Zinfandel is American…as American as, well, Zinfandel.

The 2005 Lodi Zin (£8) stood out among the competition, for its hints of plum and vanilla. It stood up on a table and yelled out at the top of its squid ink-coloured lungs: 8.6.

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InterWined enjoyed an outstanding Montepulciano de Abruzzo called Inferi (2004) with some steak and chips last night. The wine can be bought at Oddbins, but don’t know the price, as it was a gift. Therefore, it shouldn’t be rated.

However, the intense red cherry aroma wrapped with a sprinkle of cinnamon and vanilla balanced the pepper and olive oil on the fried sirloin incredibly.

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Happy Birthday to InterWined’s Jacob Gaffney.
In honour of his birthday, InterWined.com invites all you InterWinos to write in with your best Wine/Food recommendation to ring in the day.
I’m going to pair mussels and frites with a nice bottle of Palliser Estate, Martinborough, NZ, Riesling. Had it in Auckland in 2004 and could happily have it […]

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Following the comment, InterWined gulped some 2005 Vida Organico Chenin Blanc (£7) from Argentina and can write a book about this one wine.

Atypical for a Chenin Blanc, found in white wines from the Loire Valley in France (red wines from Loire are usually 100% Cabernet Franc), the Vida Organico does not have that dry, neutral zip of a Loire, nor the chalk-like structure. Instead, it’s fatter and greasier — a bit of dry melon and kinda sweet. Best on its own: 8.4.

InterWined also sprung for a bottle of Chateauneuf du Pape. It cost £13; but, hey, it can have up to thirteen different grapes by law, so that helps catch InterWined up in its new quest to try every wine grape.

These wines — from the Rhone in France — are usually about 80 to 90 percent Grenache, which has many spellings, so the editor noted.

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Welcome to the new InterWined.
InterWined.com isn’t your average Wine blog.
Here’s why:
Each week, InterWined and its liver drink loads of wine, but it only bothers to write about those that it likes. It isn’t about volume, it’s about quality.
Because it doesn’t accept wine samples or free gifts, most of the wines bought and reviewed on InterWined.com […]

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During the course of InterWined’s struggle to get together some good wine entertainment, InterWined.com‘s writer, Jacob Gaffney, is sometimes asked to do other things. In this case, Gaffney recently wrote a few articles on Carbon Neutral wineries, published by Wine Spectator magazine (subscription recommended).
So now the Oregon Environmental Council is asking for Gaffney to speak […]

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