Paul B. wrote:Piemontese Isabella? A full box? I would be eternally grateful to such a fine, upstanding cantina owner. Were the grapes overcropped or off in some other way, or did you just not enjoy the foxy wild-strawberry/raspberry flavour?
Enquiring minds wanna know, and all that jazz
Thomas wrote:Paul B. wrote:But then, this wine drinker rarely eats grapes and raisins, and I don't like grape juice. Go figure.
Robin Garr wrote:Thomas wrote:Paul B. wrote:But then, this wine drinker rarely eats grapes and raisins, and I don't like grape juice. Go figure.
I'm the same way, Thomas, and it's always struck me as odd, too, that I like wine but don't much care for the fruit it comes from. Not even European grapes, much less <i>labrusca</i>.
Wasn't it Escoffier who reportedly, when offered a dish of grapes, said, "I am not accustomed to taking my wine in pills"?
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