Kristen's Wine Blog

I went to Fork and Cork last Saturday FOR FREE. It was an enjoyable experience however, as far as tasting the wine went, it was too much. We given so much that eventually it was a sensory overload. I couldn't smell a thing all I knew was that I was tasting a red or white.

Out of the twenty or so wineries, we made it to eleven. We sat down in between rounds and watched the cooking demonstration. Blackstone Grill passed all their food out, so we managed to eat for free.

The first winery we went to was called Naked Mnt. Winery. They had four wines for us to try. They were a Chardonnay, a Chardonnay/Riesling blend, a Cabernet Franc and a Rose. Chardonnay was barrel fermented. It smelled like bitter apple. It just tasted like acid and alcohol. All in all it wasn't my favorite Chardonnay there.
The Chardonnay/Riesling blend was the best wine they had. It smelled like honey suckle and citrus. Both the Cabernet Franc and the Rose were terrible. I couldn't even finish them. They tasted like chemicals.

The next one we went to was Unicorn Wineries. This was just a bunch of terrible sweet wines. First of all they poured the reds first. Which threw me off a little in terms of trying to taste the whites. They gave us a Cab which was very spicy smelling and tasting. There was definitely some strong black pepper in there. Then the Chambourcin which was very interesting. It was definitely a lighter red, which I appreciated. The whites were a Pinot Gris which was average, a "Rock White" which I could not make out the grapes varieties of, and a Chardonnay which was not my favorite. These were some of the cheapest wines there, for a reason.

We back tracked a little to grab some Sangria from Savory- Lee. But we did not stop at their tent.

My favorite winery was the Stanburn Winery. Their Meadow Breeze was my only purchase. They had six wines for us to try, all with very complex flavors and most with residual sugars.The Meadow Breeze was a white Vidal which was very sweet, smelling like honeysuckle and tasting like peaches and sugar.

We also went to Veritas and Horton. Both of these wineries made mistakes. Veritas was extremely rude to us, she was bored and tired. The experience was just uncomfortable and the wines were just ok. Horton dumped about 16 different wines on us. I was exhausted by the time we were done. I couldn't remember which ones I liked. He had not gone in order so I couldn't tell off the sheet. I just didn't bother getting anything because I was overwhelmed.

We then went to Molliver and White Rock. Both of these were bad vineyards. My least favorite was Molliver. Their pamphlet said Fine Wine and Vine by Design. Well they didn't design very well because all their wines were bad. They were watery and flat. Also we couldn't smell a thing cause the guy pouring was smoking and breathing the smoke right in our faces.

We also made it to Well Hung. My favorite red was here, but they were sold out. They also had no sheets so now I can't remember what it was.

On the way out we barely made it to Attimo and Notaviva. Notaviva pared their wines with music. Their tasting notes were so funny that I didn't pay attention to the wine I just sipped and laughed. I appreciated their humor.