Mood: Tired Wine Selection: Honig’s Sauvignon Blanc Yes, that’s right!  The Napa Valley’s Honig was the winner of the first Battle of the Valleys!  It was a close competition.  The ending score was 57% Honig vs 43% Kunde.  Can’t get much closer than that! Both being very different styles: the Kunde is much bigger, rounder, [...]

Mood: Aggressive Wine Selection:  Kunde vs Honig Sauvignon Blanc Twitter to “@moodywine…your notes…#ttl” Don’t have Twitter?  Email me at info@moodywine.com Don’t want to email me?  Leave your comment here on this post I will compile your results and post the winning Valley and winery! Cheers! Erica The Moody Wine Drinker

Mood: Competitive Wine Selection: Honig vs Kunde Sauvignon Blanc Hi all!  I’m hosting my first Twitter Taste Live event called “The Battle of the Valleys.”  Go out, buy a bottle of the Honig Sauvignon Blanc, produced in the Napa Valley, and a bottle of Kunde Sauvignon Blanc, produced in the Sonoma Valley.  Wednesday, April 8th, [...]

Mood: Curious Wine: Parducci Chardonnay GREEN, Sustainable, Organic…the list goes on and on. What is going on? It seems as though wineries are jumping on board with the trend of being more environmentally responsible, but does it really change our spending habits? What if there was a place where you, the consumer, could get information [...]

Mood:  Chilly Wine Selection: 2005 Coutet, Sauternes (375ml)  I know who Thomas Keller is from the renowned “French Laundry,” but I didn’t really get it until I ate at one of his establishments, Bouchon in Yountville.  This was the most amazing meal!  There was the oyster starter, with 3 different types (please don’t ask me what [...]

Mood: Unstoppable Wine Selection: Armida 2005 Sauvignon Blanc   SO much has happened! I moved to St. Helena. Started a new job. Brilliantly set up the internet, after only 400-500 attempts. I am UNSTOPPABLE! I have left my home and everyone I know to embark on a new journey I call “Erica becoming an adult.” [...]

Mood: Toasty Wine Selection: Merryvale’s 2005 “Hyde Vineyard” Chardonnay   Well, it’s Indian Summer alright. We are getting hot hot hot in Santa Cruz County and I’m in a cool wine mood. Merryvale, my new employer as of Oct 1., makes one of the best Chardonnays that I’ve tasted this year. No, it’s not because [...]

Mood: Thankful Wine Selection: Sorry, you’re going to have to read on for that!   The scoop: So, this may come as a shocker, but I’m moody. I know….the Moody Wine Drinker is moody? Who would have thought. My moodiness is the culprit for my lack of posts lately. Many of my loyal readers have [...]

Mood: Exhausted Wine Selection: Trinity Oaks 2006 Chardonnay   Allow me to set the mood for you: I don’t have that many days in which I have no agenda. I work two jobs, so the days off are few and far between, but when they do happen, I try to fit everything into that one [...]

Mood: Disappointed Wine Selection: Alfaro Family’s 2006 “Lindsey Paige Chardonnay”     The first Harbor Beach Open volleyball tournament was May 3rd. I was excited to play with Melissa, there was no wind, and it was shaping up to be a great day. We lost our first game, working out the jitters and kinks, then [...]