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We attended a Thai cooking class while in Bangkok last week and one of the surprising to me ingredients was limestone (or lime) water. It's made by soaking lime putty in water and apparently makes pastry crispier and helps fruit keep its shape when cooked. http://www.thaifoodandtravel.com/ingredient...

I'm about to get myself banned but am I the only one who eats French Toast with salt and pepper rather than sweet? It's bread and eggs after all.

Or is that just a Litvak thing.

I would move Coulaine from Fourth to Third. Ages very well.

12 tins of sardines and 9 bottles of Scherrer

Which is 21 items more,than I hoped to buy. But I really can’t regret it.

Thanks everyone, appreciate the input!

I think there’s another thread on these guys It might have been back on the Parker board. My basic take on it was to never order anything they couldn't ship right away. I also remember someone describing them as the grape swine people... As always, not to be confused with Grapes the Wine Company wh...

Vilmart was an easy choice. For my second I wavered between a bunch of choices all mentioned above before deciding on Marie Courtin. [highfive.gif] It was the range of great wines each in such a distinctive style that decided me. For example Taittinger's Comtes is one of favorites but their other w...

Congratulations Eric, well deserved.

Scherrer Platt and OMV from the BDay sale.

I still have some assorted foods left from last year's order but it's impossible to have too many Veleta sardines.

Glad I got my order in on time for some OMV and Platt. When I was busy all morning I had severe FOMO.

Logging in late today. Was I too late for the scherrer offer or has it not been posted yet?

Nico P. wrote: ↑
January 24th, 2020, 6:59 am

Kare-kare, when made from scratch, derives much of its taste from annato and ground peanuts so it’s relatively mild tasting.

I thought annato was mainly used for coloring?

Vilmart was an easy choice.
For my second I wavered between a bunch of choices all mentioned above before deciding on
Marie Courtin.

Good news is I’m finally over my jet lag.

Bad news is we leave in 2 days.

Great trip so far will report in more detail when I get back.

Lovely, distinctive wines and, based on my one visit to the winery, a lovely distinctive person.

Fellow AFWE members may buy with confidence.

Just read this article and thought I'd ask for opinions before placing an order:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/2020011 ... zed-pepper

Don't recall seeing them before. Penzey's doesn't carry them but Google turned up several sources.

I've had the last couple of vintages at Ponet Canet during the en primeur tastings. It remiinds me of Anne Gros showing her Minervois wines at her domaine in Vosne Romanée. Can you explain to us Plebes what that means? Thanks. He means both the Minervois wines and the Pym Rae suffer by the comparis...

William Kelley wrote: ↑
January 14th, 2020, 2:14 pm

Mich@el Ch@ng wrote: ↑
January 14th, 2020, 1:35 pm

I am pondering bottles of the 79 and 86 laberdolive

Do it!

I think 1979 was Pierre Laberdolive's first vintage in charge.

+1 the 1979 is beautiful. So is the pre-phyloxerra 1923 for that matter

Frank Murray III wrote: ↑
January 12th, 2020, 5:50 pm
The 2008s were revealing for the power and aging finesse they are showing--these are botched wines. Vintage does matter.

This is pretty clearly autocorrect being “helpful”, but I’m curious to know what it was changed from?

We recently had a tasting of Turley Zins going back into the 90s and one of my favorites was the 1994, contrary to my expectations going in. It brought home the point that it's more than just the alcohol that one should consider. Based on that alone, I wouldn't have aged the wine. But for the perso...

We recently had a tasting of Turley Zins going back into the 90s and one of my favorites was the 1994, contrary to my expectations going in. It brought home the point that it's more than just the alcohol that one should consider. Based on that alone, I wouldn't have aged the wine. But for the perso...

This is a very useful thread as I haven't tried any vintage more recent than 2003.

71, 01, 88, 86

Mark Golodetz wrote: ↑
January 12th, 2020, 7:07 am

William Kelley wrote: ↑
January 10th, 2020, 11:48 am

6x 1986 VCC
I have had several 1986 Pomerols and not found any that were as exciting as their equivalents in other vintages. Is VCC an exception?

Hi Mark - you're not a fan of 1986 Certan de May? I like that one a lot.

Firstly: Congratulations!

Second: I'm guessing you've both been to Paris enough that you'd rather not go there? Because it's hard for me to think of a more romantic place to honeymoon in May...

