Wine: pleasure and business

[ari]

Awryly...just a bit of lateral thinking required...I've emailed them and will advise in due course

[Awryly]

Ari

Your '93 is past it and wasn't that good to start with. Your '94 is quite a different story. Top wine.

[ari]

quote:Your '93 is past it and wasn't that good to start with

That's done it....it's my birthday on Sunday and the corks comin out...I'll let you know

[Awryly]

Happy (hic) birthday.

[ari]

Awryly.....could'nt wait, knocked one off last night.Recommendation on bottle was to cellar for a few years to aid softening & integration of natural tannins. Still had too much tannin for my liking although certainly got better. Presentaion case does not look the same with only 5 in it......they will be gone very soon
Still would not beat a 1993 'Chateau Le Conte Marquay' Saint-Emilion

[Awryly]

Ari

Would be interesting to compare the '93 with the '94. Please send me a bottle of each.

[willy_wonker]

Hey, does my bottle of Below 42 Feijoa count?

[Awryly]

Nope. S'not un vin. [xx(] And it's not a good investment. [V]

[Awryly]

Ari, how do you react to the news that NZ wine producers are going to charge you and me more for the privilege of helping them to sell off their surpluses. Shall we switch to vodka? And allow Wiley Winker to participate in a discussion of fruit-based spirits?

[Ricardo]

Awryly, I was not impressed. The only way I would find this acceptable would be if there is an exemption for us wine drinking pioneers in NZ.

I am not talking of the early Dalmatians, or the monks at the Mission.

Rather, I speak for all those who endured Cold Duck, Poulet Poulet and similar beverages, while our mates wisely stuck with beer. Persevering through many miserable Sunday morning afters, until wine drinking became an OK thing for Kiwi blokes to do, and the quality improved immensely.