[KeithR]

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I had a very late night
last night, talking music until the early hours with an
old colleague I have not seen for a very long time .

Ah yes, an excellent way to spend an evening, especially if some fine
reds and few ports are consumed. Then the reminiscing becomes
embellishing ;-)

I have a bottle or two of Merlot 84, which I keep for such
occasions.

Great. Open one to let it breathe a little and I'll be straight over. If
only it was that easy? I am very partial to Merlot. Except once when I
passed through LAX and I asked for a Merlo(t) and the bar staff corrected me
in a broad 'Ameriken' accent and said "No, it is a Mer-Lot." And then
proceeded to get it out of the refrigerator!!!!!!! It was a sweet French
wine more like raspberry cordial. So the wife drank it.

That explains a lot, the only time that I tried Mer-Lot was while I was
living in the US. I immediately put it on my list of experiences not to
repeat.

Keith

[MiNe 109]

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I had a very late night
last night, talking music until the early hours with an
old colleague I have not seen for a very long time .

Ah yes, an excellent way to spend an evening, especially if some fine
reds and few ports are consumed. Then the reminiscing becomes
embellishing ;-)

I have a bottle or two of Merlot 84, which I keep for such
occasions.

Great. Open one to let it breathe a little and I'll be straight over. If
only it was that easy? I am very partial to Merlot. Except once when I
passed through LAX and I asked for a Merlo(t) and the bar staff corrected
me
in a broad 'Ameriken' accent and said "No, it is a Mer-Lot." And then
proceeded to get it out of the refrigerator!!!!!!! It was a sweet French
wine more like raspberry cordial. So the wife drank it.

That explains a lot, the only time that I tried Mer-Lot was while I was
living in the US. I immediately put it on my list of experiences not to
repeat.

Someone else meets a bone-head airport bartender and you write off a
varietal?

Stephen

[KeithR]

MiNe 109 wrote:
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keithr wrote:

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I had a very late night
last night, talking music until the early hours with an
old colleague I have not seen for a very long time .

Ah yes, an excellent way to spend an evening, especially if some fine
reds and few ports are consumed. Then the reminiscing becomes
embellishing ;-)

I have a bottle or two of Merlot 84, which I keep for such
occasions.
Great. Open one to let it breathe a little and I'll be straight over. If
only it was that easy? I am very partial to Merlot. Except once when I
passed through LAX and I asked for a Merlo(t) and the bar staff corrected
me
in a broad 'Ameriken' accent and said "No, it is a Mer-Lot." And then
proceeded to get it out of the refrigerator!!!!!!! It was a sweet French
wine more like raspberry cordial. So the wife drank it.

That explains a lot, the only time that I tried Mer-Lot was while I was
living in the US. I immediately put it on my list of experiences not to
repeat.

Someone else meets a bone-head airport bartender and you write off a
varietal?

Stephen

Nope, in an otherwise very nice restaurant sharing a bottle with some
American friends who seemed to think it quite acceptable. Having not
tried it elsewhere, I assumed that that was just the way it was meant to
be. Whilst living in the States, I also tried White Zinfandel once, that
was enough, I have a sweet tooth, but that was just too much.

Keith

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I had a very late night
last night, talking music until the early hours with an
old colleague I have not seen for a very long time .

Ah yes, an excellent way to spend an evening, especially if some fine
reds and few ports are consumed. *Then the reminiscing becomes
embellishing ;-)

I have a bottle or two of Merlot 84, which I keep for such
occasions.
Great. *Open one to let it breathe a little and I'll be straight over. *If
only it was that easy? *I am very partial to Merlot. *Except once when I
passed through LAX and I asked for a Merlo(t) and the bar staff corrected
me
in a broad 'Ameriken' accent and said "No, it is a Mer-Lot." *And then
proceeded to get it out of the refrigerator!!!!!!! *It was a sweet French
wine more like raspberry cordial. *So the wife drank it.

That explains a lot, the only time that I tried Mer-Lot was while I was
living in the US. I immediately put it on my list of experiences not to
repeat.

Someone else meets a bone-head airport bartender and you write off a
varietal?

Stephen

Nope, in an otherwise very nice restaurant sharing a bottle with some
American friends who seemed to think it quite acceptable. Having not
tried it elsewhere, I assumed that that was just the way it was meant to
be. Whilst living in the States, I also tried White Zinfandel once, that
was enough, I have a sweet tooth, but that was just too much.

Keith-

it seems you haven't tried a quality california merlot.
you seem to be fixated on $7.99 specials and girly wine

[George M. Middius[_4_]]

Time for some wine snobbery.

you seem to be fixated on $7.99 specials and girly wine

Indeed. In Transylvania, real men drink slivovitz.

[roughplanet[_2_]]

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MiNe 109 wrote:

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TT wrote:

"Iain Churches" wrote in message
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I had a very late night last night, talking music until the early
hours with an
old colleague I have not seen for a very long time .

Ah yes, an excellent way to spend an evening, especially if some fine
reds and few ports are consumed. Then the reminiscing becomes
embellishing ;-)

I have a bottle or two of Merlot 84, which I keep for such
occasions.

Great. Open one to let it breathe a little and I'll be straight over.
If only it was that easy? I am very partial to Merlot. Except once
when I passed through LAX and I asked for a Merlo(t) and the bar staff
corrected me in a broad 'Ameriken' accent and said "No, it is a
Mer-Lot." And then proceeded to get it out of the refrigerator!!!!!!!
It was a sweet French wine more like raspberry cordial. So the wife
drank it.

