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Re: Drinking Wine In Spain

young collector — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:02:56 -0000

It's A Sussex Drinking Song, a poem by Hilaire Belloc, set to music by the late Peter Bellamy. Sussex is in the south of England, about as far from Scotland or Ireland as you could get without swimming the channel.

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mydailywine — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:55:24 -0000

I am planning a trip to Spain for next year. Your recommendations are in my file now.
Yum Txacoli and seafood!

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Meg Staloff — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:57:06 -0000

Hi Alice, catching up on blog-reading.... So glad you liked San Seb -- I have magical food and place memories there too... real txocoli? YES. I'm searching for one in NYC, might have a line on one (I'll let you know). AND 68 Tondonia blanco? I have had it twice, and it is up on the list of best lifetime wines! When Jason and I were first dating, he got a whiff and a glass of the 68 Blanco at a Polaner dinner and flipped out -- the fact that he could have a transcendent wine experience and understand just how sexy and fabulous this wine is was just one of many reasons I decided I could spend my life with him. Months later I had a bottle given from Lopez (a 'prize' for selling lots of their wine, which was really my pleasure anyway) and we drank it at Blue Hill to celebrate our engagement. Heaven to have an entire bottle between two! I still have the empty, and it moves to Vermont with us. It was that good. I love Jeremy's comment -- beauty is indeed essential, and memories of it can keep us going. Glad you got to enjoy it.

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LMV — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:35:42 -0000

Hola! In defense of the sad state of pintxos that day, the good places were closed and you don't eat pig ears!! And yes, we soooo should have had more wine at Rekondo. As always, great posts! LMV

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alicefeiring — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:47:58 -0000

With Txakoli that's easy. If it smells like pineapple or orange or anything else except maybe a distant fresh lemon it's been tampered with. This is not an aromatic grape. And thanks for the encouragement!

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alicefeiring — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:41:17 -0000

that's funny, I posted the wrong video! I meant to put up Linda at Mugaritz, which I will do now, but what the hell, I'll leave this up.

in the video: James Blachley (morris dancer, early musician) John Dexter (in the corner) Morris Dancer, Violist, great man. Ian Robb, Morris Dancer (Thames Valley) folk singer and concertinist, and John Roberts--singer, musician. The song is English (or is it Scottish) but not Irish.

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Steve Edmunds — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:30:12 -0000

Wow! The song knocked me out! What was it, and who are the singers? Sounds Irish, of course.

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Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:40:21 -0000

Hi Alice,

Love your blog and the book too!

I had a question about the Txakoli. I've only had it a few times (it was in the US). I think it may have been the same one as listed on the menu in your photo of Rekondo. Anyway, it had kind of tart green apple taste that went down well with some seafood. I can't recall the aroma that well, but I don't remember it being objectionable. My question is, how would I know if a wine has been "aromatically yeasted"? What are the telltale signs?

Thanks,

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JP — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:46:19 -0000

Rekondo is the place to go for those of us who are addicted to Old Rioja !! Aren't those prices look like a joke?? Last week I had that 76 Olarra Reserva & was so sexy...oh god!! What has happen to Rioja??? Very Sad!!! (BTW..... Believe or not I paid $35 here in a restaurant in the USA)

Great Post!!

P.S: Those cod necks look jumy!! ummm!!

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Jeremy Parzen — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:46:05 -0000

wow, the 68 tondonia would be worth the price of admission alone... beauty is so important in life... as is negation (art)...

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Jill — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:57:47 -0000

Did you not try the As Sortes 2007? I wonder what you would have thought of it. And, I'm also shocked that it's the most expensive bottle on the list. Strange!