Posted on 11/05/2005 2:30:20 PM PST by nickcarraway
You'll want something that's not too tannic, unless you go for double brewed black coffee, in which case a wine with a strong backbone of tannic acid will suit you quite well. But let's assume your tastes run more in line with the other 99% of the population.
At the beggining of the day your senses tend to fall into one of two categories; they are either slightly dull or a little on the hypersensitive side. Let's assume that, since you are posting on Free Republic in the evening, your senses are sharper later in the day and start slowly.
This would indicate that a fine wine, subtle and imbued with complexity, would be wasted at breakfast and that a simpler table wine would be a better fit.
For breakfast you'll definitely want something on the fruity side, perhaps with hints of coffee, leather and tobacco.
I suggest a Central Coast (California) Zinfandel. Specifically, the Tobin James, Late Harvest, "Liquid Love" Zinfandel. Born of hot Paso Robles days and cool evening breezes, with an alcohol content approaching 17%, it will stroke your palate, open your eyes, and put you well down the road toward a day filled with satisfaction and achievement.
It's jammy to the max and just right with that english muffin you covet in the morning, but will stand up to heavier fare when you indulge yourself with bacon and eggs, oatmeal, or a full side of grits with butter.
Order it by the case at discount or spoil yourself with a James Gang membership for an even better price, and don't miss the barbeque, the wine flows profusely and the loin tri-tip coming off the grill will be remembered for years to come, thanks to the generous helpings of resveratrol you will be consuming each and every morning.
Pingo.
I love it when you talk dirty.
A keeper!
No, not the same thing at all, LOL
Please, and thanks.
Old Patatrooper Chant:
What's the word?
THUNDER BIRD!!
What's the price?
50 TWICE!
How do we drink it?
IN A CUP!
What's it get you?
ALL F***ED UP!
Morning thanks. . .and 'cheers' as well.
There's a reason people have been drinking wine since the dawn of time!
She should make you a peanut butter and grape jelly sandwich on whole wheat and give you a glass of Benton Hall Pinot Noir.
Of course since the resveratrol gets zapped by just opening the bottle, for health reasons you should just drink the whole bottle.
There a lot of great references to resvertatrol in pinot noir, peanut butter, grape jelly, the oxidation of resveratrol and why cool wet grape raising areas are better than our warm California areas in the link below:
http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?fr=ybr_sbc&p=resveratrol%20pinot%20noir
Polyphenols are a result of alcoholic fermentation. They aren't there as much before fermentation. In fact, phenols and polyphenols contribute a lot to a good red wine's structure and complexity.
My first guess would be that fresh grape juice will not get the same result.
I concur in spite of current advertising campaigns.
However the potato chips being consumed while surfing FR is more delightful than a natural laxative as in grape juice.
Nature can be cruel.
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