Edamame

We had a Clare Valley riesling at the local Japanese - went well with edamame and particularly well with tempura vegetables.

Cheers!

Martin

This is a less famous Italian Verdicchio from an official Italian region that is selling for about US$12 to 16 in the US now.

Funny thing is, I bought a bottle of this very wine today to have with sushi. Will report

Anders

Besides AC/DC and MJK of Tool, there are more mellow musicians who own vineyards. Dave matthews owns a VA winery, and Boz Scaggs (who put out some good music, if maybe some of his biggest hits are a bit wimpy)has a CA winery. Would be a funny tasting to see if one can discern the musician's style in the wine. :)

Equipo Navazos "La Bota de Manzanilla" 22 with its salty profile would be just perfect. I would rather have it with Jamón Ibérico, though.

s.

The whole Navazos series is wonderful!

From what I've had, I agree. The one problem is getting ahold of their wines here in US as they sell out very quickly.

Mark Lipton

This stuff always reminds me of paint thinner. Weirdly, it is all that is sold in Japanese liquor stores as they don't sell Sake for some reason.

Tried an Alsace Pinot Gris, Dirler Bux 2008, but while it is not bad, it certainly is not the bee's knees.

BTW, do bees have knees? I mean they do ahve legs (6 of them, even), but KNEES?

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Belisario Terre di Valbona, Verdicchio di Matelica 2010 - about 11USD Flowery bouquet, pale yellow color, nice minerality and fruitiness, quite dry, not high but sufficient acidity, good length. A pleasant but not great wine with typical Verdicchio character. Shop had another wine from same producer at a rather higher price so I'd guess this one single bottle doesn't prove the merits of Verdicchio di Matelica. B+ on the Dale scale Anders

OK so it was not the cat's pyamas, then. Tonight I tried a beer (Kirin Ichiban) and an Amontillado - they were better (particularly the Amontillado), still not perfect.

As I said, I like Scotch on the Rocks with Edamame in pods. Removing the beans with your teeth really beats having them already shelled. Frozen Edamame in pods are readily available and a small bowlful can be defrosted in 30-40 seconds in the microwave if you are eating them at home.

That's how I do them. But I don't drink hard liquor (very often). About three times a year ...

Made a new attempt with the Amontillado, this time without a previous beer. Yes, this is it, or, at least, this is one solution. Thank you for taking an interest! Cheers Nils

• Room-temperature sake. I would select a Shikoku product.

You can't go wrong with Tsukasabotan.

earle

Strangely enough, Scotch on the Rocks goes rather well too but I'd not think of having wine unless ice-cold Sake counts.