what are you drinking right now?

[mikeweil]

SAN MARZANO Il Pumo 2014 – Puglia Indicazione Geografica Tipica

A pure Primitivo from Puglia, not a stunning, but a nice drink.

p.s. not that you think I emptied this 5 Liter box in one weekend ... a sip every few days.

Edited November 1, 2016 by mikeweil

[mikeweil]

A pure Carinyena from Catalunya, 2015 vintage - very strong flavor.

Am I the only wine connoisseur here?

[jlhoots]

8 hours ago, mikeweil said:

A pure Carinyena from Catalunya, 2015 vintage - very strong flavor.

Am I the only wine connoisseur here?

No.

Keplinger 2013 Sumo

[Homefromtheforest]

3 Monts - a great strong French golden ale

[soulpope]

Mayrhofer "Blaufraenkisch Hochaecker" DA 2015 - voluptuous still well defined budget red from an excellent vintage hinting what to expect from the to be later released top wines ....

Edited November 2, 2016 by soulpope

[Jazzmoose]

Pepto Bismal, water and juice.  Now excuse me, I have to return to my religious services as I bow before the porcelain god...

[mikeweil]

[mikeweil]

At last I found a pure Carignan tasting like the one I had almost forty years ago!

[danasgoodstuff]

Bridgeport Ebeneezer.

[mikeweil]

The accompanist for our Christmas dinners:

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, mikeweil said:

The accompanist for our Christmas dinners:

Looks like a treat ....

[jlhoots]

last night - 2014 Daou cabernet sauvignon

 

[Dmitry]

Udaca Red. Straight from Portugal. $15 for 5l jug. Can't beat that!

 

On 11/30/2015 at 10:38 AM, Michael Weiss said:

2012

That looks expensive. How much?

[Michael Weiss]

2 hours ago, Dmitry said:

That looks expensive. How much?

Don't know - it was a gift. Well over my budget. Probably $75-95. Something like that. It was delicious.

 

[mikeweil]

This evening's delight: a rare pure Marselan from Southern France:

The Primitivo mentioned above was a little disappointing, tasty and full, but not as complex as I would have expected from a wine from that grape variety at € 10 a bottle. The Marselan at € 5 was a nice surprise, fresh and fruity, with a taste of cherries and smoky overtones. 

[Dmitry]

On 12/28/2016 at 0:15 PM, Michael Weiss said:

Don't know - it was a gift. Well over my budget. Probably $75-95. Something like that. It was delicious.

Yes, sounds like it's an awesome wine you had.

 

 

 

Visconde de Borba Reserva 2011 , Southern Portugal.

$18/ 750 ml. I play soccer with a lot of Portuguese guys, so I decided to get a better Portuguese wine. Yesterday night I got a bottle of this, and had some of  it with a taco ground beef that I mixed with barley kasha. Was good.

Finished it off today, without any food. On its own though, not a great drinking wine. Too intense. Would be nice with a rack of lamb.

Edited December 30, 2016 by Dmitry

[jlhoots]

2013 Favia viognier

[jazzbo]

[stephenrr]

2014 Ferren Silver Eagle Chardonnay...between 50-100 total case production....and

2013 Arnot-Roberts Trout Gulch Pinot Noir.. (around 300 total case production.

[jlhoots]

5 hours ago, jazzbo said:

sparkling or flat? 

[A Lark Ascending]

Always picked from the north-east, slightly acidic soils of the plantation. Full body, blackberry aftertaste. 

[jazzbo]

5 hours ago, jlhoots said:

sparkling or flat? 

Sparkling. They don't sell flat Pelegrino in these parts, nor any flat mineral water in any of my local stores. I'd buy it on occasion if they did, but I enjoy the sparkle.

[erwbol]

Mokalbari second flush (summer) black tea from Assam, India.

 

Edited December 31, 2016 by erwbol

[jlhoots]

9 hours ago, jazzbo said:

Sparkling. They don't sell flat Pelegrino in these parts, nor any flat mineral water in any of my local stores. I'd buy it on occasion if they did, but I enjoy the sparkle.

Me too.

[mikeweil]

Nice blend of Negroamaro with ten percent Malvasia nera - tasty, but needs to have the right temperature and breathe some before drinking.