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Wine Time reviews cheap wine with HG blogger Marissa A. Ross....

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:28:17 -0700

Wine Time reviews cheap wine with HG blogger Marissa A. Ross. This week’s review features Harvest Girl Syrah, as well as special guest Alexis DuPre (Jackie Johnson). Directed & Edited by Bennett Smith. Featuring “Siberian Girls” by Monster Rally. Catch more of Marissa and Alexis’ misadventures in Tangents & The Times: The Series.

Please Be Patient While We Return To Our Regularly Scheduled Programming

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:07:05 -0700

I’m sorry I’ve been gone. I’ve been on a huge “DON’T DRINK SO MUCH!” // “I LOVE THIS ONE SOUR BEER MORE THAN ANYTHING!” trip for awhile now. Also, Tangents & The Times: The Series has been owning my life. Luckily for all you, along with the new Tangents episodes, comes a new Wine Time episode! It should be up next week. Anyway, yeah. Sorry I haven’t been such an alcoholic lately. Love you.

pussylesqueer: Lara Stone - i-D by Tyrone Lebon, Spring 2013

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 08:58:21 -0700

pussylesqueer:

Lara Stone - i-D by Tyrone Lebon, Spring 2013

Oude Gueuze Tilquin à L’Ancienne Price: $12ish Retailer:...

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:18:52 -0800

Oude Gueuze Tilquin à L’Ancienne
Price: $12ish
Retailer: Craft beer places

I’ve previously raved about Sunset Beer Company, but I don’t know if you guys know the extent of how much I love this little craft beer hub. If this was Cheers, I’d be Norm. I am here, a lot. I come to Sunset Beer to write because it’s like a cool, quiet coffee shop but with dope sour beers instead of coffee. I never thought I’d give a shit about beers, but the advent of the sour brew has kind of changed my life.

Today the owner Jeff recommended I try the Oude Gueuze Tilquin à L’Ancienne based on my affinity for the Petrus Pale Ale. Made of from a blend of lambics (which are not even really beer in my opinion, those bitches are like candy), the Gueuze Tilquin is unfiltered, unpasteurized and refermented in the bottle. It has a world-class rating of 96 from Beer Advocate, which must mean I’m not just insane for thinking this beer is AMAZING.

I still don’t know anything about beer tasting besides just drinking the shit out it, but this is a great tasting beer. It’s a lot like the Petrus but tarter, with a super light finish. It’s super good and if you see it around, I highly suggest giving it a go.

Ross Test: Passed, passed, passed, going to do another twenty.

My sister and I seem to be the only people who know about...

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:31:18 -0800

My sister and I seem to be the only people who know about “Skumps”. This is an outrage that I can no longer sit back and just fucking let happen. You need to know about “Skumps”. “Skumps” is an incredibly important part of drinking because it is a toast from Disney’s legendary animated masterpiece, Sleeping Beauty. So now, when I say SKUMPS! you better fucking say SKUMPS! back. I don’t expect you to know the whole song but I expect you to be fucking cultured.

The Show Malbec 2011 Price: $11.99 Retailer: Target, because a...

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 11:10:09 -0800

The Show Malbec 2011
Price: $11.99
Retailer: Target, because a bitch has to shop

I wish I could think straight right now, but unfortunately I made the worst/perfect decision to revisit Rilo Kiley right as I started drinking this wine. Drinking red wine and listening to Rilo Kiley is the quickest way to regress into a sophomoric, love sick, whining bag of teenage angst for no fucking reason. IT’S, AMAZING.

Anyway, tonight I am chilling hard in a thermal, my favorite socks with an awesome Malbec and a sick bruise I scored two weekends ago stumbling home after a Christmas party. Man, I love Malbecs. My love of the ‘Bec rivals my love of the Cab’Sauv, which says SO MUCH.

Malbecs hail from France, Argentina and Washington, USA, although most of the ones I’ve had are from Argentina. And so is The Show Malbec! They’re like the Juicy Fruit of red wines— mouth watering and full of fruit flavor. But with mild tannins. Since Juicy Fruit doesn’t have tannins. You should be concerned if your Juicy Fruit has tannins. Actually, you should probably be concerned if you’re old enough to buy wine and you are still buying Juicy Fruit.

Tasting Notes: Exceptionally smooth and satiny for such a price point. Lots of cranberry, a touch of spice & pepper, and the violet one can expect from an Argentinean Malbec. The finish on this is perfect— just enough to be like, “Hey, remember that sip you just had? It was delicious AMIRITE OR AMMMIIIRRRITTEEEE???” and you’re like, “Yeah, taste buds, you’re right!” without being like “OKAY OKAY CALM DOWN JEEEEESUS.” so, that’s good.

