I have to attend a Sommelier Guild of Atlanta tasting tonight at Roy's in Atlanta. Here is the menu and the wines we are drinking.
Speakers Wine - Kenwood Sauvignon Blanc 2004
Nobilo Icon 2004
Cloudy Bay2004.
2nd Course:
Chicken Spring rolls.
2nd Flight - California
Grgich Hills Fume Blanc Napa Valley 2004
Chateau Souverain Sauvignon Blanc 2004
Ferrari Carano Fume Blanc 2004
3rd course:
Macadamia Nut Crusted Mahi Mahi with
Lobster Butter Sauce.
3rd Flight - French
Jolivet Sancerre 2003
Chateau Carbonnieux Blanc Pessac-Leognan 2002
Didier Daganeau Poully Fume Silex 1998
There will be one more French wine, but it was added after I sent out the notice.
This is the first tasting I have set up as president of the Guild. I did do two as vice-president. I have to do all of them now except for the one or three I'll have the VP do as part of her training.
The good news: This should be an awesome meal and these are real good Sauvignon Blancs. Plus, I'm going with my friends Michael and Cindy so I don't have to drive home.
The bad news: To have them take me, I have to agree to go in my wheelchair. Cindy is tired of worrying about my falling down after a Guild function. I have no drinking problem. I drink. I get drunk. I fall down. No problem.
More bad news:I have workers coming tomorrow to tear up carpet and install hardwood flooring. That means I have to get up before the crack of noon. I have to get up real early! I have to get up before 9:00 AM. Bummer!
Update: The tasting was awesome! If you have a Roy's restaurant in your city, give it a try. The food was great and the wine committee did an excellent job on the wines. My first tasting as president was a success! Only 23 more to go before I can pass on the presidency to another sucker. Unfortunately, she didn't attend this tasting.
It's too bad that V-man isn't the Kim Crawford who owns the New Zealand winery that produced the Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough. Just Damn! He and I would be best buds!
The wine voted best of the night was the Nobilo Icon 2004.
Posted by denny at August 21, 2005 02:54 PMYou mean there's no Arbor Mist??? What's up with that???
Posted by: Rob Cooper on August 21, 2005 09:58 PMNo, but I am obessed with him, and pondering identity theft. He also hides my blog, as you have to get to page 10 of a Google search to find the real me. Whew!
Posted by: Velociman on August 21, 2005 10:40 PMDenny,
You need to do a wine tasting for the common democrats of Atlanta. Here is a wine list to start them off.
Here
These five could become the staple of your average rank and file liberal.
Roy's has great Sake as well -- especially the unfiltered ones.
Posted by: Jon on August 22, 2005 08:42 AMDo you know the "Gewurztraminer", I'm sure you would love it, it's the best french white wine I know (it's from Alsace near Germany, that's why it sounds german).
How much is a bottle of french wine in the USA, I mean a good classic bottle, not a very rare one?
Posted by: Pierce on August 22, 2005 09:28 AMWow, I schlep off for a while and you have a Guild Function behind my back. Sorry for the delay, but I just couldn't let another day go by without posting one of these! Hope you like!
August Frazzled Mothers Guild Tasting
1st Course:
1 spoonful Honney Nut Cheerios, soggy
1/4 peanut butter sandwich on H.E.B. Brand wheat bread, lightly mangled
1st Flight: Vintage August 19th home-brewed Lipton Iced Tea blended with Constant Comment and Splenda
Sip of leftover milk, room-temperature, with surprise housefly at the bottom of the cup
2nd Course:
1 Schwann's Cream Cheese Filled Soft Pretzel with three bites out of it from marauding toddler
2nd Flight:
1 Diet RC Cola, with surprise half-chewed mouthful of cream cheese filled soft pretzel at bottom of can
2 antacid tablets
3rd Course:
Pan-Seared Tilapia lightly seasoned with lemon-pepper and approximately three large tablespoons of salt thanks to "helpful" young sous-chef who took charge of the cooking while his mother's back was turned
Freshly-harvested (from the pantry) canned corn topped with H.E.B. Brand butter
2 Schwann's Corn Dogs with a side of ketchup, served after fish turned out utterly unpalatable
3rd Flight:
3 large glasses of Eau d' PetitVille Municipale 2005
Dessert:
2 more antacid tablets
--TwoDragons
Posted by: Denita TwoDragons on August 23, 2005 12:14 AM