Wine-savvy

[simple_denise]

I really love wines

[masi]

I really love wines

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... such as? Stay on this thread and we'll all learn from each other.

[agxo3]

best of luck on your remodelling.  but, weren't you supposed to be in this part of the world this time of year?

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Yeah - I was in Taiwan just last week, but with some critical milestones such as getting the template done for the granite and making sure the hookups (electrical, gas, plumbing) are all set and in the right places for the range and fridge coming up, I could not take the extra days to head over to Manila.

 

I will be back in Taiwan the week of Nov. 7 (meetings from Nov. 8-11). Whether I can go to Manila for the weekend will depend on (a) the status of a potential side trip to Vietnam, and ( whether my daughter decides to visit from LA the weekend after my trip.

 

Then of course there's next year's reunion planned for the end of January or early February in Baguio. I still don't know what the plans are around that and if there will be time and opportunity for a WEB with you guys on that trip.

[agxo3]

thanks for asking. i suppose the bone is healing right on schedule. however, it's another 4 weeks before i can bear partial weight on it per my ortho's advise. due to the immobilizer i was wearing, my leg muscles have stiffened a bunch; but since i've been doing some leg raises, quad contractions, and some range of motion exercises, i'm now able to bend my knee up to a 45 degree angle without too much discomfort.

 

enjoy, guys. drink reposibly! 

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???? I missed something. What's with the leg, eagleyes?

 

Hope it's nothing too serious! Hard to go wine tasting with a bum leg! How would you carry all those cases of wine back to your car?

[tatang namo]

This article may be worth reading.

 

http://www.philstar.com/philstar/LIFESTYLE200509290902.htm

[tatang namo]

By any chance one of you won the auction for the Cape Jaffa Shiraz 1998 Imperial? 32,000 pesos for one bottle! Well I think any one of you can afford to pay for that. :-)

[masi]

By any chance one of you won the auction for the Cape Jaffa Shiraz 1998 Imperial? 32,000 pesos for one bottle! Well I think any one of you can afford to pay for that.  :-)

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with that money, i would spend it on several other labels and still have enough to buy a wine ref!!!

[masi]

Yeah - I was in Taiwan just last week, but with some critical milestones such as getting the template done for the granite and making sure the hookups (electrical, gas, plumbing) are all set and in the right places for the range and fridge coming up, I could not take the extra days to head over to Manila.

 

I will be back in Taiwan the week of Nov. 7 (meetings from Nov. 8-11). Whether I can go to Manila for the weekend will depend on (a) the status of a potential side trip to Vietnam, and ( whether my daughter decides to visit from LA the weekend after my trip.

 

Then of course there's next year's reunion planned for the end of January or early February in Baguio. I still don't know what the plans are around that and if there will be time and opportunity for a WEB with you guys on that trip.

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we'll be here, just let us know!

[agxo3]

By any chance one of you won the auction for the Cape Jaffa Shiraz 1998 Imperial? 32,000 pesos for one bottle! Well I think any one of you can afford to pay for that.  :-)

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That's just plain nuts for a '98. And not even a Screaming Eagle or a Helen Turley at that! :boo:

 

I buy at acution but I make it a rule to either know the value of the wine and not bid above that, or not bid at all.......

 

I have bought some really good values at auction. Two Bordeaux - a '77 St. Estephe and an '85 Gruaud-Larose, both for $40!!! Now THAT was a deal! And then I picked up a '66 Chateau Leoville-Las Cases for $100. ANOTHER steal. I've found that people waaaaaay overbid for wines (and other stuff) at auction. It seems that the desire to win overrides all good sense. Being an engineer, good sense rules!!!!

 

I would pay that much for a wine, but maybe not for a pretty young Aussie shiraz. Now, for a '92 or '93 Rubicon, or maybe a '95 Screaming Eagle - hmmmm, I could go for that!!! which reminds me - those '95 rubicons and '93 retzlaffs are crying out, begging to be quaffed.........come next week, when my new kitchen is operative, I will definitely be popping one (or more) of those beauties.

[agxo3]

with that money, i would spend it on several other labels and still have enough to buy a wine ref!!!

