boomouse Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 Had a Reynolds Family Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2001. Reynolds is a small family winery located in the Stags Leap District. 2001 being a good year in Napa, this wine is great! Powerful with a nice long finish! Gets better once aerated in the glass. Really good with the Florentine steak of Balducci's in Serendra! They also have a good selection of Brunellos... Ask the captain for the trademark Balducci's/L'Opera Aglio e Olio with angel hair spaghetti spiked by a few shavings of their in-house proscuitto. Even a young reasonable Long Flat 2004 finishes well. Quote Link to comment
boomouse Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 (edited) mr. boomouse!welcome to the thread!you have a very distinguished taste in wine - I think a Barolo would do justice to that prime rib you'll be having.... Thank you for your kind words but you give me too much credit. Lest some old timers in this thread be fooled, at the risk of sounding like I am bragging (I am not), I must confess to a humble knowledge of wine and through the years have mostly relied on a bottle's price tag to see me through times when I must provide a decent bottle or two. Now that I've discovered this thread after almost 5 years on MTC, I hope its still not too late to learn. Yes, I will uncork the barolo, decant it, and will be toasting you at least before we attack that nice 'wagyu' (it really is just the nihongo word for beef but has come to be used to refer to the products that are also known commonly as Kobe beef. S&R at the Fort sell some for about P16k for a slab that comes in under two kilos--its not a steal. Its highway robbery. Edited April 12, 2007 by boomouse Quote Link to comment
bods1000 Posted April 13, 2007 Author Share Posted April 13, 2007 Thank you for your kind words but you give me too much credit. Lest some old timers in this thread be fooled, at the risk of sounding like I am bragging (I am not), I must confess to a humble knowledge of wine and through the years have mostly relied on a bottle's price tag to see me through times when I must provide a decent bottle or two. Now that I've discovered this thread after almost 5 years on MTC, I hope its still not too late to learn. Yes, I will uncork the barolo, decant it, and will be toasting you at least before we attack that nice 'wagyu' (it really is just the nihongo word for beef but has come to be used to refer to the products that are also known commonly as Kobe beef. S&R at the Fort sell some for about P16k for a slab that comes in under two kilos--its not a steal. Its highway robbery. pare we need that "humble" knowledge of yours as we all are still learning here. Immersion in the world of wine we have discovered requires a continuing learning process. Nobody here professes to be a wine expert. We're all just winos here hehehe...welcome ulit pare and I hope you can join us if we hold some wine thingy, ok? Recently had another McGuigan Bin something Limestone Coast Cabernet. This wine never fails. Very smooth, still quite fruity, with a tender loving finish that somehow conveys the nearest thing to a throat massage. At around P680+, now that's a steal! Quote Link to comment
boomouse Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 pare we need that "humble" knowledge of yours as we all are still learning here. Immersion in the world of wine we have discovered requires a continuing learning process. Nobody here professes to be a wine expert. We're all just winos here hehehe...welcome ulit pare and I hope you can join us if we hold some wine thingy, ok? Recently had another McGuigan Bin something Limestone Coast Cabernet. This wine never fails. Very smooth, still quite fruity, with a tender loving finish that somehow conveys the nearest thing to a throat massage. At around P680+, now that's a steal! I look forward to your next event. How does it usually work? Is there a theme? Everyone brings a bottle? Quote Link to comment
bods1000 Posted April 15, 2007 Author Share Posted April 15, 2007 I look forward to your next event. How does it usually work? Is there a theme? Everyone brings a bottle? sometimes there's a theme, say a White Wine night but most often it's just whatever you can bring. Nothing fancy. Just everyday drinking wines but luckily nobody has yet brought a Carlo Rossi or a Novellino. Small group lang kami pare. It's usually just once or twice a year as everyone's always busy hehehe....sometimes there's a host - who somehow takes care of the food and everybody brings wine. Sometimes we meet outside where the wine is good....Sometimes it's not just a celebration of wine - we also get to have cheese or cigars or some single-malt hehehe... Quote Link to comment
storm Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 Let's have an EB. Thirsty na ako. Quote Link to comment
