Woo hoo! It's done...sort of. I got my 50K and I still have a chapter to go.
Long live NaNoWriMo.
Saturday, November 25, 2006
Bragging Rights
Woo hoo! It's done...sort of. I got my 50K and I still have a chapter to go.
Long live NaNoWriMo.
Reflections on Thanksgiving Wine
We drank quite a bit of wine this holiday week (and some beer, too)...opened some old favorites and tried some new stuff also. Here's a little summary of what we sipped:
Kath's parents spent some time in Italy earlier this fall, and they brought us two wines from Castello Il Palagio. We shared the very nice red table wine, and we are saving the 2001 Chianti Classico Riserva.
Liz brought a lovely semi-sweet red wine from Georgia, which we served with Thanksgiving appetizers. Aptly named Scarlett, this was a pleasing bottle--and the first from Georgia we've ever tried. Good stuff!
With dinner, we drank Fetzer Chardonnay and Ortman 2005 Syrah Rose. Those are two of our favorites. We also opened several Charles Shaw wines throughout the week.
Finally, we decided to open our 1996 Quintessa to enjoy Liz and Colleen's last day with us. This was our first foray into the world of cult wine, and we weren't disappointed. It was a lovely, delicate red--very pretty. We did agree that it was probably past its peak--there was no noticeable finish and it tasted a little pale, so to speak. It was good, very good, but not phenomenal. Lesson learned--we'll open our 2001 before the ten year mark.
It was an excellent week--good company and good wines!
Kath's parents spent some time in Italy earlier this fall, and they brought us two wines from Castello Il Palagio. We shared the very nice red table wine, and we are saving the 2001 Chianti Classico Riserva.
Liz brought a lovely semi-sweet red wine from Georgia, which we served with Thanksgiving appetizers. Aptly named Scarlett, this was a pleasing bottle--and the first from Georgia we've ever tried. Good stuff!
With dinner, we drank Fetzer Chardonnay and Ortman 2005 Syrah Rose. Those are two of our favorites. We also opened several Charles Shaw wines throughout the week.
Finally, we decided to open our 1996 Quintessa to enjoy Liz and Colleen's last day with us. This was our first foray into the world of cult wine, and we weren't disappointed. It was a lovely, delicate red--very pretty. We did agree that it was probably past its peak--there was no noticeable finish and it tasted a little pale, so to speak. It was good, very good, but not phenomenal. Lesson learned--we'll open our 2001 before the ten year mark.
It was an excellent week--good company and good wines!
Saturday, November 18, 2006
Updating
From Kath: We haven't been doing much wine drinking these past few weeks, save for our usual Two Buck table wine during the week. Reasons? A nasty cold has run its course through our house, pretty much making all of us miserable and rendering our noses and taste buds useless. Not good for trying new wine. Also, we've been busy with a variety of activities, and we haven't been around much.
NaNoWriMo has kept me very, very busy this month. I'm happy to report that I'm at 43K words--not bad with less than two weeks to go! I pretty much did marathon writing sessions the first part of the month, knowing that I wouldn't get much done over Thanksgiving. It's been fun.
We've been thinking about our Thanksgiving wine. Daryl already picked up a 1.5L bottle of Fetzer Chardonnay for our table wine. We are considering opening our 1996 Quintessa--that'll be fun to try, and we'll write it up here. Kath's family may bring a couple of bottles to share, and we're looking forward to their selections.
That's it for this Saturday. Go Buckeyes!
NaNoWriMo has kept me very, very busy this month. I'm happy to report that I'm at 43K words--not bad with less than two weeks to go! I pretty much did marathon writing sessions the first part of the month, knowing that I wouldn't get much done over Thanksgiving. It's been fun.
We've been thinking about our Thanksgiving wine. Daryl already picked up a 1.5L bottle of Fetzer Chardonnay for our table wine. We are considering opening our 1996 Quintessa--that'll be fun to try, and we'll write it up here. Kath's family may bring a couple of bottles to share, and we're looking forward to their selections.
That's it for this Saturday. Go Buckeyes!
Friday, November 10, 2006
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Late, Again
Really and truly, we did sip on Saturday but never got around to posting our little review. My excuse (Kath speaking as the usual poster)? I'm participating in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), so I've been a little busy attempting to write a 5oK word novel in 30 days...less, actually, when you consider that I'll be taking time off over Thanksgiving to play hostess. But anyway, FWIW, here are our impressions of this past Saturday's wine.
Silver Syrah 57% Mourvedre 43% (Santa Barbara, 2002) was this month's wine of the month selection from our local wine shop. It has a beautiful appearance: dark, rich, opaque red with just a touch of brightness when held up to the light. (Daryl noted that this hint of clarity meant it would be more of a medium-bodied wine, as compared to a full-bodied like a Cab...and he was right!) We both smelled blackberries. It was smooth in taste, hitting the front of the palate and mellowing at the finish. We both noticed that familiar Syrah pepper, but it wasn't as sharp. Influence of the Mourvedre blend, no doubt. The alcohol content was high at 14.6.%, but we couldn't smell or taste the alcohol.
We picked this wine up for around $23. A very good red!
Silver Syrah 57% Mourvedre 43% (Santa Barbara, 2002) was this month's wine of the month selection from our local wine shop. It has a beautiful appearance: dark, rich, opaque red with just a touch of brightness when held up to the light. (Daryl noted that this hint of clarity meant it would be more of a medium-bodied wine, as compared to a full-bodied like a Cab...and he was right!) We both smelled blackberries. It was smooth in taste, hitting the front of the palate and mellowing at the finish. We both noticed that familiar Syrah pepper, but it wasn't as sharp. Influence of the Mourvedre blend, no doubt. The alcohol content was high at 14.6.%, but we couldn't smell or taste the alcohol.
We picked this wine up for around $23. A very good red!
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