A "special" Birthday wine

First, congrats!

Second, over the years I've gotten quite a few bottles that had labels that were just too good. Most of the wines, I assume, are probably worth less to me, than is the label. I only hope that I'm not passing on some real "gems," like "Roadkill Red," et al. :-}

Hunt

"roadkill red." is it potable and where can I find it? drinking Tait The Ball Buster 2003 Barossa right now. It is quite drinkable.

Hi Susannah, You might have brought up the subject for a new thread: "Funky Wine Names". I've seen specialty beers with "interesting" names for some time, and I think the wine industry is catching up. On our last shopping trip, my wife picked out a few bottles of "Dirty Dick's Ale" from the UK. Can't imagine why she did that. :-) Dick R.

Heh, beer brewers are nice people anywhere! There's a brewer in San marino, the small kingdom near the italian adriatic coast, who produces some special beers. One is named "E figoun", which is Romagna & Marche slang for "great pussy". Another one from them is "la Tabachera", showing the picture of the fat tobacconist from Federico Fellini's Amarcord movie.

Susannah,

The Roadkill Red is from Colorado Cellars:

Colorado's oldest winery - since 1978, featuring Champagne, Port, 12 grape wines, 6 fruit wines, 35 wine-based food items and hundreds of wine accessories and gift items. Large outdoor event area, underground barrel cellar, gazebo, picnic areas, and spectacular views! Family owned and operated, come see where it all began!

Location: 3553 E Road, Palisade, CO 81526 Phone: 800-848-2812 Fax: 970-464-0574 Email: snipped-for-privacy@coloradocellars.com Web Site:

Many of their varietal wines are better, than is the red-blend RKR. Though Colorado is not often thought of as a "wine heaven," there are some decent small producers there, mainly in the Palisades "banana belt" region near Grand Junction. Plum Creek Winery does some very nice Cab S and Fs, and the Vail Valley winery offers some very nice wines too, though all were from CA juice. I think that they did develop a CO-only wine line, but forget the name - Aspen something??? I believe that Ed Rasimus is in CO, so he can probably fill in details that have either changed, since I last lived there, or correct things that my failing memory have passed by.

Depending on where you are located, Colorado Cellars may be able to ship to you. The wine was available at the venerable Applejack's in Lakewood, CO.

Hunt

IIRC, Spotted Dick was named for a pudding with raisins, wasn't it?

For your theme wine, you might want to look into a Livermore winery, Murrieta's Well, wine, The Adultress. It was a SB blend. I have one bottle left, but can't find it in the cellar, or the database.

Hunt

Dick, happy birthday. Slight pedantic correction - Costières de Nîmes is a place, not a producer. An appelation that I think technically is Languedoc, though I believe it borders the Rhône valley and the wines often resemble Southern Rhônes. Dale

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] >a bottle of wine in honor of my birthday. It's a 60% ] >Grenache 40%Syrah blend produced by Costieres De Nimes ] >in France. ] ] Dick, happy birthday. Slight pedantic correction - Costières de Nîmes is a ] place, not a producer. An appelation that I think technically is Languedoc, ] though I believe it borders the Rhône valley and the wines often resemble ] Southern Rhônes. ]

Hi Dale, and congrats Dick -

Since we're getting pedantic, I should point out that although quite close to the Southern Rhone appellations, Costieres de Nimes has its own -- and much hotter -- climate. Nimes is usually accepted as the hottest city in France. CdN is mostly south of it, although this may offer some med breezes. Some years ago I stayed in Nimes while working the Montpellier festival, it was really murderously hot. At that time my host felt that CdN was not an interesting appellation, and indeed that might have been the case. Mostly light reds and pinks. But this is clearly an appellation on the rise, and still home to many fine values along with rising quality.

-E