Monday, September 10, 2007

International Wine - Thanks Z!


How to acquire international wines:

Step 1. Work for cool people who travel internationally
Step 2. When they ask you if they can bring anything back from abroad tell them nothing at all. Then drop the hint that you LOVE red wine.
Step 3. Reserve said bottles to share with your best friend.

I reserved both bottles to share with my very best friend, my cousin. She referred to the 1st bottle we opened as "the demon" (a reference to the wording on the label...all foreign). She said "the demon" was the same quality, if not better, than the Folio wine which she picked up in Florida. Hey, if you've had Folio then you know what I mean. If not - you need to.


The cool person who traveled internationally said:

You are very welcome. Thank you for everything as well. I am glad to know that you liked the wines, I was a little nervous as I am very unsure of my wine tasting and selection ability.

I didn’t get them in the same location. I purchased one in Germany right outside of Heidelberg where Jennifer grew up, and the other I found in a small little wine shop in Venice . I actually killed a bottle of the Chianti in Venice , and I liked it a lot. I figured that one was pretty good so I went back to the store and purchased another one to bring it home for you.

I actually miss that little shop in Venice – even though Venice during the day was hot and miserable during the night it was cool, relaxing and quite romantic. Sitting at a restaurant drinking a bottle of wine was quite relaxing.

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Can I just say that knowing the coolest people on earth really rocks my wine glass?