The good news is… if Palin isn’t elected Vice-President, she’s available for Secretary of Education:
I pushed her on the earth’s creation, whether it was really less than 7,000 years old and whether dinosaurs and humans walked the earth at the same time. And she said yes, she’d seen images somewhere of dinosaur fossils with human […]
In the memoirs of William Arden Maury, Collections and Recollections, he mentions that he and his family lived at The Ebbitt House. He doesn’t say when they lived there, other than to say “After coming back to live in Washington . . .” It seems that th…
I went to Richmond today, beginning with a stop at the Richmond zoo. Although you can’t see it in this photo, this is a two-humped camel. I think it looks like he’s smiling.My main destination was the Virginia Historical Society Library to do some re…
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Sen. Chap Petersen has a recap of the most recent Warner-Gilmore debate on his blog, Ox Road South.
FABTS will hold it’s monthly meeting on Saturday at Total Wine in downtown Fredericksburg. The theme for the meeting is “Oktoberfest Beers”. This promises to be a very fun meeting. I am committed to a Boy Scout activity and will miss the meeting this m…
From a huge celebration festival for the re-opening of the newly restored Montpelier, James Madison’s famed home in Orange County, Va.entertainment color guardcut that ribbon, mr. governor star
Yesterday I had the privilege of attending a special tasting event for retailers and restaurateurs in Washington DC. We were tasting wines from Torbreck, one of the most highly regarded wineries in Australia. David Powell, the owner and winemaker, led the event. He came across as a very likable guy who clearly has a passion for wine. His wines aren’t cheap (the least expensive is about $22 and it goes way up from there), but man are they good. Part of David’s success comes from the fact that he secured contracts to source grapes from some of the oldest vineyards in the world. The oldest is 149! Just to put that in perspective, 30 years old is considered a pretty mature vineyard (age of the vines is important because as vines grow older they produce fewer grapes but the grapes they do produce are of a higher quality). It’s also the second oldest vineyard in the world (the oldest is also in Australia). Here were some of the highlights:
Marsanne/Roussanne – Two grapes found in the Rhone region of France. Some are grown in California and Australia and a little bit elsewhere. This was the best Marsanne/Roussanne blend I’ve ever had that wasn’t French. Deep and rich with ripe melon, pear, and citrus flavors. Very well balanced. I remember tasting it and thinking, “oh, Rebecca will love this.”
Struie Shiraz – Probably the best wine for the money (retail about $55-$60) out of all the wines. David likes to make powerful but structured Shiraz, rather than the over-extracted, viscous style that’s more common in Australia.
The Pict Mataro – Mataro is what they call Mouvedre in France. Apparently this one is twice as expensive (about $160) as the next most expensive Mouvedre. Mouvedre is more often used as a blending grape, but this one was worth the money all on its own.
Run Rig Shiraz – This one was the star of the show. A shiraz blended from the grapes of 8 different vineyards, including that 149 year old one. Wow! This was one powerful wine. Aromas and flavors of blackberries, blueberries, licorice, some herbal/earthy notes, and lots of other stuff. David said it would peak in about 12 years but I thought it was pretty drinkable now too. We have a couple of bottles of this in stock right now.
All in all it was a great experience – it’s not too often that you get to taste several wines of this quality. Look for some of these wines to appear in the future. Possibly a gift for a shiraz lover when the Holidays come around?
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Lowelll Feld writes:
Unbelievable, how can this guy be a Congressman?
It’s worse than that. According to The Weekly Standard’s Fred Barnes:
Of Republicans in the house, I would say that Eric Cantor has by far the best prospects of being the next Republican Speaker of anyone. In fact, there is nobody close.
AND he was vetted by the […]
