A Chablis (a white wine from Burgundy) grown from Vielles Vines (old vines) courtesy of Closerie des Alisiers.
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I had a nice Belgian biere blanche (Steen Bruge Abbay St. Pierre) this evening after a very long day accompanying our fall class to visit the WTO and various UNOG (UN office in Geneva) organs UNCTAD, the UN Library (formerly the League of Nations) and a guided tour of the grounds. Very pleased with this group who seem as motivated and bright as the spring semester group.
A white wine from Burgundy: A Chardonnay, "Mischief & Mayhem, Saint-Roman 2009".
A brew that is on my bucket list; but I do hope that you enjoyed it.
Absolutely agree.
A wonderful wine.
I have one bottle of Grand Cru Chablis in a crate whispering sweet blandishments, but I decided that the wild salmon we dined on this evening would be accompanied perfectly well by 1ère cru Chablis (Closerie des Alisiers).
A blonde sour Brett ale by Russian River Brewing called Sanctification, delicious.
An old diary entry;
A bottle of Châteauneuf-du-Pape and 2 episodes of The Sopranos; Saturday night? Sorted!
A bottle of Châteauneuf-du-Pape and 2 episodes of The Sopranos; Saturday night? Sorted!
That sounds as though it was (is?) a superb way to pass a Saturday.
Hope you enjoyed The Sopranos and the bottle of Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
A bottle of Vacqueyras (a French red wine, made from the Grenache grape, - the same grape that comprises much of, if not most of, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, - and gives the wine its characteristically smooth sensation on the palate - and from a region just adjacent to Châteauneuf-du-Pape) has been breathing quietly to itself for the past hour or so.
I shall let it breathe for a few hours longer, and it should be svelte and silky and velvety by the time we get to greet one another later this September evening.
I shall let it breathe for a few hours longer, and it should be svelte and silky and velvety by the time we get to greet one another later this September evening.
A white wine from Burgundy, (Vin de Bourgogne) which means that the grape is Chardonnay; the wine itself is a Pouilly-Fuissé, Alliance Vielles Vignes Daniel & Julien Barraud.
Somehow, - full understanding escapes me - but my bottle of Pouilly-Fuissé is empty.
Now, I am greeting a single, solitary glass - (I lie, mendaciously, it may be that two glasses are filled and consumed) of Dow's 1985 Vintage Port.
Now, I am greeting a single, solitary glass - (I lie, mendaciously, it may be that two glasses are filled and consumed) of Dow's 1985 Vintage Port.
Well that’s been known to happen chez moi aussi...
And Dow’s ‘85 eh? How do you like it? I’m still sitting on my ‘77.......
It is entirely possible that a third glass may have poured itself - all unknown to me - spontaneously......into the Waterford crystal glass (Lismore pattern).
Er, superb, elegant......smooth....exquisite...ah, gorgeous.
Suffice to say, one would happily drown in such a sublime beverage...
(And, er, it was not opened tonight; it has been a source of surreptitious temptation - every so often - in recent weeks, a surreptitious glass or two...here and there...)
Hehe, I understand entirely. Surely there are ghosts about who revel in refilling one’s goblet when the eye is distracted.
Well I think the ‘77 is due to be cracked. Some big changes afoot around these parts, and the time to share widely (a requirement for such a bottle, in my eyes) may be nigh.
Ah, yes.
This, I understand entirely...
Do enjoy..
The 1985 - well, one cannot live forever, and there comes those (er, dark and doleful) nights when one thinks - why should this not be consumed now, instead, of er, left to palates that might - ah - lack a full appreciation of such nectar?
Anyway, I stared at it some weeks ago, having found it, tripped over it - complete with suitably dusty shoulders - in a crate, and went, mmmmmm...
Does one postpone the tasting of nectar until the afterlife?
That question is rhetorical.
No.
So, in advance of - well, some sort of terminal existence - I thought, why not greet some of the nectar in my cellars?
And quite right too. “You can’t take it with you” after all.
Yes, there are "no pockets in the shroud" as they say.