- Started replacing the word "now" with "meow", ala Supertroopers, when interacting with customers.
- Decided to use the word "schnozberries" when describing a wine this holiday season.
- Sang Bruce Springsteen songs an entire 8 hour shift.
- Sold a ton of wine.
The End
Friday, November 28, 2008
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
First Wine?
You always hear that wine takes some getting used to. People always say that you have to work your way into it, starting with something like white zin and eventually "graduating" to dark, muscular reds. So my question to you is, what was the first wine you tried?
I distinctly remember having Carlo Rossi Old World Chablis out of the box in my buddies hot tub back in highschool. That's in addition to your Yellow Tail and Duck Pond. Your turn!
I distinctly remember having Carlo Rossi Old World Chablis out of the box in my buddies hot tub back in highschool. That's in addition to your Yellow Tail and Duck Pond. Your turn!
Friday, November 7, 2008
Non-wine post no. 3
Anytime someone says "Go for it" are you overwhelmed by the need to say "connect four!" aloud? No matter who is around?
Yeah, me neither...
Yeah, me neither...
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
A few pinots
The tasting yesterday was all about the NW and here are a few pinots that caught my eye.
- Cana's Feast Bricco 2006 Pinot Noir (plus 2006 reserve)
Bricco/Cuneo/Cana's Feast, whatever they are going by these days, always make fun wines. In my mind they always make very ripe wines, more aggressive and fruity than other producers. This was my first time trying their pinot noirs and they defintely brought the thunder! Lots of extraction, deep color and a really rich mouthfeel. These two wines (reserve and non-reserve) had lots of layers and a richness that I don't find in a lot of pinots, especially from OR. Now, with all their richness and opulence they managed to stay true and balanced, unlike some pinots from other areas like California that can get some of those same elements but end up with an artificial aspect to them. I think I saw on a info sheet that the non-reserve 2006 just got 92 points from Robert Parker, but I'm not sure. I could defintely see it though. Good stuff!
- Bethel-heights Eola Amity Estate Grown Pinot Noir 2006
Now this pinot, while compared to the Bricco wines, is not as much as a blockbuster it's a truer representation of what OR pinots are. It has a solid nose filled with all of those Oregon features, some earth and a mushroom quality. The nice thing about this wine is that it has a beam of fruit (almost blueberries?) that shoots right through the earthy aspects and keeps it interesting. the midpalate is fairly lively and there's enough on the finish to keep it interesting. If you're looking for something new in this price range (~$29?) it's worth a shot.
- Cana's Feast Bricco 2006 Pinot Noir (plus 2006 reserve)
Bricco/Cuneo/Cana's Feast, whatever they are going by these days, always make fun wines. In my mind they always make very ripe wines, more aggressive and fruity than other producers. This was my first time trying their pinot noirs and they defintely brought the thunder! Lots of extraction, deep color and a really rich mouthfeel. These two wines (reserve and non-reserve) had lots of layers and a richness that I don't find in a lot of pinots, especially from OR. Now, with all their richness and opulence they managed to stay true and balanced, unlike some pinots from other areas like California that can get some of those same elements but end up with an artificial aspect to them. I think I saw on a info sheet that the non-reserve 2006 just got 92 points from Robert Parker, but I'm not sure. I could defintely see it though. Good stuff!
- Bethel-heights Eola Amity Estate Grown Pinot Noir 2006
Now this pinot, while compared to the Bricco wines, is not as much as a blockbuster it's a truer representation of what OR pinots are. It has a solid nose filled with all of those Oregon features, some earth and a mushroom quality. The nice thing about this wine is that it has a beam of fruit (almost blueberries?) that shoots right through the earthy aspects and keeps it interesting. the midpalate is fairly lively and there's enough on the finish to keep it interesting. If you're looking for something new in this price range (~$29?) it's worth a shot.
Food and Halloween Pumpkin Patch Trip
I was recently recounting a horror story of sorts to coworkers about a trip to a "pumpkin patch". This patch was certainly not a pumpkin patch, but a hodge podge of picked pumpkins placed on someones lawn, a haunted house, carny-esque folk and caged animals. This farm/patch had all sorts of animals caged up that were outside of your normal animals-in-cages viewing pleasure. Patagonian curvies, two tigers, camels, sugarbear, lynx and other things. This is not a professional zoo. This is some caca flavored farm in Canby, OR. They had a sign up declaring that many of the animals had been abondoned and that they were acting as a sort of refuge camp. It just didn't feel right, and the lady with no chin eating a hot dog and telling us we could buy one of her hogs didn't help.
But to the meat of the story, as I was telling people at work about all the different animals they got excited, even though I was making an effort to express the creapiness of it all. Now, you that know me know that I really have nothing against caged animals. There are lots of arguments to be made for more humane conditions and against factory farms, but all in all I think there is enough human suffering that we should be worrying about, even in our own back yard.
So I came to this conclusion: I'm not against animals being caged up, I just want the opportunity to eat them when they are. At least then if they are being caged they are being raised for a purpose. But a tiger? Patagonian curvy? Lynx? I can't eat you, let's get you out of that cage!
But to the meat of the story, as I was telling people at work about all the different animals they got excited, even though I was making an effort to express the creapiness of it all. Now, you that know me know that I really have nothing against caged animals. There are lots of arguments to be made for more humane conditions and against factory farms, but all in all I think there is enough human suffering that we should be worrying about, even in our own back yard.
So I came to this conclusion: I'm not against animals being caged up, I just want the opportunity to eat them when they are. At least then if they are being caged they are being raised for a purpose. But a tiger? Patagonian curvy? Lynx? I can't eat you, let's get you out of that cage!
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