WRUD (Drinking) Today?

ricardorio · Jan 17, 2016

Too much hut in south america. It is perfecto day for Green tea with cold lemon juice. (The typical Paraguay´s beverage call Te re re) Influence zone: South and west center of Brasil and North East of Argentina.

Step by step with my very friend Speedy (Not Gonzalez as my other very friend Mad Dog) earlier 145022-69
Components for preparation Yerba Green tea - Lemon - Ice - water

alam · Jan 17, 2016

ricardorio
Too much hut in south america. It is perfecto day for Green tea with cold lemon juice. (The typical Paraguay´s beverage call Te re re) Influence zone: South and west center of Brasil and North East of Argentina.

Step by step with my very friend Speedy (Not Gonzalez as my other very friend Mad Dog) earlier 145022-69
Components for preparation Yerba Green tea - Lemon - Ice - water

in what part of the process the hammer comes to play?

😕

kov · Jan 17, 2016

Snowy day, staying @home enjoying a good company and a good drink 😀

ricardorio · Jan 17, 2016

alam
in what part of the process the hammer comes to play?

😕

To destroy the big ice !!!! 😉

Archer · Jan 18, 2016

Saw this sign on my recent travels...

I opted for the cold beer...

Hijak · Jan 18, 2016

Laughed out loud at this Al!😁 Think I would have made same choice.

kov · Jan 18, 2016

Bwahahahah - how can they have such a totem? 🤦😁

Severin · Jan 18, 2016

Good ol' Kefir - a staple of my childhood, have recently reacquainted myself with it.

ulackfocus · Jan 18, 2016

Opened a 1996 Raphet Gevrey-Chambertin and was disappointed. 🙁 The guy didn't lie to me - the tannins are fully resolved - but the acidity is overpowering. Next was a Big Basin 2010 that even made me cringe from the greenie meanies. Oh well, two more bottles fall by the wayside in the hunt for a Pinot Noir my wife will like.

aap · Jan 18, 2016

Archer
Saw this sign on my recent travels...

I opted for the cold beer...

Haha. Hope the beer was excellent!

ulackfocus · Jan 23, 2016

Purchased on a lark, opened on a whim, and quite possibly my new QPR Cab: 2013 Rutherford Ranch Napa Valley.

Surprisingly good on the pop 'n pour with relatively light dusty tannin, minimal spice/white pepper, medium acidity, and nice tangy red & black mix of fruit. Tiny hint of tobacco, oak, and baking dough on the nose that doesn't mask the fruit. I don't think it has the bones to last more than a few years, but who cares for $15.98? If tasted blind, I might (maybe) have guessed the appellation correctly because it does have that Rutherford dust texture but certainly not the price.

Further notes as events warrant.

250scr · Jan 23, 2016

When you ask the flight attendants for something to drink on a 45 hour layover, this is what you get.

Rman · Jan 23, 2016

U ulackfocus
Opened a 1996 Raphet Gevrey-Chambertin and was disappointed. 🙁 The guy didn't lie to me - the tannins are fully resolved - but the acidity is overpowering. Next was a Big Basin 2010 that even made me cringe from the greenie meanies. Oh well, two more bottles fall by the wayside in the hunt for a Pinot Noir my wife will like.

Have you tried Copain? They are producing some remarkable Pinots, especially with Anderson Valley fruit.

Baz9614 · Jan 23, 2016

Jonatan · Jan 24, 2016

Celebrating my fiancé's 30th. Drove down to Alba for the weekend.

ulackfocus · Jan 24, 2016

Rman
Have you tried Copain?

Sure have - their 2009 Wentzel Vineyard. That, and Kosta Brown's '09 Sonoma Coast, have given me hope of stocking a few bottles for Windy. She like the Copain too.

x3no · Jan 28, 2016

Bruichladdich and 1680 Red tonight. My first taste at a non-peaty single malt from Islay. Not so bad so far 👍

destroid · Jan 28, 2016

Four Roses small batch bourbon

AAAKK · Jan 28, 2016

x3no
Bruichladdich and 1680 Red tonight. My first taste at a non-peaty single malt from Islay. Not so bad so far 👍

I've been tempted a couple of times to pick up a bottle as a change of pace to my usually peaty malts. Generally mixed reviews on the web if I recall correctly but maybe I'll give it a shot.

ulackfocus · Jan 28, 2016

This week so far.....

For our own consumption:
2007 JJ Prüm Graacher Himmelreich Spatlese (a house staple)
2012 Rutherford Ranch Napa Valley

At our Wine Club dinner:
1987 Chateau Montelena
2008 Huet Le Haut Lieu Moelleux
2004 Felsina Vin Santo (mmmmmm, with biscotti!)