Steel Kaleidoscopes

From the Cellar

Yum.

The 2000 Bruno Rocca Rabaja Barbaresco.

It was worth the build-up.

Wine Spectator gave it a '99,' but what's the difference between a '99' and a '100'?

Supple and soft with an long, velvet finish.

Yum.

Expensive Sipping

So what happens you feel like a glass of something red and the everyday wines have been consumed?

You make do.

In my case, I brought up one of my prized Bordeauxs — a 2000 Chateau Boyd-Cantenac Grand Cru Margaux — and opened it.

Delicious, and a shame I'm not sharing it.

Certainly will make dinners really special this week.

Life is short.

Quote of the Day

"Wine is bottled poetry."

— Robert Louis Stevenson, Writer

Quote of the Day

"When one has tea and wine, one will have many friends."

— Chinese proverb

Quote of the Day

"Excellent wine generates enthusiasm. And whatever you do with enthusiasm is generally successful."

— Philippe de Rothschild

Quote of the Day

"Wine adds soul to a new memory."

— Anonymous

Quote of the Day

"I cook with wine; sometimes I even add it to the food."

— W.C. Fields, Comedian/Actor

Quote of the Day

"Wine awakens and refreshes lurking passions of the mind, as varnish does the colors of a picture and brings them out in all their natural glowings."

— Alexander Pope, 18th Century Poet

Quote of the Day

"Wine is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."

— Benjamin Franklin

Quote of the Day

"What is the definition of a good wine? It should start and end with a smile."

— William Sokolin, New York wine merchant