Winking Owl Sauvignon Blanc

 Winking Owl Sauvignon Blanc

Variety: Sauvignon Blanc

Region/Country: California, USA

Year: 2017 (From the copyright on the back, not sure if this is the vintage, but it's the only year on the bottle)

Price: $2.95 from Aldi

Online review: 3.0 This white wine opens with nose of citrus and floral. It is dry with light citrus and acidity. flavors of Green Apple, Peach and Citrus. Cheers to all my wine friends. Stay safe and healthy 🍷🥂🍷(user: E Wicus https://www.vivino.com/US-VA/en/winking-owl-sauvignon-blanc-a4857/w/6522010?ref=nav-search)

Tasting notes: The most present note from this wine is green apple, followed by lemon and bell pepper (Wine Folly pg 165-6). I can’t get much else from it. The wine is very acidic and dry.

My review: We drank this as soon as we got back from the store, so we added some ice to chill it fast and it made it taste noticeably better. I enjoyed this wine and I don’t think sweetness is as much of a factor of if I will like a wine or not as I thought. I give it a 6 out of 10. 

Food: I drank this wine with Chick-fil-a nuggets and later with feta. It was better with feta than with chicken. I also had some bell pepper when trying to figure out if that was what I was tasting.

My Experience With Wine So Far

    Hi, my name is Gina Lampe. I am an architecture major in my fourth out of five years. To be honest, most of the wine I've had has come from the bottom shelf at Target and cost $5 a bottle (either California Roots or Barefoot) but I have always wanted to branch out. I have never done a proper wine tasting, but I have tried a decent amount. I have never paired food with wine before and I know almost nothing about it. 

    This fall, I studied abroad through the architecture school's Europe travel program. We passed through many wine regions and I tried a bunch of different wines, but I wish I had known more before going into it. I really enjoyed everything I tried in Europe and all of the wine seemed to be higher quality than what I’ve tried in the United States, even the €2 boxed wine. 

    I like most white wines that I’ve tried but I definitely prefer sweeter, fruity wines. I also like sparkling wines like champagne, prosecco, and the sparkling rosé I got from Trader Joes once. My favorite wine is probably California Root’s pink moscato from Target. I have the least experience with red wine. I've tried some here and there but I am not sure I have the acquired taste for it quite yet, but I'm excited to try some more. I had a lot of great red sangria while I was in Spain and I want to make my own. 

    I want to learn about different types of grapes, what makes the varieties different, and how they affect taste. I also want to learn why wine regions matter and what actually makes wines different from one another.

I couldn't find a picture of me with a glass of wine, but an aperol spritz will do!