DC Does It

originally posted by maureen:
originally posted by MLipton:
Good to see that the Prof is having his way with your drinking habits. You'll be a Grenache fiend in no time, I'm sure.

Mark Lipton
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No, I intend to keep plying him with burgundy to ensure that never happens.
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As I told Jonathan last night, I'm not Jay Miller and I don't hate grenache. But given my limited consumption of wine, Chateauneuf is just not something I get around to drinking very often.

the 1994 Beaucastel (which I've had before and quite liked, despite its origins).
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Say it ain't so!
 
To get back to one of the nonRhones, the 1979 Baumard Clos de Ste. Catherine was a curious wine; fairly bright, light color with an initial nose of almost sauvignon blanc like grassiness, although Bob's twin noted fennel; evolving into a curious coffee direction as noted by our scribe, eventually reminding me of Thai iced coffee, the sweetened concoction served at generic Thai restaurants. For those who still hold this wine, it is not clear where it is going but is in little danger of rapid decline.
 
originally posted by Cole Kendall:
To get back to one of the nonRhones, the 1979 Baumard Clos de Ste. Catherine was a curious wine; fairly bright, light color with an initial nose of almost sauvignon blanc like grassiness, although Bob's twin noted fennel; evolving into a curious coffee direction as noted by our scribe, eventually reminding me of Thai iced coffee, the sweetened concoction served at generic Thai restaurants. For those who still hold this wine, it is not clear where it is going but is in little danger of rapid decline.
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Unless you consider the coffee note to be evidence of decline!

I might have liked it more in the initial phases. Sounds like I shouldn't have dawdled with the other wines.

But, definitely interesting. I agree.
 
I don't remember your telling me you're not Jay Miller. But since the three times we've had dinner together, you've had a Texier CdP 01, a Clos des Papes 98 and now this Beaucastel line-up, and found something to like in all of them, I really do think that you can claim not to dislike the Southern Rhone. The finishing touch, of course, is to do a wine vacation there so that the wines embody the terroir for you.
 
The finishing touch, of course, is to do a wine vacation there so that the wines embody the terroir for you.
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Yes, that would be fun. But so many other places to go first. And the Rhone is so far from Paris!
 
originally posted by Thor:
Not by TGV it's not.
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Last time I was at Part-dieu, I was surprised to see the large number of what looked like day commuters getting off the TGV from Paris. Made me ponder a little on our Acela and the value it could have.
 
A friend of mine lives in Metz and commutes to Paris via TGV every day for work. With onboard wireless internet, it's working out great for him. Before, he kept a second apartment in Paris and weekended back home in Metz, which he hated.

Yes, there's so much untapped potential in the Northeast Corridor. Alas.
 
originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
originally posted by Thor:
Not by TGV it's not.
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Amazingly, it's cheaper and faster to get an Air France flight from Paris to Marseille, the airport of which is about an hour from CdP by car.
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I think that's because the TGV turns into an Acela train between Lyon and Marseille.
 
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