Digital insecurity?

[Byuphoto]

Yay! Auburn rules!

Word of warning!!! Never say that around an LSU fan

 

[ch1]

I gravitate to a few of my favorite Zins when I just don't want to "think" about what to drink. Risk of that, of course, is you can get into a rut.

I find that most wine regions throughout the world have at least some very good wines (and some have great wines). And I like trying different wines from different regions.

Cannot really get into saying a particular region is "best", I'm just glad that here in NY we get wines from everywhere and I get to try lots of them! 🙂

 

[DougK]

Chilean red wines.... mmmmm....

 

[ch1]

Chilean red wines.... mmmmm....

I find that the ones from Maipo Valley are usually very good by price point. I find the Rapel Valley reds to be "harsh".

At a dinner party we hosted last Saturday I had a Cabernet from Cochella (sp?) Valley which was from the Rothschild's vineyard there. I think it was good - but it was not the first bottle we had opened that night so my taste buddies may have been a bit tipsy! 😀

 

[RJBender]

Word of warning!!! Never say that around an LSU fan

... or anywhere close to Birmingham, Alabama.

R.J.

 

[ch1]

Sorry, you've lost me 😕

Translation: Auburn is a university and sports rival to Louisiana State University (LSU). As we say on this side of the Ponk - it's a Southern thang.... 🙂

 

[ywenz]

Go Blue! Wolverines that is..

 

[rover]

Shouldn't we be talking about March Madness (now I owe CBS $.25 ) this time of year?

 

[John Camp]

Did anybody here go to college long enough ago to remember Vino Fino?

It was widely known as the Grain Belt of wine.

JC

 

[RJBender]

Shouldn't we be talking about March Madness (now I owe CBS $.25 ) this time of year?

This is Andy K's film thread, isn't it?

R.J.

 

[ch1]

This is Andy K's film thread, isn't it?

R.J.

Well it started out that way but then diverged a bit. Last I heard, Andy went to get some South African cabernet to drink with Jenni while watching the first round of NCAA B-Ball games on CBS. 😕

Gosh, and it isn't even after work yet and I haven't had one drop of Zinfandel! :bang:

 

[RJBender]

It's time for another party, George!

R.J.

 

[ch1]

It's time for another party, George!

R.J.

I'll be joining in around 8:30 EST! 😀

 

[ch1]

Hey it's 8:30 and I'm just finishing up a leftover opened bottle of a South Australian cabernet

(it's one of these "branded" wines like Yellow Tail - only this one is called: Checkered Cab and shows a yellow Checker cab against a midtown NYC skyline! - the plonk is from Australia!).

So where is everyone? 😕

 

[Socke]

No wine here, but only 5 1/2 hour until Formula 1 qualification 🙂

 

[ch1]

No wine here, but only 5 1/2 hour until Formula 1 qualification 🙂

Is that a car or a new developer? 😉

 

[Socke]

Is that a car or a new developer? 😉

Don't know, but it looks as if the new Ferrari develops some potential 🙂

 

[Trius]

Vodka martini here... had an '02 cab-merlot over the last several evenings, and man, it was really tight when I opened up... needed some decanting/aeration and even that didn't bring it to its peak, so it's too young. So, the other bottles stay in the cellar for another 6-12 months.

George: Are you going to Quebec this summer? Lemme know, if so I'll give some wine hints, if you can get across the river to the LCBO.

 

[Socke]

See ya all in a couple hours, had a party with a local politician who just resigned as a senator, but at some 380 pounds he is still some sort of a political heavyweight and he can stand more Tequilla than me.


Frank G, forget about that Holsten stuff, try Sierra Gold Tequilla, much more effective! It's to beer like HC110 1+15 is to Rodinal 1+100 🙂

 

[ch1]

Vodka martini here... had an '02 cab-merlot over the last several evenings, and man, it was really tight when I opened up... needed some decanting/aeration and even that didn't bring it to its peak, so it's too young. So, the other bottles stay in the cellar for another 6-12 months.

George: Are you going to Quebec this summer? Lemme know, if so I'll give some wine hints, if you can get across the river to the LCBO.

Finished up the leftover bottle of Aussie plonk - in all honesty - we bought it for the label! We're going to put the empty in the garage where we're creating a collection of these "cutsie brand" lables.

Now into a bottle of Bogle Old Vines Zinfandel (a very young - 2004). Nice basic Zin, very drinkable though a bit "heady" at 14+% 🙂

I like the Zins because, like many of Americans, it has a somewhat undefined (perhaps rougish) origin somewhere in the Mediterranean region of southern Europe. 😉

The Italian and other European immigrants in California in the late 1800's sent ships back to Europe to collect vine cuttings of classic grape varieties from famous vineyards throughout France, Italy etc. That's where the California cabernets (both sauvignon and franc), merlot, Pinots, Sangiovese etc. come from. Somehow, this strage grape that came to be known as Zinfandel also arrived.

A mystery for many years it has now been traced via DNA analysis to an obscure grape type from the Dalmatian coast (perhaps the Captain had a girlfriend there he wanted to visit?). But, seeing as no one else every "claimed" it - it's become an American grape - and is very popular at Thanksgiving tables as a "fellow immigrant"!

To your other query, unfortunately, we won't have time this Summer to visit with our friends in the Laurentiens - which is doubly sad since they maintain a very nice cellar! 🙁

Sorry for the history lesson - next time I'll tell you how those California vine cuttings saved the European wine industry just a few years afterwards!