Light and sweet, with crisp green apple, but yet buttery enough to swallow. Best part is the price. Enjoyable without breaking the bank
It’s exactly what it says: sweet and red. Very light bodied No discernible aroma. A very fruity taste. No discernible aftertaste. Reminded me a lot of a berry juice blend turned into wine. Worth the $6 I paid for it at a local grocery store, and probably good for large parties, and in a pinch you could pass this table wine as a dessert wine.
Jam Jar Sweet Shiraz
Jam Jar Sweet Shiraz was born out of the realization that there are not a lot of options available to consumers seeking quality sweet red wine. This fresh, fruity, semi-sweet Shiraz aims to fill that void. Most of the grapes are grown in Paarl, a region with a Rhône-like climate that is ideal for Shiraz cultivation.
Jam Jar is sweet perfection…Simple, pure and honest!
I will not give my opinion of this one, I would really like you to try this one, and let me know what you think.
Sweet Red wines gaining Press!
This is reposted from “the San Francisco Chronicle”
Beginner drinkers get a crush on sweet red wines
Stacy Finz, Chronicle Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Adler Fels Winery in Santa Rosa got the call about two years ago.
“Can you make us a private label wine that can compete with Llano Estacado?” asked the caller.
Llano, a Texas winery, was killing a competitor with a new category that was selling faster in the state than a cattle stampede. The Lubbock winemakers simply call it sweet red wine. It isn’t Moscato, it isn’t Lambrusco, it isn’t Port, but a Syrah, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon blend that retails on its website for $7.25.
White Zinfandel, wine coolers and sweet wines such as Boone’s Farm certainly had their 15 minutes until taste arbiters deemed them unsophisticated and they fell off the popularity chart. But there’s a resurgence in sweet wine – especially with middle-income 21- to 35-year-olds weaned on a steady diet of Coca-Cola and other sweet drinks, who are just now experimenting with wine.
“Sweet red wines have become particularly attractive in the Southern and Midwestern states,” said Dana Fehler, marketing director for Adler Fels.
Winemakers are hoping these sweet reds act as a gateway wine to beginner imbibers who are looking for their drink of choice. California wineries looking for new categories to explore are jumping on the bandwagon. After Adler Fels made the private label wine for the Texas company, it decided to add Totally Random Sweet Red Wine, a blend of Zinfandel, Petit Syrah, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon that retails for $9.99, to its own portfolio.
Others, such as E.&J. Gallo Winery (Barefoot and Gallo Family vineyards) and Sutter Home, launched their sweet red wines last year. The companies are taking advantage of a market that according to the Nielsen Co. has seen nearly a 247 percent increase in sales from July 2010 until the same time this year. More than half a million cases of sweet red will be sold this year, according to IRI syndicated data.
“There is a major shift going on in the U.S. wine drinking culture,” said Stephanie Gallo, vice president of marketing for E.&J. Gallo, adding that two factors drove the Modesto winery to enter the sweet blend category. “First, we noticed that regional sweet red blends were doing particularly well in Indiana, Texas and North Carolina. Second, our consumers were asking if we produced a sweet red wine after tasting our Moscato at events.”
Moscato had the second-highest surge in sales – up nearly 91 percent from last year – after sweet reds, according to Nielsen.
Sweeter wines are made with a combination of grape selection and acid control. Winemakers say these new sweet reds are nothing like the Boone’s Farms of the past.
“These are varietal wines that are well balanced,” Fehler said, adding that the new generation of sweet reds are not your grandma’s wine cooler.
Still, she said, the sweet label holds a stigma for some in California, where wine drinkers consider themselves knowledgeable and tend to veer toward a drier red.
“We’re still going back and forth on whether to put ‘sweet’ on the label for the wine distributed in California,” Fehler said. “My concern is that you take out the sweet and consumers are going to expect a dry red wine.”
But Gallo isn’t worried. The company’s sweet reds are experiencing tremendous growth in the state, she said.
“Southern California caught onto the trend last year,” she said. “Sweet red sales are three times higher in 2011 than in 2010. The Bay Area is just beginning to discover sweet red, and it is seeing explosive growth – 30 times higher this year than last.
“We expect that demand will continue to grow,” Gallo said. “There is a shift taking place in our society where people are becoming more confident in their wine choices. They drink what they enjoy and spread the word to their friends.”
E-mail Stacy Finz at sfinz@sfchronicle.com.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/10/05/BUKT1LA7LJ.DTL&type=printable
Why this Blog?
Are you looking for a list of sweet red wines? While red wine is often an acquired taste, sweet red wines are a way to introduce the health benefits of red wine to a generation raised on sweeter flavors.
But if you go around asking people will shun you, and meet you with mockery. This blog is to help you avoid that all together. It is the Largest resource of sweet red wines, not desert level sweet, but semi-sweet red table wines made to sip chilled as aperitifs or with pizza, burgers and barbecue.
Enjoy
Twin Springs Sweet Red
Twin Springs Sweet Red is a soft and smooth blend of Merlot and Zinfandel. I picked up this bottle because I hadn’t had a wine from the Twin Springs winery yet. In fact, until today I hadn’t seen it on a shelf. Luscious and sweet, this wine is loaded with strawberry and cherry fruit flavors. It is oh so pleasing to the taste buds and is extremely refreshing. This wine is perfect for the wine drinker who only drinks really sweet whites and would like to branch out into red wine. Sweet Red complements a variety of spicy cuisine as well as fruits and desserts. The wine can also be enjoyed as a dessert or after-dinner drink. Drink Sweet Red at room temperature or with a slight chill.
Twin Springs Sweet Red wine
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