On Aug 18, 11:37*am, Ken Blake >
wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 06:26:49 -0700 (PDT), DaleW >
> wrote:
>
> > I
> > planned on *a quick toast, with some cava I had sent to NH with Betsy
> > that wasn't used. Except when I opened something red came out-
> > apparently when I made her concert week goodie box I had mistaken a
> > Lambrusco for a Cava with a similar dark label.
>
> LOL! The same thing happened to me a couple of weeks ago. I opened
> what I thought was a NZ Sauvignon Blanc, only to find that it was a
> Pinot Noir by the same winery. The bottle was dark glass, and the two
> were very hard to tell apart without reading the label more slowly
> than I did.
>
> --
> Ken Blake

Somewhere way back in the archives is a note where I was very
impressed with a basic Bourgogne- quite structured.. And then there's
the post the following day when I realized I had actually opened a NSG
1er. I had spotted maker's label (99% sure it was Chevillon), thought
I only had Bourgogne in that stack, took upstairs, opened, drank,
wrote note. Next day I went to see how it held up overnight and
discovered my mistake.

BTW, the ESJ rose was an 09, my typo