Celebrating Easter with famiy … A nice dinner after church with a nice Oregon Pinot Noir…… A blessed Easter to all ,,, Cheers

QOTD: Good Friday is major crawfish boil day here in south Louisiana, didn’t have time to boil my own but picked some up from the seafood shack around teh corbner and they were really good.
Sunday is church then roasted leg of lamb for dinner with the family. We have a Ridge Lytton Springs Zin and a 2004 Mission Hill Syrah for the afternoon of food, family and fun.

getting my house cleaned up before my brother and his family roll in.

Spending day with family and editing video

Easter with the Fam of course. Also had a great dinner with the family where we enjoyed some wines. Malbec from argentina for me… can’t really remember what everyone else had.

QOTD: I am going to Detroit for my nephew’s bris.

Saturday is more practice at the driving range and seeing off a dear friend who is moving back to Australia from Japan.
Then Sunday it’s off to a wine tasting.

I can’t promise for 3rd Thirsty Thursday cuz our monthly wine tasting varies. But next month, ohhhh under the Sakura cherry blossoms we will have a wine tasting party and I will DEFINITELY invite some new kids to the party!!!

QOTD: Watched aloooooooooooooooooooot of March Madness &
invited some friends to da hizzy for Easter din-din !!! 🙂

QOTD: Did a Chesapeake Bay trip, just got back. How about that West Virginia game. They were awesome!

GV – Here’s my review for the 2003 L’Oligocene – we just had another bottle tonite. Will probably get some 2004 for & do a blind tasting with friends for fun:
2003 L’Oligocene . Just had another bottle this evening (Mar 23, 2008)
2 hrs decanted in the cellar – very old world, barnyard, mushrooms & a bit of hard boiled eggs on nose, earthy, smooth, a bit of sweetness, strawberries, red fruits & bacon mid-palete, a long finish but not a profoundly long finish, smooth tannins, lacks a focus point to take it that next level – something that captivates & fascinates that separates it from other wines (what I think of in a 95 pt or higher wine) very good, but not quite a 95 in my book, more like a 93 -still an exceptional value. (Looking fwd to trying the 2004)

working my wine bar going 4 a bike ride around dry creek russian river my backyard

southern france representin!

holla

QOTD: well, i was sick this weekend, so i stayed in and slept the weekend away. But, i did go to my friends’ house for easter dinner yesterday, which was DELISH! we enjoyed each other’s company, good conversation and some yummy wine!

Gary, Just wish to let you know that I received 5% off and a May 13th delivery from Amazon for pre-ordering your book 101 Wines: Guaranteed to Inspire, Delight and Bring Thunder to Your World…..thought that the Vaniacs might like this price off opportunity. Best, Naples Kathy

For anyone who hasn’t seen it, Robert Scoble captured a great discussion between Gary, Kevin Rose, Tim Ferriss & the owner of DeLoach Winery… of which Gary seemed to steal the show, but it was a great “inside baseball” business discussion.

http://qik.com/video/39634

This past weekend was nice – met up with some people in the city, saw a great movie, went to the union square farmer’s market, had dinner at a korean place, got together with some friends on Sunday. Friends and family always make for a great weekend.

QOTD: Beach trip. Topsail Island, NC and a couple wines I picked up from WLTV after the xmas holiday sale.

QOTD: FAMILY

I challenge you!!!

Let me choose a wine (I send Mott an email with the chosen one), and you blind-taste it on an laid-back-friday and after giving the score you are allowed to see it.

To be fair I can choose any wine at WL between 10 and 25 dollars.

Deal?

Sam

Live in NC and going to Mt. Lakes for my 75th birthday, all my kids and grand kids will be there…close to the WL but don’t have time for a visit. We will be drinking a fair amount of wine…the kids are buying.

Cheese and wine is always good. This can only be topped if you have a woman in your lap…

Dang, the weekend’s over. Oh well, in Asheville last weekend, friends, family, wine, and Easter.

Cool video, makes me want to go see a vineyard since we’ve never been to one. Not a whole lot of vineyards in Montana. We had a great Easter weekend and hung out with Edie’s family. Our 1 1/2 year old nephew was hilarious and kept us well entertained.

QOTD:I watched a lot of the”Madness” this weekend and watched some great young b’ball players. My wife and I prepared beef Bourguignon, took some cheese that was FedEx’d from France, some sparkling wine and a bottle of 2005 Chinon for friends on Saturday. On Sunday, more “Madness”, a home baked organically raised smoked ham and sides, with a bottle of 2002 Foley-Santa Rita Hills Pinot Noir for the two of us. A good time was had by all!

This past weekend I took care of my 1 month old son