Back to the letter E. Enology - the study of winemaking. I think the Brits start the word with the letter O

ok I think I stumped everyone with the letter Y How about

Yalumba - I enjoy their viognier

Auxerrois from Argentinia (now known as Malbec, Argentina's most "famous" variety)

Awesome one volley1!! And that leaves us with a great letter, S!

Sauvignon Blanc!

So it looks like we have C again....

This one is again obvious

Cabernet Sauvignon

N, that's an interesting letter.

Napa Valley

Ok ... so Y's are tough ... lets see if this works:

Yield ... a measurement of how much wine is produced during a harvest.

E

Since one is already out I won't give another, but I can't believe that you folks think the letter "Y" is tough or a stumper, considering one of the most famed wines in the world begins with Y.

Thinking about it, "yield" as defined above does not work for me. I don't believe I have ever heard it used in this context.

I have heard of a harvest's yield defined as tons of grape (another cool term for that too) but I don't think I have ever heard it skipping the product of the harvest and going straight to the wine.

So come on. The wine I am thinking of has been described as able to make a dead man smile.

I am quite happy with Eiganjo's word "yield" - this is a fun game intended for wine newbies and we should be actively supporting every post!

Great job, Eiganjo, thank you for playing!

So that leaves me with the letter "D". I will go for -

Dionysus, the god of wine!

Wait a minute! Didnt you use that already? I was assuming no repeats allowed. Or maybe that didn't count ... since it was an example?

Now ... I probably shouldn't follow my own post ... but I could throw out "Dobbin Lane" ... a San Miguel CA vintner. Had a bottle of their cabernet sauvignon last week. I understand they use surplus harvest from growers through-out the CA central coast. As for the wine ... I'm still too much of a rookie, so dont have a basis to compare to yet. But I will say, while it seemed a little strong at first, but the end of the week it seemed to have grown smoother. Maybe I just adjusted to it. The Safeway wine steward had suggested it as a good value for the price. Think it was about $8 or $9.