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Putnam Weekley

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Howdy neighbors.

Happy Thanksgiving, esp. to the other Turkey Day posters hereabouts (Kay, Dan, Florida, to name three). I decided to have an impromptu open house. One neighbor showed up, Caroline, and her amazing doggy Peaches. Peaches rejected the turkey liver (a sign?) but went nuts for the shrimp shells.

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the second course was shrimp risotto. I would need shrimp stock, and lemon juice, and 2008 Clos Roche Blanche Sauvignon.

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The Thai gazpacho needed some coconut or curry or something. even so, it was pretty decent (cilantro, cucumber, chile, lime, tomatillo, peanut, mint, sugar, dried bread, ...)

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a round of porcini goat cheese goyoza (with fried rosemary, and an amazing 2007 Nusserhof Elda - thick, sure, and folded up neatly) was followed by the thing I was looking forward to all day: pancetta, vinegar, shallot, sherry brussels sprouts ... the accompanying drink was a Kulmbacher pils

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a bed of aromatic vegetables underneath the portioned bird works on several levels. It infuses the meat with fresh scents. It provides steam. It makes the gravy taste good.

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"2007" Nusserhof Elda spooned with the turkey gravy. Were they getting a bit "too" familiar?
 

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Yeah, great post Putnam! Welcome to Turkeypalooza 2009 here on Wine Disorder.

How was the '08 Clos Roche Blanche? From the myriad of Thanksgiving Day threads, particularly yours and also mine, I'm getting a strong impression that 2008 was a great vintage for white wine in the whole Loire Valley including the Cher tributary.
 
Regarding the middle Loire. It's one of those cliches I tell the good cook - I like every vintage better than the one before. And for me that starts at a high level around approximately 1989. (Obvs. notes on these boards go back farther.)
 
Sounds like a great time Putnam! That first picture looks really familiar; seems perfect for making a risotto with. I don't know what it is, but your food photography captures the essence of what your making/eating so perfectly.
 
I don't know what it is, but your food photography captures the essence of what your making/eating so perfectly.
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Not using a flash unless absolutely necessary is the start; food almost never looks appetizing under flash, it looks monotone and greasy. Also recognizing that the important thing isn't necessarily the entirely of the plate. Ingredients are nice. And not everything has to be centered, with borders. At least, that's my theory.

Michael Ruhlman's wife takes some pretty spectacular photos for his blog and his books, if you're interested in Googling for them. Putnam's photos are conceived with like mind, I think.
 
I enjoyed this one: http://blog.ruhlman.com/.a/6a00d83451b42169e20120a6a822b7970c-popup

I like taking pictures of food because it is perishable and yet it sits still.

I'm enamored with this 07 Nusserhof Schiava - but only with sit down food. I tried to cocktail a bottle the other night and it was too thick and heavy. Food seems to absorb the wine's weight, revealing whatever earth and spice scents are in the liquid.

Salvo Foti's Vinudilice on Wednesday was memorable, startling even. My only previous encounter made it the wine of the day on October 28. It's orange peel and watermelon flavored, sour like roasted fino sherry - like a little Arbois vibe, but then the weight is clearly Sicilian.
 
originally posted by Putnam Weekley:

Salvo Foti's Vinudilice on Wednesday was memorable, startling even. My only previous encounter made it the wine of the day on October 28. It's orange peel and watermelon flavored, sour like roasted fino sherry - like a little Arbois vibe, but then the weight is clearly Sicilian.
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This is a great description. It really clarifies the wine in my mind for me.

Thank you.
 
originally posted by Levi Dalton:
originally posted by Putnam Weekley:

Salvo Foti's Vinudilice on Wednesday was memorable, startling even. My only previous encounter made it the wine of the day on October 28. It's orange peel and watermelon flavored, sour like roasted fino sherry - like a little Arbois vibe, but then the weight is clearly Sicilian.
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This is a great description. It really clarifies the wine in my mind for me.

Thank you.
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I'm glad you like the description; you inadvertently remind me that October 28 was really two days in one. The Vodopivec Vitovska might have been the wine of the other 10/28 - the evening - that or the COS. (I guess I need to meet Sicily.)

Photos and text pending. That was too memorable to make a hash of it, even on Wine Disorder.
 
11 years later and a freshly opened 2017 Vinudilice.

It's not the ripe rage-storm of sans sulfur wackiness like 2007 in its formative stages. Blissfully mineral, "crystaline" even. And I think it is in a state of pause.

Also, Detroit is drinking 2014 Nusserhof Elda now. It, too, is extremely well organized, even a little shy.

I wish I didn't keep missing out on brussels sprouts season. It's my own fault.
 
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