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December 26, 2005
Courage
Anyway, in other news, I am saving up my courage to try my two bottles from Gravner, Friuli's wildman winemaker. I have his 1999 Ribolla Gialla and his 1998 Bianco Breg. I have heard the former described as "so dry it will transform you into a prune" while one website I ran into a few months ago recommended decanting the latter for "hours and hours". Hours and hours??? Fortunately, the sommelier, really wine guru, shaman, prophet ...ok, I'm getting carried away... at Il Palio, Damon Haynes, suggested to me that perhaps 90 minutes would be ideal.
In any case, both are widely reported to be a wild, and stunning, ride. So basically the task before me is to summon the courage to take the leap for what will likely be an amazing experience. Sort of like the first time you jump off the high diving board at the pool...or the first time you moon your 11th grade advanced placement biology teacher...
Posted by dag at December 26, 2005 10:26 PM
Comments
Randall Grahm waxes poetic on the wildman:
http://www.winereviewonline.com/printArticle.cfm?articleID=66
Posted by: enoch choi at December 26, 2005 10:38 PM
Long time no hear...How have you been? And happy holidays.
-dag
Posted by: dag at December 26, 2005 10:42 PM
How much courage does it take to drink some wine? I mean, I've had some pretty bad wines in my life, but the good thing about it is that they're all alcoholic, so the more you drink, the better it gets. :-) Also, I've discovered some very good cooking wines that way. Buck up, partner, I'm sure you'll enjoy it...
Posted by: The Good Rabbi at December 27, 2005 5:53 PM