Wine tasting!
So it is our last night in Buenos Aires and we are hanging out with two of our friends
Kristin and Steve.
And we actually just finished filming a video of our dinner.
We had some steak with Steve, so you can see that video on his channel.
He's already had a few drinks in case you can't tell.
But we figured let's take the after party over to our apartment.
So we've bought some local Argentine wine.
Yes, so the important thing is Part 1 of this series is on Steve's channel.
Steak guys.
And that is BackPacker Steve.
And so you got to go over a watch that.
You've got to watch us having steak and then come here.
We are preparing a dessert.
And now it is dessert time and wine.
We needed something a little bit sweet to go along with the wine.
So this is our dessert today.
We are having Queso y Dulce.
So that is basically cheese with three different types of sweets.
Is he drinking behind the scenes?
Hahahaha.
Anyways, let's have a quick look here.
So we are having membrillo which is quince, batata which is sweet potato and zapallo which
is pumpkin.
And the most important thing is this is your first time to try it.
So first reaction over here.
This is really weird.
This tastes kind of like I thought it might.
Hahahaha.
It does.
It's like marmalade.
Well, it is growing on me the more I eat it.
Yeah.
And the red one is even better.
So that would be like at home if you ran out ingredients and you had cheese and jam.
That would be the first thing I would do.
Hahaha.
I like the salty and sweet flavor.
You had the yellow one.
I had this like marmalade of my Grandmother.
Have more.
So this is the yellow.
I'm double fisting now.
So you are having pumpkin, now?
Zapallo.
That's even worse.
Oh, I like the sweet one better.
This one is better.
Hahaha, you see.
So we are starting with the Rose.
Let's see what the expert thinks.
Oh, that is a really good wine from Mendoza as well.
Very sweet.
And the main thing about this wine is it is red.
It is red.
As opposed to purple.
Yeah, it is like your dessert wine.
Any berry tones, any fruits?
A lot fruit and berry tones.
It is kind of like drinking sugar.
It is like the worst wine.
Fruit punch.
I'm guessing this was not a very good wine then.
You're having Benjamin.
Is it not Benjamin.
So not a good wine.
Is that what I'm getting here?
A little sweet for our taste definitely.
It is like what sixteen year old's drink.
We're waiting for the Malbec from Cafayate.
Cafayate is this really really nice place in the North of Argentina.
And it is the starting point to explore the Quebrada de Cafayate.
And because of the climate up there it is also a very good area to grow some good wine.
And actually not the Malbec by the Torrontes the white wine.
They do also Malbec.
This is one of the biggest ones.
Bodegas Etchart.
They do mostly like Torrontes and the Malbec.
So let's try the Malbec now.
So here is where Steve gets to redeem himself.
Arrrgghhh!
Hahaha!
It is not bread.
This wine is like.
Pumpernickel.
Is it very great?
Is it very good?
Very good.
It is very good.
Very good.
Great, great wine.
Very great wine.
Audrey.
Audrey Bergner.
Very great wine.
Very thank you.
Very great.
We should do a rate.
Hahahaha.
Oh, man.
It is going to be the video that goes viral over here.
We should now rate the wine.
We're going to call it crazy German guy.
Crazy German Guy!
What is a party pooper?
Let's forget about the wine.
Gets drunk in Buenos Aires.
We need to give it air because we just opened the bottle.
And this is why you actually shake it like that to give the wine more air.
Shake that wine.
Shake it.
Is this the Merlot?
Is this the Merlot one?
Yes, so this is Merlot Roble from 2012.
So we are getting vintage wine now.
You know what there was a mistake today when I picked this one up.
All of the other bottles were 2014 and we got the 2012.
So that is a score.
That is a find.
And they didn't charge us extra.
It shouldn't be as sweet as the Malbec.
Yeah, let's see.
It smells like dark bread.
Like bread.
It smells like bread.
Like dark bread.
It is like a bakery in a bottle.
It smells like really dark bread.
I see what you mean.
And we were reading apparently.
Pumpernickel it is called in Germany.
Yeah, apparently you pair this with what the wild mushroom cream sauce or something?
Steak and mushrooms.
It seems really specific.
Better than the first wine though?
Yes.
I would say.
It is not as alcoholic.
Blackberries and chocolate.
Oh, hints of chocolate.
And cherries and coffee and vanilla.
A hint of everything.
