I’m a seasoned writer and wine blogger, about to hit 300 blog posts over here on Wine Predator (and 1300 on Art Predator!), but even if you’re a beginning wine blogger, with only a few blog posts and wine samples under your belt, you can probably relate to this Writers Clock!
I do have two revisions: instead of “Toss,” it should be delete or trash, then undo! And instead of “Submit,” it should be “Preview”!
I love that every hour it’s time for an adult beverage! And I think it’s about time for one for me–an Ojai Vineyard Rose in fact, nice and crisp for this warm spring day! This rose is mostly Roll Ranch Syrah from the upper Ojai Valley (read more about Ojai Vineyard’s Roll Ranch Viognier and Syrah) with 5% grenache and 5% riesling. I opened yesterday to have with our Easter ham, mashed potatoes with castella blue cheese and asparagus. Awesome pairing and a super pretty salmon color–or like the pale pink blush on an apricot or a peach…
Ojai Vineyard Rose crab oysters
The Ojai Vineyard rose is also interesting with oysters, which is what I’m enjoying right now: they bring out the minerality in each other, more complexity in both the Pacific and the kumamoto oysters and the rose. Not a sweet but a tangy tangerine, rose flower and dried petals, dried apricot on the long finish. Barrel fermented in older oak, it’s got a real cork closure, it clocks in at 13% alcohol, and less than 600 cases were made. join the club like I did and you won’t miss out! With my club discount I think it was about $15.
The Ojai Vineyard Rose is NOT your grandmother or aunt’s pink wine or white zinfandel–it is NOT sweet, fruity or anything that they would probably like, except the color. This is a wine that can hold its own with spicey ham, blue cheese potatoes, oysters and crab drenched in butter…
Happy writing!
PS If you’re experiencing some writer’s block and you just don’t know what to write about, check out this month’s Wine Blogging Wednesday prompt–and when the clock strikes “Adult Beverage”–open a bottle of Barossa! Blog posts are due Weds. April 25.
wine predator.............. gwendolyn alley 
LOVE IT! my only concern is that Adult Beverage O’clock appears to be a wee bit late in the evening 😉
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Oh but Thea my dear wine blogging friend, it chimes on the hour every hour! Day and night! at least 16 of those hours are appropriate for wine blogging!
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Reblogged this on The Write Alley and commented:
Do you know what time it is? That’s right, it’s time to write, write, write, and revise revise revise! And then it’s time for an adult beverage or two! If you want tips in that department, click on over to Wine Predator! PS Happy National Poetry Month! Are you writing any poetry?
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