Juice

Mondavi Article in Business 2.0

There is a well written article on the Mondavi Empire in this months Business 2.0.  B2.0 is one of my favorite magazines for its creative approach to business with a tech slant and its fresh vibe.  What is the opposite of staid?  Dynamic?

Anyway the article is here

Weekend Wrap Up

Whew!  What a weekend.  Unfortunately I am not going to be able to recall with much clarity all of the wines that showed up.  The "Friday Night TV Dinner" was great concept.  Cocktails, wine, and light bites started the  night, dinner followed with 8 bottles of wine for every 8 person table.  Brad Feuerbacher opened a 15 liter Remoissenent Corton Charlemagne.  2001 Williams Selyem Vista Verde, 2001 Cinq Cepages,  Swanson Pinot Grigio and Mer et Soleil Chardonnay.

Saturday was a down day altough I did get my new grill delivered.  Needing to test it out immediately, I grilled elk and organic beef burgers topped with a bit of pancetta.

For the second time my birthday shared the day of the Food and Wine Celebration to benefit local public television.  The event combines many area restaurants stands with a number of modest wines from local distributers.

After the event we were joined by Andy and Dana and my parents at our house to enjoy some wines.

1997 Alessandria Barolo was dark garnet in color, deep and dark chocolate, blackberrries, exotic spices, and very sexy tannins laced throughout.  91 on the Noah scale.

1995 Guigal Cote Rotie had medium traces of smoke, bacon, wild game.  Light ruby in color.  Fresh acidity.  89

1995 Clos Des Papes CDP was most likely at its peak and drinking wonderfully.  Lush but not overdone.

Dinner at Thai House followed.  I am not usually a fan of calamari as I find it at best rather ordinary.  The calmari at Thai House was exceptional.  The golden buttery batter was perfect.  The crispy duck and "frog legs Junge" were also superb.  With dinner we had 2000 Forman Cabernet, 2002 Bucci Verdicchio, and 1997 Domaine Trevallon.  Unfortunately I do not truly remeber any of these wines enough to comment.  Next time I take notes at the table!!!

My bithday weekend

This weekend is my birthday and I plan to enjoy some great stuff.  On the docket is
1997 Alessandira Barolo, 1995 Clos de Papes CDP, and possibly a 2001
Leroy.  Also November 5 is the Friday night TV dinner and auction
which should bring some delecious food and wine.

Getting started

My attempt to document some of the great wines (and not so great)
wines that I drink, people I meet, places I go, bets I win (and those I lose), and meals shared.  There is an earlier failed version of this attempt in a nice leather journal somewere.  This should workout better because I won't be forced to look at my ungodly handwriting.  It looks like that of an 8 year old.