Kitchen Jam

Image of Jorge Ordoñez via Snooth

My friend Az, who gives amazing Tapas Tours in her adopted city of Sevilla, Spain and writes an engaging blog called Casa Az discovered this Vinquiz on the Borracha wine site. It promises to pick your wine personality, and then you can buy those bottles if you like.

No registration, no fuss, no obligation – and a fun peek at new kind(s) of wines you might like. Just click the “Vin Quiz” logo on the website and answer the “Are you 21?” question with the right answer.

My wine personality came up the Muscato Bottani, Spain, 2009, a very dry white. Guess I’ll have to hunt that one up at my next visit to the local wine shop. The description:

Muscato, Botani, Spain, 2009, 100% Muscato

Resist much. Obey little. ~Walt Whitman

You’re a rebel, a risk-taker, a leader of the pack. You have a real problem with authority and enjoy an occasional twist and bend of the law.  The same can be said for wine maker Jorge Ordonez, whom Robert Parker has twice named Wine Personality of the Year, and called him one of the most influential wine personalities of the past twenty years.

Jorge Ordonez’s rebellious nature may be the reason he braved making a dry crisp Muscat in southern Spain, a place synonymous with luscious sweet wines. So much so that muscato is one of only three grape varietals allowed for its Spain’s prized Sherry production.

But don’t let this muscat’s reputation and sweet floral aroma fool you; this is a bone dry beauty of a white wine. Dazzle your palate and your snobby wine friends with this unique and delicious anomaly from a daring respected winemaking legend.

You might want to try this quiz (no affiliation – I just thought it was fun.) Then let everyone know – what is your wine personality?