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JC (NC)
Lifelong Learner
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Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:23 pm
Fayetteville, NC
Robin Garr wrote:
WHEN TO DRINK: Sherry is virtually indestructible, but I'm still inclined to drink up and make way for later bottlings.
Tim York wrote:Except for the pale dry versions like Fino and Mazanilla, sherry is indeed virtually indestructible in an unopened bottle. But, once opened, I find that it does change character quite quickly, eventually for the worse.
David M. Bueker
Childless Cat Dad
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Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:52 am
Connecticut
Tom NJ
That awful Tom fellow
1240
Fri Nov 20, 2009 9:06 pm
Northerm NJ, USA
David M. Bueker
Childless Cat Dad
34782
Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:52 am
Connecticut
Bob Parsons Alberta wrote:I am looking out for Tawnys from Sandeman, starting tomorrow! Fair selection of 10/20/30/40 in my area.
Bob Henrick
Kamado Kommander
3919
Thu Mar 23, 2006 7:35 pm
Lexington, Ky.
Tom NJ wrote:This will no doubt roll some eyes, but....
My mom had terrible taste in wine, and my dad was indifferent. Growing up the only bottles I remember seeing around our house were Mateus rose and Gallo Hearty Burgundy. But once a year during the Christmas holiday, my mom insisted on cramming all us kids into the Volvo station wagon and taking what felt to us like a 17-day trip to Brotherhood Winery in Washingtonville. She loved the huge barrels, the goofy tour, and most of all...the Holiday Spiced Wine. She always made my dad splurge and buy half a case at the gift shop, and for the next several weeks right through New Years she had a glass a night. Hot, cold, mulled. She loved it all. And she made sure we did too.
So now, goofy as it is and as horrid as it tastes, every year I pull my trenchcoat collar up and my fedora down and lift a bottle of it off Liquor Barn's display then rush it to the cashier before anyone recognizes me.
Then I go home and drink it, and it's officially Christmas.
(And then I open a Sauternes or a Port and beg baby Jesus for forgiveness.)
JC (NC)
Lifelong Learner
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Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:23 pm
Fayetteville, NC
Tom NJ
That awful Tom fellow
1240
Fri Nov 20, 2009 9:06 pm
Northerm NJ, USA
Bob Henrick wrote:Tom, I should probably check out your profile to see your age, but (I hope Robin will back me up on this) (but if not then so be it) Speaking of Hearty Burgundy, that was a damn fine bottle of really decent wine back in the 70's (and before I suppose) when it could be had for about a buck fifty. Then along about 1978 Gallo began turning out vintage Cabernet and HB went down hill pretty rapidly. I must have purchased ten or more cases of the 78 cab and it became my house wine. I think I paid something like $3.5 per minus case discount, and that was here in Kentucky.
David M. Bueker
Childless Cat Dad
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Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:52 am
Connecticut
JC (NC)
Lifelong Learner
6679
Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:23 pm
Fayetteville, NC
JC (NC)
Lifelong Learner
6679
Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:23 pm
Fayetteville, NC
David M. Bueker
Childless Cat Dad
34782
Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:52 am
Connecticut
Carl Eppig
Our Maine man
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Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:38 pm
Middleton, NH, USA
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