Christi, Alex & Braving The Unknown! (Master The World Blind Wine Kit)

Send a text Christi & Alex are going in blind! Alex has reached deep into the cellar to pull out two wines from his Master The Wine blind wine kits! Christi has to pick a wine for them to try from these two & neither of them know where this is going to go! So grab a glass, pop in the earbuds, and join them as they Drink Something Amazing! (Oh, and just so you know, it DID have 10% new oak on it!) Alex has also added a cool link below the wine description where you can go straight to Wine.com to buy the wine! If you haven't got a local wineshop, just click the link " Buy This Wine! " ! . . . . .. . . . . . Ridge East Bench Zinfandel 2018 100% Zinfandel Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County, California JD93 W&S93 WS92 RP91 14.9% ABV Buy This Wine! Winemaker Notes Raspberry, fig with notes of vanilla on the nose. Flavors of plum and black olive give way to well coated tannins and black olive in the lingering finish. Pairs well with roasted pork tenderloin with blue cheese potatoes or a wine country tri tip. Ridge Vineyards | An Overview Ridge's history begins in 1885, when Osea Perrone, a doctor and prominent member of San Francisco's Italian community, bought 180 acres near the top of Monte Bello Ridge in the Santa Cruz Mountains. He planted vineyards and constructed a winery of redwood and native limestone in time to produce the first vintage of Monte Bello in 1892. The historic building now serves as the Ridge production facility. Though Ridge began as a Cabernet winery, by the mid-60s, it had produced several Zinfandels including the Geyserville. In 1972, Lytton Springs joined the line-up and the two came to represent an important part of Ridge production. Known primarily for its red wines, Ridge has also made limited amounts of Chardonnay since 1962. The Ridge approach is straightforward: find the most intense and flavorful grapes, guide the natural process, draw all the fruit's richness into the wine. Decisions on when to pick, when to press, when to rack, what varietals and what parcels to include and when to bottle, are based on taste. To retain the nuances that increase complexity, Ridge winemakers handle the grapes and wine as gently as possible. There are no recipes, only attention and sensitivity. Support the show Like the Show? Every Coffee Helps!

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Christi, Alex & Braving The Unknown! (Master The World Blind Wine Kit) is an episode from A Wine Podcast - SOMM-Thing To Drink About by Alex Van Amburg, CSW.

This episode is 33:03 long.

This episode was published on Apr 18, 2023.

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