I image most of us are aware of paint by numbers – and probably have tried it at least once. But this post is not about aforementioned craft classic – nor is it about a significant number in my life that is surrounded by a boatload of factoids that Trivial Pursuit doesn’t even cover. It is about wine by numbers. What?
Believe it or not, our church as a wine tasting group. Built around using wine as a vehicle for having fun and building fellowship, the group is one of the longest-running groups at the church! Blah, blah, blah – so what does that have to do with this post?
The group meets 3-5 times a year, and each meeting has a theme. Since we’ve covered the global map more than once, our next theme is Numbers – that is the name of the winery or the wine must include a number.
Ladies and gentlemen, in the spirit of gathering useless information, except for anyone whoever attends an event like this, I present Wine by Numbers, which happens to include wines with prices of single, double, and triple digits – and yes, feel free to add others.
Zero One
Opus One, Root 1, One Last Kiss, 1 (Antigal), First Colony
Two Vines, Two Hands, Two Oceans, Folie au Deux, Columbia Crest 2 Vines, Molly Dooker Two Left Feet, Middle Sister Goodie Two Shoes, Wildside Vines Duet Kentucky Red, 2-Up, Two-Buck Chuck, 2 Brothers, M-2, Deux Amis, Twin Oaks
Three Thieves, Hedges Three Vineyards Red, Ridge Three Valleys Zinfandel, Columbia Crest H3 (Heaven Horse Hills), Tres Picos, Menage a Trois, Three Wishes, Three Kings (by Meeker and Burnett Ridge), Three Saints, Tres Sabores, Three Rivers, Three Brooms. Tre Monti, Y3, Three Rings, Three-Legged Red
Four Graces, Four Vines, Four Sisters, Cline Oakley Four Whites, Patricia Green Four Winds, 4G, Foursight, Quatro Goombas
Elk Cove Five Mountain, Five Rivers, Cain 5, Five Star, Funf 5
Graham’s Six Grapes Port, The 6th Sense
7 Deadly Zins, Seven Daughters, Seven Hills, J Lohr Seven Oaks, Seven Wells, St Innocent Seven Springs, 7 Heavenly Chards, Siete 7, Vineyard 7 & 8
Cellar No. 8, Vineyard 7 & 8, D’Arenberg Eight-Iron Shiraz, 8 Chains North
9 Stones, Platform 9, Niner
Row Eleven, Apex 11
Highway 12 *
14 Hands
Sixteen by Twenty
Mogen David (MD) 20-20 (If I didn’t mention this, someone else would have), Twenty Rows, Sixteen by Twenty
Ruta 22
Lot 27
D’Arenberg The Twenty Eight Road Mourvedre
29 Vines, Vineyard 29
Rosenblum Vintner’s Cuvee XXXIII Zinfandel
Festival 34
Parallele 45
Rex Goliath Giant 47 lb Rooster
Z-52
Fizz 56
St. Ema 60/40 Reserve
D 66
Redneck 101
Santa Rita 120
Cote 125
181 Merlot
Lot 205 Winery
337 Cabernet Sauvignon
Cellar 360
667 Pinot Noir
Prospect 772
Gott 815
1448 Red Blend
1749 Sauvignon Blanc
Solera 1847
Chateau Tour Boisee Plantation 1905
NOTE: Some wineries (Penfolds and Lindeman’s are two) use Lot numbers to designate a particular line. Although Marietta’s Old Vine Lots are a personal favorite, I intentionally left the Lots off the list.
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Since I, for ONE, don’t drink wine, this is not much use TO me. Though I am happy to take THREE minutes and type a response FOUR your lovely post. High FIVE, my friend, don’t you dare deep-SIX this article. I’m sure you’ve put your wine-drinking readership in SEVENth heaven, and since I always eagerly awEIGHT your posts, I’ll congratulate you on another wonderful post, quit my asiNINE comments, and simply promise to return ofTEN.
(After ten, you’re on your own, my man! 😀 )
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John,
I continue to be astounded by your originality on all subjects. Well done … and thank you!
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Hi,
I’m another one that isn’t into wine, but the colour by numbers is definitely a favorite. 😀 This of course is how talented I am as a painter, plenty of talent as long as I have those numbers. 😆
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Mags,
When I was finishing this post the other day, the idea of using paint by numbers came to mind – and yippee – Thanks for showing me that it worked. BTW – some wines from OZ are on the list. Thanks for commenting.
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Highway 12 in Sonoma–they’ve got some good stuff. My son of all people turned me on to it when he and his wife spent the weekend up from SF. Good party question–how many can you name.
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Les,
Great addition – thus I will add it to the list above. The main thing I did was to visit various stores with a descent wine selection, looked at labels, and noted the names. One thing for sure, the list was longer than I initially anticipated. Thanks for sharing.
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That’s a great idea Frank. I often buy four sisters wine because I have four sisters! Our church runs something a little similar where once a month we meet in smaller groups in people’s home and we just share what’s going on in our lives and after the sharing we share wine and light snacks. It’s a night I always look forward to because you know you’re in great company.
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Spiced,
For some reason I thought that I’ve written about this group before, but going through my archives, I don’t see it, so many I’ve simply mentioned it before. Ah ha … maybe a future post about this group. Many churches, including ours, are have small groups meetings as you described – which seems to be a growing trend in the US. No question – regardless of format, groups getting together is a good night! Thanks for sharing.
