Wine drinkers - what are you having today/tonight?
May 23, 2020, 5:47 pm
#617
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Finished off the bottle of Kirkland Barolo we opened last night. For under $20, it was surprisingly good. Given the typical Barolo runs $40+, I figured we could give this one a chance. Now to go back to Costco and see if they have any more...
May 24, 2020, 1:44 pm
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2015 Bodegas Baigorri Belus, 70% mazuelo (aka carignan) with the balance Tempranillo and garnacha. Served with a grilled striploin. Lovely wine from one of my favourite producers (who ship free from Rioja to Ireland at cellar door prices).
May 24, 2020, 2:58 pm
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I started to poach salmon for supper in May 2020 and it requires white wine, esp Sauvignon blanc. A full bottle gets wasted but my local Safeway has cans from Francis Ford Coppola’s winery; it was 4 for $15 and I can use 1 can per cooking unless it’s possible to stretch the can into 2 poachings.
May 25, 2020, 6:59 am
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I found a stash of Puligny Montrachets at the back of the wine fridge that I had completely forgotten about from the late 1990s. All quite disappointing. What a shame. A magnum of Ornellaia 2003 came to the rescue.
May 26, 2020, 7:41 am
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Last night I had a martini, intending to just have the one drink, but after that some wine sounded good so I opened a 2017 Freeman. As my oenophile friend says, it's the best bang for the buck in domestic pinot noir.
May 30, 2020, 1:55 am
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2007 Smith Haut Lafite...Amazing, what a fabulous wine. I do have a penchant for SHL though...loved visiting the chateau and going into the display cellar with bottles going back to the late 19th century...
May 30, 2020, 3:43 pm
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Chassagne Montrachet 2010 Hubert Lamy. Only a village wine but tasted at premier cru level - an intense gold colour, full-bodied and intensely rich whilst also being bone dry. Superb.