2000 V. Sattui Zinfandel
2000 V. Sattui Zinfandel, originally uploaded by jchin1.
Ever since Amanda and I went to Sonoma for a short week, I have been a little obsessed with wine. We had planned on checking out both Sonoma and Napa, but we ended up staying in Sonoma and Russian River Valley exclusively.
One place that my parents had mentioned to visit was a winery called V. Sattui in Napa. Since we never made it there, I was a little disappointed, but it turns out my Dad still had a couple bottles in his basement. I kindly asked for one, and tried it out one night with Don. My palette isn’t the most receptive, but I could tell this was going to be an interesting bottle. It was a bit coppery, and frankly had a bit of a funky, hard to place taste. We drank it over about 45 minutes to an hour, and towards the end, I almost couldn’t drink it anymore. I thought it probably had gone a little bad. After looking up what the community at CellarTracker thought, we were right, the prime drinking time for this Zin ended around 2007.
Oh well. It was interesting to taste such an old bottle, even though it was a little bad. I can always pick up a few more bottles when I’m out there again next year for Dave’s wedding…
six years and counting…
Six years ago, I had an idea to start a website. I wanted a place to share pictures, movies, random thoughts, and write music reviews. It’s amazing how far the internet has come in that short amount of time. Activities that we take for granted now were just on the verge in 2003…like sharing pictures on Flickr, or figuring out where to upload videos from my point and shoot camera.
Over the years, the frequency of posts has declined, but I still enjoy the random comments I get on by far my most popular post to date. I just renewed my domain name for another year (and don’t plan on letting it expire). Thanks to the few who have stuck around through the years!
October Morning
Fall Morning
I was up particularly early this morning to go for a run. I am excited to see the fall/winter skylines coming back. They’re so much more picturesque than the summer mornings. I went out on our balcony to catch the blue and purple sky. After downloading the picture to my computer, I noticed that I had caught my neighbor’s porch lights lighting up their house.
Arctic Monkeys – Crying Lightning
If you didn’t know – Arctic Monkeys is one of my favorite bands and they’ve released a new album recently. I’ve embedded their first single below, which is – as you can guess – awesome. Enjoy!
Arctic Monkeys – Crying Lightning
Via SleepWalkingMag
