Tasting Pacific Rim

My boyfriend sent me a picture of sweet riesling and Flamin' Hot Cheetos on his counter and was surprised that I told him I was coming over immediately.

This past week was a long-ass week and ya girl was ready for some more wine and her favorite junk food.

I had leftover Chinese from Happy Garden so I shoved that into my steamer mug and headed his way.

He got me Pacific Rim sweet riesling, a 2017 wine from Columbia Valley. I know you're already sick of hearing me talk about rieslings but I've fallen in love and you can't take that away from me. He told me it was about $10 (not bad for a bottle that I practically CHUGGED). ((Spoiler alert: I REALLY LIKED IT)).



It smelled and tasted like green apples (tart and crisp, yummmm), pineapple, grapes, golden delicious apples, and a little bit of grass. It was acidic, somewhat sour, and had a warmth to it. I made myself a glass to take with me to the bathtub so I could feel like a fancy rich woman.


(Photo very much cropped because who wants to see my naked leg??? Not even me.)



I also brought that beautiful mug of kung pao chicken and fried rice to the tub with me because that's the kind of life I live. To be perfectly honest, it was hard to drink the wine and eat at the same time because they didn't pair very well (also because I had to keep setting one thing on the edge of the tub and switch to the other object). The chinese food was spicy, and made the crispness of the wine go really sour and almost bitter. However! I thought the food tasted fresher and extra nutty and EXTRA spicy since drinking alcohol with food tends to give it a kick to me. It was already spicy from the Sriracha I added.

The Cheetos were there too, but I finished the wine before eating them because I do NOT want to know what that combo tastes like. It just sounds awful and I'm not about to ruin perfectly good tastes.


He's judging me for dropping Hot Cheetos in his bathtub.

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