For Miss G - Recommendations Posted by Jeff (Friday December 03 2004 @ 10:40PM EST)

Nineteen ninety-nine was a very good year in the fickle Bourgogne valley. According to the Wine Spectator, it produced "juicy, succulent, smoot Pinots." While 'smoot' is not in my dictionary, I presume it means "Wine Spectator editors get free samples, too." Tonight's tasting is a Chateauneuf-du-Pape from Domaine Giraud. The wine has a nice bouquet, earthly, minerally and raspberrily. Wine columnists like to adjectivize words by adding "-ly." While 'adjectivize' is probably not a word, you'll seem like a wine columnist if you do just that. Burgundy is said to have a chalky clay-loam soil. Like most offerings from the region, this wine reflects that. For a fleeting moment, there are hints of the same aromas that seep from epoisse, a delicious Burgundian cheese. Afterall, the region's cows and vines draw nutrients from the very same soil. It is silky smoot and very well balanced. Except for those pesky salt buds, the entire palate is stimulated. Mix with a cracker - a biscuit, not a white trash uncle from Alabama or the hinterlands of Alberta as the case may be. Dark fruits and dry leather add complexity. It carries no obnoxious oak for distraction. Without question, this wine is dry enough and bold enough for our resident Canadian. On a scale from 1 to 100 - a broad range to provide the illusion of scientific methodology rather than a number plucked from my ass, I give this bad boy an "89."

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By Miss Ginger (Saturday December 04 2004 @ 02:19PM EST)

Odd. I was just at our local "SAQ" (liquor store), and was eyeing a bottle of Chateauneuf Du Pape. I became distracted when someone was throwing a fit over the lack of something or other in the store, and completely forgot to pick it up. Our "SAQ" people are on strike, they have management picking up the slack, and yes, I crossed a picket line to buy wine. I ended up buying a Pineau des Charentes (not really wine), an awesome Ice Cider(again, not really wine, but hot toddy is it good), two bottles of Mouton Cadet, and a bottle of Mommesin red. I have yet to find "the" red that I'm looking for. The one so dry that the enamel is stripped from your teeth.

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By Ms. Q (Sunday December 05 2004 @ 10:27AM EST) Ms. G, if you are looking for a good red, I suggest Vina Borgia (100% garnacha)I have been purchasing 4-6 bottles of this at a time. It's very dry, almost evaporates on the tongue. [ reply | parent ]

By Miss Ginger (Tuesday December 07 2004 @ 10:29AM EST) Thanks for the info! [ reply | parent ]

By Psychotherapy (Monday December 06 2004 @ 08:16AM EST)

Garnacha is fried masa filled with black bean paste and ground beef; it's usually covered with sauce and cheese. I've always suspected that you have no idea what you're talking about. Now I know. http://www.recipegoldmine.com/glossary/glossaryG.html

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By Ms. Q (Monday December 06 2004 @ 12:56PM EST) Actually asswipe, if you go to the liquor store and look at the label yourslef, you will see that it reads "a bright red berry wine made with 100% garnacha" [ reply | parent ]

By Miss Ginger (Tuesday December 07 2004 @ 10:28AM EST) I agree with Ms. Q, asswipe. "Garnacha" is also known as "Grenache". It's a black grape, but you'd have known that had you done a proper search. In case the fingers you are using to type with are too fat (à la Homer Simpson trying to dial the phone), and rather than continue to mash your fist onto your keyboard, here are some links for you: http://www.riojawine.com/en/viticultura/uva-garnacha.htm http://www.bbr.com/US/db/grape-variety/GR?first_product_F=1&ID=null http://www.reservaycata.com/ingles/grapes/gr1.htm [ reply | parent ]

By Jeff (Monday December 06 2004 @ 08:31AM EST)

The fscking coffee shop switched hazelnut with my manly black. Now I've got two cups of homo coffee without the sprinkles and cracked candy. The person who thought it would be a good idea to mix coffee and fscking hazelnuts should be trenchcoated. Good lord this sucks. If it wasn't for caffeine addiction, I'd pour this shit down the drain.

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By Miss Ginger (Friday December 10 2004 @ 09:51AM EST) You'd love to buy milk in Canada. Our ads and packaging for homogenized milk have "HOMO" scrawled across them. The huge print ads are always good for a giggle: "HOMO milk: $1.99" [ reply | parent ]

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