One Year

Mar. 15th

One year ago today, I started this blog. Incidentally, the anniversary of this blog also happens to be on my birthday so instead of spending all night in the kitchen - or writing, I'm saturating myself in my favourite indulgences: wine and dry-cured meats.

I invited some friends over who share similar cravings and placed some paper and pens around for people to jot down some comments or thoughts about the different wines we'll be drinking.

I'm not sure what the outcome will look like but there are two things for certain that you can count on:

1) I'm going to be wine drunk tonight, and wine hung over tomorrow,
2) I'm eating a lot of prosciutto to myself tonight.

Na Zdrowie!
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This space reserved for a very hung over Maciej to post about what happened - if he remembers.

Mar. 17th

This was really fun and worth the hang over - which prevented me from posting this yesterday by the way.

The Aftermath

The Zinfandel (Klinker Brick), Carmenere (Concha Y Toro) and Malbec (Las Acequias) seem to have been the most appreciated, but every bottle was bone dry by the end of the night. Honorable mentions to the vodka which was downed in pretty generous shot sizes with pickles, pickled herring, and spicy Polish mustard.

Heads up that some bits are ilegible and there is some inappropriate language as well.

Name: Alsace Gentil "Hugel", 2011
Grape: Gentil
Region: Riquewihr, France

Maciej's favourite comment:
"I don't know I'm drunk and it was delicious" - anon






Name: Carmen Gran Reserva
Grape: Cabernet Sauvignon
Region: Alto Maipo, Chile

Maciej's favourite comment:
"Solid, Quaffable!" - Drew







Name: Conca Y Toro: Wine Maker's Lot 148, 2010
Grape: Carmenere
Region: Rapel Valley, Chile

Maciej's favourite comment:
"Strong-bold, tasty. This bottle [may have sex with my throat] any night" - Gabe






Name: Domaine De L'Olivette
Grape: Merlot, Syrah, Grenache
Region: South West France, near Carcassonne

Maciej's favourite comment:
"My favorite is the white wine..only booz left
mmm sweet nectar" - Gareth






Name: Gabbiano
Grape: Chianti
Region: Italy

Maciej's favourite comment:
"New world > Old world" - Drew








Name: Klinker Brick
Grape: Zinfandel
Region: Acampo, California

Maciej's favourite comment:
"Most beautiful wine...mellow, gorgeous, divine!!" - Kaori







Name: Las Acequias
Grape: Malbec
Region: Mendoza, Argentina


Maciej's favourite comment:
"My Favorite" - KD






Name: Porcupine Ridge
Grape: Syrah
Region: Coastal Region, South Africa


Maciej's favourite comment:
"Nice legs....;," - anon






Name: Russian Prince
Grape: Potatoes
Region: Ukraine - F#$& You
Editor's note: Its actually form Brampton, Ontario and is probably not distilled from potatoes.


Maciej's favourite comment:
"Terrible vodka [un-recognizable punctuation] but still delivers. What does that say about vodka, or Gabes? 'to the bottom sirs'."


There you have it. Sorry again about the language.