Comments on: Wine that goes well with this weblog http://www.julieleung.com/archives/123 pictures and stories from the water's edge Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:08:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Julie Leung: Seedlings & Sprouts http://www.julieleung.com/archives/123/comment-page-1#comment-86 Julie Leung: Seedlings & Sprouts Sun, 10 Oct 2004 09:17:44 +0000 http://www.julieleung.com/wordpress/?p=123#comment-86 <strong>Wine and weblogs, year 2</strong> Yes I've had a bit to drink tonight so perhaps I shouldn't post much. Our neighbors hosted their annual party where each guest brings an assigned wine to share. In my description of the 2003 vintage of this event, I... Wine and weblogs, year 2

Yes I’ve had a bit to drink tonight so perhaps I shouldn’t post much. Our neighbors hosted their annual party where each guest brings an assigned wine to share. In my description of the 2003 vintage of this event, I…

]]> By: Julie Leung: Seedlings & Sprouts http://www.julieleung.com/archives/123/comment-page-1#comment-85 Julie Leung: Seedlings & Sprouts Sun, 10 Oct 2004 06:41:19 +0000 http://www.julieleung.com/wordpress/?p=123#comment-85 <strong>BUI: Blogging Under the Influence</strong> Yes I've had a bit to drink tonight so perhaps I shouldn't post much. Our neighbors hosted their annual party where each guest brings an assigned wine to share. In my description of the 2003 vintage of this event, I... BUI: Blogging Under the Influence

Yes I’ve had a bit to drink tonight so perhaps I shouldn’t post much. Our neighbors hosted their annual party where each guest brings an assigned wine to share. In my description of the 2003 vintage of this event, I…

]]> By: medmusings http://www.julieleung.com/archives/123/comment-page-1#comment-84 medmusings Tue, 16 Sep 2003 08:38:37 +0000 http://www.julieleung.com/wordpress/?p=123#comment-84 <strong>J C Cellars Syrah</strong> i was inspired by an old Brown buddy, Julie, to blog about a syrah tasting i went to tonight. 8 syrahs, all by Jeff Cohn, the winemaker at my favorite micro-winery Rosenblum cellars, where i had just been this past... J C Cellars Syrah

i was inspired by an old Brown buddy, Julie, to blog about a syrah tasting i went to tonight. 8 syrahs, all by Jeff Cohn, the winemaker at my favorite micro-winery Rosenblum cellars, where i had just been this past…

]]> By: Anita Rowland http://www.julieleung.com/archives/123/comment-page-1#comment-83 Anita Rowland Sun, 14 Sep 2003 23:23:16 +0000 http://www.julieleung.com/wordpress/?p=123#comment-83 I like wine, but alcohol makes me sneeze badly enough that I stopped years ago. The fits bugged other people, I found. good luck on your explorations! I like wine, but alcohol makes me sneeze badly enough that I stopped years ago. The fits bugged other people, I found. good luck on your explorations!

]]> By: enoch http://www.julieleung.com/archives/123/comment-page-1#comment-82 enoch Sun, 14 Sep 2003 23:06:42 +0000 http://www.julieleung.com/wordpress/?p=123#comment-82 So the Seven Hills was too "earthy" eh? i think they were trying for an elusive rhone french style, giving a sense of the "terroir" of a sense of the place it's grown at. so, merlot and zin, eh? i'll bet you like them both for their fruit forwardness, plummy merlot and spicy red fruited zin. i'm more of a zin fan myself. but syrah is fun as well. i'll bet you'd like the australian style of syrah more, very fruit forward. so, it was a "tasting"? sounds like most were imbibing instead. i've been to a ton of tastings and the only way i can get through them un-muddleheaded is to spit with each spit. you get practically all of the flavor, and pleasure, without swallowing. food is key. crackers and pretzels are good to clean your pallate, but a hearty syrah demands MEAT, preferably a nice rack of lamb ;) tastes oh so much better. i don't understand sake. the differences between bottlings are a bit too delicate to me. i need the brash, fruity differences between varietals of grapes to enjoy. it's great that you sounded like you had fun, overall. tania doesn't drink, so i don't have the pleasure of her company when i go taste. it's more of something i do with the guys. So the Seven Hills was too “earthy” eh? i think they were trying for an elusive rhone french style, giving a sense of the “terroir” of a sense of the place it’s grown at.

so, merlot and zin, eh? i’ll bet you like them both for their fruit forwardness, plummy merlot and spicy red fruited zin. i’m more of a zin fan myself. but syrah is fun as well. i’ll bet you’d like the australian style of syrah more, very fruit forward.

so, it was a “tasting”? sounds like most were imbibing instead. i’ve been to a ton of tastings and the only way i can get through them un-muddleheaded is to spit with each spit. you get practically all of the flavor, and pleasure, without swallowing.

food is key. crackers and pretzels are good to clean your pallate, but a hearty syrah demands MEAT, preferably a nice rack of lamb ;) tastes oh so much better.

i don’t understand sake. the differences between bottlings are a bit too delicate to me. i need the brash, fruity differences between varietals of grapes to enjoy.

it’s great that you sounded like you had fun, overall. tania doesn’t drink, so i don’t have the pleasure of her company when i go taste. it’s more of something i do with the guys.

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