Get "Envolved" With Bachelor Ben

***For those that know me well, I apologize in advance for an intentional product misspelling, it annoys me too, but I am not the one who chose the darn name and the wine is good, so I will forgive, this time...as long as they don't start spelling Cabernet with a "K".***

I promised a celebrity post, ladies and gentlemen, I present you with Chris Harrison. No, just kidding, our local celebrity Ben Flajnik of the Bachelor.

Yes! I am a lucky girl to have a friend, Jaymee Sire of "E is for Eat", that scored a bottle of Envolve wines, when it was still Evolve wines, and  when did we indulge in this tasty little bottle you ask? On a Monday night during The Bachelor of course!

"What wine would you drink on a hot summer day?" says Ben
"Ummmm...ummm..." says Ben's future wife hopeful

Right. 

I know the answer! So here it is folks!

The 2010 Evolve Sauvignon Blanc.

We opened, I sniffed, I drank...and the first thing out of my mouth was "Yummy, it tastes like grapefruit and lime sour patch kids!" Now, I know people out there that will think it is a bit silly to compare lovely wines to popular artificial sugar gummies- but if we aren't trying to make good wine, as opposed to the "B@@nes Farm variety,  accessible and appealing to the mainstream by alluding to flavors  people know and love, then what is the point of making $20.00 bottles of wine. 

Any way- back to the beauty that is Envolve's Sauvignon Blanc. I LOVE when wine has a crisp citrus flavor without the bitterness of less expensive (aka "cheap") white wines.

*** I feel like when you  can taste the bittereness chances are that you will wake up with a bitter hangover the next day.***

I flip over the bottle and sure enough it reads "It shows notes of pink grapefruit, honeysuckle and lime which make this wine a perfect pair with seafood, poultry, and spicy cuisine." 

Remember those summer days as a kid and you walked by a fence that had honeysuckle growing all over it? I would pluck a flower off, or three, and pull that tasty little liquid out of the bottom, it tasted just like simple syrup. This was the image that the Sauvignon Blanc conjured. 

The night we imbibed in this bottle we were eating a variety of foods celebrating  "E is for Eats" "N" Week. I made the "No Calories Added Gluten Free Chocolate Cake with Drunken Dark Rum Cherries and Dark Rum Whipped Cream.  I can honestly say, this wine went with everything.

For those that like to know these things:

Alcohol: 13.4%
Bottle Date: February 15, 2011
89 points from August 2011 Wine Spectator

The price point is quite reasonable at $19.99 retail with discounts if you join the wine club. 

Here is how you find the wines for retail or they are available online. 

In the end, I received an adult (Jelly Shot) version of the Rose from a great friend and watched San Francisco's Ben battle the crazies with a great group of girls. This wine only enhanced the evening. 

Cheers!
xok

Aged to Perfection?

Yikes! Has it really been 3 months since my last post?

There really is no excuse, except I realized that to keep up with the blog I was drinking a ridiculous amount of wine (if that can even be said about drinking wine); the holidays came and went and I didn't find myself pulling out a tasting notebook at parties and I didn't feel like "Excuse me while I judge this wine you just handed to me" and "Oh by the way, do you mind if I snap a quick picture of the bottle?" was appropriate etiquette.

To solve the "wine is the only option to drink because I have a blog to write..." issue at parties, restaurants or simply watching TV at home, I have decided that from time to time I will also post a cocktail review or recipe. Maybe, just maybe, that will solve my lack of posting.

To gear up the new year I will be posting later tonight with a celebrity tie in! Fun! It isn't a rose' but hopefully after tonight's post I will be accepting a rose.

Cheers!
xok