What's in your glass tonight?

[geek]

Good luck buying spirits online and shipped to you. Looks like a 3 hour drive for you to NH....

Then you will have to recharge for hours and hours, maybe spend the night even, then drive back the next day.......

http://www.adictivotequila.com/en/where-to-buy/united-states-of-america

I was in NH a few days ago...
That site looks like there's a place in Brooklyn, NY. Much closer to me.
Oh, no need to charge for hours, at a supercharger v3 my car would charge at very high speed when battery is low, close to 1,000 miles/hr, then tapers down when above 50%.

 

[geek]

My daughters returned from the DR last night and brought this for me.

 

[ibglowin]

Gonna put it in your cafe con leche mañana?

 

[geek]

Gonna put it in your cafe con leche mañana?

I would but no cafe for me, I don't drink it.

 

[Boatboy24]

Who is Ron?

 

[geek]

Who is Ron?

That's rum in Spanish. So that line says cream of rum.

 

[Boatboy24]

That's rum in Spanish. So that line says cream of rum.

Well, that sounds a little better...

 

[Boatboy24]

Definitely a touch of residual sugar, but solid tannin structure. A long, fruity finish. Certainly worthy of the ten bucks I paid for it. 90pts from Wine Enthusiast.

 

[geek]

Costco bound.

 

[GR!]

So tonight we did a blind tasting to pick between two Napa Cabs for our wedding. My plan was to get a case, have one bottle on the wedding night and keep the rest to to have over the next 20 years or so. My dad has always been a Joe Phelps guy so that is kinda what I have known forever. I was able to find a bottle of the Odette was on the recommendation @Johnd . Both were fantastic and then my dad (who could not be out done) brought out a bottle of the Backus!

 

[Boatboy24]

@mainshipfred might recognize this one:

 

[ibglowin]

A Red Mountain Cab for less than $9? Only at Costco!



https://www.reversewinesnob.com/north-forty-six-red-mountain-cabernet-sauvignon

 

[ibglowin]

2013 J. Bookwalter "Chapter 6" Cab Sauv.

CV AVA. 91% CS, 7% Syrah, 2% Merlot.

Outstanding in it's own field! Paired amazing with the TT. Lots of fruit for sure showing through ATM.

 

[sour_grapes]

Totally irrational, of course, but seeing Bookwalter lights up my thoughts. Just shared the post with Mrs. S_G, and we reflected on nice times at their winery/restaurant.

 

[ibglowin]

They were the first wine club we joined back in July 2010. Should be getting my Fall allocation in a few weeks.

 

[geek]

From the weekend....running behind .... lol

 

[sour_grapes]

This was a rando WTSO purchase, but quite a number of years ago. We rather liked it, so we held on to the last one for a quasi-special occasion. Tonight, I decided that the "special occasion" was that it was a Thursday night, the wine is probably peaking, and there weren't many more appealing options in the wine cellar! Nothing magical, but it did not disappoint.

 

[CDrew]

This was a rando WTSO purchase, but quite a number of years ago. We rather liked it, so we held on to the last one for a quasi-special occasion. Tonight, I decided that the "special occasion" was that it was a Thursday night, the wine is probably peaking, and there weren't many more appealing options in the wine cellar! Nothing magical, but it did not disappoint.

So what's the deal with the "Sarah" Zinfandel? Sounds misleading. But WTH, an Alexander Valley, 8 years old, Zinfandel, is likely pretty good.

Tonight, I'm drinking one of the very first wines I made to completion. A 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon. It's "oakless" but pretty decent at this point. Having it with homemade onion soup. Not bad. I still have another case of it, so all good!

 

[sour_grapes]

So what's the deal with the "Sarah" Zinfandel? Sounds misleading. But WTH, an Alexander Valley, 8 years old, Zinfandel, is likely pretty good.

I have no idea! I didn't know what you meant, but then it dawned on my that you think they may be conflating "Sarah" with "Sirah." Is that what you meant?

I was unable to figure out what the "Sarah" meant, but it put me in mind of one of the best wines I have enjoyed, viz., Klinker Brick's Farrah Syrah: Klinker Brick Winery - Products - 2016 Farrah Syrah IIRC, the name "Farrah" was the praenomen of the daughter of the vintner, or something like that. I sort of assumed the "Sarah" wine was the same.

 

[CDrew]

I have no idea! I didn't know what you meant, but then it dawned on my that you think they may be conflating "Sarah" with "Sirah." Is that what you meant?

I was unable to figure out what the "Sarah" meant, but it put me in mind of one of the best wines I have enjoyed, viz., Klinker Brick's Farrah Syrah: Klinker Brick Winery - Products - 2016 Farrah Syrah IIRC, the name "Farrah" was the praenomen of the daughter of the vintner, or something like that. I sort of assumed the "Sarah" wine was the same.

Yes-Exactly. It's ok if it's a real person, but not ok, in my book, if it's a disambigulation. But I'm sure the wine was great. My wife and I frequent Dry Creek which is sort of across the highway from Alexander Valley. Great Zinfandels there, and great Cabernets from Alexander Valley too.