3 January 2007
Fun and entertaining!
I truly believe, observe, and often say that life is taken too seriously. While we may have many legit reasons to stress, I don’t think wine should be one of them. After all, it is just juice! Wine is FUN! Wine is SOCIAL! Wine UNITES!!!! Ask the generations of families centered around their vineyards in Europe!
Don’t contrast this to my opinion that wine is “land and life”; rather, I think learning as much as you can about different wines only heightens the experience and allows you to appreciate the efforts, land, and life that went into making the wine!
A solid example can be seen in the following article from the New York Times about wines up to 160 years old!: nytimes.com/2007/01/03/dining/03pour.html (see excerpt below)
Within this theme of family, fun, and entertainment, I want to recall receiving for Christmas a few bottles of sparkling wine courtesy of my mom and brother – bottles they told me they carefully researched (and these are GREAT and diverse bottles, see below). I immensely appreciate this gift, especially because my “experience” and research with sparkling wines is minimal – perfect to peak my interest. When the evening of December 31st arrived, I found nothing more appropriate than sharing in celebration one of these bottles from my family with them.
For pure enjoyment purposes, my brother and I thought it would be fun to film the popping of the cork. This eventually transformed into a ploy to appear and officially toast to Wine Library TV. Here it is:
Today my brother and I celebrate again as Mr. Gary Vaynerchuk graciously added our clip in today’s WLTV episode.
Told you, wine is FUN. So please learn about it, share it, enjoy it (responsibly), appreciate it, but don’t stress about it because enough things are already taken too seriously!
-Nico
NY TIMES excerpt:
“Where I was simply dazzled by the 1846, the 1865 conjured up a feeling of respect and awe. We were tasting a legacy, transmitted long after its makers had died and conveying emotions that might have been inconceivable back then. At a moment like that, I had no doubt that winemaking can rise to the level of an art.
I thought of those bottles deep in the cellar. They had survived the Franco-Prussian War, World War I and World War II, when Bouchard had constructed false walls in the cellars to conceal their older bottles from the Nazis. This year, Bouchard will no doubt put away a few bottles of those promising 2005’s. May their passage be somewhat easier.”
Sparkling Gifts:
- Castell Roig Brut Cava
- 2005 Francis Coppola Sofia Blanc de Blancs
- 1999 Pierre Morlet Millesime Champagne
Well said my friend! Well said!
— Asad Jan 4 #
SHUT UP ASAD YOU DON’T EVEN DRINK WINE!
— Sebas Jan 4 #