Sunday, August 19, 2012

Senda 66 - 2008 Tempranillo

As I mentioned last week, this is another flashback post.

Not long after the night of the Arizona Stronghold wine tasting and my second bottle of Chupacabra, I went to visit my little sister at the liquor store she used to work at. My brother and his girlfriend were in town, and we went to keep her and her roommate, who also worked there, company until they closed.

This was the night of my Wine Education. I told my sister's roommate that I was starting to get into red wine, but I didn't know the first thing about the different kinds, so she took me from row to row, telling me about the characteristics of each. Based on her descriptions, I decided I most wanted to try a Cabernet Savignon and a Pinot Noir.

That night, though, I settled on a cheap bottle of Mexican wine that I chose mostly because I thought the label was pretty. The Senda 66 Tempranillo, which my sister's roommate actually knew nothing about.

While my sister ran the store and her roommate and my brother talked about names for the vineyard they wanted to open, my brother's girlfriend and I sat in the back of the liquor store on the boxes upon boxes of beer while we drank. I've never seen so much beer, and several of the cases were fashioned into what looked like cardboard thrones.

Interestingly enough, the liquor store didn't have a corkscrew (probably to discourage people drinking on the job), so my sister's roommate used a tool to push the cork through. Not only was the wine not that great, it also tasted like cork. And unfortunately, my brother's poor girlfriend had an allergic reaction to it. She's since decided she's allergic to something in red wine, so I've lost her as a drinking partner. It's so very sad.

I won't lie and say I don't still have a tendency to pick wine based on the label, but after this bottle I try to pay more attention to brand, and rating/description if there is one.

And thanks to my sister's roommate, after that night I had a good idea where to start my wine journey.

So here I am now!

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