Boozy McGuzzles

BOOZE TYPE: Wine
PRICE: $5.99 at Astor Center
RATING: A

I’m going to have to be upfront with this review. When I was sniffing and snorting to get the AROMA of this one, I snorted a sinus-full of wine up my nose. I have wondered when I would do this since the day I started getting into wine, because I am stupid, and I knew it would happen eventually. So, I will report: Fâmega Rosé is very tingly and clearing of the sinuses. MOVING ON.

Fâmega Rosé! It is almost like the vinho verde, only more red! It has a very lovely scent, which you might have guessed from above. There’s a scent I keep catching in red wines, which makes me think of steak. I think it’s something akin to blood, or maybe the scent of whatever is in steak sauces. Something meaty, but not like umami. Or maybe this is what wine people call “red fruits”.

I really enjoyed this wine; it’s has a lot of the red taste, but without the heaviness on the tongue I usually associate with reds, and it is only a little tannic. It’s a very beautiful clear, garnet color, and–like vinho verde–a young wine with a lower alcohol content. This is another one perfect for summer, if you want something with a little heavier character than the white vinho verde.

BUY IT AGAIN: You betcha!

BOOZE TYPE: Wine
PRICE: $4.99 at Astor Center
RATING: A+ between the months of June and August

IT’S SO HOT UGH HELP IT’S SO HOT NEW YORK IN SUMMER IS SO GROSS HELP HELP HELP.

Uh. By which I mean, it has been a while since I have posted, especially with any reviews! Don’t worry, I’m still drinking! Drinking so much I can’t be bothered to write! But time to break the drought with some more vinho verde. I’m sorry, red wines, I love you, but I don’t think I can drink you until like October, because you make me sweat.

Fâmega is, as all vinho verde wines, light and fantastically refreshing. This one is bubblier than most, with a light citrus flavor, and also some hints of actual green flavors… sort of crisp and almost vegetable. Celery? I don’t know, I feel like that sounds like a bad thing to say that wine tastes like, but people say wine tastes like all kind of stupid things. The bubbles are really at the forefront, sharp and pleasing on the tongue, and the wine is only a little sweet. This wine is crisp and refreshing, and perfect for disgusting hot New York nights.

Damn it, I moved up to the north to escape terrible weather! No one told me that New York summers were basically as bad as Nashville summers! Son of a–!

Anyway, Fâmega rosé to follow! Possibly. Depends. You know how it is.

BUY IT AGAIN: ALL SUMMER LONG.