Taco Bell Jalapeno Noir Wine: Taste Test Verdict (Video)

Natalie MacLean

Taco Bell just launched a new wine called Jalapeno Noir, a Pinot Noir produced by the boutique Queenston Mile Vineyard in Niagara-on-the-Lake.

Is this a perfect pairing or marketing mistake?

Watch the video above to find out and let me know what you think of this combo in the comments below please.

Cheers,

Natalie

 

🍷 Queenston Mile Vineyard
We love saying “cheesy chalupa”…rolls off your tongue like the wine!
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🍷 Andrea Shapiro
It’s really awesome that it is sold through Taco Bell too, a new revolution for wine sales. Many restaurants have adapted to selling wines with take out meals. Always a plus!
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🍷 Deborah Podurgiel
I wonder if other chains will follow suit or if the winery plans to create another wine for Taco Bell’s … say burritos?
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🍷Christine Elder-Archer
I’ll say won’t be long for other chains to follow. Bet will be successful
🍷Adele Ashby
We had a rose with frozen pizza last night that went surprising well
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🍷Heather Proctor
Hey Adele, that’s a good idea! I’m doing pizza tonight…
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🍷Andrew Johnston
Maybe crack open a bottle of Petit-Village from Pomerol to young but like to try one of my bordeaux futures 😆
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🍷Jim Logan
Never though I would see Taco Bell wine.
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🍷Tracy Stegall  
**We might all be mindful in supporting the smaller wineries right now… order direct from them… Grateful for this time, Natalie!
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Tracy Stegall
🍷Gilman- that’s what I thought about…
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🍷Lorraine Sabin
Thanks all for the wine glass recommendations 🙂
🍷Lori Sweet
Great class if you havent taken it.
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🍷Christine Elder-Archer
I’m in every Wednesday. Love this.
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🍷Heather McIntosh
Mississauga Ontario….and Naked Grape Pinot Grigio. My go to after work sip
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🍷Andrew Johnston
Hope I can see this later driving with kids then relax, enjoy the night everyone
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🍷Lorraine Sabin
From north Toronto. When I first heard about this wine I thought it was a joke!
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🍷Steven Weinstein
 for Queenston, what is the residual sugar of the PN? If low, is it at the level of non-fermentable sugars?
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🍷Tracy Stegall
The creamy cheese with the tiny little kick… Pinot makes sense….
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🍷Jim Logan
Wonder if we will see a golfer Dustin Johnson wine Wayne Gretzky’s future son in law. Mike Wier and several other pro golfers have labels
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🍷Darryn Varey
Looking forward to this….I’m betting the cab wont go as well with the chalupa
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🍷Michael Juergensen
Enjoying Cotes du Rhone watching this interesting tasting with an aged cheddar. Watching from SW Florida!
🍷Martin Rouleau
Replay… thought this was next Wednesday…was looking for jalapeño pinto at lcbo … for some obvious reason now… lol couldn’t find it so got this
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🍷Pamela Scerba
Live then replay for the beginning. Will this wine be available in the USA?
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🍷Gilman Mucaj
I have problems pairing wine with spicy fod: they normaly do a diservice to the wine in mos ocations
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🍷Gilman Mucaj
like a icewine R/S ?
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🍷Lorraine Sabin
Hoping when I go to NOTL in Oct they have more 🙂
🍷Christine Elder-Archer
I always dial it up
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🍷Steven Weinstein
Is the acidity of the PN greater than the Merlot?
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🍷Andrea Shapiro
Natalie, is the cheesy chalupa very spicy? (heat-wise?)
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🍷Jenn Havers
 I’m weirdly excited for this!! yay!
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🍷Christine Elder-Archer
Live from Mississauga Hi Natalie. drinking wayne Gretzky number 99 Chardonnay.
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🍷Andrea Shapiro
Love that Pinot colour!
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🍷Tracy Stegall
The mild sauce is tricky…
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🍷Fernando Álvarez
The color of that merlot is beautiful
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🍷Bill McAuley
Bill in Bracebridge No Drinking black cab from East del
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🍷Deborah Podurgiel
That’s amazing!
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🍷Jenn Havers
Was this wine available from Taco Bell or available at LCBO?
🍷Adele Ashby
You want people to try your other wines
🍷Andrea Shapiro
Definitely witty 🙂
🍷Bill McAuley
Creekside wine maker 👍🍷
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🍷Don Dawson
Looks like a Queenston bottle
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🍷Olivier de Maisonneuve
The name is amazingly funny 🙂
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🍷Lori Sweet
– agree! Such shift in my wine/ food pairing… I agree with Riesling!
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🍷Dawn Mertzer McGee
Live from the Boston area. Um, no, it’s really unlikely that I’ll have the tb chalupa, but this sounded amusing and I’m curious to hear about the wine. Gotta love the marketing technique!
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🍷Tracy Stegall
What would you typically pair with cumin and chile powder?
🍷Donnah Whitaker
I missed the intro, who makes the wine you just tasted?
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🍷Councillor Pattison
The last place you’d think is fast food outlet
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🍷Heather McIntosh
Cumin & chilli powder? Riesling…
🍷Dawn Mertzer McGee
Love it!
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🍷Lorraine Sabin
Love that glass! Where did you get it from?
🍷Lori Sweet
love reidel glasses. I have several sets for various wines.
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🍷Gilman Mucaj
you are on fire tonightNatalie MacLean
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🍷Gilman Mucaj
is the food spicy?
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🍷Jacqui Denomme

Wow, that was so fun! Thanks! Started working at a wine store 3 months ago and been trying to learn as much as I can as fast as I can to be helpful to customers and finding that I do have a sense of what goes with what. Took your free online pairings c…

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🍷Andrea Shapiro
Great tasting and convo
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🍷Natalie MacLean
Queenston Mile Vineyard – any word on when the next batch will be available for purchase? (I’m sure many folks are asking!)
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🍷Pamela Scerba
Drinking an Australia cab killibinbin 2013 seduction
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🍷Andrea Shapiro
Queenston Mile Vineyard has a bevy of outstanding wines available here, for order direct from the winery! https://www.queenstonmilevineyard.com/store
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