no thanks are necessary

[rone]

... but i'll take `em anyway.  OH ZING

Kim has already written about yesterday's feast, but, as always, she has left me one meager but prestigious task: writing about the wine (i note that taking care of beverages for our wedding was also my lone duty as groom — what can i say, it's good to be the king).  So what did we have, you ask?

First off, my mother-in-law brought a half-full bottle of `03 J. Lohr Seven Oaks cabernet sauvignon (which i did not get to taste).  I opened the last bottle of our `02 rosé (floral notes, a hint of watermelon) and a bottle of our `05 Prune Nouveau (that's my joke name for our plum wine, because i'm reacting against the beaujolais nouveau fad [not that i'm saying that BN is a fad — i know the tradition has been around for a while, i'm just saying that its current wave of popularity is a fad] — definitely plummy, but good character, high acid, it's gonna be really good after a couple of years of rest).  I also opened a bottle of `03 Txomin Etxaniz (a slightly fizzy Basque white wine, a favorite of ours), `02 Bouchaine pinot noir (a delicious, rich, full-bodied pinot noir), and `02 RH Phillips merlot (very merloty; i got this mostly because of its screw cap design at Trader Joe's).  I had chilled a bottle of Charles Krug zinfandel port, but i forgot to open it, so i'll have to enjoy it some other time.

Of course, the hottentots drank my beer (which i never got to taste so i'll have to buy another six-pack of the stuff) and went to buy more beer, leaving behind only an old bottle of Sierra Nevada pale ale and a bottle of their Gordon stinkin' Biersch märzen.  Not that i should complain, really, if they don't want to drink my wine, more for me, right?

Comments

[sagespot.livejournal.com]

It sounds like you had a wonderful time. :)

[dinkey04.livejournal.com]

We were simply being generous, of course. We tortured ourselves with the beer, simply so that you and your lovely wife would have more delicious wine to enjoy.
See? We're martyrs.

[2wanda.livejournal.com]

Ahem! You did see our wine closet, did you not? I think we have enough wine for at least a dozen Thanksgiving dinners. No need to torture yourself with beer.

Martyrs, heh!

[kawgirl.livejournal.com]

So. Um. Can I be there when you open the Charles Krug zinfandel port? Puh---lease? I've heard yummy stuff about it. (:

I'm glad you had excellent beverages to accompany your excellent feast.

[2wanda.livejournal.com]

We'll be sure to notify you when we open it.