Ok, we’re halfway through the fortnight so I feel compelled to comment on the current standings and possible outcomes of the tournament.
Regarding the women: Ana couldn’t keep it together and went out prematurely and Maria is injured and never took the court… that concludes the beauty portion of our contest : )
Jelena is looking strong; [...]
Archive > August 2008
2008 U.S. Open Tennis
Crush Quest: our first club wine trip. Part 1: Sonoma
On what would prove to be among the hottest days of the summer of ’08, the BadMan and I embarked on our first official wine club trip to the hallowed Wine Country for an ambitious 10 stop tour of some of Northern California’s finest. Our own Full Throttle was not in tow as she had [...]
Ravenswood 2005 Teldeschi Zin
Back in the day, when I (the Bad Man) took two weeks each year to sojourn through the Napa and Sonoma wine valleys (and elsewhere, from Washington State to Paso Robles) I was a regular fixture at Ravenswood, due in large part to my love for Zinfandel, and they made something like 10 vineyard designate [...]
Evil Cabernet 2006 (assaggio minoralus)
So now you know it, or you’re about to know it. Our very own Royal Tannin Bomber Evil is no stranger to this South Eastern Australian Cabernet Sauvignon. There’s a back story here, but I’ll let Evil weave her own tale – I’m just reviewing the vino.
Contender: R Wines EVIL 2006 South Eastern Australia Cabernet [...]
The WORST kind of Cabernet Sauvignon
A few excellent articles for your perusal:
NY Times – Napa Cabs
Cabernets like Cabernets should be
As I read both these pieces I was aghast in abject disagreement, feeling the hair on the back of my neck stand on end as I read sentence after sentence of utter bile and heretical heresy. But then I realized that [...]
Fav. Foods
Here they are, children. The best foods, in order. Kinda like a last supper.
Click on the pix to see ‘em bigger.
001
alaskan king crab
002
salmon
003
lobster
004
filet mignon
005
maguro nigiri
006
crème brûlée
So, oh kind and gentle readers, what are some of your favorite foods?
Jessie’s Grove Winery Lodi 2006 Earth, Zin & Fire Zinfandel
Contender: Jessie’s Grove Winery Lodi 2006 Earth, Zin & Fire Zinfandel 14.8% alcohol $12.99
The Bad Man loves a killer Zin as much as the next Royal Tannin Bomber, but this bottle gives full-throttle (no, not my fellow-ette Royal Full Throttle but rather the style) Zins a bad name. Well wait a minute now you say, [...]
2000 Bordeaux Chateau Sainte-Colombe Côtes de Castillon
Contender: Chateau Sainte-Colombe Côtes de Castillon 12.5% alcohol $14.99
As you all know by now, Bad Man is no stranger to the wiles of Grande Cru Classé (of which this is not) Bordeaux. That being said, this bottle is new to me, and, quite frankly, casts a disparaging shadow on all her Gironde sisters.
Fairly light in [...]
Aesthetics are a moral imperative!
This is important; so pay attention. Ergh!
Aesthetics are a moral imperative!
Deal with it.
Ergh!
Tchaikovsky – the greatest composer of all-time
My old man, a fellow connoisseur of fine music, is under the false impression that Ludwig van Beethoven is the greatest composer who ever walked the face of this Earth. As you know, I fully give Beethoven props for taking us out of that dreadfully soulless Baroque era of music and bringing us into [...]
