What Was Your Most Recent Bottle of Wine?

[Belgrove]

I did attempt to get this thread back to somewhere approaching the topic .

Quite right ff.

As it happens we also had a Côte du Rhone Village last night, a 2019 Domaine de Pierredon to accompany a gammon poached in apple juice and a root veg medley, a parsnip purée, accompanied by a sharp sauce of freshly picked damsons with a decent glug of last year’s damson gin to provide additional depth. More by luck than judgement, the wine shared with the sauce the dark fruity depths of the damson, and had a peppery and slightly bitter finish (olives?) providing a pretty good match for a rustic dish on a cool autumn evening. More of the sauce provided a sharp foil to accompany the cheesecake for desert.

[vinteuil]

I did attempt to get this thread back to somewhere approaching the topic .

... a pinot noir from the Loire, 'pure vallée' vin de France from Bougrier.

I liked the blurb on the back - "we have conceived enjoyable and generous wines, on the fruit side and the freshness of our terroirs. Beautifully balanced, the mouth is velvety with black cherry aromas. Only fruit and immediate pleasure with a generous mouth and a lovely finish... "

To accompany some roast chicken, and a 'herby bean and celery salad' from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's new book "How to Eat 30 Plants a Week". Mme v is on a mission...

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[french frank]

I did attempt to get this thread back to somewhere approaching the topic .

[smittims]

Ah, yes, I see the distinction. There have been several people in public life in recent years in that category!

[LMcD]

Ah, now, curiously, I didn't like him! But certainly one of the values of that film is the way it is remembered in different ways by different viewers. These posts have certainly made me look forward to seeing it again.

I didn't say I liked him - just that he was memorable!.

[french frank]

I think Uncle Monty was the most memorable character in 'Withnail and I'

Oh. Uncle Monty used to be a Host round these parts. I had no idea (ah, how oft is this true?) he started life on 'Withnail and I'.

PS I had a couple of glasses of Co-op's Côtes du Rhône with my lunchtime creation - brown rice, marrowfat peas and labneh - plus sundry other things.

[smittims]

Ah, now, curiously, I didn't like him! But certainly one of the values of that film is the way it is remembered in different ways by different viewers. These posts have certainly made me look forward to seeing it again.

[LMcD]

Ah, yes, Withnail and I!

An absurd comedy,yes, but I liked the poignant ending,when it is clear one of them is off to a different, more affluent world, leaving the other behind. As Ozu Yasujiro says , 'Where now are the days of Youth?'

'Youth's a stuff will not endure'.
I think Uncle Monty was the most memorable character in 'Withnail and I'

[smittims]

brilliant!

[Pulcinella]

... and, I can't resist adding, Hugo von Hofmannsthal !

' Ja, such dir den Schnee vom vergangenen Jahr!'

(Der Rosenkavalier, Act One).

But of course Rosenkavalier also gives us: Nein, nein! Ich trink kein Wein!

[smittims]

... and, I can't resist adding, Hugo von Hofmannsthal !

' Ja, such dir den Schnee vom vergangenen Jahr!'

(Der Rosenkavalier, Act One).

[vinteuil]

As Ozu Yasujiro [1903-1963] says, 'Where now are the days of Youth?'

...as François Villon [1431-1463] says, « Mais où sont les neiges d'antan! »



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[smittims]

Ah, yes, Withnail and I!

An absurd comedy,yes, but I liked the poignant ending,when it is clear one of them is off to a different, more affluent world, leaving the other behind. As Ozu Yasujiro says , 'Where now are the days of Youth?'

[LHC]

Reminds me of these old films where a booted cavalier bursts in and shouts, 'Mine host ! some wine!' as if there's just 'wine '.

My last bottle was Pinot Grigio , also genuine Italian, £3.99 from ALDI . slightly chilled, delicious.

Or indeed when a pair of drunk out of work actors burst into a teashop and demand "We want the finest wines available to humanity, we want them here and we want them now!"

[vinteuil]

... not a wine, I know - but : on the 'grumble thread' I was lamenting -

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... waitrose no longer stock Henri Bardouin pastis.
The only mainstream pastis that is worth drinking.
And waitrose were the only shops that had it.
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Happily I think I have found what will be a very satisfactory succedaneum - my favourite booze shop (Gerry's in Old Compton Street) has the 'artisanal' pastis made by Combier in Saumur, which they recommend.

I noticed that Gerry's also stock Unicum, much beloved by the much missed MrGongGong. I might get some next time I'm passing...

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