What's in your glass tonight?

[lockwood1956]

finally the icky blackberry is finished......


moved on to a rather nice 2006 cabernet sauvignon (from fresh grapes)
not bd... even if i say so myself

[Rich]

Pacific Quartet for me tonight yummy

[goldseal]

Pacific Quartet for me tonight yummy

Super stuff, that. Fingers crossed for a kit from Karl soon

[NorthernWiner]

Finally checked out the new wine shop down the road (nice!) and bought myself a bottle of inexpensive Cotes-du-Rhone. Never had the brand before (Chapoutier), but the shelf tag said it scored 88 points. Must have been 88 out of a possible 1000 points, because it was bitter plonk.

Moral of the story: don't always believe shelf tags.

[lockwood1956]

Tonight....a bottle of my 2006 grenache

not bad at all, maybe a little extra oak would be nice, and I think Grenache is a tad one dimensional, and really a blending wine, but quite as you defined Steve, a tad of ethyl acetate (nail varnish remover)

this is what happens when you dont monitor your sulphite levels!


good call dude

[NorthernWiner]

It was still good... I had no problem drinking it.

[lockwood1956]

It isn't stopping us drinking it either

[spritzer]

Nowt stronger than milk tonight. I'm not even sure I could drink tea
It was my works xmas night out last night, so today, has been a struggle, to say the least

[goldseal]

A Beaverdale Barolo, followed by a Christmas Pudding 2nd run.

[kampervan]

wine no1 and blackcurrant. made from a supermarket juice of apple and blackcurrant. was nice. also some mixes of brandy style baileys have to find the correct mix

[ms67]

cheapskate rose (enjoyed just as much as ever) followed by the strangely moreish (moorish!?!) orange wine

[lockwood1956]

followed by a Christmas Pudding 2nd run.

I've never done a 2nd run...how was it?

(I always throw the pulp away as it looks sooooo gross)

[lockwood1956]

It was my works xmas night out last night, so today, has been a struggle, to say the least

If you hadn't gone to sleep you would have been just fine....it's sleep that causes hangovers, honest! (I bet you felt just fine before you slept?)

[goldseal]

I've never done a 2nd run...how was it?

(I always throw the pulp away as it looks sooooo gross)

Excellent (well, I think so).

(thanks Karl, 18 months ago, for persuading me to have a go).

It isn't in-your-face like many dessert wines. quite citric, reasonable body, balanced. It's a good alternative to the first run when you want something a bit more subtle. The nearest commercial equivalent I have found is Tesco White Port.

In fact I was thinking about sticking it in the next VWC comp, but I'm not sure if it is 'big' enough for a dessert wine.

[spritzer]

If you hadn't gone to sleep you would have been just fine....it's sleep that causes hangovers, honest! (I bet you felt just fine before you slept?)

You are sooooo right....
I was absolutely "tip top dancing and singing" alright before I went to sleep
The few hours sleep really, really did me in.
I am very impressed though. My only injury this year, is a small cut to my lip... please dont ask any details as to how I got that, for I have no clue
Last time I went out with them for an xmas night, I fell off of my high heels, and broke my hand