Caramel candied apples, fresh hot kettle corn and stewed vanilla pears saunter over the rim of the glass while summertime drunken peaches delight those caramel apples as they sashay across the dance floor of your palate. Sweet sea salty kisses on the confident finish. A bolder white to conclude a sultry summer day. — 6 years ago
Deep and sweet. Cola, blackberry, and cough syrup. Really not an equivalent to Port as the Portuguese grapes are so distinctive by comparaison, but this is a nice sipper and pairs well well with a hunk of cheese. — 6 years ago
Intense aromas of lemon curd, meringue, and graham cracker crust which is balanced perfectly by a persistent earthiness and herbal note. There is obvious minerality and a lovely growth of flavour in the mid-palate. Flavors reminiscent of banana cream pie & kettle corn yet it's 100% refreshing and bright, with a clean & light finish. — 7 years ago
Kettle corn, pineapple and Maldon salt. Shows the usual restraint and balance; no new oak. Quite ripe, yet the burst of expected heat on the finish doesn’t happen. Every year, this becomes more like a top Côte Chalonnaise white. — 5 years ago
For $20, this is a great bottle. Enjoy with a group of friends, a bowl of kettle corn and game night. — 6 years ago
Pale gold. Caramel corn and kettle corn on the nose. Salty delicious. Smooth vanilla and somewhat spicey. Remind me of fall. So good. Long finish. — 6 years ago
If you questioned whether a rose can be lumped in with cougar juice, question no longer. Orin Swift’s absolute apogee of a rosé satisfies like no other. Plenty of malolactic roundness settles firmly in the middle of fresh deliciousness. A drained glass speaks of kettle corn on warm dry slate. — 6 years ago
The nose is all about smoke and meat and BBQ kettle chips. In the mouth you get into pepper and sour cherry and pomegranate. Love this. — 8 years ago
$19 in Orange County whole foods. Balanced. Acid refreshes your pallet for more spicy seafoods like gumbo, steam kettle hot pots, etc. — 5 years ago
This wine is very forgettable. There was some fruit on the nose, but more of a muted presence. Perhaps a little too old? Bottle variation? Whatever it is, this one was in last place in a lineup of 2012 Plumpjack, 2005 Cayuse En Cerise, 2013 Sleight of hand Psychedelic, 2009 Alban Reva, 2001 Dutschke Semmler, and a 2015 Montagu Hyde. Died immediately when paired with braised pork. Did have some velvety black fruit character throughout but it had nothing exciting to contribute. Didn't even wake up with salty kettle chips. I would like to try a newer offering perhaps? — 5 years ago
Enjoying a great Canadian wine at a great Canadian tradition: Calgary Stampede. Excellent blend from B.C. Excellent day at the rodeo! — 6 years ago
Plum, black cherry, pepper, ketones when first opened. Good with BBQ rib eye steak. — 7 years ago
Spicy, easy drinking.
Special treat with this 2008 vintage #FGWS — 8 years ago
Mark Flesher
A very nice bottle of wine. I would say this one is drinking the way it was intended to drink. Ready to go. Full throttle for a Chardonnay. Nose of dried herbs, kettle corn, youthful fruit, minerals. Entry a lot of peach, guava, popcorn kernel. Lots of stone ground fruit, dried herbs, dense. Powerful. I don't think this one could drink any better than it is now. Opened to thank a friend for serving an excellent lineup of Peter Michael and Colgin four days before! This one is at the top of the hill right now. — 5 years ago