Yo! MTV Grapes!Joana and I occasionally get invited to and make it out for free wine tastings in the area. You won’t find wine featured very often on this site, not because I don’t love and appreciate good wines, but because I’m just having too much damned fun seeking and mucking about with new cocktail ingredients to devote as much time to wine as I used to. In full disclosure I’ll freely admit that it’s rare that I find a white wine that meets my tastes. Usually I find them insipid and tiring and quickly find myself thinking of how nice it would be to have a nice full-bodied, tannin-rich, and on the dry to dry-as-the-mojave side. I’ve heard rumor that there exists a world of oaky full-bodied Chardonnays that will take reds to task any day of the week, but I’ve yet to find one that proves it. Not that I look that hard anymore, a boy can only get his heart broken so many times. So, now that we have an understanding, let’s look at the four wines we were offered and my, very, biased impressions. Read More »