I never realized how many people are in Buenos Aires until a main subway line breaks down and 30,000 people emerge from the depths.
Around 6 pm on my way to a tasting, subway line D from Catedral to Palermo broke. I wound up stranded in the city center packed in with everyone else and their moms. There was no way out. You couldn’t move.
Throngs of people lined every block waiting for buses and traffic slowed to a snails pace. If you felt like a yell now was the time .I was surrounded by people screaming Spanish into their cell phones.
I called to let everyone know I might be a tad late. And thus began my taxi hunt. After 45 minutes of no luck I became aggressive stood my ground when woman tried to jump in front of me and steal my ride. I won and got in. Quickly afterwards I realized I may have been better off walking to the other side of the city.
Fortunately my tardiness gave the wine time to breath and I arrive just before 8. We sampled 38 wines. I got to thinking how a person’s mood might alter their reception of wine. I was nervous the transit ordeal would make swill taste like a vintage reserve.
Thankfully the tasting was mixed as always. Some you hate, some you’ll forget, and some you say “ooo I’ll have a glass of that later please.”
We had some definite winners including a Finca la Serrera 2008 Torrontes, a Naiara 2006 Icono Malbec, Finca la Serrera 2005 Gran Guarda and a Carinae 2007 Gran Reserva Syrah.
When we got to round II, wines 8-14 I noticed a curious light colored wine, later revealed as a gift from Spanglish’s Maya May. This boxed liquid “vino tinto” Crespi got some laughs, sort of like my old friend from Europe “Don Simon” Sangria.
But in earnest this wine could hold it’s own against other boxed competitors and reminded me of a funny site, Bum Wine http://www.bumwine.com/ . I’ll let their header draw you in “this page explores the top five.
So curl up on a heating duct and enjoy… “
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