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2021 Mercato Pesce, Veneto, Italy Grab yer popcorn ‘cause this puppy is akin to a cinematic escapade featuring the sultry allure of a Sophia Loren….With whispers of clandestine fruits and fragrant blossoms, it’s a symphony of passionate flavors, dancing with a delicate balance of vivacious acidity and luxurious sweetnes…., offering a lingering, seductive kiss that leaves one longing for an encore. A true Venetian seduction in a bottle! Wine X sez: XX #xratedwines #italianwine #wine #foodporn #yum.
Lambert Estate "Thoroughbred" Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 - This is the Kate Moss of Aussie Cabernets. A sultry aroma of dark mysteries, it's a flirtatious dance of blackcurrant and licorice with a cheeky oak tease. Think of a stolen kiss in a Parisian alley. This wine isn't just bold; it's audacious, making you crave its forbidden allure. The bad boy of wines, it's scandalous and utterly irresistible.
Wine X sez: XXX 🔥
#xratedwines #cabernetsauvignon #barossawine #barossavalley
2020 Quivera Vineyards Alder Grover Ranch Sauvignon Blanc: Sultry, intense, and full of passion. Like Javier Bardem’s Anton Chigurh on a moonlit dance floor, it surprises with layers of depth. Each sip reveals a new facet – green apple, honeysuckle, and a lingering finish of zesty lime. Wine X Sez: XXX. No country for bad wine! #xratedwines #xratedwine #winereview #sonomawine #wine #foodporn
2022 Whitehall Lane Pinot Noir Rosé Petaluma Gap. Elon Musk walking an old-school high wire. Bright and thrill-seeking. Balanced through the finish. Buy all you can find! Wine X sez: XXX. #wineday #xratedwines #pinot #weekendvibes #winerating #sonomawine
2019 Terminim Cepages d’ Or Alder Springs Vineyard Mendocino. Super cool Rhône white that has all of the taste of a fall potpourri. Apricot, vanilla, a little anise, a smidge of citrus. This is the kind of bottle that makes me thankful for wine. Wine X Sez: XX1/2. #thanksgiving #winereview #happy #foodporn #rhone #xratedwines
2018 Jeff Rundquist 1448 (red table wine ), Sierra Foothiils. Can’t think of a better way to give COVID the middle finger than to grab a great daily drinker & start your weekend early. This petite blend (Verdot & Sirah) is highly infectious! Wine X sez: XX. #xratedwines #wine #tgif #weekendvibes #saturdaynight #winerating
2017 Zontes Footstep Blackberry Patch Cabernet & Fleurieu, Australia. Seriously, when was the last time that you tried to pour and you were shocked that the bottle was all gone ? Wine X Sez XXX. Really this is some bad ass juice my friends #wine #australianwine #mcclaren #foodporn #wine #xratedwines
Wifey Rose Sparking Wine. Veneto, Italy. Tart and fun. Tiny bubbles, but a big burst. No wifey jokes for me today, this one is a keeper. Wine X Sez: XX. #xratedwines #sparklingwine #italianfood #italian #wine
2017 Zontes Footsteps Baron Von Nemesis Shiraz Barossa good tunes and good juice tonight. This one is a burst of cherries and a touch of tobacco on the finish. Delightful wine to help slip into a weekend. Wine X sez: XX. #xratedwines #wine #shiraz #foodporn #music
The blizzard blues brought me to this bottle. Found a open Italian place near my hotel, and then found a liquor store next door. 2014 North by Northwest Red Blend Columbia Valley. Another example why I like Washington reds. My new Syrah-ish friend, I like you many X’s more than Southwest Airlines now. Wine X sez XX #xratedwines #foodporn #wine
Do you ever pop a bottle and wonder “where the F did I get this one? “ love to figure it out because this one is bad ass. Foundry Cab Oakville Six Acre Vineyard 2011. IM ON FIRE BABY. Wine X sez XXX. Sizzle. #xratedwines #winereviews #cabernetsauvignon #napavalley #oakville #wine #foodporn
2014 Talbots RFT Diamond T Estate Pinot Noir. Black cherries, cinnamon, and maybe a lil’ chalk. What time is it? It’s DRINKIN TIME. Wine X sez XXX all night long. #wine #winereview #xratedwines #pinot #foodporn
2018 Bernard Magrez Cotes Du Rhone Villages Plan De Dieu. Ever had a brain freeze drinking a slushy? I think I had one gulping this Rhone. Wine X Sez: XX #wine #xratedwine #foodporn #rhonewine #xratedwines
2011 Ernie Els Proprietors Red delightful barn find at the back of the cellar. Happy day, happy day! 9 year old cherry Kool-Aide. No juice pack required Wine X sez : XX1/2. I’d drink again #xratedwine #wine #foodporn #yummy #xratedwines
2017 Crossbarn Cabernet Sauvignon Napa One of Paul Hobbs’ family of wines. Imagine the perfect Manhattan topped with a perfect cherry, and begging for one more.... of both 🙂 that’s this glass. Wine X sez: XX. This is a really easy, comfortable cab. #xratedwines #foodporn #wine #napa
