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Pastimes : Wine You Can Enjoy @ Under $20 -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (503)	12/24/2006 9:56:33 AM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1277

Oh and for those who think outside the $20 bun, Last Sunday was served 1996 Dom Perignon, 1970 Latour (from a magnum) and a 1962 d'Yquem. That's not thinking outside the $20 bun, that's a dream come true. Absolutely incredible. Tonight, simplicity will be the theme, as it always is. A prime tenderloin roast, with a crust of coarse ground black pepper. A simple salad made up of a lot of different greens, some very ripe tomatoes, bits of Louisiana satsumas from my uncle's farm, perhaps a bit of feta, and some walnuts. Vinaigrette dressing, probably. Fresh asparagus grilled to perfection in olive oil and pepper. A crusty, airy ciabatta from a terrific local baker will be the bread. Dessert: Again, pure simplicity. A very simple fruit tart as well as enormous, nearly rotten, i.e., perfectly ripened, persimmons images.google.com from my uncle's farm topped with vanilla ice cream. Wines: Don't know yet, a St. Emilion which I think needs to go soon, for sure. Some new Malbecs I haven't tried yet, perhaps. Unfortunately, the best Malbecs seem to stay in Argentina, but I am starting to see an influx of the better stuff, some Susana Balbos are becoming more widely avaialable.

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (503)	12/24/2006 11:29:32 AM
From: MulhollandDrive	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1277

so far it sounds like the posters here are making a good argument in favor of screw caps for wines, no? lol... just opened a 1985 chateau margaux a few nights ago, absolutely superb, even the cork held up <vbg> ("rabbit" was used to uncork)

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (503)	12/24/2006 1:33:59 PM
From: SG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1277

Well, I'm glad to hear other folks' "better" wines fizzled also (not to hear of your misfortune, just that is is somewhat common!). Also over the limits slightly here I purchased as a gift a bottle of "Alvear Solera 1927 Pedro Ximenez", a dessert sherry. I am bringing it to a small get together and hope to nudge the host into opening it so I can try it. I like dessert wines to sip at night..Lustau has a good raisin-like sherry. Cheers to all. SG