Wine

[ikileo]

was at Le Benaton at Bukit Timah Road earlier this evening, picked a bottle of wine to drink at my dinner at Cocotte next week.

2001 Boillot Domaine de la Truffière, Vin de pays d'Oc, Pic Saint Loup, Languedoc

managed to get a taste at the store. 100% syrah from the sub region of Pic Saint Loup in the Languedoc which is in the south of france. It is one of the more premium areas in Languedoc and this domaine is owned by famous Burgundy producer JM Boillot who also ventured into Languedoc to make a different style of wine.

even though it has been opened (and sealed) for a couple of days, it is still drinking beautifully which suggests that this wine is still quite young and can go on for a couple more years.

for those of you who are very familiar and drink the Australian shiraz quite often, try to expand your palate by drinking some french Syrah (which is shiraz), most famously from the Rhone region where Hermitage and Crozes Hermitage feature 100% Syrah wines. The stylings will definitely be different compared to the more new world shiraz.

also picked up some blue cheese...

 

[Beta_Tester]

Today my company got some celebration coz we got some massive project..

Cascina Fonda Moscato d'Asti were given.. sparking wine though. The ladies love it. sweet stuff.

 

[ikileo]

in general, guy kinda look down on the sweet stuff and say it is only for ladies. of course there is a lot of cheap @ss sweet sugar water out there that girls will stuff push down their throats. but there are some high end moscato d'asti that are really good.

and for those who are more adventurous, go and try a DRY wine made from the muscat grape; very different.

but also keep in mind that in the world of wine, high quality dessert/sweet wines command a very high price too.

 

[Wine Learner]

Hi, am interested for next thursday @ Wine Connection, but I can only confirm next week, on 4 or 5 Oct.

Will update as soon as I know! Thanks for organising the session

 

[ikileo]

thanks for the update. so it's just going to be 2 of us so far. anyone is free to join us as well.
if it's just the two of us then it's also good for you since u will have my undivided attention.

 

[Condor]

Today my company got some celebration coz we got some massive project..

Cascina Fonda Moscato d'Asti were given.. sparking wine though. The ladies love it. sweet stuff.

I like Moscato d'Asti. Italian makes good moscato. German reisling, spatlesse especially. Haha...

You are what you drink if you believe in it. Pinot and reisling for me.

 

[ikileo]

nice chart, but isn't that for wines made in texas?
either way i drink pretty much all varietals, not much preference.

 

[nautilus]

thanks for the update. so it's just going to be 2 of us so far. anyone is free to join us as well.
if it's just the two of us then it's also good for you since u will have my undivided attention.

What time will you guys be at WC?

 

[ikileo]

i would reckon about 8pm.

 

[nautilus]

i would reckon about 8pm.

I'll let you know on Wednesday whether i'm able to make it.

 

[nautilus]

There's a wine fair going on at the atrium at suntec. Quite a few good new zealand labels and of course the usual french to check out. There's a chateau brillete 1999 magnum going for $80+, good if you have friends to drink with.

 

[reign]

HI!,

So Sorry, never knew that this thread exist! i love to learn from everyone here on winE! So when? i'm into riesling,...Dr Loosen, just went to both the Vivo and Suntec wine Fest,got the table wine from Chile Cab Sav. 1870.

Any outing?

 

[ikileo]

if u look up a couple of posts, we are in the midst of organizing an outing this coming thursday evening at Wine Connection in town (cuppage terrace).

 

[reign]

Yes, i have read the post on the outing. Thurs..hmm..8pm? Need to bring our own wine?

So will be having dinner there?

 

[ikileo]

check back on the earlier post on the details:

no dinner, please eat something beforehand.
wine connection is a wine retailer and a wine bar so no need to bring own wine.

 

[Wine Learner]

Hi, somehow my last message was not logged in...
Yes able to make it on 7th.... so 8pm @ Wine Connection (Cuppage) confirmed!
Could I also bring another friend along? Interested to learn more as well ... thanks for the sharing session....
If you log on to Wine Connection website, they are rolling out "new" promotion.
So how do we identify each other from this Wine Thread?

 

[ikileo]

Hi, somehow my last message was not logged in...
Yes able to make it on 7th.... so 8pm @ Wine Connection (Cuppage) confirmed!
Could I also bring another friend along? Interested to learn more as well ... thanks for the sharing session....
If you log on to Wine Connection website, they are rolling out "new" promotion.
So how do we identify each other from this Wine Thread?

yeah sure thing, you can bring a friend.
Wine Connections has some new stuff, but the best is we just do down to the store itself and see for ourselves, 'cos they may not stock everything in their Cuppage branch, due to space constraints.

as for identifying each other, you wanna wear name tags? we just meet at a central local first. on the day itself we can update on the forum on how we look or we can PM to each other our cell phone number.

Current Attendees:
ikileo
wine learner
wine learner's friend

Tentative Attendees:
Nautilus
reign
ikileo's friend
condor

For the tentative attendees please confirm by tomorrow latest.

So for those who still dunno the details:

Date: 7 Oct 2010, Thurs
Time: 8pm
Location: Wine Connection, Cuppage Terrace
Remarks: No food will be provided, you can order finger snacks at the bar but if you eat them, you pay for them. I highly advise everyone to have their dinner prior to attending. And please be punctual, don't make everyone else wait for you.

Thanks

 

[ikileo]

new blog update from my dinner last saturday evening:
http://wineofthepeople.livejournal.com/11439.html

 

[Wine Learner]

Okies! Tho' I must confess Im not too technology-savvy... how do you PM each other? My email is simitaichi7@yahoo.com... is that how it works? Look forward to Thurs night!
(giving email here cos my comp somehow ejected me from the forum for dont-know-what-reason... the last messge wasnt logged in)
Hope to hear from you!
Thanks

 

[ikileo]

ok guys,
i hate to be the turd to bring the bad news but I may have to postpone the meetup.
my boss just told me over lunch that we will be making a day trip to Malacca on thursday. i will try to confirm what time I will reach back to singapore and update this thread accordingly. thanks