New Year toast
Mark Edwards
(and ice water?)
Was looking at champagne in the store today, and was admiring a bottle of
2000 Dom Perignon. Until I saw the price tag.
I guess I'll just have to select something from my liquor cabinet instead.
Maybe a 142 proof bourbon or a nice Irish. Or I could crack open that
bottle of cognac I've stashed away.
Although toast and ice water sounds good too (Paula, we miss you!).
At any rate, Bemerried New Year to all o' you punks!
Mark Edwards
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Dr. HotSalt
> (and ice water?)
>
> Was looking at champagne in the store today, and was admiring a bottle of
> 2000 Dom Perignon. Until I saw the price tag.
>
> I guess I'll just have to select something from my liquor cabinet instead.
> Maybe a 142 proof bourbon or a nice Irish. Or I could crack open that
> bottle of cognac I've stashed away.
>
> Although toast and ice water sounds good too (Paula, we miss you!).
>
> At any rate, Bemerried New Year to all o' you punks!
I've got some ginger schnapps that was given to me that I'm not
especially fond of. I may have to figure out how to get my Weimaraner
Shova to lap it up; he's terrified of fireworks and we live like a
mile from the Muckleshoot reservation.
Dr. HotSalt
bar...@bookpro.com
take to my friends' house to have with the champagne, but it didn't
occur to us to toast the bread.
But the bread 'n butter is somedamfine. So is the champagne.
BW
David DeLaney
I donut know if fireworks went off early, late, or right on time, nor whether
any bullets fell nearby. I went to bed at around 9pm ... and managed to sleep
straight through to 3am. (These days, that's about two hours more than I can
usually manage at a time, so yay.) So when I woke up it was Teh Future. Again.
Now lemme just find my cane so I can whap those teenagers about the shins with
it...
Dave "out like a lamblight" DeLaney
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Mark Edwards
>Why would you buy a ten year old bottle of champagne?
Because it's old, so it's probably been sitting around forever and should
be cheaper than the newer stuff.
>Red wine gets better with age
Yeah, but they use beetles to give it that red color. Yuck! Beetle juice!
>and this is what I was drinking:
>http://tinyurl.com/ygnoh27
Oh - 1982. Then you probably got it for a couple of bucks. Cool.
Bryce Utting
>>Red wine gets better with age
>
> Yeah, but they use beetles to give it that red color. Yuck! Beetle juice!
nah, bollocks. anyone who's ever seen what's left over where a VW's
been parked knows that Beetle juice is a thick, gritty black.
butting
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pete
> Mark Edwards <Mark-E...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>> Red wine gets better with age
>> Yeah, but they use beetles to give it that red color. Yuck! Beetle juice!
>
> nah, bollocks. anyone who's ever seen what's left over where a VW's
> been parked knows that Beetle juice is a thick, gritty black.
That's a load of cochineal!!!
--
pete
Chris McGonnell
>
>(and ice water?)
>
>Was looking at champagne in the store today, and was admiring a bottle of
>2000 Dom Perignon. Until I saw the price tag.
>
>I guess I'll just have to select something from my liquor cabinet instead.
>Maybe a 142 proof bourbon or a nice Irish. Or I could crack open that
>bottle of cognac I've stashed away.
>
>Although toast and ice water sounds good too (Paula, we miss you!).
>At any rate, Bemerried New Year to all o' you punks!
Evan Williams, Calvados, and lots of Yuengling Lager provided my New
Year's spirits.
Chris McG.
Harming humanity since 1951
"Hell, -I- saw it coming. And I'm a moron." - Lots42
Mark Edwards
>Evan Williams, Calvados, and lots of Yuengling Lager provided my New
>Year's spirits.
I'll see your offering and raise more Evan Williams, Laird's apple jack
and some Shiner Bock. With a side of BBQ pork ribs.
Adam Funk
> On Dec 31 2009, 10:50 pm, Mark Edwards <Mark-Edwa...@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>> (and ice water?)
>>
>> Was looking at champagne in the store today, and was admiring a bottle of
>> 2000 Dom Perignon. Until I saw the price tag.
>
> Why would you buy a ten year old bottle of champagne?
It hasn't been in the bottle that long. Champagne can be aged in vats
(or soemthing) for some time. It needs to bottle-fermented, dégorgé,
and (de préférence) consumed within a short time after bottling.
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Jared
> On 2010-01-01, Jared wrote:
> > On Dec 31 2009, 10:50 pm, Mark Edwards <Mark-Edwa...@comcast.net>
> > wrote:
> >> (and ice water?)
>
> >> Was looking at champagne in the store today, and was admiring a bottle of
> >> 2000 Dom Perignon. Until I saw the price tag.
>
> > Why would you buy a ten year old bottle of champagne?
>
> It hasn't been in the bottle that long. Champagne can be aged in vats
> (or soemthing) for some time. It needs to bottle-fermented, dégorgé,
> and (de préférence) consumed within a short time after bottling.
Oh, I didn't know that. I don't like Champagne much better than
sparkling grape juice, so I only have some if I'm offered it on New
Year's eve, and not if there's something better around.
Adam Funk
OTOH, if you bought a bottle of 2000 Champagne in 2002 and it's still
sitting in your cellar, drink it quick (but it might be too late).
(I'm not really a wine connoisseur. I just remember a lot of trivia
and went on a tour of a champagnerie about 5 or 10 years ago.)
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Matthew L. Martin
I think a lot depends on the quality of the champagne. I recall being
delighted with 1966 Florens Louis when it was 20 years old. So was the
owner of my favorite French restaurant when I gave him a bottle of it as
a gift.
Matthew
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Adam Funk
> Adam Funk wrote:
>> OTOH, if you bought a bottle of 2000 Champagne in 2002 and it's still
>> sitting in your cellar, drink it quick (but it might be too late).
>>
>> (I'm not really a wine connoisseur. I just remember a lot of trivia
>> and went on a tour of a champagnerie about 5 or 10 years ago.)
>>
>
> I think a lot depends on the quality of the champagne. I recall being
> delighted with 1966 Florens Louis when it was 20 years old. So was the
> owner of my favorite French restaurant when I gave him a bottle of it as
> a gift.
Maybe I shouldn't believe the stuff they say on winery tours --- after
all, they want you to buy more on the way out.
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Jared
Since I live in NY, I am sure there are wineries out west near the
Finger Lakes that I could tour, but I never have.
Doctroid
Adam Funk <a24...@ducksburg.com> wrote:
> On 2010-01-02, Matthew L. Martin wrote:
>
> > Adam Funk wrote:
>
> >> OTOH, if you bought a bottle of 2000 Champagne in 2002 and it's still
> >> sitting in your cellar, drink it quick (but it might be too late).
> >>
> >> (I'm not really a wine connoisseur. I just remember a lot of trivia
> >> and went on a tour of a champagnerie about 5 or 10 years ago.)
> >>
> >
> > I think a lot depends on the quality of the champagne. I recall being
> > delighted with 1966 Florens Louis when it was 20 years old. So was the
> > owner of my favorite French restaurant when I gave him a bottle of it as
> > a gift.
>
> Maybe I shouldn't believe the stuff they say on winery tours --- after
> all, they want you to buy more on the way out.
So do auction houses:
http://www.luxist.com/2009/04/01/new-record-set-for-champagne-at-auction/
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