I recently re-read Edgar Allan Poe's short story, "The Cask of
Amontillado":

http://www.literature.org/authors/po...ontillado.html

The story really boils down to a trenchant reminder that if you think
you are a better wine critic than everybody else, someone is
eventually going to lead you down into a cellar and put you out of
your misery.

Anyway, I wanted to start a discussion about some tasty Amontillado to
try: what are people drinking, and what do they love?

Right now my favourite is Lustau's "Los Arcos" (bread and caramel on
the nose, well-defined and fine-boned palate, with walnuts, apple and
croissant. Acid sweetness on the long finish).

It seems impossible to go wrong by picking up anything produced by
Lustau, unless you find their style a little too austere.

I just wrote a column reviewing the various merits of some Lustau
amontillado vs. Sandeman and Savory & James. If you are interested, it
is he

http://www.lawandstyle.ca/index.php?...180&Item id=1

Matthew

www.lawandstyle.ca/shortcellar

Short Cellar wrote:

I recently re-read Edgar Allan Poe's short story, "The Cask of
Amontillado":

http://www.literature.org/authors/po...ontillado.html

The story really boils down to a trenchant reminder that if you think
you are a better wine critic than everybody else, someone is
eventually going to lead you down into a cellar and put you out of
your misery.

Anyway, I wanted to start a discussion about some tasty Amontillado to
try: what are people drinking, and what do they love?

Right now my favourite is Lustau's "Los Arcos" (bread and caramel on
the nose, well-defined and fine-boned palate, with walnuts, apple and
croissant. Acid sweetness on the long finish).

It seems impossible to go wrong by picking up anything produced by
Lustau, unless you find their style a little too austere.

I just wrote a column reviewing the various merits of some Lustau
amontillado vs. Sandeman and Savory & James. If you are interested, it
is he


http://www.lawandstyle.ca/index.php?...180&Item id=1

Matthew

www.lawandstyle.ca/shortcellar

It is interesting to note how different people's taste can be.
Every single Lustau sherry that I have sampled reminded me of the odor of
old gym socks, and I went away gagging. Sandeman, on the other hand I find
quite pleasing. My particular favorite is Sandeman Oloroso Royal
Corrigedor, which is my ultimate sipping by a fireplace pleasure.

To each their own. One man's meat is another man's poison.

Godzilla

On Feb 13, 7:06 pm, Short Cellar wrote:
I recently re-read Edgar Allan Poe's short story, "The Cask of
Amontillado":

http://www.literature.org/authors/po...ontillado.html

The story really boils down to a trenchant reminder that if you think
you are a better wine critic than everybody else, someone is
eventually going to lead you down into a cellar and put you out of
your misery.

Anyway, I wanted to start a discussion about some tasty Amontillado to
try: what are people drinking, and what do they love?

Right now my favourite is Lustau's "Los Arcos" (bread and caramel on
the nose, well-defined and fine-boned palate, with walnuts, apple and
croissant. Acid sweetness on the long finish).

It seems impossible to go wrong by picking up anything produced by
Lustau, unless you find their style a little too austere.


I am quite partial to Vintage Madeira now, and fortunately I cellared
quite a bit when the price was still very reasonable.

I buy very little Sherry anymore, but some that I have liked are
listed below:

Manzanilla Amontillada, Manuel Cuevas Jurado, bottled by Lustau;

Williams & Humbert Dos Cortados (Palo Cortado);

Royal Ambrosante Palo Cortado, Sandeman;

Royal Corregidor Oloroso, Sandeman;

For dear old great aunt Priscilla, who uses too much blue tint in her
hair, some Pedro Ximenz "Venerable", Pedro Domecq - it makes Bristol
Cream seem weak and dry on comparison :-).

Short Cellar wrote:

I recently re-read Edgar Allan Poe's short story, "The Cask of
Amontillado":

http://www.literature.org/authors/po...ontillado.html

The story really boils down to a trenchant reminder that if you think you
are a better wine critic than everybody else, someone is eventually going
to lead you down into a cellar and put you out of your misery.

Anyway, I wanted to start a discussion about some tasty Amontillado to
try: what are people drinking, and what do they love?

Right now my favourite is Lustau's "Los Arcos" (bread and caramel on the
nose, well-defined and fine-boned palate, with walnuts, apple and
croissant. Acid sweetness on the long finish).

It seems impossible to go wrong by picking up anything produced by Lustau,
unless you find their style a little too austere.

I just wrote a column reviewing the various merits of some Lustau
amontillado vs. Sandeman and Savory & James. If you are interested, it is
he

http://www.lawandstyle.ca/index.php?...view&id=180&It
emid=1

Matthew

www.lawandstyle.ca/shortcellar

Hi Matthew,

I'm not much of a sherry drinker (don't think I've ever had anything
other than Harvey's Bristol Cream), but I just wanted to say that I
enjoyed reading through your archives. My favorite so far was the bit
about buttering up your girlfriend so that you can pick up that
Riesling. My wife does not drink wine at all, so she has a hard time
understanding how I can so easily spend so much money...

Dave

--
There's a fine line between stupid and clever.