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Daily Press ^ | Wednesday, September 13, 2006 | Bob Johnson

Posted on 09/13/2006 9:08:46 AM PDT by NautiNurse

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To: ricer1

No bikes now. My recreational vehicle now is a bigass pontoon boat with 225 Honda outboard motor.


61 posted on 09/13/2006 1:38:48 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: Range Rover
He's got 01-02 Cru Beaujolais at $3.49...and it's just sitting there.

It's going to six years old, and for even the best producers in the best vintages it would be difficult to expect a Beaujolais to stand up that long.

Best just to make some nice salad vinegar with it.

62 posted on 09/13/2006 1:47:06 PM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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To: Vision
experienced with a top salesman of Far Niente.

LOL, we used to laugh at them too when they were confused that their wines weren't on our award-winning wine list, at a top nationally recognized restaurant known to the rich and famous where I was a wine buyer.

They always held their product back and claim 'sold out.' Years later, their cabs would mysteriously show up again as a 're-release' at inflated prices, not commensurate in quality to the price compared to other CA greats.

63 posted on 09/13/2006 2:00:06 PM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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To: quantim
I remember Far Nientes as over priced with the worst corks I have seen.
64 posted on 09/13/2006 2:10:49 PM PDT by Vision ("As a man thinks...so is he." Proverbs 23:7)
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To: Bush_Democrat

Not to mention the Fat Cat Cab which has gotten so horribly expensive. I think the price has doubled since I first tried it so many years ago.


65 posted on 09/13/2006 2:11:13 PM PDT by Brad C.
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To: ccmay
You've got it backwards.

Yeah, I realized that after I posted it. I guess I'm still thinking of a few years back, when the dollar was stronger, and lots of interesting foreign stuff from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Chile were showing up because of it.

66 posted on 09/13/2006 2:24:48 PM PDT by Heyworth
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To: ccmay
taking a big drink from the spittoon.

I think I'll skip dinner tonight. Thanks...

67 posted on 09/13/2006 2:37:12 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Katherine Harris for U.S. Senate)
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To: NautiNurse; SuziQ
• In response to a question from a Daily Press reader, a wine glass should be washed immediately after use with hot water and a mild detergent.

I swear, I misread that at first and I thought that said "In response to a question from a Daily Press reader, a glass of wine should be washed down immediately after with hot water and a mild detergent."

I thought "Hmmm...that doesn't sound right!"

68 posted on 09/13/2006 2:41:21 PM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: wayne_b24

Make mine Oklahoma wine!

http://www.oklahomawines.org/

I'm going to this festival in a few weeks...

http://www.stonebluffcellars.com/ourevents.html


69 posted on 09/13/2006 2:50:36 PM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: quantim

Normally I'd agree and I thought that the Moulin-a-Vent from '01 was really hanging on the edge (IMO) but the '02 I sampled with him was quite fine. I found that you couldn't keep Chiroubles as long.

I would't keep either for more than a week but at less than $4.00 a pop, you could do a LOT LOT worse.

I'm not buying it, mind you. Used to like the stuff but I'll stick to domestics, some bottles from Chile and Australia. Italians are still okay by me but I'm politically on the fence with the Spanish offerings.


70 posted on 09/13/2006 2:54:46 PM PDT by Range Rover (The Walrus was Paul Harvey)
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To: 2Jedismom

Hey, 2J, maybe you can get the cellar to ship a bottle of wine!


71 posted on 09/13/2006 3:10:11 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: 2Jedismom

Yeah, then there would really be a reason for bubbles to come out of your mouth after drinking too much wine!


72 posted on 09/13/2006 3:10:54 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Vision
He said Bush was a maniac and that they was no way he was going to send his kid to die in some oil field.

Did you tell him that if his son is not already a member of the military, that he was safer with Bush as President? It's not the Republicans who are pushing for a draft, it's the Dems!

73 posted on 09/13/2006 3:13:18 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: 2Jedismom

LOL


74 posted on 09/13/2006 3:14:40 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Katherine Harris for U.S. Senate)
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To: SuziQ

I don't interject politics in business. Besides being an outrageous fool, he is an ass.


75 posted on 09/13/2006 3:25:55 PM PDT by Vision ("As a man thinks...so is he." Proverbs 23:7)
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To: Vision
Besides being an outrageous fool, he is an ass.

He likely wouldn't listen to you, anyway. I'm sure he thinks he's right in everything.

76 posted on 09/13/2006 3:37:12 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: SuziQ

High end wine salesmen may be the most narcissistic group of people on earth. They might even think more of themselves than mountain climbers.


77 posted on 09/13/2006 4:01:50 PM PDT by Vision ("As a man thinks...so is he." Proverbs 23:7)
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To: NautiNurse
I think I'll skip dinner tonight. Thanks...

Yes, it was a very disturbing and revolting scene, even more so than some rather squalid, desperate, meaningless sex scenes they seemed to think were necessary.

-ccm

78 posted on 09/13/2006 4:21:51 PM PDT by ccmay (Too much Law; not enough Order)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
you should spend five bucks on a rack that suspends your wine glasses in the cupboard.

I made my own wine glass rack years ago. Drove the lumber guy crazy at Lowes. Had no measurements, just held my arms out and said, "I need six pieces of wood this long." For the chain, I counted links. It's a beautiful and very functional glass rack. You would never know a tape measure was missing from the assembly process.

However, it doesn't work for the Reidel O stemless glasses.

79 posted on 09/13/2006 4:46:13 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Katherine Harris for U.S. Senate)
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To: Range Rover

Once in a while I've seen a Morgon make it five years too, but very uncommon. But it would have to be a top producer in a Cru Beaujolais for me to touch it the first place.


80 posted on 09/13/2006 5:42:47 PM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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