Wine-savvy

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agxo!

Well, I've been away from the site for far longer than you. So, you were in Barca. I should have scheduled our trip there this year so that we could have met and have some wines. What a setting sana - drinking there with you. Didn't have any wine drinking there last year. Just lots of beers hehe..likewise with the trip last April

in the City of Lights. No wines, as I was with my non-wine drinking brothers-in-law. Again just beers, and some doobie in Amsterdam which gave me quite a scare afterwards hahaha. Should have just stuck with beers.

Speaking of verdelho, the Australian wine which I distributed ten years ago had a divine verdelho. Also the first time I tasted that varietal and it was such a surprise to have discovered that. Now I miss it. It was a Margaret River verdelho, and it compared very favorably with their semillon and sauvignon blanc, though for the money, their semillon is the clear winner.

 

Cheers!

[agxo3]

agxo!

Well, I've been away from the site for far longer than you. So, you were in Barca. I should have scheduled our trip there this year so that we could have met and have some wines. What a setting sana - drinking there with you. Didn't have any wine drinking there last year. Just lots of beers hehe..likewise with the trip last April

in the City of Lights. No wines, as I was with my non-wine drinking brothers-in-law. Again just beers, and some doobie in Amsterdam which gave me quite a scare afterwards hahaha. Should have just stuck with beers.

Speaking of verdelho, the Australian wine which I distributed ten years ago had a divine verdelho. Also the first time I tasted that varietal and it was such a surprise to have discovered that. Now I miss it. It was a Margaret River verdelho, and it compared very favorably with their semillon and sauvignon blanc, though for the money, their semillon is the clear winner.

 

Cheers!

Well, then, welcome back!! Too bad we didn't coordinate - would have been nice to just sit around Placa Reial enjoying the warm evening and sipping wine. Since my wife doesn't drink, I was limited to what I could get by the glass.

 

Nice whites in Spain and Portugal, perfect for the warm weather.

 

Just got home from the second day of the Livermore Harvest Festival. I ended up picking up yet ANOTHER case of Wood Family wines - 6 bottles of the 2007 Hansen Ranch zinfandel, 3 of the 2008 Cabernet Franc, and 3 of the 2007 McGrail Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon. Not that I needed another case. What will I do with all this wine? You have to come over and help me drink it!

[bods1000]

Well, then, welcome back!! Too bad we didn't coordinate - would have been nice to just sit around Placa Reial enjoying the warm evening and sipping wine. Since my wife doesn't drink, I was limited to what I could get by the glass.

 

Nice whites in Spain and Portugal, perfect for the warm weather.

 

Just got home from the second day of the Livermore Harvest Festival. I ended up picking up yet ANOTHER case of Wood Family wines - 6 bottles of the 2007 Hansen Ranch zinfandel, 3 of the 2008 Cabernet Franc, and 3 of the 2007 McGrail Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon. Not that I needed another case. What will I do with all this wine? You have to come over and help me drink it!

 

We're usually there in spring, so a red would be better to fight off the cold. But cold or warm, it will always be a pleasure to drink with you.

[agxo3]

We're usually there in spring, so a red would be better to fight off the cold. But cold or warm, it will always be a pleasure to drink with you.

Deal! Let me know when you'll be here and I will set up a tour of Livermore followed by a bottle or three at my home.

[storm]

Sama ako jan?

[agxo3]

Sama ako jan?

of course!

[bods1000]

agxo and storm:

 

Pambihira! Dito nga sa Maynila di tayo magkita, sa US pa tayo mag-eEB!

But stranger things have happened. Who knows? Sa Europe kaya, pare? Lol! When's your next vacation there, and where? hehe

[agxo3]

agxo and storm:

 

Pambihira! Dito nga sa Maynila di tayo magkita, sa US pa tayo mag-eEB!

But stranger things have happened. Who knows? Sa Europe kaya, pare? Lol! When's your next vacation there, and where? hehe

 

Baka 'di next next year. March punta kami ng Orlando for a high school reunion - cruise to Bahamas. If I can get time, we want to go back to Barcelona/Madrid and explore Spain more but that won't be until the summer.

 

Dito na lang. I have way too much wine and not enough drinking buddies. I'll take you for the most civilized wine tasting at Rubicon Estates (now called Inglenook - back to the original name form way back when).

[bods1000]

Baka 'di next next year. March punta kami ng Orlando for a high school reunion - cruise to Bahamas. If I can get time, we want to go back to Barcelona/Madrid and explore Spain more but that won't be until the summer.

 

Dito na lang. I have way too much wine and not enough drinking buddies. I'll take you for the most civilized wine tasting at Rubicon Estates (now called Inglenook - back to the original name form way back when).

 

Revisiting Barcelona is a must for me and the family, but that would not be until 2014 at the earliest. It's one of those places that you just have see once again. Once there, I would like to explore the Basque region - Bilbao, San Sebastian and Pamplona. San Sebastian for culinary heaven, Bilbao for the Guggenheim Museum (?), and Pamplona for the running of the bulls haha.

 

Pare nasa bucket list ko ang San Francisco so one day, maybe sooner, we will get to meet in your place over a bottle of Rubicon.

[agxo3]

Revisiting Barcelona is a must for me and the family, but that would not be until 2014 at the earliest. It's one of those places that you just have see once again. Once there, I would like to explore the Basque region - Bilbao, San Sebastian and Pamplona. San Sebastian for culinary heaven, Bilbao for the Guggenheim Museum (?), and Pamplona for the running of the bulls haha.

