Last nights pairing with the steak. Amazing Pinot from California no less!
What's in your glass tonight?
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Boatboy24
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Outdoor dining for lunch and an excellent white wine from the Piedmont.
Ina Garten Lasagna... sung to the tune of Iron Butterfly's "Ina gotta davita".
Been warm afternoons the last couple days. Monsoons have shutdown as of late. Took the Golden's for their afternoon walk while we had a bit of cloud cover. Came back and said its 5:00 somewhere and Beer-thirty here! This just came out a few weeks ago. I am kinda tired of drinking pine cone flavored beer (IPA) So want something nice and light and easy to drink. Lots of citrus notes and a little coriander. Easy Summer beer. 5.2%ABV
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Giving this a try.....
I did the other white of the series, ive only tasted one bottle so far but was very pleased with it
Boatboy24
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Dark Horse Rose tonight. Surprisingly good, though lacking on the finish. Excellent nose, but could use some acid and/or minerality. Pretty nice for a cheap wine though.
I programmed a small feature into my "winecellartracker" spreadsheet. This spreadsheet normally just tells me which bottle is next in my drinking schedule. However, I have two Malbec kits I have been meaning to compare. So, whenever one of them comes to the top of the drinking list, I have the other one light up, too, with a comment of "Try a side-by-side Malbec tasting." Tonight, I finally did.
The contenders are a WE Selection International Argentine Malbec (now 44 mos.) vs. a CC Showcase Argentinian Malbec (now 34 mos.). My wife and I arranged a blind tasting. The results were definitive. The CC Showcase kicked ass. It wasn't even close. It wasn't a contest -- it was the 2010 DeSean Jackson punt return against the Giants, strolling backwards into the endzone while taunting the opposition. [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1vSFJsn3O0"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1vSFJsn3O0[/ame]
To be fair, the WE Malbec wasn't bad, but this is the wine I have always described as "meh." The CC, on the other hand, is lovely.
The contenders are a WE Selection International Argentine Malbec (now 44 mos.) vs. a CC Showcase Argentinian Malbec (now 34 mos.). My wife and I arranged a blind tasting. The results were definitive. The CC Showcase kicked ass. It wasn't even close. It wasn't a contest -- it was the 2010 DeSean Jackson punt return against the Giants, strolling backwards into the endzone while taunting the opposition. [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1vSFJsn3O0"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1vSFJsn3O0[/ame]
To be fair, the WE Malbec wasn't bad, but this is the wine I have always described as "meh." The CC, on the other hand, is lovely.
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Sadly Nothing tonight
Opened a bottle of my first kit wine, a WE SE Original California Viognier. Just passed 29 months in age. Very smooth (to the point where my wife who doesn't care for commercial Viognier really enjoyed a glass and commented on how much she liked it). The nose and the flavor are still there, I figured it would have started backing off by now. Still have 10 bottles left, which surprises me. I can sometimes show restraint. I'm learning!
Boatboy24
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One of my 2015 blends. Excellent and just what I need after a rough evening. Plumbing issues...
I am hoping to make Syrah from Washington State grapes later this fall, so I decided the time was ripe to start sampling commercial examples of same. Going simple tonight: Charles Smith's Booon-Boom Syrah. Especially after being open for a bit, this is a very smooth and approachable (if somewhat simple) wine. Very pleasant indeed!
Boatboy24
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Took the words right outta my mouth.
In stock right down the road from you @sour_grapes
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