Dinner with Friends I'm all alone in New York and have to go eat with some wine geeks at a BYOB restaurant. Here's what I'm bringing: Bleu Marine Savignin 2004 from Jean-Marc Brignot Les Mouches ont Pied from Jean-Marc Brignot (New York's current leading cult wine) La Pangée from Domaine le Briseau Philippe Pacalet Gevrey-Chambertin 2004 Philippe Pacalet Pommard 2004 I'm kind of nervous about the selection. The people I'm dining with are either big fans of Joseph Drouhin or Turley Zinfandels. I've been tormented all day about what to bring. What would you do?
Your selections look great (well, I'd be very happy with them) although those Burgundies seem quite young. I'd be more excited about those older Clos Rougeards you must have lying in your cellar.
Save the Pacalet wines for another occasion.
That's 5 bottles, Joe.
No wait, forget it. Pacelet. Yes. That'll show 'em.
f****'em if they can't equate whom you choose professionially with what goes with food (with food!) and don't come with spurrious "rock star" points. live well, dine well, drink well!
Take some Turley. Just don't you drink the stuff.
Just tell them you have it on good authority that the wines you brought are the ones that Drouhin and Turley like to drink at home.
i thought you were coming up to the country?
How was dinner? How were the wines? Will you post tasting notes on the Internet? Will you assign letters or numbers to the wines, or poetic narratives?
The dinner looked good and was standard. I won't post tasting notes. The wines were B to A-
Goin' to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come
great song!
Was that Kermit Lynch singing? |