Good Morning!

I wanted to let you know I found a wine that really worked for my palette… try it and see what you think!

Cellar Rat Wines are made by my pal Ryan Sciara. Ryan is also a contestant on The Winemakers season II on PBS. He makes a white and red each year to be sold in his store in Kansas City. So if you want to try this wine, you will have to find him and order from him, which is not that hard, but you can not find this wine on store shelves at Safeway, HEB or Marsh supermarkets.

I had Ryan’s white blend several weeks ago…it is a blend of 3 traditional french white grapes, he calls it RMV which stands for Roussanne, Marsanne and Viognier. This wine was really surprising because, I have said this before, my palette really is more focused on wines and grapes from here in the USA and mostly more about the Northwestern part of the country.

So the RMV is crisp, round and almost has an “oily” texture…sounds weird but it AWESOME! I loved this wine with cheese, I really liked it with goat cheese and the tanginess of the cheese with the round mouthfeel of the wine…it was a winner. I made a homemade Margarita pizza and the two were awesome.

So this weekend I finally got to try Ryan’s red wine his 2008 Petite Syrah Barrel #2. I opened this wine and the nose was like POW! huge fruit and high alcohol but once the wine opened, it was rich, dark and supple. It started out very powerful and relaxed and before we knew it both of us had fallen in love with the nuances of the wine. In my normal Saturday evening schedule I made a cheese pizza and the beautiful structure of the tomato sauce and the wine worked together. It blended and worked so easily, my palette was thrilled and I think yours will be too.

To try this great wine go online find www.cellarratwine.com and contact Ryan. He is great and he even makes his own cheese, so if you are local to him, take the time to go down to the shop and check out his awesome wine vision.

Much LOVE and wine,
Tammi

Ryan's wines, RMV and Petite Syrah