Handy Awesome Wine Cellar…
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Wisdom for a Friday Afternoon
Posted: April 2, 2010 Filed under: Apso Aficionados | Tags: Just for Fun, Wine 1 Comment »To my friends who enjoy a glass of wine… and those who don’t.
Ben Franklin:
In wine there is wisdom,
in beer there is freedom,
in water there is bacteria.
In a number of carefully controlled trials,scientists have demonstrated that if we drink 1 liter of water each day, at the end of the year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo of Escherichia coli, (E. coli) – bacteria found in feces. In other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of poop..
However,we do NOT run that risk when drinking wine & beer
(or tequila, rum, whiskey or other liquor) because alcohol has to go through a purification process of boiling, filtering and/or fermenting.
Therefore, it’s better to drink wine and talk stupid, than to drink water and be full of shit!.
:Ramblings with wine glasses
Posted: September 27, 2008 Filed under: DRambles on Black Mountain | Tags: Wine Leave a comment »The lead-in makes little sense. Or all the sense in the world. I am drinking coffee. It is, after all 6:42 in the morning. The past few days…well, I don’t know about you, but I’ve been feeling very irritated. Who am I going to call when Mountain Pet Grooming or RMR Woodworks needs a bail-out. Ghost Busters??
Philosophically, I consider myself an Adlerian Objectivist. Ayn Rand was a 20th century novelist and philosopher, whose Objectivist philosophy stressed objective reality over supernatural beliefs, reason, self-interest, and capitalism. Alfred Adler, a contemporary of Sigmund Freud, was an Austrian medical doctor, founder of the school of Individual Psychology and espoused the development of social interest and democratic family structures as ideal for raising children.
Ayn Rand quote: I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.
Alfred Adler summed up:
1. Man is a social being and his main desire (the basic motivation) is to belong.
2. All behavior is purposeful. One cannot understand behavior of another person unless one knows to which goal it is directed, and it is always directed towards finding one’s place.
3. Man is a decision-making organism.
4. Man does not see reality as it is, but only as he perceives it, and his perception may be mistaken or biased.
How does one find a political party that incorporates my beliefs, the way I try to live my life? The strength of our society should be built on the qualities of the responsible, responsive individual. None of this trickle-down crap led by irresponsible looters with golden parachutes. A while back, double-checking that my voter status should remain unaffiliated, I explored the available parties…and I’m not referring to the top two. Alas. Alack. None of them spoke to me. Not the American Constitution Party. Not the America First Party. Certainly not the Communist Party. Or the Socialist Party. Not the Libertarian Party. Or the Green Party. Or the Pacifist Party. There was even a Party dedicated to the legalization of marijuana. Can’t find the name of it right now…perhaps it was Pot Party.
With that as a segeway, today I will celebrate the Wine Party!
My sisters brought 2 bottles of wine and 3 wine glasses from a nearby Nebraska winery….Cuthills Vineyards.
I love the Cuthills Vineyards banner…
While I have no early memories of grape vines in Nebraska, the barn is classic in style. My freshman English teacher, Miss Faye Gordon (she also taught my parents and Johnny Carson – appeared on his show several times), told us the most beautiful sunsets were in Nebraska and Italy. Indeed, Nebraska regularly has spectacular sunsets, as evidenced in the banner. Burrr. The familiar Nebraska winter lighting in the vineyard makes me shiver!
When Faye was here for the Specialty weekend, she generously presented me with this It’s Five O’clock Somewhere wine glass.
Full of bling and surprises, there’s a recipe on the bottom of the glass…
“5 O’clock Somewhere”
3 oz. Red Wine
2 oz. Lemon Juice
2 tsp. Simple Syrup
:Outbound
Posted: June 7, 2008 Filed under: DRambles on Black Mountain | Tags: Just for Fun, Wine 3 Comments »A couple of years ago Rick and I went to San Francisco for a long weekend trip with Chris and Herman. Of course we went to Wine Country! The first vineyard we toured was Kunde…as in Monday, Tuesday, Coonday.
The wine is aged in the hill, under the vineyards. At the very back is a large room that can be rented. It would be perfect for a Creepy Party! All the walls were finished with some sort of stucco rock looking stuff, so you felt like you were in a cave. Our guide suggested we stop at the smallest vineyard, Kaz’s Vineyard and Winery.
I ended up joining Kaz’s Wine club. This quarter’s selection (2 bottles) arrived. Man oh man, try as I might, I cannot let that wine sit in the wine rack! I could never be a collector of wine. Outbound, a 2005 Cabernet Franc, was DELICIOUS!! I’ll be checking out more Cab Francs, for sure! This particular label was designed by Kaz’s son Ryan Kaz.
Here’s notes about Outbound…
Notes:
Our biggest lot yet! 8 whole barrels. Compared to most wineries that is still a laugh, but to us it’s serious business. Being that Cab Franc is loved by the Kaz family we decided that we should have enough of it so that we to could enjoy it ourselves. So often our favorites are gone in a flash. Perhaps Outbound might find its way to our personal cellars… to bad it’s so DAMN GOOD! It won’t stay on the shelves as long as we had hoped. It’s decadent nose and full body are just too good to be true. Why, oh why, did it have to have such a perfect oak flavor? Why didn’t we make more?
:Rose Day
Posted: April 5, 2008 Filed under: DRambles on Black Mountain, FFT Lhasa Apsos | Tags: Ginny Johnson, Kathy Rasmussen, Rose Hugel, Wine Leave a comment »What a great day it was! Kathy arrived first…in her front wheel drive car. Indeed, she deserves the title Trailblazing Kathy. It snowed twice the day before. Not a total of 8″ like Minnesota, but enough to pose a problem for the faint of heart…or those without four-wheel drive. Spring snows up here are deceiving, tricky, extremely slippery. Trailblazing Kathy didn’t let any of that keep her away. Promptly at 10AM, she was at the top of my driveway. Ginny and Rose arrived shortly thereafter.
After coffee, pastries and Snickerdoodles, we trekked out to the kennel, where I had lit lots and lots of incense.
After greeting the dogs and letting Tango have one last romp around his soon-to-be-former-stomping-grounds, back to the house we went. Tango and Rose got acquainted.
And we celebrated with…what else…more food. And wine.
Not just any ol’ wine. Big Ass Chard.
And Our Daily Red.
Katy called during the festivities. What a nice surprise!
Here’s a couple of photos, taken by Kathy, of the Gompa puppies..
This is a pinwheel Kathy gave me last year for St. Patrick’s Day. Don’t think she knows it spins and spins on an outside post in one of the dog yards. Since she stayed in the house, setting the table for lunch and doing some last minute preparations, I took this photo for her.
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