That explains a lot, the only time that I tried Mer-Lot was while I was
living in the US. I immediately put it on my list of experiences not to
repeat.

Someone else meets a bone-head airport bartender and you write off a
varietal?

Nope, in an otherwise very nice restaurant sharing a bottle with some
American friends who seemed to think it quite acceptable. Having not tried
it elsewhere, I assumed that that was just the way it was meant to be.
Whilst living in the States, I also tried White Zinfandel once, that was
enough, I have a sweet tooth, but that was just too much.

NZ wineries do a very nice DRY Zinfandel. Interesting :-).

ruff

[George M. Middius[_4_]]

roughplanet said:

NZ wineries do a very nice DRY Zinfandel. Interesting :-).

In the States, where almost all Zin comes from California, they run the
gamut from cheap plonk to Serious Banquet Wine. I bought my first bottle in
the '70s at university. I think it cost $8, and it was worth it. Can't
remember how I got the tip. Might have been Inglenook label.

[Jenn[_2_]]

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George M. Middius wrote:

roughplanet said:

NZ wineries do a very nice DRY Zinfandel. Interesting :-).

In the States, where almost all Zin comes from California, they run the
gamut from cheap plonk to Serious Banquet Wine. I bought my first bottle in
the '70s at university. I think it cost $8, and it was worth it. Can't
remember how I got the tip. Might have been Inglenook label.

I live in CA in the area where the "wine movie" Sideways was filmed.
I've never really liked wine, but I tried some Zin because of the buzz
around here about the movie, and because I sometimes play at wineries.
I've grown to rather like it.

[MiNe 109]

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Jenn wrote:

In article ,
George M. Middius wrote:

roughplanet said:

NZ wineries do a very nice DRY Zinfandel. Interesting :-).

In the States, where almost all Zin comes from California, they run the
gamut from cheap plonk to Serious Banquet Wine. I bought my first bottle in
the '70s at university. I think it cost $8, and it was worth it. Can't
remember how I got the tip. Might have been Inglenook label.

I live in CA in the area where the "wine movie" Sideways was filmed.
I've never really liked wine, but I tried some Zin because of the buzz
around here about the movie, and because I sometimes play at wineries.
I've grown to rather like it.

That movie impacted Merlot sales negatively due to the lead character's
disdain for it. Ideally, "(i)t's Cabernet without the punishment,"
doesn't require aging and is relatively inexpensive for the quality
compared to pinots and cabs.

The Inglenook winery building is now home to Francis Coppola. The
Inglenook name is still out there with no connection to its former
owners or vineyards.

Stephen

[MiNe 109]

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Nope, in an otherwise very nice restaurant sharing a bottle with some
American friends who seemed to think it quite acceptable. Having not tried
it elsewhere, I assumed that that was just the way it was meant to be.
Whilst living in the States, I also tried White Zinfandel once, that was
enough, I have a sweet tooth, but that was just too much.

NZ wineries do a very nice DRY Zinfandel. Interesting :-).

White Zin was a Californian response to the massive demand for white
wine in the eighties. It's more of a rose.

I didn't know anyone grew zinfandel overseas.

Stephen

[MiNe 109]

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keithr wrote:

MiNe 109 wrote:
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I had a very late night
last night, talking music until the early hours with an
old colleague I have not seen for a very long time .

Ah yes, an excellent way to spend an evening, especially if some fine
reds and few ports are consumed. Then the reminiscing becomes
embellishing ;-)

I have a bottle or two of Merlot 84, which I keep for such
occasions.
Great. Open one to let it breathe a little and I'll be straight over.
If
only it was that easy? I am very partial to Merlot. Except once when I
passed through LAX and I asked for a Merlo(t) and the bar staff corrected
me
in a broad 'Ameriken' accent and said "No, it is a Mer-Lot." And then
proceeded to get it out of the refrigerator!!!!!!! It was a sweet French
wine more like raspberry cordial. So the wife drank it.

That explains a lot, the only time that I tried Mer-Lot was while I was
living in the US. I immediately put it on my list of experiences not to
repeat.

Someone else meets a bone-head airport bartender and you write off a
varietal?

Stephen

Nope, in an otherwise very nice restaurant sharing a bottle with some
American friends who seemed to think it quite acceptable. Having not
tried it elsewhere, I assumed that that was just the way it was meant to
be.

Admittedly, most examples won't be that good, but that's true of many
things in life.

Merlot is a major component of Bordeaux reds.

Whilst living in the States, I also tried White Zinfandel once, that
was enough, I have a sweet tooth, but that was just too much.

This, on the other hand, I can whole-heartedly support.

Stephen

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I had a very late night
last night, talking music until the early hours with
an
old colleague I have not seen for a very long time .

Ah yes, an excellent way to spend an evening,
especially if some fine reds and few ports are
consumed. Then the reminiscing becomes embellishing
;-)

I have a bottle or two of Merlot 84, which I keep for
such
occasions.

Great. Open one to let it breathe a little and I'll be
straight over. If only it was that easy? I am very
partial to Merlot. Except once when I passed through LAX
and I asked for a Merlo(t) and the bar staff corrected me
in a broad 'Ameriken' accent and said "No, it is a
Mer-Lot." And then proceeded to get it out of the
refrigerator!!!!!!! It was a sweet French wine more like
raspberry cordial. So the wife drank it.

That explains a lot, the only time that I tried Mer-Lot
was while I was living in the US. I immediately put it on
my list of experiences not to repeat.

Keith

There are a lot of fine Oz Merlots, as with many other
types, and I do suggest you try again. This time at room
temperature and after it has breathed a bit.

Cheers TT