Wednesday is various and sundry....
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lagilmanBusy day combined with a Bad ElderCat Day, so all I have to give you are links...
In which Tolkien gets his cranky on, beautifully. // "I have no ancestors of that gifted people"
If you haven't visited the Sundry Sillies page yet, it's where I am...well, silly. :-)
On Decanting, via the NYT: For the record, I have a decanter that I use...sparingly. Most of my inexpensive and really expensive wines never see it - the big, bold, younger wines of mid-price, do. But it, like so much of taste, is a personal choice.
In which Tolkien gets his cranky on, beautifully. // "I have no ancestors of that gifted people"
If you haven't visited the Sundry Sillies page yet, it's where I am...well, silly. :-)
On Decanting, via the NYT: For the record, I have a decanter that I use...sparingly. Most of my inexpensive and really expensive wines never see it - the big, bold, younger wines of mid-price, do. But it, like so much of taste, is a personal choice.
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Date: 2012-03-07 06:15 pm (UTC)Which reminds me, it's time for the annual peer-at-the-ports. Another ritual, involving a long, lingering look, a contemplation of probable timing, a pat on the shoulder (of the bottles), and the counseling of patience. Is it 2015 yet?
[if they declare a vintage this year, I am totally buying in. 45 deserves a proper set-down, don't you agree?]
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Date: 2012-03-07 07:00 pm (UTC)(with my luck they won't declare, and my cave will be sad - but my wallet will be safe)
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Date: 2012-03-07 07:56 pm (UTC)I am the Replacement Chaz, actually. :-)
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Date: 2012-03-07 08:59 pm (UTC)I promise to wear black and take over the kitchen, tho.
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Date: 2012-03-07 09:37 pm (UTC)(Also, you need to drink a lot, while not appearing to do so. Stealth consumption, topped by seeming sobriety. It baffles 'em.)
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Date: 2012-03-07 09:40 pm (UTC)(Also, you need to drink a lot, while not appearing to do so. Stealth consumption, topped by seeming sobriety. It baffles 'em.)
Got it covered, boss.
There's one more reason to decant...
Date: 2012-03-07 06:24 pm (UTC)I decanted a white for a resaturant guest just last night for this reason. Not a common request, but it happens.
Re: There's one more reason to decant...
Date: 2012-03-07 06:31 pm (UTC)(that said, I've had to explain endlessly to folk that "room temperature" for a red does not mean actual US room temperature, especially in the winter....!)
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Date: 2012-03-07 06:34 pm (UTC)Re: There's one more reason to decant...
Date: 2012-03-07 06:47 pm (UTC)I will confess that it pains me a little when someone asks me to place aan already chilled, rich, young white Burgundy in an ice bucket. Guests like what they like, though, so into the ice water it goes.
Re: There's one more reason to decant...
Date: 2012-03-07 06:58 pm (UTC)eeeeek.
And damn it, now I want a glass. Is it 4 pm yet? Now? How about now?
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Date: 2012-03-07 08:27 pm (UTC)(As if this work week didn't do that already...)
Which reminds me: do you have anything that you're currently enjoying that I should keep my eyes open for?
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