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One show in BBC Six Music (a digital only station that I listen to all the time) has a fun little text message section where you describe what you did last night in 7 words. Amazing how inventive some people are and how much you can imply and impart in just seven words.

Can you see where this is heading?

Before I go further I should just say that I have no idea if this will work. I've not tried it myself. It could all end in tears... but can you sum up that wonderful glass of grape juice you are cradling in your hand using just seven words?

The theme for Wine Blogging Wednesday #42 is Just Seven Words. The wine should be an Italian Red. It matters little really for this exercise what type; but try and find something new, interesting and thought provoking. And get that thesaurus out!

JUST SEVEN WORDS. The finished tasting note must make sense, be grammatically correct(ish), punctuation will help of course. The wine name, type, producer, vintage do not have to be included in the 7. But a reference to aroma, flavour, length, food matching etc etc should be considered. Inventiveness is the key.

I have a feeling this could be trickier than it first appears but it is supposed to be a fun, light-hearted approach to wine.

You should post your tasting notes on Wednesday 13th February either on your own blog or on the Wine Blogging Wednesday site.

PS Don't forget to post your wine picture to the WBW flickr group.

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Sounds excellent ... and I even have an interesting Italian red at home just waiting for an occasion!

Written by: Alex | January 28, 2008 2:51 PM

FUN! I like the idea, and I will even try to find a bottle of Italian red here in Spain, just so I can join in. Somewhat like finding a needle in the haystack, but I'll give it a go. Do Gabriella and I each get 7? hmmmmm

Written by: Ryan | January 28, 2008 2:54 PM

Excellent exercise for every emerging elite eonophile!

Does alliteration count for bonus points?

Written by: 1WineDude | January 28, 2008 2:55 PM

What an creative idea! I love it! This one will take some thought rather than hunting for the perfect wine

Written by: Joel | January 28, 2008 2:56 PM

Why don’t we all just use numbers?

;)

Iterestin idea.

Written by: Arthur | January 28, 2008 2:57 PM

Love the theme, and am looking forward to crafting the perfect 7 word sentence.

Written by: Dr.Debs | January 28, 2008 2:58 PM

Fun topic!

Written by: Carol B | January 28, 2008 2:59 PM

Inventive and inspiring take on Vino Italiano...
I'm in

Written by: Joe | January 28, 2008 3:01 PM

Italian? Oh, all right... At least I get unlimited punctuation!

Written by: El Jefe | January 28, 2008 3:03 PM

Superb idea - practising by seven word comments?

Written by: Adrew | January 28, 2008 3:04 PM

I guess some one needs to say it, you are nuts!
On the other hand I have never met a nut that is not brilliant it seems to go with the territory.. Should be interesting!

Written by: Mark V Marino | January 31, 2008 9:33 PM

My 7 words on Poliziano Rosso di Montepulciano, 2005 on www.LouderVoice.com - via Twitter:

Sippin’ Poli’s hedonistic and very cherry docious.

Written by: Lar Veale | February 5, 2008 2:19 PM

I'll do my best while drinking red wine

Written by: Rossella | February 7, 2008 3:12 PM

Seven words? Italian red? I'll do it.

Written by: Evan Prodromou | February 9, 2008 4:28 PM

Do I get extra points if I add a haiku, too?

Written by: Hank | February 11, 2008 3:17 AM

Are you collecting the urls / wines for WBW #42?

Great idea, btw. Acronyms count as one.

Get it?

Seriously.... should participants email you all info for the recap?

Thanks for hosting!

Written by: Dan Fullick | February 11, 2008 11:06 PM

Totally forgot about sending in the details - please, yes, send me the url!

Written by: Andrew | February 12, 2008 4:20 PM

Hey there,

Just posted my seven-worder here. Thanks for hosting WBW this month! Cheers,

Hank

Written by: Hank | February 12, 2008 4:57 PM

Hi!

Here are my seven words... in French (I hope that's OK!). This is my first participation to WBW. I hesitated to participate to past themes, but the 7-words is such a great idea, I couldn't resist!

http://www.vulusu.ca/archives/286

-niko

Written by: Nicolas Ritoux | February 12, 2008 9:33 PM

I just posted a 7-word review for 2005 Pio Cesare Barbera d'Alba at my blog.

Written by: Evan Prodromou | February 12, 2008 10:00 PM

Here's our entry!

Written by: Gabriella Opaz | February 13, 2008 12:11 PM

Hi! I love the 7-word idea!

