OT : Allez Blancs

I thought you liked good wine! I've a few bottles of that for fourth
bottle drinking, when the palate is gone.

By contrast I had a few nice Leffes at Belgo in Chalk Farm last night
and then a pint of the most rancid industrial quality 1664 I've ever
had, at the Roundhouse. So bad I cut out the middle man and poured
most of it straight down the loo.

 

Heh, yes. My French rellies always have a stash of it as an
alternative to water, it seemed. Cheap enough in France but it's a
fiver a bottle here for which you can get much better wine.

 

If I'm buying in the UK, I buy Chilean these days. In fact, I was at a
conference last week, and one of my Chilean contacts/friends flew in
with two bottles of rather special stuff:

<fx: reaches for wine rack next to Apple Mac>

Castillo de Molina, cabernet sauvignon from the Curico valley. Dear God
- 14.5%, I've just noticed.

And Estrella de Oro, another c.s.

Neither is familiar to me, but I trust his judgement. They seem a fair
exchange for the bottle of cask strength (57%ABV!) Glengoyne I gave
him....

In France, I'm rather fond of Madiran, but it's very difficult to find
in Britain. I also love Bandol and Tavel roses.

Well, not quite. It's just that there will come an evening when we just
decide to eat something simple, and find we're drinking expensive wine
with it because we've drunk all the cheap stuff.

My brother passes on some rather good saucisson from near Toulouse,
where he lives. I bought half a dozen different saucisson in the
supermarket in Calais last week. I love it.

 

Heh. I remember chugging it as a student in Grenoble, in 1979.....

 

See other posts.

 

Eight or nine euros for a three-litre box, in Frogland.

 

Our equivalent to Budweiser; drink enough of it and you'll get drunk.
Unfortunately, 'enough of it' means > 3 litres and that comes with bloated
gut and multiple trips to the lavvy to piss it out.

D.

 

Ugh. Not keen on boxed wines of any flavour.

 

I'm mostly fond of French but we also do quite a lot of Riojas. But a
good Margaux always does it for me. <check rack> Argh. Only one
left.

Which means I'm onto the Beaucastel reserves.
Or the Dauphin.

Simple food is improved by good wine whereas bad wine can spoil a
great meal!

 

Will that be the 1945 Grand Cru Sir?
If it is Tog and I will be around later for the opening.

 

Heh, if only. No, just a common or garden Pavillon Rouge this last
bottle.

 

And of why the question asked of me often, 'will you go back to live in
Scotland one day?' is always met with a hollow laugh.

D.

 

(The Older Gentleman) wrote in

IMV, French wines are pretty good value in the same price band as the
hugely hyped Californian and Australian brands produced on an industrial
scale. Rather than buy Gallo or Jacob's Creek I'd much rather have a red
from Corbieres, Bergerac. For whites, French chardonnay is preferable to
that from most other places and very good value if you buy Mâcon Villages.
Cheaper whites from Vdp Jardin de la France or Talosan are much nicer than
the generic blends from the southern hemispere.

Chile makes excellent wines in the sub £5 bracket. Carmenère in red and
Viognier in white are the grapes to look out for IMV.

The Argies are not quite so good as the Chileans but they make some lovely
wine with malbec

Good stuff that,although I'm more likely to be drinking the "35 South"
branded stuff from the same winery, Viña San Pedro.

Googling shows the make a wine called Cabo de Horno, which does not
translate to what I imagined...

 

I love how you're trying to suggest that Scotland some how did better than
England, despite the fact England made the final, and let's face it,
Scotland just didn't. Bravo.

 

Fond memories of cask Highland Park...

If you like Madiran you should try the Côtes de Saint-Mont which are a
neighboring vineyard and a bit less expensive (the recent popularity of
Madiran has driven the prices up) or the good Cahors which are quite
similar (Triguedina, Chambert, Clos d'un jour, Lamartine, Rigalets,
Cénac, St-Didier-Parnac, Eugénie).

 

Heh. Funny you should say this: we drank that in St. Lary-Soulan, last
year (French Pyrenees).

Going back this year: lovely little hotel, family run, simple rooms, and
excellent food. A garbure to die for...

 

Nope. Using ROT13 doesn't help.

Do you have a speech impediment or is it dyslexia causing you to type
shit?

 

I see you tried to local stuff Next time try the Irouleguy wine (red
from basque country) or the Jurançon (dry or "soft"(*) white from around
Pau)


(*) Sweet, but with less sugar than in Sauternes. Nice with cheese or
for the "apero".

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, guig

Blimey. From the few intelligible words in there, I'm guessing that Andy
should be feeling cut to the proverbial quick.

Hey Hog! A quick translation, if you'd be so kind. Is our Northern
brother being insulting here? Is it really, really rude? More
importantly, is it funny?

I hold out little hope, but you never know. He may have qualified for
the group stages of "UKRM's most amusing post 2007".

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

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