Welcome to the West Side Wine Shop. Located on the west Side of the Nile just south of the U of Body, the West Side Wine Shop is dedicated to providing it's customers with a wide selection of fine wines. Even if you've never tasted a single wine before, our first selection of wines should provide you with a couple palate increases and finish off your beginner notebook, or even your enthusiast notebook, though you will need to set them aside a few vintages for that. Note that all the wines in our first selection count as both 13% alcohol and high quality. We think you'll be pleased with our offering.
Tested the wines at 11 vintages old on a character that had not started the Beginner wine book. Ended up getting 6 palette increases, completing the Beginner book (+1 perception!), and finishing most of the Enthusiast book (at 34/49 Samplings and 12/14 Sweet). A little better strategic planning would have finished the "sweet" wines in book two, but drank some of the sweet wines in book one.
| Name | Vintage | Flavors | Sweet? | 12 or 13%? | High Qual? | Other** |
| Upper Egypt Imperial Blend* | 25 | 11 old: O Artichoke/Butterscotch, B Burned Smells, H Diesel, F Bell Pepper/Kerosene/Ethanol | No | 13.1% | Yes - historic | Carmel |
| Matk#315 | 25 | 11 old: O Molasses, B Burnt Toast, A Grapefruit, D Strawberry/Diesel, H Sweaty/Stemmy | Yes | 13.1% | Yes - tears | Carmel, berry |
| Matk#316 | 25 | 11 old: O Artichoke, I Saurkraut, A Coffee/Apple, D Stemmy, F Kerosene/Pungency | No | 13.1% | Yes - tears | |
| Matk#317 | 25 | 11 old: O Artichoke/Tobacco, A Strawberry Jam, D Burnt Toast, H Mint/Grapefruit, F Ethanol | Yes | 13.1% | Yes - historic | |
| Matk#318 | 25 | 11 old: O Woodiness, B Buteric Acid, A Petroleum, H Bell Pepper, F Wet Cardboard/Ehtanol | No | 13.1% | Yes - historic | |
| Matk#319 | 25 | 11 old: O Strawberry Jam, B Artichoke, D Diesel/Mint, H Ethyl Acetate, F Filter Pads/Ethanol | No | 13.1% | Yes - historic | |
| Matk#320 | 25 | 11 old: O Caramelization/Hazelnut, A Strawberry/Cassis, D Burnt Toast, F Bell Pepper/Wet Cardboard | No | 13.1% | Yes - tears | Berry |
| Matk#321 | 25 | 11 old: O Saurkraut, D Strawberry/Apple, H Butterscotch/Stemmy, F Kerosene/Ethanol | No | 13.1% | Yes - tears | Carmel, Berry |
| Matk#322 | 25 | 11 old: O Strawberry, I Cassis, A Sulfur/Cooked Notes/Orange Blossoms, D Caramelization, F Wet Cardboard | No | 13.1% | Yes - tears | Carmel, Berry |
| Matk#323 | 25 | 11 old: O Strawberry Jam/Caramelization, B Coffee, A Lactic Acid, D Burnt Toast, H Diesel/Sulfur | No | 13.1% | Yes - tears | Carmel |
| Matk#324 | 25 | 11 old: O Floral Notes, I Burnt Toast, A Apple, H Diesel/Kerosene, F Freshness/Ethanol | No | 13.1% | Yes - tears | |
| Matk#325 | 25 | 11 old: O Cassis, B Artichoke, D Butterscotch, H Woodiness/Tobacco, F Chocolate/Bell Pepper | No | 13.1% | Yes - tears | Berry, Carmel |
| Matk#326 | 25 | 11 old: O Butterscotch, B Molasses, A Cooked Notes/Tobacco, D Mint, F Filter Pads/Ethanol | Yes | 13.1% | Yes - tears | Carmel |
| Matk#327 | 25 | 11 old: O Burned Smells, D Artichoke, H Tobacco/Skunk/Mint/Bell Pepper | Yes | 13.1% | Yes - tears | |
| Matk#328 | 25 | 15 old: O Smoke, A Mint, H Bell Pepper/Ethyl Acetate, F Acetaldehyde/Petroleum | Yes | 13.1% | Yes - historic | |
| Matk#329 | 25 | 11 old: O Hazelnut, I Walnut, D Peach, H Burnt Matchs/Cooked Notes, F Skunk/Bell Pepper | No | 13.1% | Yes - historic | |
| Matk#330 | 25 | 15 old: O Linalool/Butterscotch, A Fusel Alcohol, H Mint, F Grapefruit/Cabbage/Ethanol | No | 13.1% | Yes - tears | Carmel |
| Matk#331 | 25 | 11 old: O Cassis, B Burnt Toast, I Artichoke, A Tobacco/Apple, D Hydrogen Sulfide/Mint | No | 13.1% | Yes - tears | |
| Matk#332 | 25 | 11 old: O Butterscotch, B Nuttiness, A Burnt Toast/Cooked Notes, F Mercaptan/Bell Pepper/Kerosene | No | 13.1% | Yes - tears | Carmel |
| Matk#333 | 25 | 11 old: O Cassis, I Cooked Notes, D Plastic, H Butterscotch, F Asparagus/Petroleum/Ethanol | No | 13.1% | Yes - historic(?) | Carmel |
| Matk#334 | 25 | 11 old: O Butterscotch/Tobacco, D Diesel/Stemmy, H Citrus Notes, F Bell Pepper/Ethanol | No | 13.1% | Yes - historic | Carmel |
| Matk#335 | 25 | 11 old: O Cooked Notes, I Molasses, H Mint/Stemmy, F Asparagus/Mercaptan/Filter Pads | No | 13.1% | Yes - historic | Carmel |
Old tasting data HERE.
* - Composed of 7 grapes each from 201 different vineyards! ** - Note flavors depend on vintage and the drinker's palate, YMMV. Tested with palate 11.
Other goods in Matk scrip HERE. I'll take anything on my BUY list.