Wine

[Beta_Tester]

i put the 1999 in the gift box thingy though.lol..

 

[ikileo]

have your '93 and'99 been stored in good condition over these years?

 

[Beta_Tester]

93.. i think its on the bar counter all these years.. outside looks good.

1999.. i store it in the gift box in the store room. no direct sunlight for both.

 

[ikileo]

never rate a bottle by how good the exterior looks.

you can open and try. i would have higher hopes for your '99 than your '93.

 

[Beta_Tester]

thats wat i think so.lol.. n thats why my Dad asked me the other day.. "what if bo gas ahh".. lol

 

[ikileo]

low gas is fine...personally i like to drink champagne after a while in the glass when the bubbles are not so much but the flavours open up more.

 

[ikileo]

@reign: the one we drank during the dim sum is not on the list. The one we drank was the basic QBA. You can buy the next level up which is the 'Kabinett' for about $69. These are whites that you can keep easily for the next 5-10 years assuming proper storage. u can buy 2, one to try now, one to keep for later.

i saw the list and i shortlisted out the ones I would like to have, but I need to shave that list down somemore because I just bought 2 bottles of italian wine: a 1990 Tuscan wine & 1985 Piedmont wine.

 

[reign]

@reign: the one we drank during the dim sum is not on the list. The one we drank was the basic QBA. You can buy the next level up which is the 'Kabinett' for about $69. These are whites that you can keep easily for the next 5-10 years assuming proper storage. u can buy 2, one to try now, one to keep for later.

i saw the list and i shortlisted out the ones I would like to have, but I need to shave that list down somemore because I just bought 2 bottles of italian wine: a 1990 Tuscan wine & 1985 Piedmont wine.

Which are the one u have choosen??

 

[ikileo]

Some long awaited updates. Some pics from the makan we had with reign, beta_tester, looiwte & his wife. Thanks for the wine and company! It came up to $20 a pax.

After all the food has gone.

From L-R: 2008 Egon Muller Scharzhof Riesling QBA, 2008 Villa Maria Gewurztraminer Private Bin, 2007 Cloudy Bay Chardonnay

 

[ikileo]

Which are the one u have choosen??

after a painful process of selection, i have gone with these 3:

2003 Franz Künstler Hochheimer Hölle Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel $49
1997 La Rioja Alta Rioja Gran Reserva 904 $65
2004 Clonakilla Riesling $29

 

[ikileo]

reign, if u are going down to buy, can help me grab those 3 bottles as well?

 

[reign]

reign, if u are going down to buy, can help me grab those 3 bottles as well?

I hopping U can help me buy,,, kekeke. cos my schedule is packed back to back.. and working on Sat...

 

[ikileo]

haha...no way i can go down during work hours from changi to beach road to get it.

 

[reign]

haha...no way i can go down during work hours from changi to beach road to get it.

Ok... I will try.. but no promise. As i have not tried alot of wine, i thinking of getting the same maker

Mosel Von Hovel Scharzhofberg Riesling Kabinett 2009
Mosel Von Hovel Scharzhofberg Riesling Spatlese 2009

 

[ikileo]

they bring in the good german producers whose rieslings can age very well.

 

[ikileo]

just collected my

1990 Castello di Monsanto "NEMO" (100% Cabernet Sauvignon)
1985 Pio Cesare Dolcetto d'Alba (100% Dolcetto)

collected it from some ulu warehouse...tired.

 

[ikileo]

actually i would like some input from you guys.

what are the important things you would like from a wine education class?

 

[Beta_Tester]

Everything from the basic like Etiquette, pronouciation of different type of grapes, what kinda wine to look out for for what kinda food etc..

 

[wahakuy]

actually i would like some input from you guys.

what are the important things you would like from a wine education class?

holy crap

I didn't know you hold such classes/outings.

I should venture out of EDMW more.

 

[reign]

I want those that you have done before with all the Fruits.. where we can link the taste of the fruit to the wine...