Wednesday April 18th 2012
I received an invite to this cool Wine Tasting
(Thank you Bryce (Martin Scott Wines) & Stacy (Domaine Select))
that was held for people in the industry. I didn’t count how
many wines were offered but today after reviewing the booklet
of available wines to try, my original estimate
of 500 was short a couple hundred…..
We probably tasted about 88 wines, most likely many more,
but since 8 is my favorite number I thought I’d go with 88
as my guesstimate. Needless to say there was a plethora
of spitting going on – (I felt like a Camel!)
it’s just not possible to DRINK all those wines.
(although I think I witnessed one person trying, wasn’t pretty)
Towards the end, Palate Fatigue definitely set in
– at that point we tried a few spirits
then went on our very merry way……….
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Where all the fun was held,
at The Imperia in Somerset, NJ.
It’s about 1 hour 15 minutes from Ivyland, PA.
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T. Edwards was one of the Wine Merchants
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Me with Bryce from Martin Scott Wines
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This was one of the ballrooms.
The tasting was just getting under way.
I was there for FOUR quick hours…..
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Bryce & his friend Erin Miller
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makes sense to me……
don’t like it, don’t drink it!
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Me & Rosemary – we work together at the
“wine store” in Cherry Hill,NJ……
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this was an accidental random photo that I kind of liked,
so I kept it in my photo journal repertoire…..
I wish I took more photos but it is a challenge to
multi-task & I had to create priorities.
I was there to taste, network then take pictures.
I needed more time!!!
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Winemaker Eric Hamacher from Hamacher Wines.
We tasted his wines & they were goooood!
Nice work Eric!
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Jeff Krietzman – Maximum Wine Company.
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after tasting wine all night our Taste Buds were
asking for relief. To borrow a line from
Erin (in earlier photo)…
“it felt like my teeth were wearing little sweaters”.
We switched it up & tried this delightful spirit.
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Paul-Marie Fils 25 Year Pineau de Charentes
Pineau de Charentes is not a common drink in the US.
It is a French fortified wine made from blending brandy (usually unaged)
and fermented grape must, which is juice made from the seeds,
skins and stems of the grape.
Paul-Marie Fils Pineau de Charentes is unusual in that
instead of being made with unaged eau de vie, it is made with Cognac
and then further aged. “It was made from Cognac distilled in 1984
and then white wine from 1985 and put into a barrel for 25 years!”
A twenty-five year old dessert wine is unusual indeed.
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Rosemary & Me with Warren Bobrow –
Spirits/Food Writer, Rum Judge…. & more!
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I must have missed the Sports Wine table…
this would have been PERFECT given all the sports I play!
Wine in my water bottle for biking,
Wine for the sand volleyball court,
Wine during Adventure Racing,
Wine while climbing Kilimanjaro…..
wine not whine!
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“You have only so many bottles in your life,
never drink a bad one.”
~Len Evans
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If all be true that I do think,
There are five
reasons we should drink:
Good wine— a friend— or being dry—
Or lest we should be by and by—
Or any other reason why.
—Henry Aldrich (1647–1710),
dean of Christ Church, Oxford. Reasons For Drinking.
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Helen’s curriculum vitae:
http://helentdiehl.posterous.com/salescustomer-relation-manager-resume
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