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Thoughts on serving temperatures
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Sharon Bowman
Sharon Bowman
originally posted by VLM:
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
(hate Westerns, Alexandre Dumas, and so forth).
I thought you loved my mustache?!?!?
Yo, I only got the beard effect. Which was much more Papa Hemingway. Not melodramatic at all.
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
originally posted by VLM:
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
(hate Westerns, Alexandre Dumas, and so forth).
I thought you loved my mustache?!?!?
Yo, I only got the beard effect. Which was much more Papa Hemingway. Not melodramatic at all.
Well, picture Eric Bordolet except taller. That's the way I'm rocking it now.
Ian Fitzsimmons
Ian Fitzsimmons
Not to get too far afield, but the longer I drink, the more I like my reds cool and my whites warm, relatively speaking. Southern Rhone reds, in particular, taste a lot better to quite cool (though I hardly drink these now, except for Cosme).
I just bought some Chandon de Brialles that recommends, on the back label, a drinking temperature of something like 58 degrees, which surprised even me. 'Red' Burgundy really seems to occupy a middle ground between conventional red and white.
Back to the dominant literature theme, reading Thomas Mann for me has always been an agonizing, water torture-like experience. How did the man ever get published? On the other hand, I enjoy reading Faulkner, go figure. Goedel, Escher, Bach incorporated some great ideas, but the presentation was hard to swallow. Must read some Proust sometime, though I have a mental block about madeleines.
The Man without Qualities (Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften) was written by Robert Musil.
Not all rubes are Rubes.
I just bought some Chandon de Brialles that recommends, on the back label, a drinking temperature of something like 58 degrees, which surprised even me. 'Red' Burgundy really seems to occupy a middle ground between conventional red and white.
Back to the dominant literature theme, reading Thomas Mann for me has always been an agonizing, water torture-like experience. How did the man ever get published? On the other hand, I enjoy reading Faulkner, go figure. Goedel, Escher, Bach incorporated some great ideas, but the presentation was hard to swallow. Must read some Proust sometime, though I have a mental block about madeleines.
The Man without Qualities (Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften) was written by Robert Musil.
Not all rubes are Rubes.
Ruben Ramos
Ruben Ramos
I heard that!
A friend bought me a wine temperature sleeve that shows the temperature of the bottle; it is stainless steel, with a liquid crystal temperature display. It lists the serving temperatures of wines on the sleeve. I haven't compared it to say the Johnson/Robinson Wine Atlas of the World chart. I rarely use it.
A friend bought me a wine temperature sleeve that shows the temperature of the bottle; it is stainless steel, with a liquid crystal temperature display. It lists the serving temperatures of wines on the sleeve. I haven't compared it to say the Johnson/Robinson Wine Atlas of the World chart. I rarely use it.
Ian Fitzsimmons
Ian Fitzsimmons
How about an instant-read thermometer with a colored scale on the dial? Like they do with meat thermometers.
Ruben Ramos
Ruben Ramos
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
How about an instant-read thermometer with a colored scale on the dial? Like they do with meat thermometers.
Is that what you use Ian? Go high tech and use an IR temperature sensor!
Jeff Grossman
Jeff Grossman
Yeah, I got an LC display thermometer freebie from Caparzo some years ago. I don't think I have ever put it on a bottle of wine.
Oliver McCrum
Oliver McCrum
Growing up in England in the 70s the winter temperature inside our house was such that the red wine was placed by the fire to come up to a drinkable temperature; I doubt that it was in the 60s away from the fire. I suspect that many of the wine books repeat 'room temperature' without thinking, and agree that the best thing with many red wines is a half-hour in the fridge (and I agree that it's better to start with colder wine and let it warm, unless you like icecubes in your wine).
Ok, unrelated. Not that this is prohibited by WD's rules of conduct or anything, but I am having a 2007 Langhe Nebbiolo wine tonight. I'm thinking, wow, that's really nice (the thermometer reads 57.985).
I'm thinking, "I wonder what Oliver thinks of the '07 vintage in the Piedmont?"
Oliver, tried the '07s yet? Anyone ready to venture some gross vintage generalizations?
I'm thinking, "I wonder what Oliver thinks of the '07 vintage in the Piedmont?"
Oliver, tried the '07s yet? Anyone ready to venture some gross vintage generalizations?
Jeff Grossman
Jeff Grossman
When you round like that, it's hard to tell what you really mean. Is it more like 57.9846 or 57.9854 ?(the thermometer reads 57.985).
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
When you round like that, it's hard to tell what you really mean. Is it more like 57.9846 or 57.9854 ?(the thermometer reads 57.985).
I couldn't find the repetend symbol.
Ruben Ramos
Ruben Ramos
Bwood you stuck a thermometer in your wine? Are you kidding me...
originally posted by Ruben Ramos:
Bwood you stuck a thermometer in your wine? Are you kidding me...
Mmmm, yes. Yes I am kidding.
I do tend to like my wines cooler and more chilled than most people, though. You can always warm them up over an evening while the wine sits in the glass.
originally posted by Bwood:
You can always warm them up over an evening while the wine sits in the glass.
Maybe.
Depends on the baseline temperature of the drinking environment/house/apartment.
originally posted by mlawton:
I thought I saw you slipping ice cubes in your Allemand last weekend, I was right.
I carry those multi-colored plastic cubes you can stick in the freezer and drop in your glass.
Good to see you survived the drive home and blizzard.
Caps improve at the trade deadline?
Chris Coad
Chris Coad
I carry those multi-colored plastic cubes you can stick in the freezer and drop in your glass.
Ooh, we have those too. Except our latest batch is frosty-white colored, even less intrusive, visually speaking. And dishwasher safe!
originally posted by Chris Coad:
I carry those multi-colored plastic cubes you can stick in the freezer and drop in your glass.
Ooh, we have those too. Except our latest batch is frosty-white colored, even less intrusive, visually speaking. And dishwasher safe!
Our multi-colored pack even includes the frosty white ones. Half the fun is deciding which color to use.
Jack Everitt
Jack Everitt
originally posted by Eden Mylunsch:
... I read the other day that the guy who wrote the Sideways book (not the movie) is working on a sequel that will take place in the Willamette Valley. Like we need another pinot story? Why not do something about syrah set in Paso Robles or Dry Creek or some other place with another variety that needs the exposure more than pinot?
-Eden
Syrah?! Nah, how about Sauvignon Blanc! When does it get its day in the Sun?