Ross Test: I did three of them just because, and A-. And the minus is only because the chugging is a little acidic at first, but all in all, I think I might go for a fourth!

A little bird told me that Patron + Sparkling Pomegranate Juice is delicious, what a fucking helpful little lush, amirite or AMMMIRITTEE???

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:32:00 -0800

gallivantingandgrass: GONNA START REUSIN & RECYCLIN GUYS....

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:04:31 -0800

gallivantingandgrass:

GONNA START REUSIN & RECYCLIN GUYS. #smart

gallivantingandgrass: commercial for my upcoming television...

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:04:16 -0800

gallivantingandgrass:

commercial for my upcoming television show.

Last night I decided to review the last fifth of a bottle of...

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:43:00 -0800

Last night I decided to review the last fifth of a bottle of Fish Eye Chardonnay that’s been open for god knows how long that we only use for cooking.

Last Tuesday was the launch of some new Thorny Rose Wines. This...

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:58:00 -0800

Last Tuesday was the launch of some new Thorny Rose Wines. This is me drinking the cabernet, which I plan on doing a Wine Time of in the future, but these were my quickly jotted notes on the cab, verbatim, for the time being:

“Light bouquet, smokey, light, light finish, low tannins, REALLY GOOD”

Buy it! It’s like ten bucks and REALLY GOOD!

Today I review the delicious Petrus Aged Pale that is super sour...

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:23:37 -0800

Today I review the delicious Petrus Aged Pale that is super sour & delicious & probably my favorite beer that I got at Sunset Beer Company, which you really need to visit if you’re in Los Angeles. The beer was around six bucks & worth every cent.

I’m not reviewing wine tonight I am just drinking it. If...

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 19:29:00 -0800

I’m not reviewing wine tonight I am just drinking it.
If we want, we can talk about my new hat?
It’s pretty fucking cool for $3, and I’ m excited to look
like a Russian with a cocker spaniel on her head
while my future lice go through their gestation period.

OK, OK ENOUGH ABOUT MY HAT.
WANT TO TALK ABOUT WINE?
AND EW-PERIODS-STUFF?
GREAT! ME TOO!

My home remedy for cramps is white wine & hydrocodone.
JUST KIDDING LOL,
BUT WOULDN’T THAT BE GREAT?

Oh, wait,
IT TOTALLY IS.

The Naked Grape Pinot Grigio Price: $4.99ish, can’t...

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:46:30 -0800

The Naked Grape Pinot Grigio
Price: $4.99ish, can’t remember cause it was 30% off if I bought six bottles so duh, bought six bottles
Retailer: Ralph’s

Despite not being able to see the bottle of this at all, I went with this picture because my cat Berlioz photobombed me and he NEVER does that. Plus, he’s all Lazer Cat and shit.

A lot of people have been like, “What’s up with you drinking so much white wine lately?!” I mean, only like two people have said that but when that’s half your audience, you feel obliged to answer. So, I shall answer! The reason is because when I entertain, I buy three bottles of red and three bottles of white and lately, everyone has been killing my red and I’m too lazy to go to the store and buy more when there’s a perfectly good Pinot Grigio waiting for me. SO HERE WE ARE ASSHOLES.

Tonight I am hanging out with The Naked Grape’s Pinot Grigio, and it’s totally good company. I wouldn’t go as far as to call it my BFF or anything. It’s basically your third string friend, still a cool person but not your favorite. It’s a little too sweet and doesn’t have quite the bite you like in good one on one conversation.

Now maybe call your friend, homemade avocado tartine, and you’re going to really enjoy yourself!

Yes, I paired this wine! I came home and made one of my favorite snacks. I called it a “tartine” because I wanted to sound fancy but really I just mashed up some avocado on a piece of sourdough bread topped with salt, pepper and aged white cheddar (which I am not saying to sound fancy, it’s actually fucking aged white cheddar). They went really went together and honestly I would eat my tartines with this wine all night if my boyfriend wasn’t coming home to make me real food.

Tasting Notes: Pears and lemons. Smells like the Luna Lemon Zest bar I got in my GOOP Edition Birchbox, and it tastes like one too. Just drink it quick because as it gets warmer, it deteriorates from third string buddy to acquaintance you can’t remember ever inviting into your home but is somehow now leaving a water mark on your coffee table.

Ross Test: It’s a solid pass, but no gold star stickers.

AWWWWW LOOK SO CUTE AND SEASONAL, IT’S PUMPKIN ALE! I...

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:52:00 -0800

AWWWWW LOOK SO CUTE AND SEASONAL, IT’S PUMPKIN ALE!

I don’t know anything about beer, but this KBC Pumpkin Ale is really delicious and I have very much enjoyed drinking it while waiting for my mom to arrive and my boyfriend slaves away in the kitchen and I’m only half paying attention to Tosh.0 on the television.

