Indulgence of the Night Monday Jan 23 - Sunday Jan 29

[guenron]

Ahem, one round of the Glenlivet French Oak Reserve 15 Year followed by one round of the MACALLAN 12 Year.. Ah! :001_wub:


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[rtaylor61]

Glad to see you have the Pez breath mints close by!

Randy

[Rik]

Rosemount Estate
Pinot Noir
2003

[Rik]

So Randy,

What will you be celebrating your 1k post with?

Rik

[guenron]

So Randy,

What will you be celebrating your 1k post with?

Rik
A pez mint?:001_tt2:

[Rik]

A pez mint?:001_tt2:
:biggrin:

[rtaylor61]

So Randy,

What will you be celebrating your 1k post with?

Rik

Hmmmmmmmmmmm...

[rtaylor61]

Hmmmmmmmmmmm...

1000th post? Not sure...

[rtaylor61]

1000th post? Not sure...

Think I'll celebrate with MILK! And the Pez mint on the side!

Randy

[guenron]

1000th post? Not sure...
Moderator! Moderator! This doodoo is bumpin' his message count!! :hand:

[Rik]

Think I'll celebrate with MILK! And the Pez mint on the side!

Randy
WOO HOO!!! :badger:

[guenron]

Think I'll celebrate with MILK! And the Pez mint on the side!

Randy
One thousand posts!!!:a50: :a14:

[ouch]

I've been known to "indulge" every now and again. Last night was a bottle of Ch. Leoville-Las Cases,'82.

[guenron]

Ahem, two rounds of the Glenlivet French Oak Reserve 15 Year Old.:a54:

[Rik]

Domaine de la Terrière
Beaujolais

[rtaylor61]

Diet Cherry Coke...on the rocks!
:biggrin:

Randy

[Rik]

Diet Cherry Coke...on the rocks!
:biggrin:

Randy
Ah yes, the HARD stuff. :001_tt2:

[rtaylor61]

Ah yes, the HARD stuff. :001_tt2:

Hey, I'm a diabetic...what do you want? Macallans is not available in Utah!

Randy

[AACJ]

Hey, I'm a diabetic...what do you want? Macallans is not available in Utah!

Randy
What are the liquor laws like there in Utah? I would think the religious set there would highly regulate it, if not try to get rid of it completely!

[rtaylor61]

You can buy beer just about anywhere, but all liquor stores are state owned. I can order Macallans, but not by the bottle, by the case!

Randy

[ouch]

Dow's vintage port, '83.

[guenron]

I've been known to "indulge" every now and again. Last night was a bottle of Ch. Leoville-Las Cases,'82.
Hi Ouch,
I am a Medoc fan too.. I have 6 bottles of Chateau Leoville sitting and waiting.. If I recall, '92. In another year or so they ought to be coming into their own.:tongue_sm

[ouch]

Hi Ouch,
I am a Medoc fan too.. I have 6 bottles of Chateau Leoville sitting and waiting.. If I recall, '92. In another year or so they ought to be coming into their own.:tongue_sm

'92 was far from the best vintage, but Leoville-Las Cases almost always produces an exceptional wine. I don't think I'm alone in my belief that it is the finest wine in St.-Julien, including such notables as Ducru-Beaucaillou, Gruaud-Larose, Talbot, and Leoville-Barton.

I think you'll enjoy those bottles immensely.


Edited to add: By the way, it was the second best '82 I've tried, after the other-worldly Pichon Lalande. Both were better than any of the first growths that year. I tried them all, save the Petrus.

[guenron]

'92 was far from the best vintage, but Leoville-Las Cases almost always produces an exceptional wine. I don't think I'm alone in my belief that it is the finest wine in St.-Julien, including such notables as Ducru-Beaucaillou, Gruaud-Larose, Talbot, and Leoville-Barton.

I think you'll enjoy those bottles immensely.


Edited to add: By the way, it was the second best '82 I've tried, after the other-worldly Pichon Lalande. Both were better than any of the first growths that year. I tried them all, save the Petrus.
At what I paid for them, I am not too worried other than the space and time..:mellow: For a second cutting they are certainly pricey, but as I said in a year or so I shall learn if my patience was warranted.

