Getting rid of the collection.

For a long long time I have collected my wine (some liquor) bottles and today we got rid of them. We kept the ones with meaning (I keep bottles from special events and add little labels to the back) and freed up a lot of space. Now Mako has his favorite spot on top of the cabinets back!

Wine

Tried a new wine, pretty good for under $15.

Uruco wine!

Random stuffs

On ice tickets for the Ice Bears this weekend courtesy of Jimmy. Travis Lauren Mary and I are going. Looking forward to it!

Since I got my "leak free evo" back it has been slowly leaking oil and since the guy that built it apparently fell off the earth so I will be repairing it myself. These are 4 washers that we think need to be replaced. Hopefully doing that this weekend.

Working on a tune for the Evo and needed a way to log air/fuel ratios. The gauge leads to a serial port so I need a serial to USB converter. Well, apparently there is only a hand few that work and this one isn't one of them. Currently waiting on a new one to arrive. Should be here this week.

Can't really beat the Yellow Tail. Cheap and good, nough said.

Finally able to ship wine to TN!

Got some awesome wine from Jaqk Cellars. Travis stumbled across it on one of the art image sites. Their design is just awesome and their logo just plain rocks! It shows on their site they will ship to Tennessee which we thought wasn't legal. So we went through the ordering process and says unable to ship. I emailed and was told by them it was possible, they said certain zip codes are dry so I sent her a few. The only one that didn't make the cut was ours, haha. So I had mine shipping to Travis's. It is the most expensive wine I have purchased so I might let it sit for a while before popping the top. Hope it tastes as good as it looks!

Check their stuff out here: jaqkcellars.com

Wine

On the Evo forum about two weeks ago I met a guy that owns a winery in California called Ricochet Wines. We discussed how to ship some here due to the fact that Tennessee laws prohibits shipping alcohol. Well, long story short we worked out shipping to one of the owners who happens to live in Atlanta and that I'd order some when I headed that way. Back to this wine and why I got it. The popular wines at Ricochet were Syrah and Petite Sirah, two wines I have never heard of. My next trip to the liquior store I was on a mission. To find that wine. I found this Bogle Petite Sirah. Well, I bought on our way to see Jim in Ohio. We ended up not drinking it but I left the bottle up there. The next week I bought another bottle. Man it was worth the wait and having to buy 2 bottles. This stuff is great! Very smooth, very tasty and super easy to drink. Looking forward to another bottle of this.

Little side note: The bottle in the picture is the bottle I bought on the way to Ohio. Jim came back in this weekend and brought it.

Wine Wine Wine

I have been updating the wines I have been trying so here we go!

3 weeks ago

Francis Coppola Pinot Noir - Pretty good stuff. It had been in the fridge for about 3 weeks before I dove in but I was surprised by the taste. It was sweet but not to sweet. I really enjoyed it cold and I usually don't like my reds cool.

After letting it sit out (corked of course) a had another tasting. It was too sweet and a little dry. Didn't like it, and it got worse each day. Probably won't be trying that one again.


2 weeks ago

Bully Hill Love My Goat - It's a mixed red and one of my favorites. It's cheap too! $8 a bottle. It's getting more popular too. It's now available at the package store I frequent. It's a very smooth easy to drink wine. I recommend it to all!





Currently drinking

Box Head Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon mix - It's 72% Shiraz, 28% Cabernet Sauvignon, which is why I think it's a little to sweet for me. I like Cab much more than Shiraz but I still thought this might be good. The label is what caught my eye (I have been designing wine labels lately). But the wine fell a bit short. Probably going to skip this one next time.

Recent Wines

I usually pick up a bottle of wine every week but lately I have been slacking. These are the last 2 I picked up. Gladiator is pretty good stuff for $8 a bottle. Haven't tried the Kung Fu Girl yet but mom (she was with me when I bought it) told me it was on the recent popular wine list.

NHL Alumni Wine

On our trip to NYC we picked up some of the NY Rangers alumni NHL wine. It is available only in the cities where the teams with wines are located. But it can be purchased through this beautiful site www.alumniwineseries.com :) (I have a connection with a family member that's involved with this so I was able to create the site for them) Alcohol can only be shipped to certain states and TN is not one. We took a chance and put these bottles in our checked luggage and surprisingly (not really cause I'm a great luggage packer! :) ) it made it through.

Well tonight I decided to open the cab.