Ryan Holgerson

                                                                             Posted by ryanh19 on 3/26/23 Wine #1 Photo of the wine/label:  Photo holding the wine bottle showing:  Name of wine: Apothic Crush Varietal:  Red Blend ( Petite Sirah, Pinot Noir and Zinfandel) Region: California  Country: United States Year : 2020 Price: $11.99 Shop/wine critic review:  Deep, intensely flavorful and velvet-smooth, the 2020 Apothic Crush is a luscious Red Blend brimming with appealing fruit character. Ripe black cherry, wild blackberry and raspberry fruit notes are layered on the inviting palate with toffee and milk chocolate. The long, lingering finish adds hints of rich, silky caramel. A blend of Petite Sirah, Pinot Noir and Zinfandel, this i...

                                                                                          Posted by ryanh19 on 3/19/23 Wine #1 Photo of the wine/label:  Photo holding the wine bottle showing: Name of wine: Principe Verdejo Frizzante  Varietal:   Verdejo Region:  Castilla Country:  Spain Year :  2022 Price:  $9.99 Shop/wine critic review: " The Prince Azul Frizzante Verdejo wine, as its name suggests, is a blue wine, made with partially fermented Verdejo grapes. But really it is a blue wine.  In most cases the blue wine is a white wine, colored with a natural substance, called anthocyanins. It can also be obtained if you add a chemical called indigocin This substance anthocyanin, is ...

                                                                                               Posted on 3/10/23 by ryanh19 Wine #1  Photo of the wine/label:  Photo holding the wine bottle showing:  Name of wine: Oliver Varietal: White Blend Region: Indiana  Country:  United States  Year:  2022 Price:  $9.99 Shop/wine critic review: " This semi-sweet wine is luscious and tastes like freshly picked grapes. Remarkably rich and flowery aroma with a long, smooth and satisfying finish. Served chilled, Soft White is delightful when paired with poultry or pork dishes. An excellent accompaniment to fresh fruit...( https://www.totalwine.com/wine/white-wine/white-blend/oliver-s...

       Wine #1                                                                      Posted on 2/26/2023 by ryanh19        Photo of the wine/label:  Photo holding the wine bottle showing:  Name of wine: Barefoot Fruitasco  Varietal:  Moscato  Region:  California  Country:  United States  Year:  2019 Price:  $7.99 Shop/wine critic: " Pale pink coral color. Aromas of watermelon, fresh peach, honeysuckle, and apricot with a soft, crisp, petillant, moderately sweet light body and a polished, medium-length strawberry candies and ripe peach finish. A fresh and fruity sweet Moscato that will hit the spot. ( https://www.tastings.com/Wine-Review/Barefoot-Fruitscato-NV-Peach-California-USA-1.5L-06-10-2020.as...

Ryan's Wine Tasting:                                                                                            Posted on 2/3/23 by ryanh19 Photo of the wine/label: Photo holding the wine bottle showing:  Name of wine: Juggernaut  Varietal: C abernet Sauvignon Region: California   Country: United States  Year:  2020 Price:  $19.99 Shop/wine critic:   "French oak beautifully transforms intense hillside fruit into a wine with uncommon richness and smooth, luxurious texture. Juggernaut hillside Cabernet is a wine that is fierce, brave and delicious( https://www.totalwine.com/wine/red-wine/cabernet-sauvignon/juggernaut-cabernet-sauvignon/p/194668750) ". References of specific flavors:  Black...

  Ryan’s Wine Tasting: Posted on 1/24/23 by ryanh19 Photo of the wine/label: Photo holding the wine bottle showing: Name of wine: Yalumba Varietal: Shiraz Region: Barossa Country: Australia Year: 2017 Price: $29.99 Shop/wine critic:  : “ A new look for Yalumba's Cab-Shiraz blend The Scribbler, now with 51% Shiraz and 49% Cabernet. The powerful, inky blue and purple fruit profile is still there, with structure and spice from light oaking in French, US and Hungarian hogsheads. Silky, savoury and long. (https://www.decanter.com/wine-reviews/australia/south-australia/yalumba-samuels-collection-shiraz-cabernet-barossa-2017-30696)” References of specific flavors: Blackberry, Dried Currant, Mocha, Tobacco, Clay Pot Your review: You can smell the blackberry before you taste this elegant red wine. It was very good and had a consistent sweet taste throughout. If you had food: None   

       Ryan Holgerson       First Wine Blog     1/22/23                      I am definitely not a first-hand wine drinker compared to other alcohols. I wanted to take this course just to get exposed to the language of wine because I was not that familiar with its expansive nature. I hope by taking the course I will be able to explain and understand the language much better than I did previously. I am also going to take this course with others and taste different wines along with dinner and cheeses.                     I have tried different wines before this course despite all this. In the past, my family and I would share different red wines on Thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Year's but that is the most I would have with them. I enjoyed the sweet taste of them and each one definitely had its own distinctive ...