I tried explain what a Hallmark Holiday was to the Argentines but they insisted that I was wrong about el Dia del Amigo. I assumed that, like Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, which are virtually equivalent down here (i.e. everyone gets together for dinner and gives all the Moms or Dads gifts) to what they are in the US, el Dia del Amigo–ostensibly “Friend’s Day”–is not.
People pretty much get together and drink wine. And the tendency is for couples to actually split from their significant others to go out on their own with friends. How sophisticated!
So what wine are we drinking tonight? I’m bringing a new wine that may be in Anuva’s club soon. It’s called Viña el Cerno Syrah. Being a 1999, one can feel how this wine must have evolved over the last 9 years, sculpting and honing its rich, silky smooth body in the bottle. Inspiring wafts of the nose brings hints of ripe black cherry and dried Italian herbs. On the palate, this micro-production prodigy persists nicely.
Look for it before the end of the year.
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