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interesting collection.
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Mobius,
And fun to do … thanks for visiting!
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The meetings sound great! I love wine but I have gone beyond drinking it and only remembering a few wines that I favor 🙂
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Mimo,
Our group has been a wonderful way to meet and get to know others. I keep thinking that I did a post about this group, but maybe only in my mind …. which means a future post is in the works.
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Okay.. wine by colors sounds fun.. but give me a 96 box of crayons and let me go at it LOL. Oh and make sure there’s a sharpener around as well LOL. I will color by eye 🙂
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Kay,
Actually wine by colors is already on my radar. 🙂 Thanks for visiting.
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I had no idea wine involved so many numbers in their names. Fun stuff, Frank. 🙂
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Robin,
I recall my wife and I talking to the event organizer about a possible theme. Then, while at the store, my wife noticed all the wine by numbers labels – thus it was eventually passed on to the organizer – and the rest is history. It should be an interesting evening. Thanks for visiting.
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They must love having you in their group, you must add quite an outrageous and entertaining dimension to the event. Now after a FEW wines does it all work the same?.. awesome work.. c
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Celi,
First of all, I doubt if anyone in the group will see this post – but hey – stranger things have happened. Maybe I should take the list that night! Thanks for visiting.
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Of course I want to colour your wine list, but can’t find the key. Like somebody else I have he crayons ready. I do enjoy wine, though, but I haven’t paid any attention to the numbers except for the Faustinos which come in a whole array of numbers – lower number indicating better wine.
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Otto,
I enjoy Faustino as well .. although it has been a while since I’ve knowing had one. However, I never recognized the numbering system, so that’s good to know! Thanks for stopping by and sharing your love for the product from the vines.
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Ah Frank, cool post! Menage a Trois is one of my favorite blended red wines, but I must say that my husband refused to wear their free button that came with a bottle last year, in the event of mistaken assumptions 🙂
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Lynn,
I’m glad that I got one of your favorite reds on the list. Now that’s a funny story regarding your husband! Thanks for sharing!
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Frank, I am pretty sure that yours is not the first church wine tasting group. My church has been doing it for 2,000 years. Just wanted to be able to give you another number. 🙂
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Elyse,
Touche … very good! Thanks for visiting and sharing your wit.
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Well, having left the church at 10, I never got to sample :(. I have been making up for it though.
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Good to hear that you’ve made up for the missed opportunities. How far are you from your state’s wine regions. We vacationed for several days using Charlottesville as the home base and visited some wineries in that area. Good time. Here’s the post. https://afrankangle.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/on-virginia-wines/
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We’re as north in Northern Virginia as you can get without getting your feet wet in the Potomac, about 1/4 mile from here. Charlottesville is 2-10 hours away depending on if you hit all the lights while they’re green and don’t get stuck behind an endless railroad crossroad along the way!
But VA wines are good. VA politicians are whiners. And dopes. And boors. And sexists. And dopes ….
Sorry…
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Elyse,
My mental map says there are many wineries in northern VA. Correct or am I in a mental fog? But no – I am not going to ask your opinion of your favorite House Majority Leader.
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Real estate around here is now too high — a few people have some grapes, but not many. They have given way to McMansions.
And it’s safer that you don’t ask about Little Eddie (he is too much like Eddie in the Munsters). Much.
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LOL as I haven’t heard the Little Eddie reference … and hey, you may enjoy my Saturday post – it’s light.
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I only just thought of him as Eddie Munster…. It fits, though, doesn’t it!
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Come to think of it, I think Nonnie at Hysterical Raisins refers to him as Eddie. If you haven’t been there, you will love it … http://mikk2.wordpress.com/
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I’m adding two more to the list: One Last Kiss and Three Wishes.
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a quick trip the liquor store and I have some number wines – as we were talking Pinot, here’s some of the Pinots I spotted:
42 Degrees South
Six Foot Six
Penfolds Bin 23
Ten Minutes By Tractor (love this one)
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Charlie,
Ha ha … love the Ten Minutes by Tractor too. I also laugh because a good friend of mine who have a difficult time drinking the wine with that name – regardless of its taste!
Oops – do you recall if they are all Australian wines? Now, each time you see a wine with a number, you’ll think of this post. 🙂 …. thanks for adding to the list and for sharing in the fun!
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pretty sure they’re all Aussie ones – I’d have to double check – we get a lot of NZ Pinot here too tho 🙂
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Adding two more: 2-Up and Two-Buck Chuck (I can’t believe I forgot that one).
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This post is a gift that keeps on giving. Time to add 7 Heavenly Chards, Fizz 56, Row 11, and 1448 Red Blend.
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Thanks for sharing this with me. I don’t know what brought me the bigger smile; Wine by Numbers or the fact that your church has a wine club! Love it.
Regards,
Ernest.
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Ernest,
Cheers … I’m glad you liked this. So keep your eye open and feel free to give me others to add to this list! Thanks for visiting.
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Wow! Who’d a thawt! That’s some list! What fun. Did you taste most?
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CraftCrazy,
LOL … no …. however, I am one who likes different wines (thus not stuck in a rut of purchasing the same wine much of the time) … but looking at the list, I would say that I have tried about 20 or so of these. Which also tells you that I was on a mission to find these. Thanks for commenting.
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