Wine-savvy

[bods1000]

Oh wow!  What an honor to have the AcquiescentOne here!  All my fave boys in my fave part of the sea!!

 

Welcome SpongeBobby .... would love to hear all the lurid details about your wino quickie lunches in Il Ponti.

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I love that word lurid...

 

if the alphabet were a classroom of boys, that lurid will always be up to no good

 

I wonder why despite the sensuous rep*tation of wine, no wine has yet been described as lurid?

[masi]

Only half? You know I'm in weight trouble    because I looooove to eat, don't you? Hey Bods/Masi/mods - can we expand the discussions to food paired with wine? Aside from sitting around sipping the stuff with good friends and just shooting the breeze, good wine also calls out for good food to interact with.

 

And no - I really think than ANY female legs  :thumbsupsmiley:  will be a better sight for me than ANY male legs  :sick: , Bods' and Masi's legs notwithstanding.

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Yes! I agree. With the level of interaction going around, this thread is looking more like a virtual dinner table with really good friends breaking break and sharing!!!! :thumbsupsmiley:

 

 

I couldnt agree with your more... on the sight of our legs!

[augustmoon]

Good morning. :-)

[bods1000]

Uuuuy saan kaya yang wonderful place na yaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnn??!?!?!??!?! 

 

Good night Bods .... wishing you beautiful and magical dreams.

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you and your luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiddddddd imagination

 

wish you also had some magical trip to slumberland

[bods1000]

Them were the days, huh? But I like the board as it is now - so lively and certainly more fun to read than just a few dry posts by some geek - wait that geek would be me! Oh well.......

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yeah pare...parang it was going nowhere but perhaps like some good vintage, this thread has found its place in the sun....

 

you think so ha....masi and me thought that the way the thread was going now was turning off true-blue wine enthusiasts like you..

[bods1000]

Mompo? I remember being an altar boy way back when and sneaking a taste or two (or three or four  :evil: ) It was bad then and is bad now. But I am afraid to taste it now - age has imparted the wisdom that being struck by lightning is NOT a good thing! 

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I wonder - is Mompo a real wine? where's it from?

and why is it that it's the drink of choice of the priesthood here?

Is there a Mompo Conspiracy somewhere?

 

I wonder what the priests in other countries drink for Mass.....

[bods1000]

Only half? You know I'm in weight trouble    because I looooove to eat, don't you? Hey Bods/Masi/mods - can we expand the discussions to food paired with wine? Aside from sitting around sipping the stuff with good friends and just shooting the breeze, good wine also calls out for good food to interact with.

 

And no - I really think than ANY female legs  :thumbsupsmiley:  will be a better sight for me than ANY male legs  :sick: , Bods' and Masi's legs notwithstanding.

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by all means, pare - I don't think there's any need to ask permission...

in fact through one year we have discussed not only wines but cigars, cheeses, absinthe, hookah!, kava!, opium - this thread should have been closed down a long time ago kung bawal

 

I think may post na ako dati about food and wine kaya lang hindi naituloy...

 

go ahead pare - take the floor!

[agxo3]

Last night was a looooong night of eating, drinking and carousing. Mid-week even! The sales person from one of our vendors is leaving the ara and moving to SoCal, so she decided to throw herself a goodbye party!

 

A bottle of Kenwood cab (2001?? dunno - got there late), two Trinchero cabs (2001), a zin of some sort (didn't order it, someone else did) and another also unknown cab. For 8 people, and this was just dinner. The Trinchero was great after about 10 minutes of air. The tannins retreated and allowed the fruit to come through. The usual suspects - berries, a hint of smoke, some plum and wht I am now beginning to expect, some apricot. Went well with my dinner of flank steak.

 

We then lost two people, and hied ourselves off to Birk's which has a good selection of single malts and Dominica cigars. Had two shots of Oban and a Macanudo.

 

But the best part was meeting this guy whose brother owns a winery in the Napa Valley. Small and not well-known. It was a familiar name but I've never knowingly tasted their wines. So a winery visit and tasting is in order, to be arranged by this new-found fellow wino. Not too soon - I am off to Taiwan next week, then immersed in a kitchen remodel for several weeks. But some time in September or October, around harvest and crush time, we're heading up that way. Can't wait!

 

Check this out -

http://www.vinography.com/

 

A local (SF area) wine blog. A friend just sent me the pointer and I've just taken a cursory look at it, but it seems pretty interesting.

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what an evening ... as i always say, good food, good drinks, good conversation, good people and a good smoke... what else do we want in life..

 

we're all looking forward to that day you get here!!!  have a good one!!!

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Oh, yes, quite an evening indeed.

 

In listing the wines, I forgot to note that since it was the birthday of one of the attendees, we also had a bottle of Moet et Chandon White Star non-vintage thrown in there as well.

 

In keeping with expanding this to include food with wine - we had dinner at place called Piatti's, an Italian joint. Not too bad, kinda like Nuvo in GB4 (?).

 

Most of us had the seared ahi tuna (sushi-grade ahi seared on the outside and rare on the inside) with a roasted beet salad and fettucini with butter and garlic. Okay with the reds, I think but would have been better with a pinot or a sauvignon blanc. One had the roast chicken with a green mixed salad and orzo pasta. Also would have been better with a white, but he didn't seem to mind. I had the flank steak, with an arugula salad with red wine vinaigrette and crumbled feta cheese, and roasted veggies. Now THAT went great with the cab.

