Anyone for a nightcap?

[Netzach]

Mas De Gourgonnier - God it makes me a happy lush.

 

[LilyBart]

My sister is stuck on KJ and I'm trying valiantly to wean her away. She complains that there are no good wine shops nearby where she could trust the proprietor to give her good advice. She does live near a lot of wild critters and rednecks so I suppose she does have a point. But my point is simple: a bottle of halfway decent wine costs between 10 and 20 dollars so there really isn't all that much risk should you happen to select one that doesn't quite work out.

I'm saving my best ammo for later: telling her that she's stuck in what I think of as McDonaldsland - where the need for consistency wins out over the pleasure of surprise and delight.

Oh, Mr MWY, I think you should conduct a little on-line wine seminar for us!

Still on the Julia Child theme, her husband did the same for her little cooking school in Paris.......

 

[midwestyankee]

Oh, Mr MWY, I think you should conduct a little on-line wine seminar for us!

Still on the Julia Child theme, her husband did the same for her little cooking school in Paris.......

I know so little about wine it's scary. There's a good little wine shop near my home that I frequent occasionally. Trouble is, I sometimes don't even remember the names of the labels that I buy and enjoy. Sure, I could keep a list or a journal but that seems to far out there and too much trouble.

I like surprise and delight (in lots of things).

 

[midwestyankee]

Mas De Gourgonnier - God it makes me a happy lush.

Happy is always good.

 

[intothewoods]

My sister is stuck on KJ and I'm trying valiantly to wean her away. She complains that there are no good wine shops nearby where she could trust the proprietor to give her good advice. She does live near a lot of wild critters and rednecks so I suppose she does have a point. But my point is simple: a bottle of halfway decent wine costs between 10 and 20 dollars so there really isn't all that much risk should you happen to select one that doesn't quite work out.

I'm saving my best ammo for later: telling her that she's stuck in what I think of as McDonaldsland - where the need for consistency wins out over the pleasure of surprise and delight.

Where does she live?! I am so spoiled, really. And I forget sometimes how warped my reality is. I have never lived beyond an hour from a major city. I'm not bragging. It's weird, when you think about it.

 

[intothewoods]

Oh, Mr MWY, I think you should conduct a little on-line wine seminar for us!

Still on the Julia Child theme, her husband did the same for her little cooking school in Paris.......

I'm the wine bitch around here. MWY likes chardonnay! And and and Barefoot wines!

 

[midwestyankee]

I'm the wine bitch around here. MWY likes chardonnay! And and and Barefoot wines!

Truly laughing out loud here.

 

[intothewoods]

Truly laughing out loud here.

Sometimes I have to demand attention. It's really hard to be me.

 

[midwestyankee]

Sometimes I have to demand attention. It's really hard to be me.

I see that.

 

[LilyBart]

I know so little about wine it's scary. There's a good little wine shop near my home that I frequent occasionally. Trouble is, I sometimes don't even remember the names of the labels that I buy and enjoy. Sure, I could keep a list or a journal but that seems to far out there and too much trouble.

I like surprise and delight (in lots of things).

I have a really wonderful wine resource here, an independent, yet well-stocked store with incredible knowledge stored in the employees' brains. And where you don't have to tremble at saying "I'm looking for a great Shiraz to serve to guests for under $X per bottle." I really need to take advantage of that more rather than taking the easy way out at Safeway.

 

[intothewoods]

I see that.

I'm so glad.

I have a really wonderful wine resource here, an independent, yet well-stocked store with incredible knowledge stored in the employees' brains. And where you don't have to tremble at saying "I'm looking for a great Shiraz to serve to guests for under $X per bottle." I really need to take advantage of that more rather than taking the easy way out at Safeway.

We have a fabulous place like that. I love it. They also do tastings all the time.

 

[LilyBart]

I'm the wine bitch around here. MWY likes chardonnay! And and and Barefoot wines!

OK, that was funny!

 

[LilyBart]

And I'm only laughing because I've grown so fond of Mr MWY....

 

[midwestyankee]

I have a really wonderful wine resource here, an independent, yet well-stocked store with incredible knowledge stored in the employees' brains. And where you don't have to tremble at saying "I'm looking for a great Shiraz to serve to guests for under $X per bottle." I really need to take advantage of that more rather than taking the easy way out at Safeway.

