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Default :-( Just found a 12 yo bottle of Chardonnay

blake murphy wrote:
> On Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:48:32 -0600, George Shirley wrote:
>
>> zxcvbob wrote:
>>> The ullage -- I had to look that up -- was fine. It was still fairly
>>> high in the neck of the bottle (the bottle had an unusually long neck)
>>>
>>> I bet it was a $10 bottle of wine 11 or 12 years ago when I bought it,
>>> and I got it on sale for about $7. It still tasted better than a nasty
>>> bottle of French white table wine that I bought last year (no varietal
>>> and no year on the gorgeous blue bottle)
>>>
>>> I should just stick with red wines and the occasional bottle of extra
>>> dry champagne.
>>>
>>> Bob

>> My favorite is Chateau Diet Dr. Pepper, heavily chilled and served over
>> ice. Preferably bottled within the last week.

>
> but you can't get it at the cheesecake factory!!! what kind of fine dining
> establishment are they running, anyway?!?!?
>
> your pal,
> just visiting



He's just messin' with me because he knows I get homesick for East
Texas every year about February. (I should be out planting my garden,
and ground here is still frozen down about 5 or 6 feet deep.)

Best regards, :-)
Bob