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Have some whisky with your ice!

There is no right or wrong way to drink whisky but most people (afficianados) just add a splash of water or drink neat. Ice tends to dull the flavors by dilution and affecting the phenols so they produce less flavor. You need to ice bad booze to make it drinkable.

Additionally the nose is a major part of good whisky using an open glass kills the nose.

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That's a glencairn whisky glass. They are cheap on Amazon. Try your whisky neat in one of those, then add a few drops of water and try again. You will see an amazing difference.
I use those glasses on good whisky and I drink it neat. But that policy applies to expensive single malts.


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Opened a bottle of 2001 JJ Pr眉m Graacher Himmelreich Spatlese. Might be my favorite year for wine - excellent in Napa, Mosel, and very good in Burgundy. If the Loire valley had been anywhere near close with Vouvray, '01 would win hands down. 1995 and 2002 are in contention too.
 
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Opened a bottle of 2001 JJ Pr眉m Graacher Himmelreich Spatlese. Might be my favorite year for wine - excellent in Napa, Mosel, and very good in Burgundy. If the Loire valley had been anywhere near close with Vouvray, '01 would win hands down. 1995 and 2002 are in contention too.

Your thoughts on 2005 pls?
 
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Your thoughts on 2005 pls?

JJ Pr眉m GH Spatlese? Not sure yet. It's a little more acidic than average, but has plenty of ripeness, so it could be really nice in a few years. The first year we went deep on Pr眉m was '07. By that time '05 was starting to get expensive because of speculation by collectors that it would be a fantastic vintage.
 
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JJ Pr眉m GH Spatlese? Not sure yet. It's a little more acidic than average, but has plenty of ripeness, so it could be really nice in a few years. The first year we went deep on Pr眉m was '07. By that time '05 was starting to get expensive because of speculation by collectors that it would be a fantastic vintage.

Thanks! 05 is really pricey for most wines.
 
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Thanks! 05 is really pricey for most wines.

French wines especially. I don't know if the First Growths and Grand Crus will ever come around to match the hype.
 
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French wines especially. I don't know if the First Growths and Grand Crus will ever come around to match the hype.

That's my wedding year so it's of special interest. I've had a few second to third growths and they are magnificent.
 
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Aeropressed Costa Rican coffee since the work coffee is primarily factory floor sweepings.

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That's my wedding year so it's of special interest. I've had a few second to third growths and they are magnificent.

Some Village level Burgundy is only starting into it's drinking window. I can't imagine how many decades it will take before the high end bottles will mature.
 
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Aeropressed Costa Rican coffee since the work coffee is primarily factory floor sweepings.

Factory floor and coffee - reminds me of when I started a job in the 80's and being the "new guy" I had to look after the employee suggestion program. One suggestion came across my desk to wash all the factory floors with coffee from the vending machines. It wasn't a joke, and the person had described cleaning up a coffee spill and noticed that the spot on the floor came up very clean when they were done... ::facepalm1::

Mind you the "Parnell" branded coffee vending machines we had back then were pretty much like mop water used on the factory floor, so it wasn't as big a stretch as it seemed I guess. And yes I rejected the suggestion on the grounds (no pun intended) that the coffee was not an adequate disinfectant...

BTW currently drinking Nicaraguan coffee - roasted locally by two sisters from Nicaragua who's family owns coffee plantations there (started by their grandfather) and imports their beans here. Great stuff!
 
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Fresh off the FedEx truck from Hart Davis Hart:

1986 Pape-Cl茅ment
1989 La Dominique
1990 Talbot
1990 La Louvi猫re Rouge
1990 JJ Pr眉m Graacher Himmelreich Auslese
2000 Comte de Vog眉茅 Chambolle-Musigny

Combine the first 4 with these from earlier purchases:

1995 Clinet
1995 Grand Puy Lacoste
1995 Vieux Chateau Certan

..... and this winter will be a nice experiment with properly aged Bordeaux.

The Pr眉m and Comte de Vog眉茅 are already winners at my house.

Gotta decide which to open first. Probably one of the '95s that have had a chance to settle from shipping shock. Let the games begin!
 
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Out with Foogirl at Don the Beachcomber the home of the tiki drink.
 
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Mclaren Vale Yearly wineshow lunch, aka, Bushing King, lots of amazing wines ... best region in Australia for Grenache
 
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From last weekend, pouring Champagne we import at the National Wine Centre yearly champagne fest
 
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Hey Matt, did a former cast member of The Sopranos slip in to this event?:

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That can only be Carmela Soprano! 馃槣
 
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Yes, but I wouldn't take her blood money

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Hey Matt, did a former cast member of The Sopranos slip in to this event?:

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That can only be Carmela Soprano! 馃槣
 
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