Posted on 02/27/2006 7:02:59 PM PST by NautiNurse
Yeah, that would have been my choice too. Banyuls and chocolate, mmm. I wonder if a super sweet PX sherry might have done the trick too?
Seem to me the selection of the port for a dessert wine was not the mistake in the design of the dinner but rather the peppermint.
Yup, if she'd left out the peppermint, it would have been an awesome combo with the LBV port. Live and learn.
-ccm
New Zealand has some of the best ones nowadays. They have figured out how to maximize the citrus and tropical flavors and minimize the weedy, grassy, herbaceous nature of SB. They are seldom more than $20 a bottle. Brancott is my favorite.
Bordeaux and the Loire Valley have a lot of good sauvignon blanc, if you're still drinking French. I am, because I know that French vintners are among the most conservative and pro-American of all Frenchmen, and it's not fair to punish them for the sins of their government and intellectual establishment. Try the Pouilly-Fumé from La Doucette for what I think is one of the greatest SB's in the world. It's a bit of a splurge for a white wine, probably over $40, but really good with most fish dishes.
I find most examples from California to be too grassy.
-ccm
Also fron Ontario I've had Pelee Island Vidal Ice Wine, pretty good. Supply chain though has gone elsewhere.
Thanks Quant,
Maybe I should give them a try. I do break a lot of wine glasses, I'm clumsy like you wouldn't believe, and the big bowls do take up a lot of space.
I do like holding onto the stems and with my greasy dirty hands from my studio though, I like to avoid fingerprints.
Would it be a sin to drink the "wrong" wine in the "wrong" glass? Would you remove my name from the wine ping list? I just think a little wine in a big glass tastes better and is more fun.
Are you drinking any interesting "affordable" and "amusing" wines these days besides the big guns?
Are you kidding? I wouldn't consider anything else besides a Riedel Bordeaux for beer, and yes I am serious. They have become universal to me, but you are right about the fingerprints. Nice thing about the stemless though, they don't tip over outside - like when chopping wood, etc.
Funny, I just tipped over one of my big stem glasses from the little sidetable on the BBQ grill the other night and broke it. I had some good red (I think some Samantha Starr Pinot)in it too. That might have been the worst part.
Thanks.
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It's a job and a title, with a responsibility to behave according to the rules as they enact legislation.
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