"Steve Slatcher" > wrote in message
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> aesthete8 wrote:
>> Is there any great wine that is supposed to be enjoyed strictly by
>> itself?
>
> Who it it that dictates how wine is supposed to be drunk?
>
> Side-stepping that question for a while, I think I would probably prefer
> to drink a great Sauternes (OK, I mean Yquem) by itself.
>
> Also, in Italian there is a concept "vino da meditazione", which I believe
> is basically a wine to be enjoyed slowly by itself, usually a sweet wine -
> a passito or recioto.
>
> --
> Steve Slatcher
> http://pobox.com/~steve.slatcher

Years ago we used to, in a sense, have our cake and eat it. About every
eighteen months four families would get together for a Grange Sunday lunch.
Each family would bring an older bottle of Grange - no duplicates allowed.
The host woul decant them while we sipped champagne. Those who were into it
would spend about an hour savouring, tasting and talking about the four
wines. Then we'd all sit down and drink them with lunch as we would any
everyday red.

Workd for us.

Cheers!
Martin

PS One year one piker brought an non-Grange "This (australian red) is every
bit as good as Grange - you'll love it!" It wasn't, we didn't. That was the
last lunch...