A folly? No, Folie! As in Folie a Deux Zin from Am.

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My First Food Entry, Complete With Graphic Images!.

My little rant is over now, so let's talk about a refreshingly un-bombastic Zinfandel I had the other day. I know that wines with those characteristics can get high scores and big press, good for them I say. Put more bluntly, the high alcohol, fruit bomb, overly extracted Zinfandel's and Syrah's (and Shiraz's too!) make me cringe. What it can be is wine with a distinctive set of flavors of greater intensity than the background, or supporting flavors.

Bold wine does not have to be high in alcohol or so disturbingly fruity and jammy that you feel like you're eating preserves. Here's where I start to deviate from the accepted norm. Grilled foods have their own unique set of flavors and as such they beg for bolder wines. Now that I've rubbed some of your faces in the fact that you cannot grill year round, let's get back on topic. I say most because for those of us that live in places like San Diego, it's always barbeque season. The consequences of not having a normal job.Īll bitching and moaning aside, since summer is approaching that can only mean that for most of the United States, barbeque season is too. Counting myself as part of the 'we' might not be accurate, since I am so incredibly lucky to work weekends. As the week wraps up, we who love wine get excited about the chance to drink the good stuff on the weekends.

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