Big Bertha of Wines

So we've been slackers here at Vino Virgins - but that's because it's spring, and we've been cleaning out the cellar, which means we've been recovering from spending an unseasonably long Florida winter inebriated. Onward and Upward though - lots of stuff has happened in our wine world recently!

First:



This is the ginormous bottle of Riesling that our friend Teri brought over for our Wednesday night get together, which consisted of an amazingly made dinner (prepared by yours truly), the New Moon DVD...aka Taylor Lautner's perfectly rippled and now fully legal abs, and a 3 hour long flashback to Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Teri brought over two wines - one was her favorite Moscato, the other was this GINORMOUS bottle of Johan Falkenberg Riesling, both of which are purchasable at Sam's Club. Yea Yea - don't judge, just because it's not the little gourmet wine shop doesn't mean it's not good. Everyone's on a budget these days.

Truth be told it was pretty good. At first it didn't really taste like anything, but that's probably because we had just eaten a very rich dinner: Seasoned Baked Chicken smothered with sauteed mushrooms, fresh tomatoes and then covered with melted swiss, a lovely spinach dish made with fresh spinach, sauteed garlic, bacon and onions then mixed with asiago cheese, and baked sweet potatoes with butter and cinnamon...That's a lot of flavors. So, when we first cracked the bottle and poured a glass it just tasted like slightly pear flavored air. It was light and refreshing, which was good, but there really wasn't much flavor.

I thought maybe it was just the fact that we'd eaten a rich dinner, but by the 4th glass I still didn't taste much other than hints of pears and apples. It got the job done which - really - isn't that all that matters? haha!

It does pair well with snarky comments about cheesy 'tween fiction, campy movies, and Kristen Stuart pulling Taylor Lautner's hair. I think at one point in time my husband and Teri were debating the semantics of lycanthropy versus shape shifting versus sparkly gay vampires. In fact, in hindsight, I'd say it's a perfect pairing with this flick - it's all sparkle and fluff and not a lot of flavor or substance...but it still makes you feel good in a wholly inappropriate way.

I'm going to say Cellar of Celebration for this one. While it's not a rich celebration of phenomenal wine making - it is perfect for the enjoyment of vapid, ridiculously lustful, guilty pleasures. And it comes in a HUGE bottle.