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Offline gladius_veritatis

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Re: What will g_v be drinking tonight?
« Reply #30 on: July 11, 2023, 04:35:37 PM »
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    • Quote from: Nadir on July 07, 2023, 07:22:41 PM
    g_v, did your weekly wine school mention Clinto in the Veneto section?
    Apparently, unbeknown to most of his friends and local bottle-os, it is still produced.

    https://enjoyfoodwine.com/clinto-wine/

    No, we did not touch upon it.  I use staff training guides from the Guild of Master Sommeliers and they're designed to highlight specific regions, the history, the main grapes/wines, etc.  We're just trying to give everybody a good, basic foundation in an hour-long class.  Many know little to nothing, so we must cater to that.

    Come to think of it, I could put the PDFs in the CI Library if anyone is interested.
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    Re: What will g_v be drinking tonight?
    « Reply #31 on: July 11, 2023, 04:43:33 PM »
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    Re: What will g_v be drinking tonight?
    « Reply #32 on: July 11, 2023, 05:36:02 PM »
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    • Interesting.  Only one woman commented, Nadir!  
    I can’t imagine paying $1,200 for wine, 
    I drink very rarely.
    A champagne toast at a wedding or on a holiday,
    Glass of white, rose, or red wine at a ladies’ luncheon,
    Maybe a wine spritzer or cold beer if it’s really hot out at a barbecue,
    A complimentary cup of homemade hard cider at the cut it yourself Christmas tree farm,
    Jameson’s or ale on St. Patrick’s Day, 
    A taste of the foam off my parents’ Daiquiris when I was young and they’d have a drink together on the porch before dinner.
    I’m allergic to rum. 
    I don’t drink all these every year.  If I have three drinks in a year, that’s a lot!  
    Thus far, I haven’t had any alcoholic beverages in 2023.  
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    Re: What will g_v be drinking tonight?
    « Reply #33 on: July 11, 2023, 05:50:06 PM »
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    • Quote from: Gunter on July 07, 2023, 10:59:21 AM
    Bourbon is for the adults.  Took me until after covid to develop my adult taste buds.

    :laugh1:  Bourbon is an excellent thing, to be sure.  Weller, Eagle Rare, E.H. Taylor, Blanton's, among others, are lovely.
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    Re: What will g_v be drinking tonight?
    « Reply #34 on: July 11, 2023, 05:58:04 PM »
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    Re: What will g_v be drinking tonight?
    « Reply #35 on: July 11, 2023, 06:52:58 PM »
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    • Quote from: SeanJohnson on July 11, 2023, 05:53:39 AM
    Are there any white wines (under $30) that might pleasantly surprise me?

    I don’t like fruity or sweet wines, and even a single glass of Chardonnay sits too heavy in the gut for my liking. 

    If I had to have white wine, it probably would have been Pinot Grigio, not because it’s great, but because by default it’s the lightest and dryest white I know about, so wins by default as the best of the worst.

    There was once a white table wine served free alongside water at a restaurant near the Vatican which I liked, but whether it was good, or I was just “in the moment” in Rome, I can’t really say, and as complimentary table wine, it certainly wouldn’t have been top tier, but I do recall it being good and light, whatever it was.
    I thought Chardonnay was drier than Pinot Grigio, at least it tastes that way to me. I had a bottle of Pinot Grigio that was a bit fizzy, I thought it was a lot better that way. 

    I've never really caught on to alcohol, I don't see what's so enjoyable about it. I generally don't like bitter, I don't like even he slightest dizziness, and I certainly don't need anything making me sleepy. I was reading proverbs this morning, and saw "He that is delighted in passing his time over wine, leaves a reproach in his strong holds." Whatever that means. I have a $50 bottle of Grenache I've been waiting to try, but nobody is interested in sharing it.
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    Re: What will g_v be drinking tonight?
    « Reply #36 on: July 11, 2023, 06:54:08 PM »
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    • Thank you, gladius.
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    Re: What will g_v be drinking tonight?
    « Reply #37 on: July 11, 2023, 08:00:10 PM »
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    • Quote from: gladius_veritatis on July 11, 2023, 04:43:33 PM
    Albarino from Rias Baixas
    https://www.vivino.com/US-VA/en/la-cana-albarino/w/1163144?ref=nav-search

    Chablis
    https://www.vivino.com/US-VA/en/gueguen-chablis/w/2628577?ref=nav-search

    Sancerre
    https://www.vivino.com/US-VA/en/henri-bourgeois-sancerre-les-baronnes-blanc/w/17660?ref=nav-search

    Muscadet is lovely too depending on what's on the plate. As for Albariño, some years the pear trees are productive enough that I can make several carboys of cider that tastes very much like it. As for the harder stuff, a nip of Laphroaig is very good on a cold foggy afternoon. 

    I grew up with barrels in the basement and still remember the smell of those sulfur wicks every autumn. The grapes were mostly Garnacha/Alicante. 

