What's in your glass tonight?

[ceeaton]

Okay, it wasn't today. I just spent ~40 hours trying to fly home from a trip to Florida. (Bad weather in Atlanta and much of the East/Sotheast caused a lot of backups and canceled flghts.) Some of that airport time yesterday was spent in Vino Volo. I had a flight of reds, and my DW had the flight of bubbly. Well, hers was much better AND much more voluminous than mine, so I had to have that, too!

Hmmm, someone was feeling no pain after the 2nd flight, of wine that is...

40 hours though, guess that's why I don't fly much (other than the lack of $$).

 

[Fox Squirrel Vin]

Ya take these edgy tasting, low-dollar sale deal wine brands that ya know are basically gonna be good and toss 'em in the cool wine cellar for a year or more. Yeah, they get wine diamonds, but OMG!!! All of a sudden, $30 bottle. Mmmm.... I bought a case of these last year on sale.

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Just exactly how do they "age" a Scotch whisky barrel?

Guess that sounds better than "we age it in barrels the spirit industry sold off to be used as garden planters."

 

[Fox Squirrel Vin]

Hmmm, someone was feeling no pain after the 2nd flight, of wine that is...

40 hours though, guess that's why I don't fly much (other than the lack of $$).

40 hours...

He could have made it home faster if he was driving and no mask required.

 

[sour_grapes]

40 hours...

He could have made it home faster if he was driving and no mask required.

Yes, yes. It is about an 18 hour drive. We could have gone there and back!

To be fair, it was not that arduous an ordeal. First day: flight canceled. Okay, go find a hotel near the airport and go out to dinner. Sleep. Go to airport the next day. Next available flight is later that day, and then was delayed. So go to Vino Volo and Outback Steakhouse in the airport, and wait around a LOT. Got home at 1:30 am. Not fun, but not the worst experience either.

 

[Fox Squirrel Vin]

Yes, yes. It is about an 18 hour drive. We could have gone there and back!

To be fair, it was not that arduous an ordeal. First day: flight canceled. Okay, go find a hotel near the airport and go out to dinner. Sleep. Go to airport the next day. Next available flight is later that day, and then was delayed. So go to Vino Volo and Outback Steakhouse in the airport, and wait around a LOT. Got home at 1:30 am. Not fun, but not the worst experience either.

Wine makes everything better.

 

[David Violante]

Wonderful buttery, honey-suckle, oakey and full bodied taste~

 

[Darrell Hawley]

Okay, it wasn't today. I just spent ~40 hours trying to fly home from a trip to Florida. (Bad weather in Atlanta and much of the East/Southeast caused a lot of backups and canceled flghts.) Some of that airport time yesterday was spent in Vino Volo. I had a flight of reds, and my DW had the flight of bubbly. Well, hers was much better AND much more voluminous than mine, so I had to have that, too!

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SouthWest airlines also had computer problems, so granddaughter still stuck in Florida until Tuesday. She will miss 2 days of high school and really
missed out on some smoked ribs that we had yesterday.

 

[sour_grapes]

SouthWest airlines also had computer problems, so granddaughter still stuck in Florida until Tuesday. She will miss 2 days of high school and really
missed out on some smoked ribs that we had yesterday.

Yeah, I saw this morning that the situation really deteriorated over the weekend. I have gone from being annoyed at my one-day delay to grateful that I got out of Dodge when I did! ✈

 

[jswordy]

Just exactly how do they "age" a Scotch whisky barrel?

Guess that sounds better than "we age it in barrels the spirit industry sold off to be used as garden planters."

Sure does taste good. Selling off used whiskey barrels for use with beer or wine is commonly done. They're not sold "to be used as garden planters."

 

[Fox Squirrel Vin]

Wonderful buttery, honey-suckle, oakey and full bodied taste~

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I like his wine. If memory serves he bought the Berringer vineyard and ripped out all their crap equipment and filled it with state of the art stuff and got some really talented people in there. His Claret is really really nice.

Decent price point too.

 

[FlamingoEmporium]

SouthWest airlines also had computer problems, so granddaughter still stuck in Florida until Tuesday. She will miss 2 days of high school and really
missed out on some smoked ribs that we had yesterday.

Hmmm, high schooler having to miss 2 days of school and have to stay in Sunny warm florida….. awful.

 

[jswordy]

Corn Flakes Lager. Turned out very good.

 

[Darrell Hawley]

Hmmm, high schooler having to miss 2 days of school and have to stay in Sunny warm florida….. awful.

More problems over in Florida and didn't make it home until Thursday, so she will come home with a nice tan. She is one that can start getting
a tan under a full moon.

 

[geek]

 

[jswordy]

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Varis....

 

[FlamingoEmporium]

Finishing my second glass tonight of my first 2 wines
I blended the first glass with Passion Fruit and Mango and the second straight mango.
i am well pleased with how these have turned out.

A nice way to close out the weekend

 

[ibglowin]

Lite beer!

You must be running out of $$$$$.......... LOL

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[ibglowin]

Did not suck.......

(yep, Red Mountain........)

 

[geek]

Lite beer!

You must be running out of $$$$$.......... LOL

LOL. Believe it or not, the Light Presidente is VERY popular here and same price as "regular" non-light.

 

[jswordy]

LOL. Believe it or not, the Light Presidente is VERY popular here and same price as "regular" non-light.

So, you get less for the same price. How's that a value?