This beer ended up in my fridge via my Halloween party. Thanks to whoever left it in the very back for me to find like a buried treasure two weeks later. The Googler tells me it’s from Trader Joe’s, so it must be pretty affordable.

Yeah, so fuck ur lattes.
Baaaaaaasically.

On Saturday we went to Malibu Wines and had a really lovely...

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:46:23 -0800

On Saturday we went to Malibu Wines and had a really lovely time. The tasting room is not a room at all, but instead a huge lawn and courtyard with two bars, featuring Semler and Saddlerock wines. The flights are very reasonable, from $12 to $16, although since we were with some moms, we opted just to buy a bottle of the Saddlerock Pinot Gris. It was pretty good, a little oaky for my taste in terms of pinots, but overall a really wonderful experience and I can’t wait to go back.

mrossay: My friend Alyssa sent me these travel wine glasses and...

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:35:04 -0800

mrossay:

My friend Alyssa sent me these travel wine glasses and I’M DYING. MUST HAVE.

Dearly Beloved Thee Red Wine I Opened Three or Four Days...

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 16:55:00 -0800

Dearly Beloved Thee Red Wine I Opened Three or Four Days Ago
Price: Around $8, IDK I bought it like a week ago
Retailer: Trader Joe’s

Oh, oh, hey. Just hanging out with some pomeranians & some old wine.

I bet you’re wondering how this wine lasted three or four days in my home. I can tell you it’s because first of all, I’ve been filming so I’ve been drinking a lot less and two, because my sinuses have been acting up. Despite curing many of life’s ailments, red wine is one of the worst possible choices for sinus problems. Alcohol in general has a lot of histamines, so you should avoid it when your allergies are acting up or if your head is getting all stuffy. It’s science. And in case you’re some asshole that likes to try to prove science wrong, let me just add that this idiot [points to self] has already tried traveling that road a billion times and it never works out. Promise. Stick to the OJ and ‘scrips, bitch.

Anyway, on to Dearly Beloved.

Let me start by saying that when I drank this wine freshly opened, I truly enjoyed it and highly recommend it. Not only is it great for chilling at home with, but it’s a wine that is also dinner party worthy. The label design is aesthetically pleasing, which is something I think is important when you’re taking wine to someone’s home because you want them to remember it. Of course, more importantly, is how it tastes. This Merlot, Zinfandel, Petite Sirah, Syrah, and Cabernet Franc blend has something for everyone— a little fruit, a little spice. There’s no one who likes red wine that couldn’t enjoy it, even if it’s just slightly because they’re a dick or something.

Now as for three to four days later, being corked and chilling on my counter, it’s surprisingly not horrible. Gone are the notes of blackberry and vanilla, you’re mostly getting the spice at this point. It’s not nearly as good as it was when I first poured it, but it is still drinkable for those of us who are shameless or desperate or lazy, or more than likely all of the above. But what did you expect drinking an $8 bottle of wine you opened last week?

Tasting Notes: Originally more fruitful, after a couple days open this wine becomes prominently pepper.

Ross Test: It burns, in a not awesome way but not in a total gasoline way so, I give a it a C. Had I Ross Tested upon the initial corking, I believe it would be a strong A.

I quit drinking more than three years ago; nonetheless, I LOVE your blog. Delightful and instructive. Thanks for allowing me to enjoy drinking vicariously!

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:48:51 -0700

Just doing what I can, ya know? :)

Coppola Yellow Label Sauvignon Blanc Price: $10.99 Retailer:...

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 21:26:00 -0700

Coppola Yellow Label Sauvignon Blanc
Price: $10.99
Retailer: Ralph’s

SUP PLAYAS. JUST HANGING OUT IN MY WIG BEFORE I HAVE TO DESTROY IT WITH HAIRSPRAY FOR HALLOWEEN. JUST DRINKING A LOT OF COPPOLA YELLOW LABEL SAUV BLANC. JUST REALLY ENJOYING IT. IN FACT, I LOVE ME SOME COPPOLA YELLOW LABEL SAUV BLANC. I’M NOW DRINKING THE CHARDONNAY WE USE FOR COOKING CAUSE THAT’S JUST THE KINDA ROLL I’M ON AND I’M PRETTY BUSY TRYING TO KEEP ZISSOU IN HIS SPIDER SUIT. KBYE.

Tasting Notes: I LIKE IT

Ross Test: Didn’t get to do it because I was sharing the bottle with a group of people & that would have been rude/I poured it all before I remembered to Ross Test it BUT IT’S SCRUMPTIOUS IN MY MIND AND I’M A PROFESSIONAL WHO USES A LOT OF CAPS SO JUST BELIEVE ME.