You can tell we are all wine connoisseurs.
Ruby red color if you haven't realized.
Ruby, ruby, ruby.
But it really smells like dark bread.
It smells like dark bread.
So it is time for number four.
Yeah, last but not least we salvaged the cork on this one.
Good job Steve.
Steve redeemed himself over here.
Good job.
So this particular bottle of wine is really cheap.
It is really cheap.
It really is.
It's the house wine that you'll typically find in the restaurants.
The Vasco Viejo.
And we've been drinking that pretty much everywhere we've been going.
But this is the white wine.
We've tried the red one.
How do you know?
I'm a sommelier.
It tastes like peaches.
Canned peaches.
You know what it tastes like.
It pretty much tastes like grapes.
Wow!
Grapes?
That is mind blowing.
The deepest mind blowing thing I've heard in decades.
It is like juicy.
jugoso.
It is really light.
Like the steak jugoso.
It is rare.
It is really light.
Sweet.
It is more like Riesling.
It is good stuff.
I maintain it is like canned peaches.
It is now time to rate the wine after we just went through a bit of it.
We've been guzzling it.
There is not a lot left.
Some of the bottles are empty.
I'd like to point out.
Apart from the white wine.
We still have a glass of the white wine.
Your favorite.
I can tell you.
So okay.
We started with the Merlot from 2012.
Which was on the shelf of the 2014.
Just to point it out.
So, okay here comes the Merlot.
Oh, it was the bread one.
I remember it is the bread wine.
I have it in my nose now.
Oh, it is a very nose-y wine.
So it smells like bread.
It tastes like bread.
It tastes a bit like bread.
But um, it is not too shabby.
It is a solid wine.
It is not too sweet but it gets you drunk.
All the wines do but this one.
It is a good wine.
A solid one.
I would not say it is 1st place.
No.
Next one is Benjamin.
Rose.
Benjamin.
It is still like drinking canned peaches.
Canned peaches.
The sugary one.
It gets the job done but maybe I'll have a horrendous hangover tomorrow.
We're not supposed to think about that right now, right?
From like four.
The white wine we are saving that for later.
We're just going to say that was an average one.
And we're moving on to this one.
The Cafayate Malbec.
And this is the one, we actually tried this at your place yesterday, so we knew it was
a good wine.
And ding ding ding we have a winner.
This is the good wine.
We have a winner.
All of us think, including even Audrey right, this is the best.
Even Audrey who doesn't like wine that much thinks this one is good.
I think Cafayate is a good wine.
Cafayate is a cool place.
We've all traveled there.
It is like awesome.
So this is the wine, and you know what it is not even that expensive, you can pick one
up for about 40 or 50 Pesos.
Not too bad.
Cheers to that guys.
Salud!
So it has been a great night hanging out with some awesome friends.
And I want to share what they've been doing because we do our travel videos and we have
our travel blogs but there is a whole community of people doing awesome things and these are
my good friends so let's find out what they're doing.
So what have you been up to lately Steve?
So we did this whole trip like two months in Patagonia so we were going down from Buenos
Aires, where we are right now, flying into Bariloche crossing into Chile going down the
Carretera Austral, doing some crazy adventures there, going back into Argentina to El Chalten
to do hikes there and then Torres del Paine to finish this whole thing up.
And this is actually the thing we did.
The whole video series about adventures in Patagonia which is about to come out on my
channel soon.
And what is the name of your channel.
BackPacker Steve.
Yes.
Backpacker Steve.
The footage is amazing.
Like it is incredible.
Drone footage, high quality and us.
And the two of you.
That is a winning combo.
Guys I write a travel blog Be My Travel Muse dot com which is geared towards solo travelers
in general but especially adventurous women or want to be adventurous women who want to
try something new and challenge themselves.
I've written a book about how you can travel on your own and I also have a budding YouTube
channel so check out Be My Travel Muse and subscribe.
Bye!
Bedtime.
Ciao Argentina!
The wine is so good.
And now we're going to go catch a flight tomorrow.
And we're out of here.
That's it.
And let's do cheers.
We have to look people in the eye.
That is the German way.
Hahaha.
This is how Germans open wine bottles.
We can only do beer.
This is the problem.
Cheers.
You should ask us something.
Come on.
You're doing cheers.
You're ruining it.
Okay one more time.
One more time.
Cheers.