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Trader Joe’s Wine: Goats Do Roam

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Hey Everyone;

It has been a while, right?  We love KC (which is why we moved back) but life has been pretty dry without Trader Joe’s wine deals.

We are ecstatic that Trader Joes has finally opened in KC!

In honor of the Kansas City TJs we are bringing back our Wine Moments with Delaina.

As KC has been under heat warnings for far too long, what is a red wine lover to do? Well I have discover Rosé.

That is right.

I know most of you are thinking I have lost my wine drinking mind because the sweet taste of White Zinfandel has just overtaken your senses…

But really a Rosé is a perfect warm weather  red because many times the grapes used in Rosé are the same variety as my favorite reds.

Enough of my justifications let me present to you…Goats Do Roam’s Rosé 2010.

This bottle of wine was great with steak and potatoes as well as with garlic shrimp and Asian slaw. It is not often we can describe a wine as “fruity”, “complex”, and “light;” yet, that is exactly how I would describe this wine and I would add – a perfect blend of these contradictions.

In fact the bottle’s label spells out its flavors as such: “40 % Syrah for body, 31 % Grenache for fruit, 17% Gamay Noir for freashness, 12 % Mourvédre for spice – 100% Balanced Rosé”.

I agree! This South African wine is a summer hit for this red wine lover.

Cheers,

What do you think? Have you tried Goats Do Roam? Please leave a comment below or on Facebook or Twitter~ THANKS!

Trader Joe’s Wine “Big Day” from Pancake Cellars

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Pancake Cellars Big Day Wine

Pancake Cellars Big Day Wine

This wine moment is special because it is one of the few that that will feature a white wine. Yeah I still will post about white wines but they most likely will be overshadowed by the red wine posts.
This white wine came from Trader Joe’s of course and I believe it was $5.99. Big Day is a 2009 white from Pancake Cellars. Big Day is a blend of 5 different grapes: Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc; Viognier, Muscat Canelli, and Pinot Blanc.

The first time I had this wine was for a graduation party, Kris’s folks were in town and I knew the liked white wine. As it was a “big day” I thought the name was fitting. Well, it is May again and I found that I was actually craving this wine. I am so glad that Trader Joe’s offers it because now that I have found it, I have new respect and curiosity to try more white wines.

In my assessment this wine is a “big” wine. This is the most complex white wine I have ever tasted. The label says you can serve it with “Thai green curry, turkey sandwiches, chicken apple sausages, or pesto anything.”

I would agree with the label and say it does goe with everything. In fact one night hot night we had a simple late night dinner with just apples and a smoked Gouda cheese (yes we got all of those for Trader Joe’s) and this wine was a very nice complement. Even though it is only May, this would be the perfect summer wine. It is light and fruity and refreshing on a hot summer night. Or even a warm May evening in Tucson, when it is already 90 during the day.

The label further describes this wine as featuring flavors “white peach, apple and cantaloupe, along with orange blossom, honeysuckle and lemongrass.” My pallet is not sophisticated enough to pick up all of those flavors but I would agree with the cantaloupe and honeysuckle as these are favorite flavors of mine.

So give this wine a try the next time you are looking for a great wine for a hot evening.

I hope you all enjoy this wine as much as I have…oops…did!

For more information about this wine, checkout my short video on the front of this blog, or click to view our wine videos and more on You Tube  HERE.