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Forum: Food and Drink 08-20-2020, 11:52 AM
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BBQ'ed some home grown Pork Butt Steaks last...

BBQ'ed some home grown Pork Butt Steaks last night.
They were delicious and fully complimented by a bottle of 1991 Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Vieux Telegraphe.
This Rhone wine is usually a mostly...
Forum: Food and Drink 07-14-2020, 10:46 AM
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Posted By Diaphone Jim
If you have any form of swimming pool, NO GLASS...

If you have any form of swimming pool, NO GLASS is a iron rule.
Forum: Food and Drink 07-13-2020, 07:11 PM
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Posted By Diaphone Jim
I meant to respond at the time, but forgot. ...

I meant to respond at the time, but forgot.
When I just got out a freshly cleaned glass for my pre-dinner S&W,
soap smell and taste is what I got. Gahhh.
It took three thorough rinsings get rid...
Forum: Food and Drink 06-11-2020, 05:34 PM
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Posted By Diaphone Jim
Last night I liberated a 1978 Parducci Mendocino...

Last night I liberated a 1978 Parducci Mendocino County Cabernet-Merlot.
It was a Cellarmaster label with 60/40 blend.
The cork was stained only about 2/3 of its length and came free easily.
After...
Forum: Food and Drink 05-19-2020, 11:51 AM
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Posted By Diaphone Jim
My son-in-law brought me some fresh caught ocean...

My son-in-law brought me some fresh caught ocean fish over the past month and they paired better with fresh bought white wines than with elderly reds.
I did pull a few of the latter from their...
Forum: Food and Drink 04-21-2020, 12:12 PM
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Views: 324,793
Posted By Diaphone Jim
This week's lucky pick was from a small local...

This week's lucky pick was from a small local winery: Frey Vineyards of Redwood Valley.
They may have been California's first 100% organic producer and the whole Frey family were involved at the...
Forum: Food and Drink 04-13-2020, 11:57 AM
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Posted By Diaphone Jim
The wine I pulled at random from my stash this...

The wine I pulled at random from my stash this week was a 1990 Zinfandel from Greenwood Ridge Vineyards in Philo, Mendocino County, California.
The winery is in the Anderson Valley, but the grapes...
Forum: Food and Drink 04-11-2020, 02:29 PM
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Posted By Diaphone Jim
I kept getting mate, friend and wife mixed up.

I kept getting mate, friend and wife mixed up.
Forum: Food and Drink 04-08-2020, 11:02 AM
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Posted By Diaphone Jim
https://www.nharv.com/blog/word-of-the-day-prejudi...

https://www.nharv.com/blog/word-of-the-day-prejudism

As an employee of another winery at the time, it's likely I got the bottle at half-price, but it is hard to know what regular retail was then. ...
Forum: Food and Drink 04-07-2020, 04:56 PM
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Posted By Diaphone Jim
While I have never been shy about enjoying almost...

While I have never been shy about enjoying almost every kind of alcoholic beverage, they don't taste as good before breakfast or even lunch.

I worked around wine tasting rooms for years and grew...
Forum: Food and Drink 04-07-2020, 11:11 AM
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Posted By Diaphone Jim
Bottles from the crypt, part 5. This was...

Bottles from the crypt, part 5.
This was actually last week's wine that took a while to fully appreciate.
It was a 1981 V. Sattui Cabernet Sauvignon from their Preston Vineyard in the Napa valley....
Forum: Food and Drink 03-19-2020, 11:51 AM
Replies: 1,288
Views: 324,793
Posted By Diaphone Jim
Or maybe the daily one was dapsone.

Or maybe the daily one was dapsone.
Forum: Food and Drink 03-19-2020, 11:48 AM
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Posted By Diaphone Jim
Ah, Chloroquine-Primaquine. the weekly...

Ah, Chloroquine-Primaquine. the weekly anti-malaria pill in Vietnam, guaranteed to give you the shits.

The daily one, mefloquine, was worse and may still be causing problems to vets, 50 years on.
Forum: Food and Drink 03-18-2020, 05:37 PM
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Posted By Diaphone Jim
A St. Pat's tale from my Cellar. To enhance a...

A St. Pat's tale from my Cellar.
To enhance a tasty (if I do say so myself) corned beef, potatoes and cabbage meal yesterday I opened a 1977 Sanford and Benedict Santa Inez Valley (Santa Barbara...
Forum: Food and Drink 03-12-2020, 12:15 PM
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Posted By Diaphone Jim
I've said the hell with it and started drinking...

I've said the hell with it and started drinking the wine I stashed away over the years.
The last two nights we enjoyed a 1980 McDowell Valley Vineyards Estate Bottled 1980 Syrah. California,...
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