Arrogant Frog $10 French Wine

I admit that I always have the best of intentions to do a blog post (or two or three) following each twitter tasting I do (and I do 1-4 a month or thirty or more a year), but more often than not, even though I usually have one person dedicated to taking notes, and we usually have some great images of the wines and the food we paired them with from posting them on twitter, too often that’s all it is–best intentions for a dedicated post although I often sneak in a reference or a review into another blog post. I figure I did my “job” of tweeting and I better move on to other writing projects (on this or another of my blogs or poetry or essays or?)

I know of at least one blogger and prolific tweeter, Marcy Gordon, who is cutting back to only six twitter tastings a year so she can focus more on other activities. I know for me sometimes I wonder if my time that I spend on a twitter tasting would be better spent on writing.

#ArrogantFrog #PinotNoir uses ecofriendly approach to avoid polluting the environment where the wine is produced. Great job, @paul_mas!

— Me (@OccupyChevy) July 16, 2014

However, at this point, I will continue to say yes when I am invited to participate because I always learn something–maybe something new about the region or wine making, or, in the case of the #Arrogantfrog twitter tasting, about the farming and the sustainable practices of the Paul Mas brand which you can watch here on this ustream link: http://ustre.am/1fqNt.

Our spread of #wine #cheese #meat and #ArrogantFrog with @OccupyChevy pic.twitter.com/29t4WlQFvU

— Gwendolyn Alley, MA (@ArtPredator) July 16, 2014

We tasted these four wines which all retail for a remarkable $10 a bottle:

• 2013 Arrogant Frog Chardonnay
• 2013 Arrogant Frog Pinot Noir
• 2013 Arrogant Frog Sauvignon Blanc
  
• 2013 Arrogant Frog Cabernet Sauvignon-Merlot

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