tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19036375.post8724234382012766611..comments2023-06-18T09:16:07.072-06:00Comments on Pantalones Del Fuego: We met the internets, part 3 (and then went home)MLEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09301902783411290755noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19036375.post-11403261179160468342007-07-13T05:59:00.000-06:002007-07-13T05:59:00.000-06:00Bourbon fires are pretty scary. Back when I was in...Bourbon fires are pretty scary. Back when I was in college, the Heaven Hill bourbon warehouses caught on fire and the roads around their campus were pretty much rivers of fire. It was kind of amazing to watch on teevee, but I imagine very scary if you lived in Loretto.EEK!https://www.blogger.com/profile/12327355460302501249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19036375.post-24367156614203728042007-07-12T23:31:00.000-06:002007-07-12T23:31:00.000-06:00I think you guys should move to Louisville. You'll...I think you guys should move to Louisville. You'll be able to afford a nice house.yournameherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13364015203304429528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19036375.post-37536472332700271392007-07-12T18:42:00.000-06:002007-07-12T18:42:00.000-06:00I really like your picture of the arch. It's swee...I really like your picture of the arch. It's sweet.<BR/><BR/>Also, for Monkey, when we used to frequent Sonoma (and Healdsburg and Napa) wineries, we did so many tours where you see the big wine vats and barrels and machines that they all blend together. I know Mondavi has a pretty extensive tour, but there are a lot of other cheaper ones, too. I think if you hit three or four of the big-name wineries, you'd almost certainly get at least one "science of wine" tour.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00616984529728412074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19036375.post-29811552824073605602007-07-12T17:00:00.000-06:002007-07-12T17:00:00.000-06:00I think tours in wineries where you actually get t...I think tours in wineries where you actually get to see something interesting are probably limited to crush time (so early-mid fall). Most of the time you won't be seeing a whole lot. I've done the tour at Simi winery in Healdsburg and I bet some of the other ones give/have tours, too - I'll look into it and get back to you. I'm not at all familiar with any of the wineries in the Sonoma area; I'm much more familiar with the Healdsburg/Geyserville and Forestville areas.<BR/><BR/>The bourbon label is even more restrictive than Champagne - it has to be made with at least 51% corn, it has to be aged in brand new barrels of a particular wood, it has to be aged a certain period of time, all these different regulations for how it's made and not just where it comes from. Crazy.MLEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09301902783411290755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19036375.post-23403536306671445742007-07-12T16:54:00.000-06:002007-07-12T16:54:00.000-06:00The Woodford's tour looks awesome. We never got ar...The Woodford's tour looks awesome. We never got around to wine tasting this trip-but do you know of any Sonoma wineries where you actually get the same type of tour as you got for Woodford? I'm not as interested in the tasting part as I am seeing the wine-making process and the science of it. <BR/><BR/>The "bourbon" regulation reminds me of how there's "champagne" and the rest of it is all "sparkling wine". Did you read in NYT about the cheese wars going down in France over the same labelling issues on pasteurised and unpasteurised cheeses and what can be labelled this and that?Monkey McWearingChapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159146850159129520noreply@blogger.com