bahwm
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mommadeb, I hope you're feeling better real soon! So sorry that you're going through all of this!
May our love be like good wine, grow stronger as it grows older. ~ Old English Toast
bahwm
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Was chatting with iByron on FB. He was at the wine bar and made friends with a guy from Portugal. He is quite proud to have learned how to pronounce certain Portuguese words.
While we were in Spain we learned how to pronounce Rias Biaxas. (I believe that this is the Gallego version of Spanish--that which is spoken in the far northwest of Spain, just above Portugal. Very different from Spanish. Our friend, Pilar, has problems understanding it!) Prior to our trip, I thought it was unpronounceable!
While we were there we visited a very small production winery whose Albariño was chosen to be served at a royal dinner. We had a tour with the winemaker. His Albariño was quite excellent. (Probably the best that we had tasted all week--and we did a lot of tasting!) However, his vineyard had very low production this year & got hit with mold. Plus, due to the cooler than normal temps, the grapes are not ripening as they normally would. He had to spray for the mold, but it doesn't look like the spray is helping. It looks like he will lose much of his crop. I don't know if they allow sourcing from other vineyards in that region or if everyone's crops were affected.
The winemaker gave us the tour all in Spanish--poor ddeuddeg! I was able to understand him and even ask some questions regarding his vineyard and winemaking. (Our friends were a bit surprised at my questions and the detail--I typically don't speak much Spanish with them--I like ddeuddeg to be able to understand what's going on! I obviously showed that I knew a little something about vineyards and winemaking.) Thank you, rpm and friends!
Back to the vineyard: It was surrounded by a kiwi orchard! I have never seen a kiwi tree before. The kiwi grow in clusters. Unfortunately, they were not ripe yet. The grape vines were trellised above our heads on heavy wire trellises and used granite pillars to hold up the vines! The grapes were hanging at about six feet--I could just barely stand up straight under the bunches and I'm 5'8.5". The root stock appeared to be quite old because of its diameter, but it was only 18 - 20 years old and was disease resistant to phylloxera. He also has some vines that were replaced two or three years ago. Grapes are hand harvested. Check out the pics on his website: Visit Adega Dosan--a play on the winemaker's name, the region & bodega!
May our love be like good wine, grow stronger as it grows older. ~ Old English Toast
kylemittskus
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polarbear22 wrote:What would you recommend for pairing with Brunello? My daughter gave me a bottle a year or so ago. And we want to open and share with her before she leaves. I have only tasted one before, and a long while ago. So I need some advice on pairing.
Edit: I realized that we are better off holding this wine until she gets back from England than trying to open now.
Which BdM is it?
"If drinking is bitter, change yourself to wine." -Rainer Maria Rilke
"Champagne is a very kind and friendly thing on a rainy night." -Isak Dinesen
"There are many ways to the recognition of truth; Burgundy is one of them." -Isak Dinesen
kylemittskus
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ddeuddeg wrote:With Brunello, I'd probably want a nice Bolognese Sauce with pappardelle or tagliatelle.
That would be my recommendation also, although any meat-based Italian meal would work well, IMO.
"If drinking is bitter, change yourself to wine." -Rainer Maria Rilke
"Champagne is a very kind and friendly thing on a rainy night." -Isak Dinesen
"There are many ways to the recognition of truth; Burgundy is one of them." -Isak Dinesen
kylemittskus
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MarkDaSpark wrote:Crap! One of my favorite actors.
"Green Mile" actor Michael Clarke Duncan has died while being hospitalized following a heart attack, the AP reports. He was 54.
http://4.nbcla.com/Q1kyS2
Sad. I liked him.
"If drinking is bitter, change yourself to wine." -Rainer Maria Rilke
"Champagne is a very kind and friendly thing on a rainy night." -Isak Dinesen
"There are many ways to the recognition of truth; Burgundy is one of them." -Isak Dinesen
bahwm
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Finally getting to bed--first day of classes tomorrow!
May our love be like good wine, grow stronger as it grows older. ~ Old English Toast
bhodilee
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Today, on another thrilling edition of timesheet:
Coffee got left in the pots, it was horrid. Cleaned the pots, washed the thingy that you put the coffee filter in as it had grounds in it that had little white puffs on it. Fought urge to vomit. Drank coffee anyway, as I need the caffeine.
"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it."
– George Bernard Shaw, author (1856-1950)
kylemittskus
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First day back to work tonight after three weeks off with SWMBO and Emmie. It's going to SUCK!!!!
"If drinking is bitter, change yourself to wine." -Rainer Maria Rilke
"Champagne is a very kind and friendly thing on a rainy night." -Isak Dinesen
"There are many ways to the recognition of truth; Burgundy is one of them." -Isak Dinesen
inkycatz
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This week is just going to be weird considering all the time I had off last week. Ah, well. It was really fun though and I got to see so many friends!
I'm just hanging out, really.
