Hobbies and Other Non-Political Assorted Interests

Yup, the grape was introduced to Chile and thrived there, Chile is like a southern hemisphere version of California and practically matches it as a wine growing area. That's a great story about your ampelographer friend who helped in the identification. Chilean Carmenere has a world wide reputation now (look up Clos Apalta).

 

My brother in law was in Chile for a year doing his post-doc at the observatory. He returned as both a LFC fan and being somewhat of a wine snob I say that only to suggest Chile has good wine apparently.

 

I covered South America during part of my corporate career and Chile was my favorite South American country to spend time in. Great geography and climate, great food and wine, great people and culture.

 

Wine?
Ugh…I live in Sonoma County, with Napa County ‘next door’
I don’t care for wine…but it is everywhere around here…and the vineyards have slowly taken over just about every other agricultural endeavor in the the area (both counties, as well as Mendocino to the north), from apples and pears to dairies and chickens…it’s really a bit too much

Ask me anything to do with wine and my answer is the same “I don’t know”
But I live in “wine country”…

 

I lived in Piedmont then moved up to Santa Rosa. Sonoma's a great place to live whether you're into wine or not. And a lot of people we knew weren't into wine at all.

 

So your phone book was divided into civilized and barbarians?

 

Absolutely. The wine challenged were shunned by us cool people.

 

So proud of you! You can be in my gang.

 

Bigots. Piss off the both of you

Give me a nice scotch any day

 

Sniff…that just might be the nicest thing you or indeed anyone on these boards has ever said to me. Sniff…

 

It sure smells nicer around harvest than the chicken, the dairies, and the beet farms!

 

Liverpool is in Chile? Well, I never ...

I didn't even know that Chile was near Lancashire.

 

It would have been an even nicer place by now if the liars in Langley had left it alone 50years ago.


A side note on Chile - I had a couple of close friends from Chile (and a couple of soccer palying acquaintances) - 2nd most racist South American society (after Argentina). That's not just me saying that - my other South American friends generally agree with my voiced observation on that......

 

i must try one of the Rieslings - if you have any winery name(s) I'd be mucho gracias-ful.

Also - on the Chardonnays? Are they into that god-awful buttering style that has made many mid-price Californian Chards practically undrinkable??

 

I see (maybe) what you did there snif-ter

 

Try Herman J. Wiemer Dry Riesling, a good example from the central New York area. For Long Island Chards I'd recommend Channing Daughters and Wölffer Estate, both see some oak and have some malo performed but they are done in a crisper style than the old California butter-bombs.

 

I'll take a good bourbon, it's become my leisure drink when I'm finished with wine work.

 

You mean bourbon’s what you drink when you’re not drinking.

Just opened a Barossa Valley Grenache. Barossa Valley, I’m like a moth to a bug zapper for its reds.

I’d have to think deeply if I were offered a glass of any Barossa Valley red from a battered, 20 year old, never washed sneaker that’s not mine. And I’m not certain I’d say no.

 

Hard to argue with the greatness of Barossa reds. Coonawara, McLaren Vale and farther afield Yarra Valley are other strong sites.

 

I’m Homer and donuts when it comes to McLaren Vale.

 

Wine is work - bourbon is leisure

 

There is a Liverpool in Nova Scotia . On the River Mersey an all.

 

How about Liverpool, Texas, just a bit west of Galveston. Actually named after Liverpool, U.K. and was a railroad center in the 1900's. Yee-haww-la