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Super Bowl Party at Friend's House He made sauces - I made the pastas Spinach papperdelle with roasted garlic alfredo Veuve Cliquot Brut NV Traditional Sugo with Pork, Sausage, & meatballs over Fettucine 1990 Masi Amarone Classico 1988 Prunotto Barolo 1997 Altesino Brunello

Some of my choices under 10.00 Taurino Salice Salentino D'Arenberg Stump Jump GSM A.Mano Primitivo

2000 Forman Cabernet - Full, ripe, and luscious. Full of coffee, earth, leather, and cherry. Will become more demure and complex with time but throughly enjoyable now. Paired with Strip Steaks and Shitake Demi 1990 Leon Beyer Vendange Tardive - Fat, viscous, and full of honey Paired with Fig Tart

Chefg, nice post. It's nice to see a little comradery in this competitive business. You've got class my friend

If we're talking Domestic Wines on the low to moderate side - I enjoy Argyle, Adelsheim, Loring, David Bruce, Sinskey, Chenhalem, for Pinots. For Viogniers, maybe Hogue or Colombia?

Finally, someone has the courage to show how truly evil these people are. What about all the others?...Like Olive Garden ? I'm told as soon as you walk through the door, people are trying talk you into Italian food. I mean "REALLY" What if you don't like italian food?

Are you my ex-wife ? Kim, is that you?

Coyopa Rum - The flat bottles are pack friendly and you get music and a light show.

The competition speaks! Please expound.............impassively please.

Make the switch to Goats du Roam - A south african value wine that is a decent drinker for about the same price. This will help you during your successful transition period.

I will giving this Merlot a try - but If I don't like it, you'll be hearing from my attorney

93 Chave Hermitage Blanc - Viscous, golden, honeyed, mushroom, clementines, etc. paired w- Brie over Smoked bacon and apples 2001 Fonterutoli Chianti - Big, bright, tart fruit, etc ..this is not your father's chianti anymore. paired w - Asst Hard Cheeses and pate 1986 Rauzan-Segla - (decanted) Cedar, earth, not so prominent fruit that lasted about an hour and then the nose turned to blue cheese. paired w - Skirt Steak with roasted potatoes, glazed carrots w walnuts. 2000 Kracher "Four" - Honey, apricots, very delicate considering the amount of flavor it transmits. paired w - Mille Fueille with lemon cream

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My ex mother-in-law made soup that tasted like soap - maybe that's it

Take the money, fix up your house, and take you wife and kids on vacation

Is this your joint? I guess it is - Gokouun o inorimasu

Is this your joint?

Pinot Noir Chardonnay Cabernet Sauvignon Nebbiolo Reisling Man, not including Syrah, Sangiovese, Semillion - I don't think Merlot would make my top ten. Duckhorn and Newton don't do it for me. I'd buy Newton Claret unfiltered out of a sale bin but that's about it. Well, I'm sure you're still a fine human being. And that leaves more Merlot for the rest of us. Although, if you find domestic merlot tasteless and the French stuff outrageously priced, I'd suggest that much the same could be said about your first place grape, pinot noir. To each his own... Yes, tastes will differ. Please bear in mind that my top five is not domestically limited. I'm sure you'll reconsider the Pinot. Merlot is fine, but I just happen to prefer something bolder.

I dislike California Chardonnays - those that are heavy, buttery, oaky, and dark yellow. I don't recall ever having been offered a California Chardonnay that I appreciated or enjoyed. And by all accounts, both wineries I work for apparently make darned good ones! (note the word "apparently" as I won't attest to it whatsoever). I like Chardonnay grapes when made into sparkling wine and Champagne. Does that help? What?, NO Montrachets? Better update your New Year's resolutions

WTF? I think I need a little clarity.

A local restaurant inherited a bunch of french plonk from the previous owner. They have a special list chock full of 97's that they bargain basement for 40.00 a bottle to whomever is interested. I usually grab one when dining - so far, the 97 Lynch-Bages was good, the Gruaud-Larose was plonk, the Petit Village was corked, the Sociando-Mallet was good, the Beychevelle was dead, etc. The only things decent (which I snagged) were a few bottles of 97 L'Eglise Clinet , some 89 Pomerols, and some 86 Carruades.

Pinot Noir Chardonnay Cabernet Sauvignon Nebbiolo Reisling Man, not including Syrah, Sangiovese, Semillion - I don't think Merlot would make my top ten. Duckhorn and Newton don't do it for me. I'd buy Newton Claret unfiltered out of a sale bin but that's about it.

The girlfriend of one of my buddies posed this question to me. "How can you not like merlot if you’re such a wine lover?" Yes, I don’t really care for merlot; I’ve yet to have a domestic merlot that was exceptional and a Pomerol that was a bargain. Petrus, Le Pin, etc are wonderful wines and I have a case of two of 98 St.Emilions as everyday drinkers. But if push came to shove and I was only allowed 5 varietals to drink – Merlot would not be one of them. The only exceptions to “my” rule are maybe Pahlmeyer, Lewis, and the occasional Leonetti –otherwise, domestic merlot is an annual affair. Where did my parent’s go wrong? PS – I don’t care for Opus or Quintessa either.

Outstanding - Thanks for something truly unique !