I’m the first to admit it, I don’t know a lot about wine.
In fact, it’s only been in the last year or two that I stopped making that ugly, bitter face that non-wine drinkers make when they drink wine. I used to only order a glass of wine at a restaurant when they didn’t serve hard alcohol. And yes, I was the one in the wine aisle picking out a bottle based on the cutest label or cleverest name (Alright…I still do that. A girl has to have some reason for trying a new bottle, doesn’t she?!?)
But slowly over time (and after many happy hours with my friends), I’ve learned to like wine, or at least identify what kinds of wine I like (usually sweet ones). I have even taken a wine tasting class with my brother at North Seattle Community College. (You should check it out. It's fun, tasty, and educational! http://www.learnatnorth.org/classes.html) And I can honestly say I enjoy having an occasional glass of wine...it defiantly makes coming home from work and cooking dinner a lot more enjoyable, that's for sure!
So when you read my Wine Wednesday review each week, look for a review that is short, sweet, and real...no uppity wine snobs here!
This week’s review is on California Rabbit: Hopping White, 2009. It’s a white wine blend from California. According to the label, the “lightweight glass bottle reduces packaging by 30% and reduces carbon footprint by 25% while delivering fine wine in an elegant bottle with a convenient screw-top!“ I thought the name was fun and the graphics cute. It’s a pretty tasty white wine, not too sweet, not too dry. I had some yesterday, and I tried it again today. I think it had a better taste the first day, so I would recommend not opening this bottle unless you’re going to finish it in one day…perhaps on an outing with your friends? And at $2.99 it is quite the deal! Make sure to get a few bottles before Grocery Outlet sells out. (You never know if and when they will carry it again!)
It’s our first snow day of the year and lucky for me, it happens to fall on Wine Wednesday! I was going to celebrate by opening up today’s bottle of wine at 10am with the ladies from the fourth hour of The Today Show, Kathie Lee and Hoda, but the show was preempted by a gazillion local reporters driving around in the snow, telling us not to drive around in the snow. Anyway, since drinking with K.L. and H. was out, I decided to wait until I started cooking dinner to open up my $5.99 bottle of Turn Me Sweet 2010. I love the look of this bottle (who doesn’t love a saucy girl in a pink dress?), but I’m not a fan of the wine itself. I mean, I knew it would be sweet, but it is REALLY sweet. Maybe I should have saved it and had it after dinner as a dessert wine? I think I’ll use the rest of it tomorrow to make some sangria...during our second snow day! 
