Let’s just say I received this wine (as a gift) from an exClient of mine. I’ll just call him Apollo – he’s Greek. He is HOTT! The only downside was he is much-much older than me. Think Charlene and Prince Albert. He sometimes worked from home, rather than go into the office every day. We had a really crazy deadline and he was micro managing like hell, so I had to go over to his house on a Saturday afternoon. I got there he read the press release, we went over the event details and the branded press pack contents and in the middle of all of this he asked if I was hungry and should his Chef prepare something for me (I think this is why the whole wine thing started, can’t really remember now). He then insisted we go to his home cellar to go and pick up this wine that I, in his words, “have to try”. Never has a cellar felt so small, yet so big. He was so close, explaining, convincing…my heart is racing just thinking about it now. He is just like fine wine*dreamy sigh*. Damn, that man is hot. Woooow! Told me to call him when I opened the bottle…methinks I had the crazy hots for him, sometimes had me fumbling over my words.
Hartenberg Cabernet Sauvignon – Mills and Boon Deluxe
My friend P and I decided to go to Wine Sense in Melrose Arch for a quick drink after work. It was ‘can’t feel your fingers’ cold outside and I couldn’t wait to sit down and catch up on chapters two to five of the Mills and Boon starring P and her new Adonis, I hadn’t seen her in weeks. The waiter gave us the card thingy that we have to swipe and charge our wines and I was really starting to smile. Merlot, nope, that’s P’s stuff. Pinotage, really, why would I when there’s Cabernet? So I swipe and taste…and swipe and taste…and swipe and taste, until I find the ONE. So it was me, P, the love story of the year and Hartenberg for the rest of the evening.
Rupert and Rothschild – “Move it before she knocks it over!”
This just reminds me of a normal Saturday evening with the family, really good food, my niece on the highest volume possible and everybody else trying not to go crazy.
Badsberg Merlot – Winex 2010
Just one big Rendezbooze.
This is always rough. I’ve only ever missed 1 show.
2010 Edition: think 6 girls: M, T, T, S, N, P and 1 guy K (pimp daddy K).
It’s like locusts descending on a corn field, but here’s the thing: these aren’t your typical locusts…they’re well dressed, saying all the right things and look really harmless but are only there to CONSUME :-) We literally giggle from stand to stand, nod here and there, lose each other and generally irritate the poor stand staff by standing around for ages, complementing and drinking and complementing and drinking…I mean how many times do you want to hear “this is good”, “this is really good” and “Mmmm, this is really good” and my favourite one, “It’s got legs” Lol!? SMH! Keep it moving!
Tin Mine – A’s Mom’s House.
My other friend A’s mom makes Gordon Ramsay look like a Sous Chef :-)
So you know how it is, when a girl lives alone, can’t cook to save her life and generally relies on the goodness of the universe to get good home cooked food: she has to get herself invited to A’s moms house for dinner. The added benefit is that A’s mom always has some good wine just waiting to be poured and the Tin Mine gets me every time. I talk a lot during dinner and this is the only way they could get me to shut up and eat. That getting up to microwave my food half-way through dinner is just not cool…at all.
Domaines Ott Rosé Les Domaniers & Tavel Rosé Cuvée Royale:
I had to call T so that she could repeat what she said after drinking this wine. I think she said this is the kind of wine you have after a bad divorce?For me, this is the wine to have over a long boozy summer lunch: I’m thinking pool, garden and good food. You have your first glass, then your second and it tastes even better the more you have. It just gets better and better.
-Clink, Clink-
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