Here's my seven words... in French!

http://www.vulusu.ca/archives/286

Written by: Nicolas Ritoux | February 13, 2008 2:09 PM

Hi there,

This is a great idea. Here's my contribution:

http://pegwine.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/wbw-42-just-seven-words/

Written by: Alec | February 13, 2008 3:37 PM

Here is my entry for this month's Wine Blogging Wednesday. A lot harder than I thought it would be!

Enjoy!

http://nycwinenotes.blogspot.com/2008/02/wine-blogging-wednesday-tasting-note.html

Written by: Dave Schliecker | February 13, 2008 4:09 PM

The winehiker's WBW#42 is posted: http://tinyurl.com/37vv4f

Written by: winehiker | February 13, 2008 4:34 PM

Love the captcha, Andrew!

Here's WBW from d547...thanks for hosting!

http://domaine547.com/2008/02/13/wbw-42-italian-wine-in-seven-words-hosted-by-spittoon/

Written by: Jill | February 13, 2008 4:39 PM

Hopefully this is how you want my WBW entered. Check it out at:WBW#42

Written by: Catie | February 13, 2008 5:40 PM

My contribution can be found at http://grazzac.blogspot.com/2008/02/wbw-42-just-seven-words.html.

Great theme, looking forward to seeing the roundup and seeing how everyone coped with the challenge!

thanks

grazza

Written by: Garry Clark | February 13, 2008 6:11 PM

here is my seven word description.

Written by: Madwino | February 13, 2008 7:04 PM

Andrew:

Here's my entry for WBW! I was inspird by Haiku.

http://www.wine-girl.net/2008/02/wbw-42-just-sev.html

Written by: Michelle | February 13, 2008 7:36 PM

Oops, it looks like I've supplied an incorrect URL, so here's the correct WBW#42 link:

http://www.californiawinehikes.com/winehiker/1/wine-blogging-wednesday-42-2000-boroli-barolo/

Enjoy!

Written by: winehiker | February 13, 2008 8:31 PM

the link in the post this time round. here is my contribution for WBW#42:

My Seven Word Description

Written by: Madwino | February 13, 2008 8:56 PM

Here's mine, just in case you didn't get the e-mail.

Written by: Farley | February 13, 2008 9:43 PM

I've just posted my 7-word review for Masciarelli Montepulciano d’Abruzzo on Cheap Wine Ratings.

Written by: Tim | February 13, 2008 10:19 PM

Hello - here is my WBW entry. I didn't love this wine, unfortunately. It's quaffable at best.
http://bloviatrix.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/wine-blogging-wednesday-42-7-word-challenge/

Written by: Sharon MacNeil | February 13, 2008 10:46 PM

Hi Andrew,

Here is the link for our WBW #42 entry:

http://smellslikegrape.blogspot.com/2008/02/seven-flowery-words-wbw-42-boony-doon.html

Thanks for hosting!
Taster B

Written by: Taster B | February 13, 2008 11:28 PM

Hey Andrew,

Jeff from Good Grape here. Here is my seven worder--great theme this month.

http://www.goodgrape.com/index.php/articles/comments/wine_blogging_wednesday_just_seven_words_italian_red/

Thanks,

Jeff

Written by: Jeff | February 13, 2008 11:34 PM

I've been writing & editing copy for years.
This was right up my alley!
http://www.loveswine.blogspot.com

Written by: Diane Letulle | February 13, 2008 11:58 PM

Thanks for hosting, Andrew! Here's my seven word review for the 2001 Vietti Barolo Castiglione.

Kori
http://winepeeps.com

Written by: Kori | February 14, 2008 12:06 AM

Clearly I wasn't the only person thinking Haiku - cheers!

http://joeswine.blogspot.com/2008/02/wbw-42-just-7-words-wine-haiku.html

Written by: Joe | February 14, 2008 12:18 AM

Hi Andrew,

Yes one of my seven words was a link... cheating?

http://weingolb.blogspot.com/2008/02/wbw-42-just-seven-words-marchesi.html

Thanks again,
Marcus

Written by: Marcus | February 14, 2008 4:55 AM

My contribution to WBW #42

Written by: Andrew | February 14, 2008 5:59 PM

Here is my contribution in case there is problem with my email:
http://rougeandblanc.blogspot.com/2008/02/wbw-42-italian-red-in-just-seven-words.html
Andrew H.

Written by: Andrew Hwang | February 14, 2008 11:15 PM

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