Comments on: A Special “Ruby” Dinner, Part IV

By: quiapo

quiapo — Thu, 29 May 2008 05:48:16 +0000

In Australa, Penfold’s Grange Hermitage is the supreme red wine. The company offers a service, which travels to different areas, examining any bottles , and should there appear to be a loss in volume, they will uncork the bottle, replenish the wine to he appropriate level, and put a new cork on it. It is a free service but the wines start from about $500 a bottle, and is always sold out a few days after each vintage is put on sale.

By: nina

nina — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:19:57 +0000

My former boss is into wines and he has a collection of vintage wines. He once opened a 1953 wine for us. Wow, it’s really good and different!

By: Dodi

Dodi — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:03:21 +0000

Hahahahaha! Alicia, that “mana wine-drinking” is something originalI I would like to do it for my nephews and nieces but I would probably end up an alcoholic.

By: jules winnfield

jules winnfield — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:59:08 +0000

hande is right. vintage, in winespeak, is year of harvest. so the term say ’2007 vintage’ is technically correct. but of course anyone could also refer to a very old wine like the carruades above as vintage wine. i think the winesnob wouldn’t mind.

what you could also do mm in terms of what hande has to say about decanting wine, is pour a glass separate from the decanter. try the wine in the glass after something like 5 minutes. then afterwards, taste the wine you have decanted and allowed to ‘breath’. if you taste a difference and favor one over the other, then hallelujah you now have a personal preference in serving ‘vintage’ wine. Ã¼

By: brownedgnat

brownedgnat — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:56:51 +0000

Pricey wine!! Good friends indeed!