I got the Sports Illustrated today, Luv. Thanks! The umpire on the cover is going to be at my daughter and son-in-law's house Thursday and he's going to autograph it for my grandson. :smile:
Kitch - Pinot is good with fowl. Estancia makes a decent Pinot for under $12 bucks.
You cant go wrong with a syrah with fowl either.
The Viognier (if you like white) does well with it as well.
Also - with Ham - Zinfandel works really really well - a good jammy one - so look for one with a Dry Creek Appellation (or Sonoma County) I like Dry Creek Vineyards and Ravenswood you can never go wrong with.
Stay Clear of Kenwood Zin with things that are salty - maybe it was just the bottle I had the one time, but it seemed to bring out a metallic taste*
Ohh! Also - Cline makes several yummy zins (all under $12) and lots of other speciality wines Moverdre, Claret etc. (Not sure on the availbility of them there)
A white for ham is a little harder cause of the salt - but a Crisp Pinot Grigio (Luna makes a GREAT one) might do you well.
Does that help?
Let me know if you need more specific brands - I'm sure I can drum something up.
I need ya'll to put together your creative brains for me.
My Installation is coming up and I need to send out invites - I got cute snowflake paper (such a girl) and I wanted to write the invite in sort of a Rhyme.
33rd Installation of Officers
6pm Saturday January 14th
Hollydale Club
Greek Food (Buffet)
Winter Carnival Theme
Any brilliant twisting of words to make it into some sort of rhyme would be much appreciated.
I have seven bottle of wind left over from Thanksgiving. Don't even know if it's good stuff or not, but quite the assortment. I hope no one brings wine tomorrow! I requested brandy and rum for Tom & Jerry's instead.
OT - the white zin.. bleech. (but that's mostly me) You have lots of great wine. Most of it's in it's prime to drink right now as well - take advantage of that!!
The Pinot Grigio - is very very good. Drink it soon, as it's a wine that should be drunk within a year of it's harvest, else the fruit begins to 'fall out' an you are left with less structure. Get some pears, some goat cheese spread and crack it open and enjoy.
Likewise with the Noveau - it's released in the Nov. after it's harvested, and is really ment to be consumed by New Years that same year. It's now a wine you want to keep long term.
the first one atalon?? do you mean Avalon? That is a very nice, expensive merlot. Don't keep it past 2007 tho - Merlot doesn't age well haver 6-7 years on average.
McManis Viognier - YUM YUM YUM (but typical white - don't let it age past 3 years)
The brokenwood Shiraz I have heard of (as with the Gallo Shiraz) Personally I'm not a fan of the Australian method of making Syrah (aka Shiraz) so I can't give you a personal opinion - except that it's not a wine that gets better with age - it tastes better to drink young - so get that 99 out of it's skin soon.
I haven't personally had the ladybug either - but my cult's sister club is the 'ladybugs' and they get it for all their events and love it - rumor has it's it's a decent priced - decent tasting bottle of wine.
The wine must have be alright because they finished it off. Funny about the Noveau. My son brings the wine and must have bought that bottle last Christmas. He noticed the year also and said we should have had it last year. But he bought another bottle this year. I don't drink the stuff, so that's why it was still here after a year.
hmm - I think you have an off bottle. It's not supposed to taste like that. I was thinking it was cork taint, but it may have been a leaker that got too much air and a VA bug.
I thought you would like to know about a recent problem I had with a bottle of your wine. On Christmas I opened a bottle of your 2003 Ravenswood Zinfandel Vintner's Blend and upon opening it, I noticed that the cork was very dry and crumbling. Once open the wine smelled and tasted like ethyl acitate. It was undrinkable.
Thank you,
Kitch
They are (supposed to) respond with a follow up email and if you are in a reciprical state (you are) offer to send you out a replacement bottle.
That is what procedure is for our facility, and it's a corporate wide procedure - cause they want people to continue to be brand loyal.
they may ask you where you purchased it, so they can follow up with the store and make sure there weren't other complaints.
for future ref. when a bottle is bad (i.e. High VA, or Corked) if you have the receipt, reseal the bottle and return it the next day - most stores are more than happy to replace it, as they get credit from the distributor. OR - email the winery - most will happily replace it.
Thanks KCO - I am familiary with Enologix. I actually used to work for a company that 'fixed' wine - we could pull it apart into 2 different parts, treat the wine without stripping the flavor and then put it all back together - improved. That is where I got my training to spot flaws, and find solutions to fix them. it's a good quality to have, but sometimes makes it hard to just enjoy a bottle without studying it.
Ian - it would be like you walking through a park, and seeing caches just sitting about un hidden, and not trying to re-cover them to camo them out of sight.
and thank you.. I think my ass is funny as well.
