bit sweet, but not
so sweet that I won’t enjoy
this wine to its logical conclusion.

I’ll go with tropical fruit
while the Gewürztraminer gives
the wine enough acidity to keep
it fresh(ish) as opposed to
cloyingly sweet.

Let’s see how this goes with quiche.

This has to be the easiest way
to drink Merlot and Syrah.

You know this is a “classy” wine
because it is listed on Target’s
web site.

Still, MOST wines have SOMETHING
to offer the brain-dead wine consumer.

I’m imagining a galvanized tub filled
with crushed ice that has two cases
of these bottles poking their necks out.

OK, so due to the “deprived” nature
of the human population I can only
find pics of mostly BEER in a
galvanized tub.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Personalized-Galvanized-Beverage-Tub/2693263

I think I spot a rosé hiding in there.

This stuff would disappear on a warm
summer day.

Any “light” food would do.

I’m going to try Brussels sprouts now.

OK, the sprouts are “down sauteing”;
it won’t be long.

I’m doin’ the “Cast Iron Genuflect”
as I wait.

HE LIKES IT!!!

And the wine is still hanging in there.

Slurpy good.

Day Two…

I’m looking forward to a few more
sips of this one.

Leading off is mild cheddar with
oven fries on deck.

I think I have some shredded hard
Italian cheese to put on the fries.

The Gewürztraminer stands out or at
least I can “detect” it.

This would be a good “training wine”
for G.

And I’m always game for a Somerset
Ridge Traminette.

(OK, I’m lost. I can find find a
good description of a farm-to-market
road on the Texas DOT site, but I
can’t find a description of Traminette
on the Somerset Ridge site.)

((Texas, being quite coy, doesn’t
specify that their FtM roads are paved
with Traminette seeds and the Kansas
wine growers get a cut of the “road use
taxes”.))

D: Let’s put a descriptive article
about our Traminette on the web site.
C: We can’t.
D: Huh?
C: Our contract with TxDOT precludes it.
D: Why?
C: They already have enough roads and
it’s a perpetual contract. They are
thinking about building financial
institutions with the excess seeds.

And while we’re daydreaming about the
German wines, it occurs to me that
MAYBE I should relax my “dry only”
standard and dip into the Spätlese bin
to see if I can come up with one that
has “just the right amount” of sweetness
for me.

Now I’m imagining a “stay inebriated”
string trimmer’s vest or backpack
for the blisteringly hot days to come…

Features:

6 x 750ml bottle pockets.
Two at the rib cage, four on the back.
Triple insulated for dry ice or
liquid nitrogen use.
Secure cork screw pocket.
User selectable list of target vegetation.
Non-target vegetation destruction
alarm system that is armed after
30% fluid depletion.

There are no weeds in this wine.

Only that “tropical fruit” that
the producer blatantly alludes
to (oxymoronically?).

Wines this easy drinking and delicious
are plentifully rare.

The taters are gone and were followed
with the last tiny sip of wine.

The wine-enjoyment/
food-preparation-complexity
ratio is off the charts today.

If you are new to the program,
that is the dual objective.
Enjoy wine to the fullest and
waste as little time as possible
“conjuring” food.
(Upwardly, if necessary.)

Some food, apparently, simply GROWS.

Let’s take advantage of that
and focus our energy on the
numerator.

I get worn our after a good
uncorking ceremony.

And since the horse appears to be
still gasping for breath, let me
point out that the numerator “noun”
is enjoyment, not quality; and the
demoninator noun is complexity,
not enjoyability.

The food HAS TO BE enjoyable,
and the wine MAY OR NOT BE complex.
Got it?

It’s time to go whack a few weeds.

Unadorned by containers of libation.

Unfortunately.

Hang in there.