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Munching Vidal Blanc on Keuka Lake, New York
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Entrée Paris 3: Père Lachaise Cemetery and Domaine de Rotisson, “Les Dalines”, Pinot Noir, Burgundy 2010: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #42
Day 76 of our EU Austerity Drinking Tour. We have to slow down. Versailles had exhausted us (last week’s post). To avoid (most of the) tourist hordes, we hike to Père Lachaise Cemetery.
Once in this grid of the famous and dead, we unleash our inner Art Historians, and hunt for our heroes of the humanities. Continue reading
Posted in Paris, WINERIES WANDERED
Tagged Art history, Édith Piaf, Balzac, Bizet, Caillebotte, Corot, Delacroix, Domaine De Rotisson, Ernst, Food, Géricault, Ingres, Jacques Louis David, Jim Morrison, Lalande, Lauencin, Marie Antoinette, Montand, Nadar, New Zealand, Oscar Wilde, Père Lachaise Cemetery, pinot noir, Pissarro, Recreation, Sarah Bernhardt, Stein, Théodore Géricault, United States, Varietal, wine, Wine tasting descriptors
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DEPOSSESSED DRINK: WINE ON LOAN #MWWC3
“Possession” provides the theme for September’s Monthly Wine Writing Challenge begun by The Drunken Cyclist.
Already, possession has revealed many astounding collections online: from old bottles, to 173 glasses, to German vineyard land laws.
For as many reasons as people, wine often leads to obsessive hoarding. We wine geeks splurge on rare, interesting, and expensive bottles. But when to open them? When will the window of drinkability close? Should we keep the experience to ourselves or share (and show off) to friends? Does one even “own”, let alone remember, a wine after drinking it? Continue reading
Posted in EMPTIED BOTTLES
Tagged #MWWC3, Australia, Bordeaux, Brunello di Montalcino, Château Camensac, Château du Tertre, Château Smith-Haut-Lafite, Chianti, Deposessed Drink, Edward Sellers, Finger Lakes, Lake Ontario, Margaux, Monthly Wine Writers Challenge, Monthly Wine Writing Challenge, Peninsula Ridge, possession, Produttori, Ridge Winery, Selvapiana, Sheldrake Point, Torbreck, Wayne Gretzky, wine, Wine & Spirit Education Trust, Woodcutters Shiraz
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Marcato, “iPrandi” Brut, Lessini Durello DOC, Italy NV $10-14.5
Think of Italian bubbly and we probably think of Prosecco, maybe Moscato or Lambrusco.
However, hidden in North Eastern Italy, smack dab between Venice and Verona, lay the Lessini hills. Here an ancient grape called Durello thrives. The name may come from its thick skins, or high acid. It may be native. Either way, it loves the volcanic soil. basalt. Elevations are high. Thus Lessini Durello has its own DOC. Continue reading
Posted in Durello, EMPTIED BOTTLES, Sparkling
Tagged Anxiety, Blind experiment, Chamomile, Cooking, durello, Durello grape, Home, iPod, iPrandi, italy, Lambrusco, Lessini Durello, Marcato, Matricaria chamomilla, Perelman School of Medicine, pinot noir, Placebo-controlled study, Prosecco, Relaxation technique, Shopping, Sotheby, Sparkling wine, Veneto, Venice, wine, Xarel·lo
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Cruz de Alba, Tempranillo, Crianza, Ribera del Duero, Spain 2008
APPEARANCE: Inky purple, paper thin clear rim, noticeable legs. AROMAS: Bold aromas of candied violet, black berry jam on burnt toast, orange zest, equal parts French and American oak lend a cigar and coconut face off. PALATE: Dry and dusty, … Continue reading
Posted in EMPTIED BOTTLES, Red, Tempranillo
Tagged 2008, Aroma of wine, Crianza, Cruz de Alba, Oak, Ribera del Duero, Spain, Spanish wine, Tempranillo, wine, Wine tasting descriptors
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