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[maillotpois]

Those were my $10 and under favs! Although I pretty much stick to under $15. Except for dessert wines, where I'm ok up to $25/half. I tried a $17 chardonnay last night, (Frei Brothers Reserve) and was not impressed. I have three or four in the $8-$12 range that I like way better! But I am a brand-new chardonnay-liker, so what do I know. I carry my Wine Enthusiast software to the store with me, though, and only buy 85 or better. I love to find 90's that are cheap.

I love Bonny Doon so much I could marry it. .

Right - I realized they were the 10 and unders when I went back and looked after I posted. I'm over chardonnay I think. That software sounds great.

Get this - I did a super tough Death Ride team training ride last year that went RIGHT BY Bonny Doon winery!! I hadn't even really registered that they were a south Bay Area winery til I saw them, and was totally unfamiliar with the area. We had to climb a nasty hill to get up there - and then we had to go down a super fun descent that the fed onto a naty, potholey road, etc.... Great ride. Too bad I could not stop at the winery!

[Nanci]

Wine and cycling do not mix! Trust me!!

My first Crape Myrtle bloomed yesterday.

My AC passed it's checkup today. I was pretty worried.

[Nanci]

Sarah,

I'm not over Chardonnay, because I didn't drink/like it in its hayday. (Heyday?) Then I tried a bottle of Cambria, and was intrigued by the caramel corn nose, but put off by the oakiness, and have had to find a few not-so-oaky to get to like it. Now my oak tolerance has built up enough that I can drink it. Probably my favorite white right now, though is Pinot Gris.

[Lise]

You guys crack me up with the wine posts.

Take my word for it, when I drank, it was not for the taste.

Glad some people can enjoy wine the way it's meant to be!

(We now return Lise to the regularly scheduled 12 steps)

[snapdragen]

I understand completely Lise! A friend of mine is in AA. She had dinner at some mutual friends house. The next day we talked, she was just amazed "they had one glass of wine, then put the bottle away! Is that how normal people drink?"

You guys crack me up with the wine posts.

Take my word for it, when I drank, it was not for the taste.

Glad some people can enjoy wine the way it's meant to be!

(We now return Lise to the regularly scheduled 12 steps)

[SadieKate]

"they had one glass of wine, then put the bottle away! Is that how normal people drink?"

Heck, I can't even do that! Someone is coming for dinner tonight and asked what he could bring. He really pushed to bring some locally brewed beer or wine and I finally told him that was the one thing that would make me upset. I can't keep up with what we already have in the house. We're on the pre-release list for Navarro, we buy pinots every time we go to Oregon, we buy on whim at times when we shouldn't, we get gifts . . . and I just can't drink much these days. Maybe I'll have a glass tonight and let the boys finish the bottle. That'll put a dent in the stash.

[Lise]

Heck, I can't even do that! Someone is coming for dinner tonight and asked what he could bring. He really pushed to bring some locally brewed beer or wine and I finally told him that was the one thing that would make me upset. I can't keep up with what we already have in the house. We're on the pre-release list for Navarro, we buy pinots every time we go to Oregon, we buy on whim at times when we shouldn't, we get gifts . . . and I just can't drink much these days. Maybe I'll have a glass tonight and let the boys finish the bottle. That'll put a dent in the stash.

chuckling, chuckling, chuckling! Oh, man. Funny.

I went to visit my brother one time, in DC. I'd been sober nearly 20 years at that point. He'd had a house warming party two nights before I arrived. There were bottles of alcohol all over the house, and a garbage can of beer bottles in melted ice-water on the back porch. His one request? "Help me put this away before mom gets here". I swear. All of his friends had brought him alcohol; he planned to regift most of it. The beer he was going to throw away. THROW AWAY BEER? I asked! Oh, yeah, he said, once it's been cold and then warms up, it doesn't taste right. Hilarious.

Oooookay, I guess we see who got the genes, eh?

[maillotpois]

That's pretty funny, Lise!

Okay, DH broke a spoke and needs his wheel re-built - not just because of the spoke - there's something gone wrong with his bearings, whatever, also. His shifters are on the fritz. He's on the internet looking at bikes. I guess it is better than porn, but...

[Brina]

Wine and cycling do not mix! Trust me!!

DH and I did a cycling tour of tuscany for our first anniversary. We stopped at this winery in chianti country. I remember leaving after a 10:30am barrel tasting, weaving down a cypres tree lined road. Definitely not wise.