Geography of Wine

Name: Cupcake Vineyards  Variety: Blended Sparkling Red  Country of origin: Italy  Country bottled in: USA  Vintage: 2016 Price: $8.99 on sale. Reg $16.99 at Kroger. Price will vary depending on the store you buy it from.  Wine Review: Our Sweet Red is bright and delicious with flavors of juicy blackberry, raspberry, and cherry. Each sip is full bodied with a touch of sweetness and refreshing effervescence. Enjoy best chilled. This Sweet Red pairs well with your favorite cheese or fruit tart.  Wine Folly: pg. 85 Brachetto. I get notes of a creaminess and sweet fruits. There are notes of other classic notes of red wines such as cherry, black cherry, black currant, blackberry, raspberry, black plum, and others.  Personal Take: Cupcake Vineyards Signature Sweets Sweet Red wine is one that I bought on a whim from a Kroger back home. There was only one left so I thought to myself "If there's only one left, it must be good. Let's find out!" It is delicious! Before I

My time as a wine drinker started in the summer of 2016 when I picked up my mom's glass and stole a sip of her drink without knowing what was in the glass. It was then that I knew I liked sweet alcohol. Especially the alcohol that was in her glass. It was sweet, bubbly, and just good. I later found out it was Moscato she was drinking.  I had always been curious about alcohol in general, but wine specifically. It seemed like this world where only the rich got to drink wine and know how to describe it and whatnot. It was a world unbeknownst to me and I wanted desperately to understand it and be a part of it. As I've mentioned, I had only ever had the sip I stole from my mother. All I knew was sweet wines. I just didn't know where to start. One of the obvious hurdles to jump was the fact that I was underage at the time. So I knew I would have to get creative to try wine and get my foot in the door.  Around the age of 18, I begged one of my friends to buy me wine. While it was