Wine Tasting

[peckham_perkster]

I find my wine tastes follow the season and I am most definitely in agreement with JL when it comes to rose wine. I was almost a bit gutted when I started discovering the options were getting better only for the darn stuff to become really trendy about a year later! I also don't get on that well with white wine all the time, I find it gives me a headache. I tell you what is amazing on a hot summer day, a glass of really cold lovely sherry, no really.

I'm sure I heard that some of the big wine houses use rose as a way of working out if their new grape blends work well, they see if it comes out OK in a rose before making a vat of the others. I'm probably wrong but it was something like that.

I really like the idea of the virtual tasting in a way it would be more fun though I cannot wait to see the notes we all make about the wines. I will not be able to contain my laughter if people start commenting on how the wine whiffs of petrol and the tops of babies heads and has great legs.

[Ant]

The legs bit is the one thing I do sort of know about: if you swirl the wine around in the glass for a bit and then stop and look at the glass above the wine you should see lines appear after a few seconds. As far as I remember, the more distinct they are and the longer they take to appear then the more booze there is in the wine.

[dulwichmum]

Hi there everyone,

I have just been in to Threshers on Park Hall Road, and spoke to "Will". He has suggested a lovely bottle of Saint-Veran, white Burgundy - he said it was a complete steal - at ?9! He gave me a special discount because I told him what we were intending to do, so if you go to the West Dulwich Branch you may get the same - he only charged me ?6! He has given me tasting notes and to put on line on Sunday morning, and he will come online himself some time late on Sunday to give us further guidance!

He said that if we enjoy the wine, and the tasting is a success, he would do this for us regularly! He is a very nice man.

DM

How is that???

[Asset]

Wow! well done DM. I will go there later and pick one up from him. (have to lock it away so I don't drink it before Sunday!)

Hope others have luck getting it.

[Ant]

That's excellent news, well done DM! West Dulwich is a little out of the way for me, but presumably if we can get someone from the LL branch to talk to Will too then perhaps the same deal can be offered in both branches.

[dulwichmum]

Dear Ant,

I certainly think it is worth a try. Keep us posted!

DM

[Asset]

I'll ask Will to ring the LL branch and suggest they get involved when I go later today, if he's there

[dulwichmum]

Dear Asset,

I am sure if Will sees people come into his shop to buy it, he will be more than happy to phone East Dulwich.

DM

[Jah Lush]

Well done DM, you're feminine charm has already worked wonders and what an excellent choice to start with. I can thoroughly recommend the Saint-Veran myself having drunk oodles of it a few summers back. This is a very good start indeed. I shall be up that way sometime tomorrow and shall pop in and grab a bottle or two and I'll try and get in touch with Paul in Oddbins around the same time and perhaps have an arm wrestle with him over which red to choose for us.

[dulwichmum]

Oh how exciting! I am delighted now and can't wait to open my bottle!

DM

[peckham_perkster]

That's amazing DM bravo! I shall be in the area tomorrow so will pop in and hopefully Will to get a bit of money off.

I don't think I've ever tried a burgundy before.

Do we want to stick to just the white this time and then go for a red next time? I don't think our taste buds will be on top form if we have both rouge et blanc in one session.

[Jah Lush]

Good point La Perkster, one bottle at a time eh, may do a red next weekend, does anyone else agree?

[dulwichmum]

Yes please, only one bottle at a time. I like wine far too much at the moment. If I open two bottles - we drink two bottles, and we have work on Monday.

DM

[Jah Lush]

Too true DM. That can be out motto. (One bottle at a time). Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

[peckham_perkster]

We already have a motto, brilliant JL. A lot more snappy than those 'drink safe' messages you see everywhere these days.

I have the same thing DM if we open the bottles they will great drunk, and us along with it.

[batdog]

Dear D-Mum,

This Will, is he really a nice man or is your sex-appeal "making" him a nice man ?? >:D<

[Jah Lush]

Ooh! You shocking man Batdog. You're jealous aren't you. Never mind, get yourself a nice bottle of Saint-Veran.

[Asset]

Well I got the wine but felt mildly embarrassed at owning up to why so couldn't ask for discount as well and none was offered, obviously DM's charms work better than mine!

I did mention letting the LL branch know what's happening and Will said he would phone them tomorrow, so if anyone else is joining in try there too.

Are we going to synchronise or just get on with it?

[dulwichmum]

Poor Asset,

I am very cheeky it has to be said. Ask Mr Mockney Piers! Shall we say 7.15 on Sunday evening? If lots of us join in, and we get an idea of numbers, I will try to firm it up for next time, so that we use a special code or something?

DM

[Keef]

Good work DM! As a loves of all things alcohol related (except the hangovers like the one I have today) I very much approve of what you're doing here ;-)

[dulwichmum]

Ah Keefy baby, come and have a hug...

DM

[peckham_perkster]

7.15 sounds good to me, we shall settle ourselves in the back garden if the weather is good. We don't have to actually be online when drinking do we? Urm, electronics and vino dont mix and I can't be trusted...

I'm off to get my bottle of plonk in about an hour and have no shame in asking for a discount B)

[dulwichmum]

No Dear Peckham_Perkster,

I shall post the notes of what to expect in the morning, and just come back to us with your thoughts? The chap from the shop will pop on later - maybe even on Monday to sum up and tell us more.

DM

[SeanMacGabhann]

DM

Sorry I haven't contributed to this topic as much as I might - bit of a hurly-burly weekend. By tomorow evening I might JUST be able to manage some liver salts but rest assured I will report on the comparitve merits of Andrews v Eno

[dulwichmum]

Ah, lovely man! You look after yourself now, or dulwichmammy will be very upset!

DM