TomHill wrote: ↑
January 6th, 2020, 11:54 am

Scott G r u n e r wrote: ↑
January 6th, 2020, 11:53 am
I don't love his wines, but respect what he did. Will have a banana in his honor.
Great one, Scott. Made me laugh.
Tom

+1

K_F_o_l_e_y wrote: ↑
January 6th, 2020, 2:01 pm
Looks like the consensus is don't bother Kevin (since I rarely ever go to the areas where our 4 locations can be found).

I'd say if you happen to be in the area definitely check it out. Otherwise I wouldn't bother.

An abomination. But not as bad as the bacon bagel that I once saw There is a "bagel" shop in Freehold, NJ that sells Oreo cookie bagels. My cousin brought me one after I expressed my opinion of it. It was even worse than you're thinking. A horror that echoes throughout time and space driving all wh...

I haven’t had the Ruinart. Personally I prefer the 06 Comtes to the 08 Dom but I think all my wine friends disagree with me.

I haven't tasted extensively but so far I would put 2008 over 2012. But I'll certainly be buying 2012s.

[rofl.gif] Blueberry bagels are my favorite. An abomination. But not as bad as the bacon bagel that I once saw There is a "bagel" shop in Freehold, NJ that sells Oreo cookie bagels. My cousin brought me one after I expressed my opinion of it. It was even worse than you're thinking. A horror that ec...

My comment was not nearly so impressive but at least I got it in under the wire. Good luck everyone!

Speaking just for myself there is a good Popeyes in the same parking lot as the Asian market I shop at regularly so I'm frequently a 30 second walk away from it. If I'm in the mood for fried chicken and there isn't a long line I'll stop by. Probably the best fast food chain out there (at the good lo...

1986 Gruaud Larose - surprisingly youthful with bright cherry, cedar, tobacco, and a deliciously long finish. Tannins are softening and there is plenty of life left. Exquisite pairing with lamb cassoulet at Union Square Cafe. Oh, wow. An all-time great for me. Same here. Still have one bottle left.

Relying on a very fallible memory here.
But with the observation that there were some almost impossible choices to be made I will follow the rules and go with:

1. Still Red - 1959 Magdelaine
2. Still non-red - 1955 Gonzalez Byass Sherry
3. Bubbly - 1995 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne

It's a really good $4 sandwich.

I wouldn't wait in line more than 10 minutes for it personally.

It took some doing to find this thread. Here they are in no particular order: 1989 Le Mont Moelleux 1er Trie 1989 Huet Le Mont Debut Pressee 1989 Huet Clos de Bourg Temoins 1997 vS MG Abstberg Spatlese 1990 Margaux 1982 Petrus 1986 Guigal La Turque 1985 Fonsalette syrah 2005 Clos Rougeard Poyeux 200...

Neither a winery nor private tour but on Ramon's recommendation we went on the Walkabout Best of Tuscany Tour and enjoyed it very much. While I was left wanting more time in most locations it was a good overview and introduction.

https://www.walkaboutflorence.com/tours ... scany-tour

Just did the math and I’m down 40 for the year. Respectable.

Brad Kane wrote: ↑
January 1st, 2020, 7:26 am
I don't know who you are anymore, Mark.

Pod person ? A Thing from Antarctica? Demonic possession?

The worst thing about this thread is that now I have a craving for a fried bologna sandwich and I don’t think I’ve had one for over 30 years.

Opened a 2015 Bereche Rive Gauche for an early New Years celebration. Much better than the 2014.

While an unabashed Comtes fan I almost always prefer the BdeB to the Rose and since the latter is more expensive I don't buy it. The one exception was the 2004 which I liked even more than the already spectacular BdeB.

My favorite vintage of the 2000s so far.

starting 594 3 purchased, 5 sold, 6 consumed. 586 remaining. Comfortably below my 600 target maximum. How do you have a month with 6 bottles consumed? The land between zero (when we're abstaining) and at least 20 just doesn't exist. :) And at the holidays, too.... While it's true that my consumptio...

starting 594

3 purchased,
5 sold,
6 consumed.

586 remaining.

Comfortably below my 600 target maximum.

William Kelley wrote: ↑
December 29th, 2019, 4:40 pm
Then the wines shut down, and people started to talking about the "tannin outlasting the fruit", a simplistic formulation that is not very useful when thinking about how wines age.

Coincidentally I opened a 1995 GPL tonight. Beautiful pure fruit, still some tannic astringency but not enough to detract from enjoyment, just enough to request food. double decanted about 5 hours ago, poured off a glass to expand surface area, and let it sit in bottle since then. the person I'm vis...

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