Whats in your glass tonight?

[terri34 6]

In other news, I had a lovely old vine Zinfandel at dinner tonight (Not a white Zin! THAT is an abomination.)

Hear, hear! Red zin is the only way to go!!

White zin should be relabeled as a substitute for ipecac syrup. uke:

 

[keyseddie]

Made some preliminary arrangements for some time hanging out in Provence next spring. I'll have a week or so solo before the troops arrive. Sooo... I spent yesterday daydreaming in French. A fine Chateauneuf du Pape suggests an aristocratic paramour who has passed her youth and entered a time of refined elegance. A heady scent followed by liquid velvet on the tongue and a strong and lasting finish that sometimes is best left to memory.

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[table1349]

keyseddie, Ah you post takes me back a few weeks when it was the wife's and my 35th wedding anniversary. We were given a bottle of 1961 Chateau Haut-Brion at our wedding that we saved just for that occasion. One of the great years as well as being one of the great bottles of wine. It was full bodied, rich and spicy. For our 50th, we have a 1989 Haut-Brion. That if nothing else will keep me kicking til then just to taste it.

As for this evening, on tap is a bottle of simple, yet delectable Chaucer's Honey Mead.
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[TheFantasticG]

Water. Still at work until next Wednesday and on the clock until Wednesday morning.

 

[table1349]

Water. Still at work until next Wednesday and on the clock until Wednesday morning.

Gee they must be really strict if they won't let you have something like ice tea instead of just plain water. Perhaps you should remind them what the late great W. C. Fields said about water.

"Water, ugh.....Fish fornicate in it."

 

[Warhorse]

Ice cold Miller Lite. Tastes very good after working in the yard all day.

 

[lambertpix]

Seems like we need more photos......


Reflecting by lambertpix, on Flickr

 

[limr30 3]

Tonight I've got a finger of Maker's Mark neat.

 

[JohnS.]

Chugged a giant glass of OJ and a giant glass of Ocean Spray cran-apple on top of having water all day with 2 packs of Emergen-C somewhere in between them. I've got a cold coming on and I'm trying to fight it off before it sets in. I'm going on vacation for 5 days next Friday and I'm not about to have a crappy vacation because of a silly cold.

 

[IzzieK]

Touch wood I haven't had a cold in years...any onset of a cold like a snipple is soon caught with a nose rinse.

Chugged a giant glass of OJ and a giant glass of Ocean Spray cran-apple on top of having water all day with 2 packs of Emergen-C somewhere in between them. I've got a cold coming on and I'm trying to fight it off before it sets in. I'm going on vacation for 5 days next Friday and I'm not about to have a crappy vacation because of a silly cold.

 

[keyseddie]

keyseddie, Ah you post takes me back a few weeks when it was the wife's and my 35th wedding anniversary. We were given a bottle of 1961 Chateau Haut-Brion at our wedding that we saved just for that occasion. One of the great years as well as being one of the great bottles of wine. It was full bodied, rich and spicy. For our 50th, we have a 1989 Haut-Brion. That if nothing else will keep me kicking til then just to taste it.

As for this evening, on tap is a bottle of simple, yet delectable Chaucer's Honey Mead.

Wow, Wichita, that is some serious world class wine! I have never enjoyed a Premier Gran Cru! For those who don't know, 1961 was a legendary vintage for French Bordeaux, and Haut Brion is one of the top 5 wines in the highest category. Most serious oenephiles would consider the 1989 Haut Brion THE best wine in the world produced in 1989. You surely have a reason to live. :hail:

 

[Vince.1551]

Tempranillo tonight

 

[table1349]

keyseddie, Ah you post takes me back a few weeks when it was the wife's and my 35th wedding anniversary. We were given a bottle of 1961 Chateau Haut-Brion at our wedding that we saved just for that occasion. One of the great years as well as being one of the great bottles of wine. It was full bodied, rich and spicy. For our 50th, we have a 1989 Haut-Brion. That if nothing else will keep me kicking til then just to taste it.

As for this evening, on tap is a bottle of simple, yet delectable Chaucer's Honey Mead.

Wow, Wichita, that is some serious world class wine! I have never enjoyed a Premier Gran Cru! For those who don't know, 1961 was a legendary vintage for French Bordeaux, and Haut Brion is one of the top 5 wines in the highest category. Most serious oenephiles would consider the 1989 Haut Brion THE best wine in the world produced in 1989. You surely have a reason to live. :hail:

If one of my running buddies and best friends from high school hadn't had a father that owned several liquor stores, I would never have had either of the wines. She and her family introduced me to good wine. Her family still followed many old world traditions. There were 3 generations living in the same house. Meals, especially on Sunday were family affairs that easily took a couple of hours to eat, talk, drink etc. There was always a good wine on the table to go with the meal. Most often an Italian wine, since they were Italian. But on special occasions for special meals there were special bottles of wine.

I was a frequent guest as we were very close friends and at one of those special meals I was introduced to fine wine in the form of a Chateau Mouton Rothschild 1929. Didn't mean anything to me back then, it was just a really good wine. When you own a lot of liquor stores you can and do get that kind of stuff. The 1961 Haut-Brion was a wedding gift from this friend and a few years latter when I was looking for a really good wine to hold onto for a future celebration she suggested the 89. She helps run the family business now as well as being a classically trained chef with a fine place of her own. After all the time spent with her an her family over the years she likes to joke that my heritage may be Scotch-Irish but my stomach is Italian.

Our everyday tastes are not nearly so extravagant. (Good thing to because my wallet couldn't afford it) My wife loves a good Pinot Grigio and me, well I have a real fondness for Chianti and Verdicchio. Of course when we were growing up there were the ever present bottles of Madria Madria Sangria, Boone's Farm Apple wine and Strawberry Hill Strawberry wine. Those were the well aged vintages of at least a half an hour or more.
Oh the stories that go with some of those occasions.


JohnS.... I will pass on to you Mark Twains remedy for fighting the common cold. It is a simple remedy to follow. Get yourself a quart of Rye Whiskey and drink it down as quick as possible. If you wake up, you will find that your cold will be gone. :mrgreen:

 

[shefjr]

I'm glad to hear the little one is sleeping so well for you!! Lucky duck!
I'm in the middle of workout mode so I'm restraining myself from drinking too much. I spent most of the day yesterday watching people get loaded...hehe I treated myself to a margarita last night.

We are really lucky. From about 10 weeks on he was sleeping like that. The trade off though is he is content sitting or laying in something for about 15 -30 minutes and after that he wants to be up and moving. It's tough to get anything done.

That can be rough watching people get loaded if you are in poor company. People can get really annoying. Sometimes it's better to have a cheat day. lol! Just add a little more to the work out.

 

[table1349]

Get one of these. All of our kids loved it and were entertained for long periods of time in it. Put it the door where they can keep an eye on you. And no, we didn't dump them in it. They would actually get upset when we took them out of it lots of times because they all learned to bounce real well and loved the bouncing.