Fun stuff might not be the right wording... A lot has happened since February. Of course, anyone might guess that "a lot" can happen in almost 4 months. Well I think I can trump the average story.
We were abruptly ripped from the comfortable womb of Grenoble, we moved back to Austin for a short time, long enough to get new embarassing clothing for Finn and Gertie, we bought a hybrid, we saw a beautiful midnight storm in El Paso from afar while visiting Claudia's family, we visited our nations capitol on the way to our new home, we moved into our new home in NY, and we bought something in which to keep all of our wine. In a nut shell.
BEAT THAT. (click on the picture to enlarge)
It has been a roller coaster ride until now, but we are settled into our new environment and it is growing on us. We have been into the big city a few times, and that is certainly a bonus. I think we can be happy here for a while.
Wine Stuff:
We were able to bring back a few more than ninety bottles of wine. We have wanted to get a wine fridge for a long time. So the wine import coupled with the desire to make it last urged the decision to finally get the fridge.
I will post images of our new digs soon, but suffice it to say, it is very "us". We are renting for now. We are not sure how long we will be here, and we need to determine where is the best place for us anyway. We live in Beacon now, and we like it. In fact, we grow more fond of it each day. We live within walking distance of Main street, food is good, and there are some good bars and coffee shops.
Some of our friends were the first to have a housewarming party, and on that ocassion, we were able to give some NY wine a try. The one wine I remember was actually owned by the NY winery, but produced in CA. It was a typical oaky chardonnay, that luckily had some fruit flavor behind the chunks of oak I was drinking. Actually not too bad if you are an oak lover. The same winery does a Burgundy style chard which should be much more subtle and interesting. I did not get to try this yet.
Tonight I am back to the old world. Italy to be specific. I just had a glass of 2005 Palagetto Vernaccia di San Gimignano. Vernaccia is the grape, and it is a wonderful summer wine. Light and tart with interesting undertones of nut. The finish is long with a surprise of grapfruit that shocks your tounge with its combination of tart and bitter.
San Gimignano is in the province of Siena in Tuscany. The vernaccia vines of San Gimignano are cultivated in their sandstone-based soil and the vines are likely unrelated to any other vernaccia. The wines from San Gimignano are DOCG status and there are references to vernaccia in the archives farther back than 700 years! This stuff is much more interesting than the common Trebbiano and Malvasia blends of Tuscany. Try to find some!
happy drinking,
-PMo
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