 

Pare nasa bucket list ko ang San Francisco so one day, maybe sooner, we will get to meet in your place over a bottle of Rubicon.

I'd really like to explore Spain's wineries next time we go. I found several that have inns/hotels attached to them, so that might make a good tour. And I really want to go back to both Barcelona and Madrid for the food.

 

In the mean time, if SF is on your bucket list then by all means come on over! The area is great, not just for wines, but for the food scene and the natural scenery as well! I can think of nothing better than sitting around a campfire in Yosemite enjoying a good bottle and a hot off the fire steak, with Half Dome looming over you and El Capitan over your shoulder.

[bods1000]

I'd really like to explore Spain's wineries next time we go. I found several that have inns/hotels attached to them, so that might make a good tour. And I really want to go back to both Barcelona and Madrid for the food.

 

In the mean time, if SF is on your bucket list then by all means come on over! The area is great, not just for wines, but for the food scene and the natural scenery as well! I can think of nothing better than sitting around a campfire in Yosemite enjoying a good bottle and a hot off the fire steak, with Half Dome looming over you and El Capitan over your shoulder.

 

Sarap!

Pare I would like to make a tour of the city, see the Fisherman's Wharf, see the haunts of the Grateful Dead on Haight-Ashbury, see Filbert St where Steve McQueen chased the baddies in BULLITT, see Mission San Juan where Hitchcock filmed his final scene in VERTIGO, to Bodega Bay where THE BIRDS was shot...pare SF is film heaven. That's where they shot DOCTOR DOOLITTLE, MRS. DOUBTFIRE, BASIC INSTINCT, PRETTY WOMAN, THE TOWERING INFERNO, SUPERMAN, DIRTY HARRY, THE GRADUATE.

 

I think Europe would take a back seat to San Francisco, thinking this way hehe..

[agxo3]

Sarap!

Pare I would like to make a tour of the city, see the Fisherman's Wharf, see the haunts of the Grateful Dead on Haight-Ashbury, see Filbert St where Steve McQueen chased the baddies in BULLITT, see Mission San Juan where Hitchcock filmed his final scene in VERTIGO, to Bodega Bay where THE BIRDS was shot...pare SF is film heaven. That's where they shot DOCTOR DOOLITTLE, MRS. DOUBTFIRE, BASIC INSTINCT, PRETTY WOMAN, THE TOWERING INFERNO, SUPERMAN, DIRTY HARRY, THE GRADUATE.

 

I think Europe would take a back seat to San Francisco, thinking this way hehe..

 

The restaurant scene in Mrs. Doubtfire was shot at Bridges in Danville. Still there, it's a very nice restaurant. Been many years since I last had a meal there - maybe it's time to return!

 

Basic Instinct was shot in the city and in Marin, the Towering Inferno was the Hyatt Embarcadero, Dirty Harry was all over the city but a lot on the docks and in the SoMA and Mission districts. Don't forget Play Misty for Me which was shot in Carmel and Monterey.

 

There was a film premiere the other night in Oakland - Moneyball (??) the story of Billy Beane who became manager (what they call the head coach in baseball) of the Oakland A's baseball team.

[pepejoe]

Kelan nyo balak? Baka makasama din kami.

[bods1000]

The restaurant scene in Mrs. Doubtfire was shot at Bridges in Danville. Still there, it's a very nice restaurant. Been many years since I last had a meal there - maybe it's time to return!

 

Basic Instinct was shot in the city and in Marin, the Towering Inferno was the Hyatt Embarcadero, Dirty Harry was all over the city but a lot on the docks and in the SoMA and Mission districts. Don't forget Play Misty for Me which was shot in Carmel and Monterey.

 

There was a film premiere the other night in Oakland - Moneyball (??) the story of Billy Beane who became manager (what they call the head coach in baseball) of the Oakland A's baseball team.

 

Yes I forgot PLAY MISTY FOR ME. I have a dvd of that which I haven't seen yet. It's just there, hahaha, waiting in my shoebox where all these other films are - the Antonionis, the Fellinis, the Godards.

No time really to have what they call a dvd marathon.

PLAY MISTY is the first directorial job of

Clint Eastwood, and yes it's set in Carmel, where some years in the future a certain Clint bacame it's mayor.

 

Heck where's the wine here? Ok when I get there, let's have some wine at Bridges.

 

Who plays Billy Beane, pare? And I wonder why they would make a picture about him? Why not Billy Martin, or Sparky Anderson? Those were more colorful baseball managers.

 

Cheers, pre!

[agxo3]

Yes I forgot PLAY MISTY FOR ME. I have a dvd of that which I haven't seen yet. It's just there, hahaha, waiting in my shoebox where all these other films are - the Antonionis, the Fellinis, the Godards.

No time really to have what they call a dvd marathon.

PLAY MISTY is the first directorial job of

Clint Eastwood, and yes it's set in Carmel, where some years in the future a certain Clint bacame it's mayor.

 

Heck where's the wine here? Ok when I get there, let's have some wine at Bridges.

 

Who plays Billy Beane, pare? And I wonder why they would make a picture about him? Why not Billy Martin, or Sparky Anderson? Those were more colorful baseball managers.

 

Cheers, pre!

Yeah, I would have been more interested in Billy Martin. Brad Pitt plays Billy Beane.

 

Lessee - wine at Bridges, tasting at Rubicon, a tour of Livermore, burnt meat and wine in my back yard, explore Sonoma or Paso Robles......I hope you have more than one weekend!