    Ah well, last bottle of wine was for Easter with the leg of lamb. The Feast of the Assumption will be here soon enough.
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    Re: What will g_v be drinking tonight?
    « Reply #38 on: July 11, 2023, 08:27:33 PM »
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    • Quote from: St Giles on July 11, 2023, 06:52:58 PM
    I was reading proverbs this morning, and saw "He that is delighted in passing his time over wine, leaves a reproach in his strong holds." Whatever that means. I have a $50 bottle of Grenache I've been waiting to try, but nobody is interested in sharing it.

    True if wine becomes an end in itself for unvirtuous reasons. Yet there's 1 Timothy 23 advising a little wine for thy stomach's sake. Wine belongs with meals, especially to help with digestion of heavier food. For that $50 bottle, most wine stores sell reasonably priced vacuum stoppers. Save that bottle perhaps for the Christmas season and stretch it out over a few days with a fitting dish each day.
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    Re: What will g_v be drinking tonight?
    « Reply #39 on: July 11, 2023, 08:32:11 PM »
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    • Quote from: Soubirous on July 11, 2023, 08:00:10 PM
    Muscadet is lovely too depending on what's on the plate. As for Albariño, some years the pear trees are productive enough that I can make several carboys of cider that tastes very much like it. As for the harder stuff, a nip of Laphroaig is very good on a cold foggy afternoon.

    I grew up with barrels in the basement and still remember the smell of those sulfur wicks every autumn. The grapes were mostly Garnacha/Alicante.

    Ah well, last bottle of wine was for Easter with the leg of lamb. The Feast of the Assumption will be here soon enough.

    Thank you for the wonderful post.  Muscadet is fantastic, especially with oysters (although I am partial to Chablis).  I love Garnacha/Grenache, red and white, French or Spanish.  I opened a nice Godello for the staff last night after service. 

    Rose from Provence is a wine that I have called "the nectar of the gods" for many years.  Wonderful stuff, particularly on a hot summer day.
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    Re: What will g_v be drinking tonight?
    « Reply #40 on: July 12, 2023, 08:38:02 AM »
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    • GV, do you have any experience drinking a red Norton/Cynthiana wine? That's what the grape is called, and it's grown in the midwest and southern U.S. It's actually a hybrid, but mainly thought to be mostly American, which as you may know doesn't usually produce good wine due to low sugar content of most American grapes varieties. But Norton aka Cynthiana has just enough sugar to be able to ferment into a dry wine. I was planing on planting these types of grapes from rootstock, ordered from Missouri University, and grow my own, since this wine isn't sold here in Washington state.
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    Re: What will g_v be drinking tonight?
    « Reply #41 on: August 10, 2023, 10:43:48 PM »
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    • Tonight was a good wine night.

    First, I enjoyed some excellent Chateaneuf-du-Pape from Chateau de Nalys.  Excellent.  Elegant and very balanced with a superb finish.  https://www.vivino.com/US-ME/en/chateau-de-nalys-chateauneuf-du-pape-rouge/w/1133882

    Then I had a lovely Cote-Rotie, mostly Syrah with a splash of Viognier.  Awesome wine. 
    https://www.vivino.com/US-ME/en/domaine-rostaing-cote-rotie-ampodium/w/1532346?ref=nav-search

    Lastly, a little Shafer Hillside Select 2016, a 100-point wine.  Massive, decadent, delicious.
    https://www.vivino.com/US-ME/en/shafer-vineyards-hillside-select-cabernet-sauvignon/w/5274?year=2016

    Salud!
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    Re: What will g_v be drinking tonight?
    « Reply #42 on: August 10, 2023, 10:46:26 PM »
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    • Quote from: Meg on July 12, 2023, 08:38:02 AM
    GV, do you have any experience drinking a red Norton/Cynthiana wine? 

    Unfortunately, I do not.  I will do some research and see if I can find some to taste.  Thank you for the question.
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    Re: What will g_v be drinking tonight?
    « Reply #43 on: August 11, 2023, 10:45:35 PM »
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    • Tonight, some very generous guests left me an entire glass of the 2015 St. Emilion Grand Cru "Le Dome."  It cost them $495, so a glass was $125.  Lovely Merlot-dominant blend, supported by Cabernet Franc, which is the most common situation for Right Bank Bordeaux.
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    Re: What will g_v be drinking tonight?
    « Reply #44 on: August 12, 2023, 11:31:58 AM »
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    • Being a lightweight, I hardly ever indulge. That said I do enjoy certain varietals: Mourvedre, Sangiovese, Merlot, and Zinfandel (and hate "Cabs"), but when Pomerol, Chiantis, and Grgich Hills hit $100/bottle I said "Enough!"

    Lately when I shop for a bottle of table wine (maybe as often as twice a year), I try to keep the prices way down. Champagne however… a celebratory splurge.

    It just galls me too much to buy into Jew inflation and, worse, to buy from Jew vintners, especially those who bought out (bankrupted?) Catholic vintners. The prices on "artisanal" mezcal have also Jew-flated. All very annoying.

    I'm going with more durable extravagances… :cowboy:

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