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You decide which parts he said without editing. Your first clue is that it’s not always the parts you think!
Yes, this post is for comedic relief. The recording was rearranged for fun.
Cross-posted at Bloggers4Bob
KUDOS to Mary Washington Hospital Emergency Room!
I spent last evening there with my niece. The physician’s assistant and all the different nurses that helped, made a very difficult time easier. Mary Washington has taken a lot of heat over the years. My children were born there, three of my nieces were born there, my in-laws […]
Tim Craig has a thought-provoking post up on his blog asking what to look for at this weekend’s GOP Senate nominating convention. Former Gov. Jim Gilmore says he has the delegates, but Del. Bob Marshall seems fairly confident in his chances.
Mark Warner is practically a lock to win the seat in November, quality candidates like […]
Given a relatively slow internet connection here on the Outer Banks I haven’t bothered to check the forecast models, but I have been following the SPC convective prognostications and the Sterling forecast discussions. It seems that we may have a chanc…
The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) has created the Virginia Winery Distribution Company (VWDC) to help small wineries overcome the hardships imposed by the three-tier distribution system. In an April 18, 2008 press rel…
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There are three types of wine drinkers: those who only drink dry wine, those who only drink sweet wine, and those who drink both depending on the circumstance. I am in the third camp, and I think the first two camps are misguided.
The first camp, those who only drink dry wine, usually do so for a couple of reasons. One, there is a common misconception that sweet wine is inferior wine, not suitable for serious wine drinkers. Two, there is so much bad sweet wine on the market, these people have tasted a few that were horrible and concluded that sweet wine is bad. What I would say is that good sweet wine, such as some German Rieslings or Alsace Gewurztraminers, would not have the same flavor profile if they were not sweet. In other words, it’s not just a regular wine made sweet, the sweetness is integral to the wine, and if you removed it you would lose a lot more than just the sugar. As for reason number 2, here’s a good way to tell if wine is good sweet (and naturally sweet): check the alcohol content. It should be lower than dryer wines, for the most part. Remember that it’s the sugar in the grapes that has been converted to alcohol, so more sugar should mean less alcohol. Otherwise the wine has probably been sweetened with sugar or grape extract, and will likely taste bad.
Occasionally, but rarely, I have people tell me that they don’t like sweet. I just plumb don’t believe that. Unless you don’t like the taste of sugar, don’t drink sodas, and don’t drink cocktails, there is no reason to say that it’s the sweetness in the wine that turns you off. Also, remember this: the sweetness you taste in the wine (assuming it’s natural), comes from the grape. And the grape, in its unpressed form, is even sweeter than the wine! How often would you complain about a fruit being too sweet?
To those who only drink sweet wine, I would say this: try having wine with food. Dryer wines tend to be more food-friendly, and it’s only by pairing wine with food that you can develop a true appreciation for it. If you only drink wine by itself you’re missing out.
So, to the sweet wine skeptics: try a single vineyard German Riesling Spatlese, keep an open mind, and you may be surprised.
Tim Craig has a thought-provoking post up on his blog about what to look for at this weekend’s GOP Senate nominating convention. Former Gov. Jim Gilmore says he has the delegates, but Del. Bob Marshall seems fairly confident in his chances.
Mark Warner is practically a lock to win the seat in November, quality candidates like […]
Well, not really. But that is the spin HSLDA is putting on the form letter reply they got from Subway. What a bunch of tools. (HSLDA, not Subway).
The Right-Wing Liberal (a conservative blog if you don’t get the pun) had a nice roundup of the desperation of the few remaining Gilmore bloggers who haven’t jumped the sinking ship yet.
Notably off the chart of paranoia and conpiracy theories, is Chris Green of Spank That Donkey blog. He’s cooking up all kinds of wild theories […]