idunno Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Guys, where are the corkage-friendly restaurants? That is, they don't charge anything for bringing in 1 or more bottles of wine. Quote Link to comment
boomouse Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Guys, where are the corkage-friendly restaurants? That is, they don't charge anything for bringing in 1 or more bottles of wine. If it is just the corkage that is a problem, I know the owners of L'Opera at the Fort and Balducci's at Serendra (same people). I already get a discount there. They encourage wine clubs to use them for their meeting venue. If they don't give us free corkage, I volunteer to take care of it (as I am sure there will be a discount anyway)--this will be at the Barolo wine bar next door to Balducci. I'll bring a bottle of Brunello di Montalcino. Try to schedule it on a weekday. Wed or thursday. Quote Link to comment
TNT Hsia Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Will there ever be a wine tasting EB? Quote Link to comment
masi Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 I recently opened a Archery Summit 2003 Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley. It was elegant and complex -- peppery spice, oak, cocoa, vanilla. Quote Link to comment
boomouse Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Guys, where are the corkage-friendly restaurants? That is, they don't charge anything for bringing in 1 or more bottles of wine. You want corkage friendly? It's all been arranged. Balducci at Serendra has agreed to host our wine tasting EB with the following offer: 1. Free corkage2. The will provide one free bottle from their stock (and this will definitely not be the cheapest on their wine list)3. We get a discount for wine purchased4. We get a discount on the food. Food prices are not bad unless you want to go high end like goose liver paté and angus beef. The pastas and pizzas are between P200 and P300 even for their quatro formaggi (4 cheeses) pizza. Of course I will bring a bottle too. This is a standing offer to the group. All we have to do is to inform them of a time. We will be allowed to use their cozy mezzanine dining area. O, schedule nyo na! Quote Link to comment
augustmoon Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 I got this from my Canadian Club e-group. Might be of interest to any of you... tnx. ********************************************** Australian and New Zealand Association of Manila (ANZA) http://www.anzamanila.org WINE AND CHEESE NIGHT Date: 18 May 2007 - Friday Venue: ˜Top of the Citi, Makati Come and try some of the best wine, finest cheeses and friendliest company in Manila. Tickets P1,500, sales close Monday 14 May 2007. Numbers are LIMITED so reserve your tickets now! Contact Details:Celina Maxwell - 0917 892 1028 / celinamaxwell@hotmail.com Lindy Braithwaite - 0926 690 1079 / braithwaites.abroad@gmail.com Quote Link to comment
idunno Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 You want corkage friendly? It's all been arranged. Balducci at Serendra has agreed to host our wine tasting EB with the following offer: 1. Free corkage2. The will provide one free bottle from their stock (and this will definitely not be the cheapest on their wine list)3. We get a discount for wine purchased4. We get a discount on the food. Food prices are not bad unless you want to go high end like goose liver paté and angus beef. The pastas and pizzas are between P200 and P300 even for their quatro formaggi (4 cheeses) pizza. Of course I will bring a bottle too. This is a standing offer to the group. All we have to do is to inform them of a time. We will be allowed to use their cozy mezzanine dining area. O, schedule nyo na! WOW, count me in! Do we call ourselves the MTC Wine Club?? Quote Link to comment
ala_ey Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Hi, Dunno is this is the right place to post, am selling entire liquor lot collection if youre interested PM meLink: http://manilatonight.com/index.php?showtopic=34059Thanks! Quote Link to comment
boomouse Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 WOW, count me in! Do we call ourselves the MTC Wine Club?? MTC Wine Club has a nice ring to it. Lets invite Bizman. I've done my part. I need tack time of two days to setup an EB at Balducci. To keep our part of the bargain, I will cover the food of the first four people who arrive (myself excluded). I will also pay for one bottle (in addition to a bottle I am bringing and the freebie from Balducci courtesy of its owners). Every time I dine there I gat sent up a bottle of Penforlds Thomas Hyland Cabernet Sauvignon and it was enjoyable even if I had to pay for it. So, we will have at least three bottles to start... all reds unfortunately. That is why at least four guys have to be there. Titkman na lang ba natin ang mga ito? Di kaya sayang? Quote Link to comment
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