WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28. 2005
CollegeRECESS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN 3C
Wine? Wine not?
Four students were given a blind taste test of four wines affordable to the average college student. The wines ranged from $3 to $11 wine.
The testers were Beau Winfrey, Denver sophomore; Kristin Riedlinger, Dodge City senior; Zach Stewart, Dallas, Texas, graduate student and Takafumi Komatsubara, Hayama, Japan, graduate student.
Boone's Farm
Sangria (Red) $2.95
Winfrey: Weak. I would say it's a good social wine because it's so light. I'm surprised it's even called wine. There's no bite to it.
Riedlinger: I like it. It would be a good summer wine. It's like kool-aid.
Komatsubara: It's a good introductory wine because of how weak it is. It's something you would buy when you were going to have
Stewart: It's like sparkling... grape juice or something. It's all right. I wouldn't pay a lot for it, but it's OK. It's definitely something you would drink with a big group of people.
you were going to have a bunch of people over with the intention to get drunk.
Mark Vierthater/KANSAN
Stewart: Yeah, it's not completely awful. But then again, this isn't really wine.
Riedlinger: It's not that bad.
Komatsubara: It's like someone took regular wine and diluted it with water. I used to buy cheap wine and then mix it with Sprite to make it more palatable. That's what this tastes like.
Riedlinger: I'm reminded of Natty Light.
Winfrey: This is one of those drinks, it's a great "New Years Eve Party" thing for poor college students. You'd pick this up for a house party.
FINAL RATING:
☆☆ out of ☆☆☆☆☆
From left to right: Takafumi Komatsubara, Hayam, Japan, graduate student, Zach Stewart, Dallas, Texas, graduate student and Kristin Riedlinger, Dodge City senior drink wine during a blind taste test. The reviewers tasted four wines and rated them on a scale of one to five.
Almaden
Mountain
Chablie
(White) $8.50
Winfrey: That smell is just
Winfrey: TI horrific. I wouldn't get drunk
off of this.
Hell, I wouldn't even cook with this.
Stewart:
That's pretty
wretched.
Riedinger: It tastes like cat piss.
ity is less. I would much rather buy two more bottles of Boone's
Komatsubara: I don't think it's that bad. It simply tastes like they harvested the grapes way too young.
Winfrey: That's an example of how it's more expensive than say, Boone's Farm, but the qual-
Stewart: I don't have to drink it all, do I? I mean, that's really nasty.
for the same price and get completely s—t-faced.
Winfrey:
That's god-aw-
ful and I'm not
religious.
Komatsubara:
OK...this does
suck.
Black Swan Shiraz - Merlot Mix (Red) $10.50
FINAL RAT:
ING:
☆ out of ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Winfrey: Now that smells like wine.
Riedlinger: That has a really good taste to it.
Winfrey: That I like. That's a
Stewart: This is what I think of when I think of wine. This tastes like wine.
real wine. It's a little bit sharp.
Komatsubara: This is a real wine, and because some people might not like it. For people it not familiar with wine, this wouldn't be a good one to start them off on. It's a little too spicy for a newcomer.
Winfrey: This is a good meal wine. I were to have a date
and make a meal, this is definitely something I would buy to go along with the meal.
Stewart: As a guy who has no previous wine experience, I can tell that when I taste this
I finally feel like I'm drinking a real wine.
Komatsubara: This is the first time I've had a combination, and I have to say I like it.
Winfrey: This would be a good wine to introduce people to a Shiraz. The Merlot is smoother and has less bite and that takes a bit of the spice off.
Stewart: I really like that.
FINAL RATING:
☆ ☆ ☆ out of
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
D.O. Calatayud
Viña Alarba (Red)
$7.90
Stewart: That smells really good.
Riedlinger: Wow...that is amazing. This is much
better than the Shiraz.
Winfrey: Whoa. That's good.
It's really smooth. This is a wine you could definitely drink to get drunk. I would definitely buy this.
Komatsubara: Mmm...
wow. This is a really good deal for a really good wine.
Riedlinger: This is definitely something I would drink regularly. Really, really good.
Winfrey: This would be a nice wine to just sit around while grilling or cooking and just drink. This is a wine that will be gone a lot faster. I mean...wow.
FINAL RATING:
star star out of
star star
— Mark Vierthaler
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