TDG: Wine Camp: Wine 101-Circa 1971

[Fat Guy]

A round-trip ticket to Introspection.

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[Craig Camp]

... another 50 years - no problem.

Researchers have known for years that cutting calories can prolong life in everything from yeast cells to mammals. But an easier way to live longer may be as simple as turning a corkscrew.

[Fat Guy]

Craig, if you had to predict, what would you say some of your observations might be 50 years from now?

[Craig Camp]

Remember Woody Allen's Orgasmatron? I hear Reidel is working on a very special glass...

[Bill Klapp]

Riedel, Schmiedel! I can get the same effect by using existing glassware and filling it with 1971 Gaja San Lorenzo!

[Craig Camp]

Riedel, Schmiedel!  I can get the same effect by using existing glassware and filling it with 1971 Gaja San Lorenzo!

That was incredible. Gotta cigarette.

[Craig Camp]

We drank the Pavie from a 30-ounce stem ($89) and the Tarrawarra from Riedel's largest glass, a 32-ounce monster with a flared lip nicknamed "the fishbowl'' ($89). Each one can hold an entire bottle of wine, although the recommended serving size is 4 to 5 ounces. (The Chardonnay glass ($59), by contrast, holds 17.5 ounces.)

[badthings]

Craig, the image of you staring down the two glasses of Almaden was priceless.

And I don't even know what you look like!