[Rik]

Hi Ouch,
I am a Medoc fan too.. I have 6 bottles of Chateau Leoville sitting and waiting.. If I recall, '92. In another year or so they ought to be coming into their own.:tongue_sm
Great minds think alike. We have half a case of '86 aging to perfection. :smile:

[ouch]

Great minds think alike. We have half a case of '86 aging to perfection. :smile:

Despite what the "experts" at the Wine Spectator may say (perhaps they share tasting facilities with sister publication Cigar Aficianado, whose ratings are equally suspect), '86 was one of the best vintages of that extraordinary decade. Unbelievably, they rated the hard and fruitless '88s higher. Although the '82s garnered most of the acclaim- rightfully so- the 1986 vintage produced more great wines than either '85 or '89, two very fine vintages. This was particularly true for the left bank, where some real giants were produced in Pauillac and St.-Julien. Now twenty years old, they are first coming into their own. Enjoy!

Oh, yeah- the indulgence of the night: Stone Brewery Arrogant Bastard Ale. What a positively atrocious moniker for one of America's finest ales!

[murchmb]

Oh, yeah- the indulgence of the night: Stone Brewery Arrogant Bastard Ale. What a positively atrocious moniker for one of America's finest ales!

Fine taste aside, it has one of the coolest bottles in beerdom.

[ouch]

Fine taste aside, it has one of the coolest bottles in beerdom.

The bottle is great. I love the "you're not worthy" part.:laugh:

[ouch]

Last night featured a lovely bottle from the world's finest producer of inexpensive wine, Jorge Ordonez. The Vina Alarba old vines is packed with rich, dark fruit and drinks like a $20 bottle. Bought by the case, it ran me a whopping four bucks a bottle. If you can't find it (see, there are some beneits to living in the NYC area), look for any of his other bottlings- Borsao, Borgia, and Vega Sindoa are all marvelous wines that can be had for a song.
Wine need not be expensive to be good.

[AACJ]

Margaritas!

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And played cards with the family...Crazy 8's, Old Maid, etc...

[Rik]

Last night featured a lovely bottle from the world's finest producer of inexpensive wine, Jorge Ordonez. The Vina Alarba old vines is packed with rich, dark fruit and drinks like a $20 bottle. Bought by the case, it ran me a whopping four bucks a bottle. If you can't find it (see, there are some beneits to living in the NYC area), look for any of his other bottlings- Borsao, Borgia, and Vega Sindoa are all marvelous wines that can be had for a song.
Wine need not be expensive to be good.
Agreed. Rarely do I spend over $10 a bottle. Our local vendor usually has a shopping cart full of $4 - $5 bottles that often are gems.

Tonight's indulgence is a glass of Lindemans 2002 Bin 40 Merlot. Needed to age a bit more but oh well, the bottle's open.

[guenron]

The old standard, Old Grandad, Martini & Rossi, Agnostura Bitters and Two Long-stemmed Maraschino Cherries play in Return of the Manhattan!

[ouch]

Rik- I've never been a huge fan of Lindemans' reds, but their Bin 65 Chardonnay is- year in and year out- one of the best values in white wines. I think they produce something on the order of a million and a half cases of it, so, needless to say, there is very little bottle variation. Great stuff.


AACJ's post looked so tempting, I had to break out the blender for a top shelf Margarita- El Tesoro de Don Felipe Silver, Cointreau, Grand Marinier, sugar and fresh lime- oofah!

[Rik]

Rik- I've never been a huge fan of Lindemans' reds, but their Bin 65 Chardonnay is- year in and year out- one of the best values in white wines. I think they produce something on the order of a million and a half cases of it, so, needless to say, there is very little bottle variation. Great stuff.


AACJ's post looked so tempting, I had to break out the blender for a top shelf Margarita- El Tesoro de Don Felipe Silver, Cointreau, Grand Marinier, sugar and fresh lime- oofah!
Thanks for the tip. I don't care for white wine. But I'll pick up some the next time we have guest over.

[ouch]

I'll agree that white wine has nowhere the stature and appeal of red, but the wimmen do seem to enjoy it. The Lindemans Bin 65 does the trick, and for a whole lot less than a bottle of Montrachet.
Americans are (excessively) enamored with Chardonnay, and tend to overlook the very best whites in the world- those from Alsace, Germany, and the Loire.