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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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2 December 2005 - 2:34 pm
Jeremy, Ben, and I went to the "Best Buys, Great Wines Under $15" class at the Wine Merchant's Clayton location yesterday. It cost us $15 each, but we got to sample six pretty good wines and three cheeses as well as getting a 20% discount on wine and cheese that we purchased following the class. I was pretty happy with th whole experience. The wines we tried (from memory, so this might be a bit off) were an Italian sparkling wine, a new Zealand Sauvignon Blanc (very tart and fruity), a California Chardonnay (nice nose, oaky and smooth), a Spanish old vine Grenache (awesome), a 50-50 Grenache-Syrah blend (Jeremy likened its nose to an indoor pool, but Ben and both liked it), and an Argentinian Malbec. Two of the chesses were also were very good. I left with nearly a pound of Vincent Gouda, and a bottle each of the Grenache and bubbly from the class.
Posted by on 2 December 2005 at 2:38 PM
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