American Wussies
US winemakers seek to reduce alcohol content - Telegraph
Ray Coursen, a Napa Valley winemaker, said it was "very easy" to make wines of up to 16.4%
He said it was impossible for two people to share a bottle over dinner as the wines overwhelmed the meal.
Of course it is impossible to share one bottle over dinner, you need at least a bottle each with the main course, after something cold crisp and white with the starter, followed by a Merlot with the choccy pudding or a decent Sauternes and then Port and cheese. Then you can start properly drinking, retiring to where you had a couple of pre-dinner sharpeners for something dark, peaty and old.
Comments
I do not doubt your drinking prowess but I,m pretty sure a bottle of our Napa valley cab franc with every course will pretty much ruin pudding!...I,ll get some to you sometime.
Posted by: jamie | January 11, 2008 4:32 PM
Mmmm! Napa Cab Franc! My favorite is the Dover Canyon Alto Pomar although their 2001 Menage was very very good too. Napa is nice, but crowded and expensive and a pain in the ass to drive-up to - we head south to Paso Robles and more open country. Good hunting country down there for wild boar too. :-)
Posted by: DirtCrashr | January 11, 2008 5:14 PM
It's a fact the whole world knows: a bottle of wine is the size it is because it is a handy individual serving.
Posted by: David Gillies | January 11, 2008 5:51 PM
"it is a handy individual serving." Wine bottles fit in stubby coolers! Except of course silly ones like Mateus Rose but who would want to drink that piss anyway?
Posted by: DocBud | January 12, 2008 12:51 AM
Never had a problem splitting a bottle over dinner without overwhelming anything...only tiny people who have neither the circulatory nor the urinary capacity to handle it need a smaller bottle.
...but then there's always beer...24 bottles in a case...24 hours in a day. Coincidence? I think NOT!
Doug in Colorado
Posted by: doug in Colorado | January 14, 2008 10:32 PM