I hope your grandson likes it!
what wines would you suggest for
ham
and
chicken/duck...I forgot which my mom said it was...
oh...and lets try to keep it under $12ish this time :wink:
maybe a pinot?
You cant go wrong with a syrah with fowl either.
The Viognier (if you like white) does well with it as well.
Also - with Ham - Zinfandel works really really well - a good jammy one - so look for one with a Dry Creek Appellation (or Sonoma County) I like Dry Creek Vineyards and Ravenswood you can never go wrong with.
Ohh! Also - Cline makes several yummy zins (all under $12) and lots of other speciality wines Moverdre, Claret etc. (Not sure on the availbility of them there)
A white for ham is a little harder cause of the salt - but a Crisp Pinot Grigio (Luna makes a GREAT one) might do you well.
Does that help?
Let me know if you need more specific brands - I'm sure I can drum something up.
My Installation is coming up and I need to send out invites - I got cute snowflake paper (such a girl) and I wanted to write the invite in sort of a Rhyme.
33rd Installation of Officers
6pm Saturday January 14th
Hollydale Club
Greek Food (Buffet)
Winter Carnival Theme
Any brilliant twisting of words to make it into some sort of rhyme would be much appreciated.
and a yummy zin by cline?
instead of a rhyme -make it into that greek dance song
too tired and not feeling that well to think of it- don't we have any greek here? or am I thinking jewish?
and one bottle of ravenswood vintersblend 2003 zin..
I'm going to go look today for something else...
Its nice sticking to cali wines vs the others....
:chagrin: :
Atalon Napa Valley Merlot 2000
Georges Dusomething or other Beaufolais-villages Nouveau 2004
McManis Viognier 2004
Ladybug Red Redwood Valley Red Table Wine Cuvee V
Gionelli Pinot Grigio 2004
Brokenwood Shiraz 1999
Gallo White Zin
Gallo Shiraz
Miscounted. That's nine.
The Pinot Grigio - is very very good. Drink it soon, as it's a wine that should be drunk within a year of it's harvest, else the fruit begins to 'fall out' an you are left with less structure. Get some pears, some goat cheese spread and crack it open and enjoy.
Likewise with the Noveau - it's released in the Nov. after it's harvested, and is really ment to be consumed by New Years that same year. It's now a wine you want to keep long term.
the first one atalon?? do you mean Avalon? That is a very nice, expensive merlot. Don't keep it past 2007 tho - Merlot doesn't age well haver 6-7 years on average.
McManis Viognier - YUM YUM YUM (but typical white - don't let it age past 3 years)
The brokenwood Shiraz I have heard of (as with the Gallo Shiraz) Personally I'm not a fan of the Australian method of making Syrah (aka Shiraz) so I can't give you a personal opinion - except that it's not a wine that gets better with age - it tastes better to drink young - so get that 99 out of it's skin soon.
I haven't personally had the ladybug either - but my cult's sister club is the 'ladybugs' and they get it for all their events and love it - rumor has it's it's a decent priced - decent tasting bottle of wine.
Hope that helps.
how was it all?
but the cline was good
Thanks Vino!
usually the RVW is pretty good for the price.
Cline is awesome. A couple of years ago, they begged me to come be their brand manager. Didn't like most of the staff - but I loved their wine.
I was gonna go for getting rid of the red eye thing and touch up the coloring, then I figured at this small, what's the difference?
yeah - I don't really care about the R/E on there. If I get prints of it or something - the costco quick touch works great.
you are da bomb!
thanks a million bagillion
but...it was Like drinking a bottle of grape wine just with a bottle of "bitters" added.
when I was opening it...
I was kinda freaked as I thought the cork would crumble on me....the top of it started splitting...
I'm good at bitching....but geez...its a $11.99 bottle...
Dear Customer Service,
I thought you would like to know about a recent problem I had with a bottle of your wine. On Christmas I opened a bottle of your 2003 Ravenswood Zinfandel Vintner's Blend and upon opening it, I noticed that the cork was very dry and crumbling. Once open the wine smelled and tasted like ethyl acitate. It was undrinkable.
Thank you,
Kitch
They are (supposed to) respond with a follow up email and if you are in a reciprical state (you are) offer to send you out a replacement bottle.
That is what procedure is for our facility, and it's a corporate wide procedure - cause they want people to continue to be brand loyal.
for future ref. when a bottle is bad (i.e. High VA, or Corked) if you have the receipt, reseal the bottle and return it the next day - most stores are more than happy to replace it, as they get credit from the distributor. OR - email the winery - most will happily replace it.
Thought you might find this interesting.
I hate it when that happens.
fun site....
for about 3 mins...but is fun
Fun almost middle-aged Sauvingnon Blanc. Contains fruit rollups, hedonistic cheap gin and dainty hair gel. Drink now through 2009.
ha ha hahaha
I love it!
I'm going to submit one of your post about u and your mom
Thanks Kitch!