Vinogirl - I need your help! It's election night and I want to stay up for as long as possible and, of course, alcohol is de rigeur. But what to drink? I'm having a crack at some Bonarda, no not the Argentinian* one but the real one from the Oltrepo Pavese region, not that far from Comboland and it is just such a perfect glugging wine, kicking in at about 12.5ยบ, just-so-slightly fizzy, a foaming purple in the glass that settles down to a perfumed, juicy red that goes down a treat. I have never seen a bottle of Italian Bonarda on sale in Blighty and it is a crying shame. Anyway, enough of that. I wonder if I shall make midnight. Doubtful.And if the insurance company will cough up for my new camera. Double doubtful.
*the grape that makes Bonarda, Croatina, was taken to Argentina by the first Italian immigrants.
6 comments:
If the first exit polls are true, I recommend a cocktail: The Goering. That's equal parts of cyanide and prussic acid, topped up with good champagne.
Mr. Combo I hope the Bonarda did the trick. I would have recommended a nice, ballsy Cabernet franc, because quite frankly our dearly beloved Great Britain needs an individual with the testicular fortitude of the aforementioned grape variety to put things back on track.
I been Labouring very hard over this. Not wanting to be too Conservative I suggest a Liberal serving of... (that's enough political tortology Ed.)
Vino girl makes a very seroius cab franc...once tasted never forgotten and now Brownie has gone I could do with a bottle to cheer this momentous occasion.
You can come out of the coma now, Ron. Looks like we might survive.
For about 15 months!!!
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