Eric Asimov does a monthly column where he suggests a wine style and asks readers to write in their comments.
Your Next Lesson: Chablis
My writeup:
Because this month was a white wine we didn't have the standard
argument over whether the wine was wine-colored enough. The flavor was
agreed to be wine, although we did get pear and mango suggestions, and
someone throwing in grapefruit. Our Stalinistic leader tried to
enforce the no red wine rule for extra bottles being brought in. A
revolution was started anyway with a bottle of red and two bottles of
Ratafia Our host brought 4 bottles, the rest of the crew brought 7
bottles. Our best was 14 bottles the night we did beaujolais. Anything
for an excuse to get together and drink wine.
The food was our standard potluck; appetizers, veggie dishes and pies. The quiche was wonderful.
The outdoor deck was wonderful with fireflies entertaining us at
dusk. A few tried looking for glowworms in the grass but were
unsuccessful due to the inability to get down low enough without
toppling.
One participant tried to impress us with this description of the
first bottle. It was flowery with a triangular aftertaste that lazered
the taste buds with the creaminess of peach melba although it still was
not intellectually satisfying. I came back with, it was band-aid
colored and flavored and not Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle ones.The box
Chablis wine from 2011 was smelled and dumped. Even our
non-discriminating tastes were offended. All in all a very good evening
of wine food and friends.
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