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Sunday, May 18, 2003
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Wine of the Night
1999 Domaine Barons De Rothschild (Lafite) Le Dix de Los Vascos (At least I have the bottle sitting right here so I won't misidentify it as a Northern Shrike.)
Tonight's wine is a landmark for me. It is the very first Chilean wine that I've ever liked. Usually I find Chilean wines to be way over peppered, grassed, and watery. However this one is significantly different - and that's probably because it's a Rothschild property.
The wine has a wonderful rich Bordeaux nose - very French: big but not overdone. It is an extremely smooth wine that opened up within about 40 minutes. It's multi-layered and still has a lot of tanins, so it does need to breath. This is a wonderful Cab that I would definitely drink again.
9:15:13 PM 
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Tweetie of the Day
Well - this is a modified post. I was in the yard this morning, when I saw what I thought was a pair of Northern Shrikes zooming by overhead. From my vantage point, I thought I saw very distinctive white patches on the underside of the wings - and the bird looked grey and had a distinctive call.
Well, I was in the yard again this evening when the pair of birds went zooming by again. I was still thinking Shrike until I got a good look at the profile - big long honking beaks. And then one of pair broke away, tucked its wings and dove straight down into the water.
Duh - Belted Kingfishers. sigh...
12:23:44 PM
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