2017 Rabbit Ridge Allure de Robles Rhone Red Paso. Tasting a lot of G & S. Not much M, but that doesn’t mean it’s not Mmmmmmmmm. Mind blowing for a daily. Know what I mean? Wine X sez: XX and no shame, all smiles. #xratedwines #wine #foodporn #pasorobles #gsm
2019 The Vice Wines “The House”Pinot Noir Napa-Carneros. Strawberry and blackberry. Sinfully gulpable. Are some vices worth burning for? Nodding slow. Wine X sez: XX and testing excommunication! #xratedwines #foodporn #wine #pinotnoir
2017 Ridge Zinfandel Wild Cattle Creek Vineyards. You know how some zins are syrupy and port-like? That’s not this guy. He’s balanced and all finesse. Blue and red fruits plus some baking spice. This one’s bad ass. Wine X sez: XX1/2. And twice on Sundays. #wine #xratedwines #zin #zinfandel
2017 Artevino Estate Chardonnay Yorkville Highlands. Imagine foreplay on a newly Pledge-polished four poster bed. Lots of citrus, a little creamy, and a pouty face if you make me wait for more. Wine X Sez XX1/2 with a devious smile. #wine #chardonnay #xratedwines #foodie #foodporn
2018 Decoy Rose California. Just seeing if the rumors were true... paired with a lil roasted rosemary chikin’. Do I taste a lil Pinot from the waterfowl portfolio? Perhaps! This is Captain Marvel saving the world. Sexy & bad ass at the same time! XX! And an extra X on a hot summer day. cheers! #xratedwines #wine #rosé #foodporn
2017 Hahn Chardonnay Monterey County. I’m thinking Dr. Fauci in a SpongeBob toon. Tropical, bright, straight forward and believable. Wine X sez: X1/2 ..delicious & delightful #wine #chardonnay #monterey #foodie #foodstagram #xratedwines
2018 Folded Hills August White Wine Santa Ynez Valley. Easy peasy lemon squeezy. Just like Natalie Portman, this one is tart but really bright. Wine X sez: a crisp & clean XX #wine #santaynezvalley #foodporn #xratedwines
2019 Les Muraires Duce Vie Tentation Rose Cotes de Provence Dry for now, wet if you take a step to the edge. Perfect virgin sacrifice to the gods of summer pasta night. Wine X sez: X1/2 weeeeeeeee! #xratedwines #rose #roseallday #wine #foodporn
2018 Eden Rift Vineyards Chard. Valliant Vineyards Central Coast. Imagine sucking on a mouth full of Lemonheads listening to Jefferson Airplane. We gotz citrus, and we sure got acid. This bottle is Somebody To Love... Wine X sez: A trippy XX #xratedwines #wine #chardonnay #foodporn
2017 Jeff Runquist R Petite Sirah Salman Vineyards Clarksburg. Boysenberry, blackberry, a little mocha, a bit of white pepper. This one is nice. Just like the first written manuscript of Caligula .... deep & inky and hot. Wine X sez: XX1/2. Really loved. #xratedwines #wineporn #wine
2017 Kate Arnold Cabernet Washington. Trivia Day review: what’s velvety like a blindfold, leathery like a whip, and chocolate like the drizzle on...... yes it’s It’s Kate Arnold’s cab. Wine X says XX + smack that glass. #xratedwines #foodporn #wine #cabernetsauvignon
2019 Folded Hills Lilly Rose Rosé Santa Ynez Valley. The whole Victoria Secret model team sipping on strawberry lemonade. Mind blowing gulp. I’d lick if I could too. Wine X says.... XXX in my imagination and reality too #xratedwines #wine #foodie #foodporn #yum
2009 Stonehedge Cabernet Napa. Clove vanilla and berries. It’s like Christmas in a glass.. I’ve been a good boy this year Santa..... Wine X sez: X1/2 and maybe more if the holiday means I get a bj. #xratedwines #foodporn #wine #napa
2018 Crossbarn Chardonnay Sonoma Coast Am I levitating or did I fall in the pool? Who knows. But no mystery in the bottle... classic reference Sonoma Coast. Wine X says: XX and a skinnydip away from another X. #xratedwines #wine #foodporn #yum
2017 Jeff Runquist Petit Verdot. Damir Ranch, Stanislaw County CA. Big and Intesnse. Why be satisfied with “handful” when you can go all the way to “mouthful”!!! Wine X Says: XX. #xratedwines. #foodporn #wine #wineblogger🍷 #foodie
OMG. This Tahini label reads like a Wine X review! LOL #xratedwines #winex #wine #foodporn #foodie
2017 Maple Creek Estate Chardonnay. Medoncino. Trip to the Caribbean but leaving your lil’ blue pills at home. Tropical fruit and only a little wood. It’s really a nice chard. Wine x Sez: XX #xratedwines #wine #foodie #foodporn #mendocino
2018 Zontes Footsteps Shades of Gris (Pinot Gris) Adelaide Hills, Australia. Big melon and pear... which is too easy for a Wine X review. Think fresh bedsheets, lemon oil and a whip. A crisp pop and a zing. Wine X says: XX fo’ sure. #xratedwines #sexy #wine #foodporn #yum
2018 Clarice Wine Co. Pinot SLH. Chip and Joanna Gaines, you know…. but, a wine. Sneaky-sexy on their own, but nicely balancing each other out.
