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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!

 

I'll stay a week if it's okay with you haha.

 

Brad Pitt playing Billy Beane raises the stakes! I saw a trailer of Moneyball and it looks interesting. Will watch out for it. I was an Oakland A's fan back in the days when they were winning the World Series, with guys like Reggie Kackson, Gene Tenace, Jim the Catfish Hunter, rollie Fingers. Wow those were the days...

 

Now before we incur the ire of the mods here for being so off-topic hahaha, pare what sort of champagne do they shower themselves with in those clubhouse victory celebrations? Would they still be the expensive ones?

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I'll stay a week if it's okay with you haha.

 

Brad Pitt playing Billy Beane raises the stakes! I saw a trailer of Moneyball and it looks interesting. Will watch out for it. I was an Oakland A's fan back in the days when they were winning the World Series, with guys like Reggie Kackson, Gene Tenace, Jim the Catfish Hunter, rollie Fingers. Wow those were the days...

 

Now before we incur the ire of the mods here for being so off-topic hahaha, pare what sort of champagne do they shower themselves with in those clubhouse victory celebrations? Would they still be the expensive ones?

I'd say it depends on the club. From the clips they show when there's something to celebrate, it looks like anything from Cook's or Andre to Krug. Not Dom Perignon or Veuve Cliqout.

 

Stay a couple of weekends. We'll have fun!

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I'd say it depends on the club. From the clips they show when there's something to celebrate, it looks like anything from Cook's or Andre to Krug. Not Dom Perignon or Veuve Cliqout.

 

Stay a couple of weekends. We'll have fun!

 

Sure will! Thanks.

 

Looks like I'm getting successful into turning my drinking buddies here to wine. Seems like they've had their fill of beer, finally hehe...now I'm hearing phrases of appreciation when we drink wine. Not the expensive kind, mind you, just good and affordable wines. Last night, had 5 bottles of a tempranillo at Barcino's, with chorizo picantes and manchego and pulpo and jamon serrano on the side. Heaven! The other night 3 bottles of Lindemans with sushi and ika. Great! Not you usual food/wine tandems, but who's complaining haha.

 

Cheers, pre!

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Minsan text mo naman ako. Ayokong uminom mag-isa. Hehehehe. Do you still need the phono preamp?

 

Wow I forgot that phonostage. Yes, pre, if you will be so kind to lend it to me hehe.

I thought you were busy. Yes, pare, text me when you're free and we'll try to mesh our schedules. Spanish naman tayo hehe

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Sure will! Thanks.

 

Looks like I'm getting successful into turning my drinking buddies here to wine. Seems like they've had their fill of beer, finally hehe...now I'm hearing phrases of appreciation when we drink wine. Not the expensive kind, mind you, just good and affordable wines. Last night, had 5 bottles of a tempranillo at Barcino's, with chorizo picantes and manchego and pulpo and jamon serrano on the side. Heaven! The other night 3 bottles of Lindemans with sushi and ika. Great! Not you usual food/wine tandems, but who's complaining haha.

 

Cheers, pre!

 

I like your tapas and tempranillo combo! Reminds me of tapas bar hopping in Barcelona and Madrid - a pincho of jamon Iberico and a copa of tempranillo, then on to the next bar and the next dish! Stunningly fresh seafood in olive oil and another copa.

 

But which Lindemann's with ika and sushi? Surely not a shiraz or cab! Wouldn't that be a bit heavy? I can see sushi with a cab franc or a pinot noir, though! I have discovered that there are some whites I enjoy - a good vinho verde from Portugal or verdejo from Spain, for example. Those would be great with sushi! The slight effervescence and tang of a good vinho verde would lift the fresh, clean taste of good ika to new heights. Hmmmm....there's an idea for dinner tonight!

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Sure will! Thanks.

 

Looks like I'm getting successful into turning my drinking buddies here to wine. Seems like they've had their fill of beer, finally hehe...now I'm hearing phrases of appreciation when we drink wine. Not the expensive kind, mind you, just good and affordable wines. Last night, had 5 bottles of a tempranillo at Barcino's, with chorizo picantes and manchego and pulpo and jamon serrano on the side. Heaven! The other night 3 bottles of Lindemans with sushi and ika. Great! Not you usual food/wine tandems, but who's complaining haha.

 

Cheers, pre!

 

Very strong influence my friend!!!! You finally got them to switch!

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I like your tapas and tempranillo combo! Reminds me of tapas bar hopping in Barcelona and Madrid - a pincho of jamon Iberico and a copa of tempranillo, then on to the next bar and the next dish! Stunningly fresh seafood in olive oil and another copa.

 

But which Lindemann's with ika and sushi? Surely not a shiraz or cab! Wouldn't that be a bit heavy? I can see sushi with a cab franc or a pinot noir, though! I have discovered that there are some whites I enjoy - a good vinho verde from Portugal or verdejo from Spain, for example. Those would be great with sushi! The slight effervescence and tang of a good vinho verde would lift the fresh, clean taste of good ika to new heights. Hmmmm....there's an idea for dinner tonight!

 

Unfortunately it was a Lindemans Shiraz Cab. Fortunately it went down well with those curious foods. Actually we also had some meat. The sushi and ika came much later, when we were winding down haha.

Now that's an idea! Next time I would try to find a verdelho here and pair it with those foods. Another opportunity to bring my friends closer to the magic of wine. So how did that dinner go?

 

Drinking wine with tapas somehow spares me some guilt in not going through the bar routine when we were in Barca. Next time, next time. Hehe.

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Very strong influence my friend!!!! You finally got them to switch!

 

Actually it was the very strong influence of their doctors hahaha...just one or two visits to their physicians did the trick, while I have been relentlessly trying to convince them for ten years!

 

I should have been a doctor.

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Unfortunately it was a Lindemans Shiraz Cab. Fortunately it went down well with those curious foods. Actually we also had some meat. The sushi and ika came much later, when we were winding down haha.

Now that's an idea! Next time I would try to find a verdelho here and pair it with those foods. Another opportunity to bring my friends closer to the magic of wine. So how did that dinner go?

I haven't done that dinner yet! But I will - soon.....I did have a really nice dinner tonight - USDA prime rib eye steak with a really, really nice 2005 Retzlaff cab. Roasted broccoli, sauteed onions, crisped polenta with parmigianno reggiano crumbed over it. And for dessert, chocolate ice cream, whipped cream and a strawberry sauce I just made with fresh strawberries. Now I have to go back to dieting tomorrow!

 

Birthday greetings to an MIA sister here. We miss you, mama Lips.

 

Cheers!

Happy birthday, Lips!!!

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I haven't done that dinner yet! But I will - soon.....I did have a really nice dinner tonight - USDA prime rib eye steak with a really, really nice 2005 Retzlaff cab. Roasted broccoli, sauteed onions, crisped polenta with parmigianno reggiano crumbed over it. And for dessert, chocolate ice cream, whipped cream and a strawberry sauce I just made with fresh strawberries. Now I have to go back to dieting tomorrow!

 

 

Happy birthday, Lips!!!

 

I must tell you that I'm a vegetable fancier so I drooled over your listing of those greens and those onions hehe. And I'm such a sucker for cheese. Another confession. I don't have a sweet tooth haha. Meat's okay with me as long as there's wine to wash it down with. But viewed in it's entirety, that dinner of

yours plus the Retzlaff is a total winner!

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