We have a fabulous place like that. I love it. They also do tastings all the time.

These places are treasures and deserve our business. The place I frequent does tastings every weekend and I've never left without buying at least one of the offerings. They always have a good mix of moderate and somewhat higher priced bottles for tasting. I'm more than happy to pay a dollar or two more for their excellent choices than I might pay for my usual mid-week grab-something-quick bottle at the grocery store.

 

[LilyBart]

These places are treasures and deserve our business. The place I frequent does tastings every weekend and I've never left without buying at least one of the offerings. They always have a good mix of moderate and somewhat higher priced bottles for tasting. I'm more than happy to pay a dollar or two more for their excellent choices than I might pay for my usual mid-week grab-something-quick bottle at the grocery store.

I'm with you!
I like to support all independent businesses when I can. But I am also prone to laziness. I need to work on that....

And truthfully, my local wine store has a great selection of reasonably priced wines - and priced no higher than the grocery store. I just need to program myself to make that short right turn on my way home from work more often.

 

[intothewoods]

I actually met one of the wine owners from Italy last time I stopped in! I spoke to him for a while, and tasted about five of his different wines. It was great because I don't know too much about Italian wines.

 

[intothewoods]

OK, that was funny!

I'm funny. I keep telling y'all this.

 

[Netzach]

We have stupid ass blue laws, wine at the grocery is so new, I haven't gotten in the habit at all.

 

[LilyBart]

We have stupid ass blue laws, wine at the grocery is so new, I haven't gotten in the habit at all.

I've lived here for 15 years and still can't get over the fact that this Southern girl can buy wine and liquor at the grocery store. But not before 10am on Sundays, thankyouverymuch.

Not that I shop for spirits early in the morning as a normal course, but we were doing some short notice entertaining a few weeks ago and my husband went to to the store early on Sunday. He was completely shocked to find that we had any blue laws at all.

 

[LilyBart]

I'm funny. I keep telling y'all this.

I believe you, sugar.....

 

[midwestyankee]

We have stupid ass blue laws, wine at the grocery is so new, I haven't gotten in the habit at all.

Around here the grocery stores now carry everything alcoholic that they care to stock. However, the liquor department is off limits until noon on Sundays. It's also the case that one must be 21 in order to pass a bottle of wine or liquor over a scanner at the checkout counter so I'm constantly waiting for the pimply-faced kid to get an adult to help him check out my order.

 

[Netzach]

Around here the grocery stores now carry everything alcoholic that they care to stock. However, the liquor department is off limits until noon on Sundays. It's also the case that one must be 21 in order to pass a bottle of wine or liquor over a scanner at the checkout counter so I'm constantly waiting for the pimply-faced kid to get an adult to help him check out my order.

Yeah, I'm surprised they even take Sunday off till noon. When I lived in Chicago the bars were busy 10 AM every morning.

I did live more or less ON Rush St. though, it was a very weird living situation.

Our bar close was changed from 1 to 130 and everyone acts like the world is going to end from this. It infuriates me because it's far less safe for everyone to leave at once and none of them remotely sobered up. Also there's no liquor buying on Sundays.

Clearly we're a far more Godly place for it. Ha.

Upside- there's a wine sale on at my local close spot, so after I'm done with this bottle, I'm on to a Sancerre that I got for 17 bucks which I know is usually a fair bit more.

 

[Netzach]

Where does she live?! I am so spoiled, really. And I forget sometimes how warped my reality is. I have never lived beyond an hour from a major city. I'm not bragging. It's weird, when you think about it.

An hour can be a long long long long way away. Five years in a college river town and that's about as much of that as I'll ever do.

 

[LilyBart]

An hour can be a long long long long way away. Five years in a college river town and that's about as much of that as I'll ever do.

So now I feel guilty that I'm not making that right hand turn. To take myself a half mile out of my way on my drive home from work....

Yes....I already know I'm pathetic.....

 

[Netzach]

So now I feel guilty that I'm not making that right hand turn. To take myself a half mile out of my way on my drive home from work....

Yes....I already know I'm pathetic.....

Not at all. I have this tendency to repeat forgetting the same thing I mean to do ad nauseam.