 

Now, I must admit that even with all the fine dining we have available to us here, I do miss he food there a lot! I am definitely looking forward to a night of good food and drink to go with the good company!

[agxo3]

yeah pare...parang it was going nowhere but perhaps like some good vintage, this thread has found its place in the sun....

 

you think so ha....masi and me thought that the way the thread was going now was turning off true-blue wine enthusiasts like you..

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Oh, no - not at all! I think that one mistake too many people make is to take wine too seriously. After all, at the end of the day, it's just rotten grape juice that we're drinking! Transcendent, to be sure, but still just grape juice. Wine is meant to be savored, swilled, gulped - but most of all enjoyed with friends. :thumbsupsmiley:

[agxo3]

I wonder - is Mompo a real wine? where's it from?

and why is it that it's the drink of choice of the priesthood here?

Is there a Mompo Conspiracy somewhere?

 

I wonder what the priests in other countries drink for Mass.....

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I think Mompo

s a real wine, but I have no idea why it ws THE chosen wine for Mass. It's a Spanish wine - that much I am sure of. Over here, what's used is a white wine, but I have no idea which one. Is there some sort of requirement the wine has to meet?

[masi]

Yes! I  agree.  With the level of interaction going around, this thread is looking more like a virtual dinner table with really good friends  breaking bread and sharing!!!!  :thumbsupsmiley:

I couldnt agree with your more... on the sight of our legs!

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[masi]

Oh, yes, quite an evening indeed.

 

In listing the wines, I forgot to note that since it was the birthday of one of the attendees, we also had a bottle of Moet et Chandon White Star non-vintage thrown in there as well.

 

In keeping with expanding this to include food with wine - we had dinner at place called Piatti's, an Italian joint. Not too bad, kinda like Nuvo in GB4 (?).

 

Most of us had the seared ahi tuna (sushi-grade ahi seared on the outside and rare on the inside) with a roasted beet salad and fettucini with butter and garlic. Okay with the reds, I think but would have been better with a pinot or a sauvignon blanc. One had the roast chicken with a green mixed salad and orzo pasta. Also would have been better with a white, but he didn't seem to mind. I had the flank steak, with an arugula salad with red wine vinaigrette and crumbled feta cheese, and roasted veggies. Now THAT went great with the cab.

 

Now, I must admit that even with all the fine dining we have available to us here, I do miss he food there a lot! I am definitely looking forward to a night of good food and drink to go with the good company!

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hmmm yummy!!!! :thumbsupsmiley:

on the seared tuna, was it seared like a steak that the mid portion was rare or was it a quick sear that the cooked portion is less the 5% of the total thickness with one side raw. i've been in some fusion restos here and they have a sashimi dish where the tuna was "quick seared" on one side giving the sashimi a mix of roasted, nutty flavor on its seared side and tenderness and freshness of raw fish on the other.

 

Arugula is a favorite. It's bitterness blends well with red wine vinaigrette or simple a lemon -olive oil dressing. I would use the red wine vinaig more often for arugula but I add chopped walnuts (bitter/chewy) and some fruit usually pomelo (its sweet-sour citrus flavors blends well with it) or a ripe mango --this, agxo, you ought to try!

 

I avoid cheese coz of my high cholesterol count but the wifey adds flakes of mantiego or a semi-hard cheese. I am not a cheese person and I only prefer a few like camembert, brie or soft varieties.

 

well bods, if our ebs grow in terms of attendance, we could experiment on wine and food too. but as long as it's just the 2 of us everytime, we can't consume much food and have space for the wine. remember the last 1 we had? we simply had a plate of spanish salami and 2 bottles of wine

[masi]

by all means, pare - I don't think there's any need to ask permission...

in fact through one year we have discussed not only wines but cigars, cheeses, absinthe, hookah!, kava!, opium - this thread should have been closed down a long time ago kung bawal

 

I think may post na ako dati about food and wine kaya lang hindi naituloy...

 

go ahead pare - take the floor!

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pare, not just discussed it on the thread. we even try them -- well, at least cigars, then perhaps cheeses, absinthe (this i have at home), singlemalts. I want to try hookah but i think it's just like pipe smoking with fragrant blends which maybe good for the non-smokers but too "flowery" in the mouth for the smoker.

 

Opuim, this i may have to pass!!!! but if it's opium, the woman's scent, well it's been quite some time since smelled it, nor would i pass it up if ever i smell it in the future.

[masi]

I think Mompo

s a real wine, but I have no idea why it ws THE chosen wine for Mass. It's a Spanish wine - that much I am sure of. Over here, what's used is a white wine, but I have no idea which one. Is there some sort of requirement the wine has to meet?

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i have no idea! We may have to ask SPURT, the ex-! No, not expert but the ex-seminarian. Then again, he may be no expert on this either. Remember in an earlier post he mentioned the blue nun costing P1800 only because he drank it in a VIP room with some _extras?

 

Bods, what's your take on MOMPO?

[Spurt]

backread..... guys, i'm no ex...pert about mompo, though we are introduced to consume not so much before inside the sem, we consider not the taste but the way it's prepared like the unleaven bread (hostia), same concepts with this mompo. yeah, it's a spanish wines from those bodegas, a variety more associated with us, Catholics, but i know there are very good mompos in spain.