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Well, maybe not. thgat Transtherm I picked up was $1500. And the small 32-bottle wine fridge was $299 at Costco. but hey! If you can find one at $300 or less and it's a decent brand, buy it!!! You'll wonder how you got by without one at all!

 

we'll be here, just let us know!

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I will.......hoping for the Vietnam thing to fall through and for my daughter to decide the wait until Thanksgiving to come and visit. Then I can stop by Manila for the weekend and go see youse guys and work our way through a GOOD Californian and one of your great Aussies......

[floppydrive]

This article may be worth reading.

 

http://www.philstar.com/philstar/LIFESTYLE200509290902.htm

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Funny reading thru it!

 

But the Grant Burge port is really fantastic! We had the chance to taste the 10 year old or 20 year old last weekend, and they're great! But the 20 year old is more mellow and smooth. BTW, how does a port wine earn the name Tawny? Is it the age, the grapes or the process? The Grant Burge 20 year old we tried was Tawny, but the 10 year old was not marked tawny.

 

Too bad the stuff is really expensive to have everyday.

[bods1000]

howdy, guys!

welcome back our old friends eagleeyes and agxo!

 

eagleeyes - looks like your vinos will get their trial by fire tomorrow :evil:

agxo - stay cool and go slower on your remodels or else you won't have time for vino

[bods1000]

This article may be worth reading.

 

http://www.philstar.com/philstar/LIFESTYLE200509290902.htm

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By any chance one of you won the auction for the Cape Jaffa Shiraz 1998 Imperial? 32,000 pesos for one bottle! Well I think any one of you can afford to pay for that.  :-)

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yeah pare that was a hilarious article by Claude Tayag - he really put a damper on the sniff-and-swirl crowd hehehe...hilarious the way he repeatedly said if there was a thesaurus where you can get these terms found in a wine review....well, sometimes, it pulls you back to earth when you read something like this from laymen - it reminds you not to be so overbearing in describing wines. A simple like it or not, enjoyed it or hated it sometimes is enough

 

I wouldn't pay even half of that for a Cape Jaffa pare, or even a thousand. That wine doesn't carry any cachet, or maybe I'm behind the reviews already Anyway it should be good....

[bods1000]

That's just plain nuts for a '98. And not even a Screaming Eagle or a Helen Turley at that!  :boo:

 

I buy at acution but I make it a rule to either know the value of the wine and not bid above that, or not bid at all.......

 

I have bought some really good values at auction. Two Bordeaux - a '77 St. Estephe and an '85 Gruaud-Larose, both for $40!!! Now THAT was a deal! And then I picked up a '66 Chateau Leoville-Las Cases for $100. ANOTHER steal. I've found that people waaaaaay overbid for wines (and other stuff) at auction. It seems that the desire to win overrides all good sense. Being an engineer, good sense rules!!!! 

 

I would pay that much for a wine, but maybe not for a pretty young Aussie shiraz. Now, for a '92 or '93 Rubicon, or maybe a '95 Screaming Eagle - hmmmm, I could go for that!!! which reminds me - those '95 rubicons and '93 retzlaffs are crying out, begging to be quaffed.........come next week, when my new kitchen is operative, I will definitely be popping one (or more) of those beauties.

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now those are mouthwatering wines - the Rubicons and the Screaming Eagle - they're worth that and more!

Could you, maybe bring around a Rubicon if you find your way in these parts and say, we'll bid for it at our WEB Kailangang pag-ipunan na ito, mga pare!

 

 

 

 

...........pwede na ding libre siguro hehehe

[bods1000]

Funny reading thru it!

 

But the Grant Burge port is really fantastic! We had the chance to taste the 10 year old or 20 year old last weekend, and they're great!  But the 20 year old is more mellow and smooth.  BTW, how does a port wine earn the name Tawny?  Is it the age, the grapes or the process?  The Grant Burge 20 year old we tried was Tawny, but the 10 year old was not marked tawny.

 

Too bad the stuff is really expensive to have everyday.

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I'm not sure about this but Port is aged in two styles - bottle-aged and cask-aged. The bottle-aged are kept in wood for a short time then bottled without filtration and there in bottles they mature. They retain their color and fruitiness up to maturity.

Cask-aged port are matured in wood, then bottled and filtered. They lose much of their color and become Tawny. Ports are pretty expensive and are higher in alcohol content.