Rolling

Following the creation of this blog, I decided to try new wines every now and then, just to get some variation and material for the blog. The first of those wines was Rolling 2006 Shiraz.

I brought this to a party with the master students of molecular biology (we sure know how to party, I'll give us that), which meant that this was a wine I was hoping to be a drinking wine. Fortunately, my request was acquiesced to and this proved to be a wine acceptable for such an occasion. It was neither the most memorable nor the best tasting wine I've ever had, but it certainly fulfilled its purpose, which gives it a good grade.

Further, this was the first wine of which I was conscious that it should be in the blog, and thus managed to take a few photos of. So this one will have a few more than the normal photo by the side.

This wasn't among the strongest shirazes, which works perfectly for a drink alone wine (that's drink alone as in drink it without any accessories in the form of food, not drink without the presence of other people.) However, there are certainly other wines that work better in such a capacity. All in all though, this wine receives a 7/10.

Brown Brothers

Next up is a wine that my parents enjoy and have relatively often, thus enabling me to try it as well. The wine is Brown Brothers Shiraz 2006.

This an Australian wine, which I am generally a fan of. However, as it is a Shiraz, it's not among those wines which I am terribly fond of drinking by itself, it really needs some food to go with it. As most Shirazes it has a distinct, rather strong taste which leaves you no doubt that this is not something that should be gulped down, but rather enjoyed and that you should take your time drinking it. (Which for some strange reason doesn't suit me.) Regardless, this is a pretty good wine that works in many occasions, but particularly food. We had a pork-gyros stew thingie from the butcher's when we had this, and the two of them work well together.

After some jury deliberation, this wine recieves a 7/10.