I Miss Thor

[Oswaldo Costa]

He can be a pain in the ass, but I miss his wit, his brilliance, his semi-colons & parentheses, his depth of knowledge and experience. It's understandable that he would take time off after the year-end carnage, but I hope it's brief. He is one of the mainstays of this board, and it is much the less without him.

 

[Jeff Grossman]

Agreed.

 

[Larry Stein]

He's currently in a part of the world where internet connectivity is quite costly.

 

[Dan McQ]

originally posted by Larry Stein:
He's currently in a part of the world where internet connectivity is quite costly.

Vermont again?

 

[Joe Dressner]

He is at a Gite between Hunawihr and Ribeauvillé.

Don't worry, he'll be back!

 

[lars makie]

originally posted by Joe Dressner:
He is at a Gite between Hunawihr and Ribeauvill.

Is that like getting caught between the moon and New York City?

 

[Oswaldo Costa]

Muhlforst is a large and excellent lieu-dit well worth looking for. Located between Hunawihr and Ribeauvill its calcareous marl gives racy, tight wines with flesh and obvious grapefruit, pamplemousse, in the aftertaste.

 

[lars makie]

originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
Muhlforst is a large and excellent lieu-dit well worth looking for. Located between Hunawihr and Ribeauvillé its calcareous marl gives racy, tight wines with flesh and obvious grapefruit, pamplemousse, in the aftertaste.

Well, if there is racy, tight flesh and grapefruit aplenty, I can see why he'd forgo this place for there.

 

[Ian Fitzsimmons]

I miss his unique varietal of humor.

 

[Matteo Mollo]

nice [insert ironic emoticon of choice here].

 

[Joel Stewart]

He seems a swell guy. It's the puntification.

 

[Morgan Harris]

Grapefruit and pamplemousse, oh my...

 

[Eden Mylunsch]

A dermatologist once prescribed me some pimplemousse. It turned out that he was receiving a kickback from the pharmacy for this remedy. It came out in court that he referred to the scheme as "easy-dough zit".

-Eden (he's become quite successful recently, performing botox maneuvers on Malibu cougars who still think the fish lips/bee-stung pouty look is sexy)(yeah it is, maybe to another fish)

 

[Levi Dalton]

I like that Eden's posts allow me to vicariously keep tabs on the current nip and tuck situation in Malibu.

 

[Joel Stewart]

Timely too. We were just talking about what's her face....

 

[Oswaldo Costa]

originally posted by Levi Dalton:
I like that Eden's posts allow me to vicariously keep tabs on the current nip and tuck situation in Malibu.

It behooves a sommelier frequently in the position of purveying to the cosmetically altered well-heeled to understand the effects of nose surgery on olfaction and lip surgery on the ideal shape of Riedel to use.

Oswaldo (not to mention the effect of anti-depressants on the palate; for maximum pleasure, clients should be required to fill out a complete form before seating).

 

[Joel Stewart]

Oswaldo, you're late to the party...Riedel is now designing olfaction and palate reconstructions for the varietally inclined well-heelers...the "Barolesque" (with bowl-shaped flared nostrils)....the "Sancerre blanc pucker pout" (sort of a funnel shaped cheek reconfiguration)...etc. Only for the real geeks, mind you. Makes glassware obsolete, and Levi's job much easier...(unless Sir Barolesque decides to go orange for the night).

 

[Sharon Bowman]

 

[maureen]

originally posted by Sharon Bowman:

don't laugh - that's what is in the municipal water supply here (well, along with lead).

hmm, maybe I should rethink my bottled water habit - could cut down on the drugstore expenditures.

 

[Ian Fitzsimmons]

Chromium hexavalent, coming soon to a reservoir near you.