Wine X Says: XXX and not really caring who wears the pants. Or who doesn’t 🙂 #xratedwines #wine #foodporn #foodie #pinotnoir
2017 Mumbo Jumbo Pinot California. Appropriate that it’s branded like a kids game because its as tasty as grape Kool-Aid. A new wine drinkers dream. Wine X Sez: an easy X 1/2 and a sippy cup away from XX #wine #winelover #winetasting #yummy #foodie #foodporn #xratedwines
2017 Jeff Runquist Barbera Amador. Delicious berries and a lil’ butterscotch. Bunkering down and not coming out ‘till this bottle is done. Wine X Sez: XXX and wanting more. #wine #xratedwines #amadorcounty #food #yummy
2016 Russell Family Vineyards LPR Reserve. Paso. Imagine if The Rock played Austin Powers... Stong enough to take on anything, rich, and totally shag-able. Wine X says XXX & easily worth One Milllyawn Dollars #wine #yum #xratedwines #pasorobles #pasorobleswine #foodporn
2018 Treasure Hunter School Night Red, Red Table Wine, California - Dr Pimple Popper in a canoe with a bottomless goblet o’ raspberry Dippin’Dots. Lots of chill fruit flavors bustin’ out. Wine X sez: Coastin’ in at a satisfying X1/2, aye matey #xratedwines #wine #winedrunk #kitfox
2016 Russell Family Vineyards OVZ Paso. Imagine gettin a valentines gift of Laffy Taffy, salsa dancing lessons and a little blue pill. Its huuuggge... what else matters? Wine X sez: This is zinfully XXX #xratedwines #wine #zinfandel
2014 Loring Chard Rosella’s Vineyard SLH. Salma Hayek’s Oscars dress + a Harry & David delivery. White pear, and a lotta body....But ain’t no pear-body nosiree! WineX says XX1/2. Take a bite! #xratedwines #wine #chardonnay
2016 Rabbit Ridge Zin Paso Westside. Gettin’ in an a food fight with Leo DiCaprio at a Jamba Juice. A hot, sexy, vanilla & mixed berry pop in the mouth. I won’t even duck next time. Wine X sez XX all the way #xratedwines #wine #zin
2017 Hahn Cabernet Sauvignon California. Elvis not-so-incognito shopping in Sephora. Velvety and perfumey with flair. Wine X says X1/2 plus a hunk a hunk of mmmm. #wine #cabernetsauvignon #xratedwines
2017 Zontes Footsteps Hills Are Alive Shiraz Adelaide Hills: So berry spicy, so blue-tiful .... hey sexy, wanna come play my Strat? Wine X Says..XX + a power chord. #wine #shiraz #syrah #xratedwines
Peake Ranch Bellis Noir Sta Rita Hills 2017 - Think John Wayne in a pissed off mood. Ain’t no doubt this one is an ass kicker. An easy XXX with some serious admiration to boot @peakeranchwines #wine #xratedwines #syrah
Russell Family Vineyards Seventy 2017: Imagine Taylor Swift and Violet Beauregarde wrestling in blueberry jello. There’s a lot going on here and it’s alllll good. Wine X says an easy XX1/2 and you’ll get the extra half if you can wait a few years #wine #cabernetsauvignon #pasowine @russellfamilyvineyard #xratedwines
Kate Arnold 2017 Columbia Valley Cab: Like gettin’ a Bumble email from Selena Gomez’s secret account. Sexy & surprising. God yes! XX 1/2 and hoping for a second date. #wine #xratedwines #cabernetsauvignon @katearnoldwines
Boneshaker Zinfandel 2017: Juicy, peppery Filet Mignon on a popsicle stick.... can I lick you ? What if bite? Delicious for an every day drinker. Wine X sez: XX every day and twice on Sunday. @hahnwines #xratedwines #wine #zin #zinfandel
Z Force 2014. Think Gary Clark Jr cranked up during hot yoga. Busting out with spicy jam and balance. I’m breathless by choice. An easy XX. #wine #xratedwines #friday @zontesfootstep #garyclarkjr #hotyoga
May your #2020 start with a lotta #style and a little #crazy!!! Cheers! #wine #winedrunk #yummy #xratedwines
2016 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay Napa. Picture Eddie Murphy gettin’ tricky on a skateboard: Signature OG that has never been better. Bright and complex with a zippy ‘tude. I’m sad that I forgot how really good you are. Wine X sez: XXX with a snarky nod. @chmontelena #wine #chardonnay #yum #wine #hehe #xratedwines