what I learned this year

I didn't know that either. Thanks for the info!

Bovale and Nieddera also

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Originally posted by irwin:
I learned this year that Monastrell and Mourvedre are two names for the same grape.
Didn't know that.

also called mataro in cali & Australia.

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Originally posted by vinoevelo:

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Originally posted by irwin:
I learned this year that Monastrell and Mourvedre are two names for the same grape.
Didn't know that.

also called mataro in cali & Australia.

Ridge makes a good Mataro

I learned about LaLas this year

Syrah and Shiraz are the same thing too.

So is Ugni Blanc and Trebbiano in case anyone was wondering.

Oh, and Zinfandel and Primitivo.

Brancellao is Alvarelhao.

vintage port may not see any Oak at all

In the NHL, a hand pass is legal in the defensive zone.

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Originally posted by billhike:
In the NHL, a hand pass is legal in the defensive zone.

Please tell me you didn't just learn that last night! In ten years when they are discussing the streak, very few will remember that the record breaking point came off a hand rather than a stick.

I truly did. Pretty sure I'm not the only one. At least he didn't brain fart back there like he usually does.

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Originally posted by billhike:
I truly did. Pretty sure I'm not the only one. At least he didn't brain fart back there like he usually does.

Yeah, you're right. They should have traded him back when you were trying to run him out of town.

Hey, I haven't wanted him gone since the 2012 playoff loss to the 'yotes.

I learned Muscadet Sèvre et Maine makes great QPR, food friendly wines.

I've learned that there is no bottom when you are a Cleveland Browns fan.

I've learned that bottles of scotch and bourbon do not last long as I thought they would in my house.

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Originally posted by VinT:
I learned Muscadet Sèvre et Maine makes great QPR, food friendly wines.

+1 on that one.

A partial list of what I've learned:

• that if you pay attention and listen to your friends, there's a whole wide world of affordable, intriguing white wine out there;
  
• that for the most part (as there are always exceptions to the rule) I like my Barolo younger - more or less in the 12-20 age range;
  
• that I'm no longer interested in red CdP unless it has serious bottle age, and even then it doesn't really lift my skirt;
  
• that my tastes have moved up the road to Northern Rhone, and I can't get enough of bloody raw meat and bacon fat;
  
• that I'm a fan of autolytics in my Champagne;
  
• that I could drink Champagne every night of the week;
  
• that I have a serious wine-buying problem.
  

pretty well what he said except I'll bold and capitalize the last point

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Originally posted by sunnylea57:
A partial list of what I've learned:

• that I'm no longer interested in red CdP unless it has serious bottle age, and even then it doesn't really lift my skirt;
  
  

it does drop my pants tho

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Originally posted by g-man:

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Originally posted by sunnylea57:
A partial list of what I've learned:

• that I'm no longer interested in red CdP unless it has serious bottle age, and even then it doesn't really lift my skirt;
  
  

it does drop my pants tho

Note to self: don't serve CdP to g-man the next time you see him.

1. The 40 bottle capacity wine fridge I bought 18 months ago is half the size it needs to be for my current needs and a fifth of the size of my future aspirations.

2. Its better to just not tell the girlfriend when I buy costly juice. She will be blissfully ignorant in 2016.

3. I need to sign up to be on more mailing lists. Joined Dirty and Rowdy this year and really enjoyed their stuff. Had a Foxen PN last night in Pasadena and it was awesome. I'm definitely signing up for theirs.

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Originally posted by sunnylea57:

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Originally posted by g-man:

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Originally posted by sunnylea57:
A partial list of what I've learned:

• that I'm no longer interested in red CdP unless it has serious bottle age, and even then it doesn't really lift my skirt;
  
  

it does drop my pants tho

Note to self: don't serve CdP to g-man the next time you see him.

heheh something else you learned this year ;-)

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Originally posted by RVARob:
2. Its better to just not tell the girlfriend when I buy costly juice. She will be blissfully ignorant in 2016.

Doesn't everyone have the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy with their SO?

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Originally posted by DoubleD:

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Originally posted by RVARob:
2. Its better to just not tell the girlfriend when I buy costly juice. She will be blissfully ignorant in 2016.

Doesn't everyone have the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy with their SO?

it usually leads to a mysterious collection of shoes a and bags

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Originally posted by g-man:

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Originally posted by DoubleD:

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Originally posted by RVARob:
2. Its better to just not tell the girlfriend when I buy costly juice. She will be blissfully ignorant in 2016.

Doesn't everyone have the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy with their SO?

it usually leads to a mysterious collection of shoes a and bags

Something else I learned this year: g-man likes shoes and hand bags.