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post #13201 of 16164
6/16/12 at 1:47pm
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Originally Posted by patrickBOOTH View Post

I was wondering last night while drinking martinis. Do/can spirits have "terroir"?

Apparently everything has terroir now. If I had a dollar for every menu or server or food blogger I've heard/read going on about the soil their onions are grown in, then I'd go buy myself a nice bottle of Burgundy for dinner.

Spirits? I'd say, not really. I think they're more a reflection of the culture that produces them than the land. Whiskey - Scotch, Bourbon, Tennessee, etc.
Edited by Quatsch - 6/16/12 at 1:57pm
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post #13202 of 16164
6/16/12 at 6:53pm
Interesting question. Let's look at Scotch. It's divided into geographic indicators. One can roughly expect a certain set of parameters based on the GI and much of that is based on the local water and peat production.

Not sure what to make of that.
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post #13203 of 16164
6/17/12 at 10:53am
Yeah, I was thinking in terms of gin. I love the stuff and I realized that year after year you get a consistent product. I am thinking that if a distillery that usually gets its juniper, or whatever from a certain farm, or supplier, however the crop was shit and had to go elsewhere, wouldn't that affect the flavor?

I also went to this new bar that had a lot of different kinds of gin and the bartender was telling me about them, and he mentioned this one that they get their juniper from a specific location and yada yada yada and the idea of terroir came into my mind again. I guess there are producers out there who subscribe to the idea.
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post #13204 of 16164
6/17/12 at 10:54am
Btw, I am reading a really good book right now. The pages really give me a sense of the pacific northwest, very douglas fir.
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post #13205 of 16164
6/17/12 at 2:24pm
Gin is made of a dozen different herbs and plants, so they can blend it to a consistent product. Above all, it's (mostly) distilled from wheat. Junipers are just used as the "main" flavor.
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post #13206 of 16164
6/17/12 at 3:44pm
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Originally Posted by patrickBOOTH View Post

Yeah, I was thinking in terms of gin. I love the stuff and I realized that year after year you get a consistent product. I am thinking that if a distillery that usually gets its juniper, or whatever from a certain farm, or supplier, however the crop was shit and had to go elsewhere, wouldn't that affect the flavor?
I also went to this new bar that had a lot of different kinds of gin and the bartender was telling me about them, and he mentioned this one that they get their juniper from a specific location and yada yada yada and the idea of terroir came into my mind again. I guess there are producers out there who subscribe to the idea.

so you also read the NYT article...
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post #13207 of 16164
6/17/12 at 4:24pm
Special Father's Day wine tonight. Just great.

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post #13208 of 16164
6/17/12 at 5:16pm
Drinking a 2010 Jean Paul Brun/Terres Dorees Cote de Brouilly. Very nice wine - a lot more tannic structure and color than I'd expect from Beaujolais, but its a nicely balanced wine all-round.

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post #13209 of 16164
6/17/12 at 5:30pm
JP Brun is pretty good stuff.
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post #13210 of 16164
6/17/12 at 5:35pm
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Special Father's Day wine tonight. Just great.

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post #13211 of 16164
6/17/12 at 5:48pm
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Special Father's Day wine tonight.
congrats

what did you name him/her?

plans to marry mommy?
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post #13212 of 16164
6/17/12 at 5:56pm
Lawlz, the only babies I ever have are lying in socks in my dirty laundry bin.
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post #13213 of 16164
6/17/12 at 5:57pm
Had a few bottles today. Started off with a Pierre Peters at an early brunch at the place three minutes away. Then we had a Merry too, an '10 SB with duck confit and vinaigrette salad. Now we're sipping N.V. Ariston Aspasie Champagne Brut - Carte Blanche.

It's a shame Monday = work.
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post #13214 of 16164
6/17/12 at 5:58pm
For fathers day I went to a mexican dive and had 3 margaritas. Then I came home and took a nap.

Then I cooked.

I also went to church and to krav.
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post #13215 of 16164
6/17/12 at 6:00pm
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Wines from the past week. The Pahlmeyer was amazing as was the Telegraphe.

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