the wine thread

[Linden Arden]

MdeR Rioja Reserva 2016 €17 in Tesco >€22 in Dunne's/OBs.

 

[king of the BONGO]

first red in about 2 months i think... back in at the deep end.

 

[Carmona]

Two months without red wine. Jeez. Trying to think what my 'record' would be over the last 30 years. Maybe 4 or 5 days but that would have been a dose of the flu or something.

Oh, I remember I tried going off the booze for about 3 months one year to see if my marathon time would improve. Took a couple of minutes off the previous best time. Went back to normal for the next one and took another 2 mins off the time. Never tried the dry approach again.

 

[king of the BONGO]

we do a booze free month most years, tried 6 weeks this year. had a few beers last week but this was the first wine.
one year i did a month no booze and mostly vegetarian. tested cholesterol before and after it was higher. make of that what you will!

 

[Great-Bit-O-Stuff]

we do a booze free month most years, tried 6 weeks this year. had a few beers last week but this was the first wine.
one year i did a month no booze and mostly vegetarian. tested cholesterol before and after it was higher. make of that what you will!

Were you fasting the second time they took your blood? I got mine tested and it went from 6.7 to 5.4 and I think it was down to what I had eaten that morning the first time. When I smoked it was 8 which is dangerous.

 

[king of the BONGO]

yeah maybe something like that. tested again after a few weeks of steak & wine, all back to normal.

 

[Happyhonkaman]

first red in about 2 months i think... back in at the deep end.

How was it BongY?
Their CCR is a great wine so that must have been a really decent drop

I had an anniversary last night to remember so opened a 2000 from Jacopo Biondi Santi to mark it.. he's the guy credited with the first super tuscan. Last nights was a lovely mellow wine, age has been good to it

 

[king of the BONGO]

How was it BongY?
Their CCR is a great wine so that must have been a really decent drop

yeah seriously good. i have a second bottle stashed away.

 

[Carmona]

Nice Italian stuff there alright lads. Going to open CCR of Antinori, a couple of steps down from the one above, I take it. Daughter number 3 finishing school and in the International community here they make a big thing of it. That said, it doesn't deserve a super wine. it'll be aperitif stuff and a bit of BBQd Irish rib-eye.

 

[Happyhonkaman]

Nice Italian stuff there alright lads. Going to open CCR of Antinori, a couple of steps down from the one above, I take it. Daughter number 3 finishing school and in the International community here they make a big thing of it. That said, it doesn't deserve a super wine. it'll be aperitif stuff and a bit of BBQd Irish rib-eye.

The Antinori Reserva CCR is a really decent wine IMO, in fact I have a few here and might join you later today

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