Comments on: Wine Blogging Wednesday #31:2004 French Rabbit Pinot Noir http://www.californiawinehikes.com/winehiker/1/wine-blogging-wednesday-312004-french-rabbit-pinot-noir/ Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:26:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Wines » WBW #31 - Post-Game Commentary http://www.californiawinehikes.com/winehiker/1/wine-blogging-wednesday-312004-french-rabbit-pinot-noir/#comment-6809 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:37:28 +0000 http://www.californiawinehikes.com/winehiker/1/wine-blogging-wednesday-312004-french-rabbit-pinot-noir/#comment-6809 [...] Plonk Avoided (Mostly). Thankfully, nobody bought a 5-liter box of Franzia (or Almaden or Vella) and said, “Gaaak - this is awful!” We were hoping to avoid experiences that would put people off outside-the-bottle wines for the next decade, and, by and large, we were successful. There were a few notably bad ones. Spittoon hated Tesco Sicilian Red Wine, though Andrew later pointed out that Tesco is the UK equivalent of WalMart. Winehiker Witiculture scored French Rabbit Pinot Noir a mere 9 out of 20. Grape Juice didn’t find much to like in the little plastic bottles of Virgin Vines Shiraz. Tales of a Sommelier found the Paul Masson White Wine Carafe quite lacking. If there’s one characteristic shared by these choices, they tend to come from the lower end of the non-traditional spectrum - with the possible exception of the somewhat stylish French Rabbit, these are wines that don’t aspire to greatness, or even a high level of mediocrity. Let’s recognize the sacrifices made by these bloggers - they tried this stuff so that you (and many, many readers) won’t have to! [...] […] Plonk Avoided (Mostly). Thankfully, nobody bought a 5-liter box of Franzia (or Almaden or Vella) and said, “Gaaak - this is awful!” We were hoping to avoid experiences that would put people off outside-the-bottle wines for the next decade, and, by and large, we were successful. There were a few notably bad ones. Spittoon hated Tesco Sicilian Red Wine, though Andrew later pointed out that Tesco is the UK equivalent of WalMart. Winehiker Witiculture scored French Rabbit Pinot Noir a mere 9 out of 20. Grape Juice didn’t find much to like in the little plastic bottles of Virgin Vines Shiraz. Tales of a Sommelier found the Paul Masson White Wine Carafe quite lacking. If there’s one characteristic shared by these choices, they tend to come from the lower end of the non-traditional spectrum - with the possible exception of the somewhat stylish French Rabbit, these are wines that don’t aspire to greatness, or even a high level of mediocrity. Let’s recognize the sacrifices made by these bloggers - they tried this stuff so that you (and many, many readers) won’t have to! […]

]]> by: Wine Life Today http://www.californiawinehikes.com/winehiker/1/wine-blogging-wednesday-312004-french-rabbit-pinot-noir/#comment-6473 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:57:13 +0000 http://www.californiawinehikes.com/winehiker/1/wine-blogging-wednesday-312004-french-rabbit-pinot-noir/#comment-6473 <strong>Wine Blogging Wednesday #31: 2004 French Rabbit Pinot Noir...</strong> The winehiker pours a boxed wine, loses the girl, and ends the night with a new metaphor.... Wine Blogging Wednesday #31: 2004 French Rabbit Pinot Noir…

The winehiker pours a boxed wine, loses the girl, and ends the night with a new metaphor….

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