Well, the bottom feeding continues as SWMBO's tastebuds are far
out of whack. But only 3 more weeks of taxol, then recovery begins,
in theory. (Don't know if tamoxifen will have similar wierd effects. Mark=
?)

Anyway all this lets us discover some cheapies that aren't bad. Here are
a couple:

Ch. Richelieu, Fronsac '01. 5 =A4. Forward fruit, quite chocolatey, (lots =
of=20
merlot?) well integrated but strong oak. Decent length, I'd recommend
this at twice the price. Is it a "one off" label? Maybe, but who cares.

Coop de Sablet, Sablet "Les Queriades" '01, 4 =A4. A nice warm, round,
sunny Cotes du Rhone with full grenache fruit and decent spice.
This is an honest wine from a coop I don't know, but if it's a typical
effort, they're a good one. Blows away anything from the big negoc'
at half the price. CdR fans, this is a nice everyday wine.

-E

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Emery,

Hope recovery is full and quick; but doesn't sound like your bottom feeding is
too bad!

I had the Richelieu before (1999). Solid if unremarkable that year. I'm sure
it's mostly Merlot, never met a Fronsac that wasn't.


Never had anything from the Coop de Sablet, the only Sablet I've had is the
Trignon (red and white). But will look for.

Thanks for notes!
Dale

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Emery Davis wrote:

> Well, the bottom feeding continues as SWMBO's tastebuds are far
> out of whack. But only 3 more weeks of taxol, then recovery begins,
> in theory. (Don't know if tamoxifen will have similar wierd effects. Mark?)

Too hard to predict, Emery -- everyone responds differently to chemo, though the
one constant is that it ain't much fun. FWIW, tamoxifen is chemically and
medicinally quite distinct: it's an anti-estrogen. Given the vast number of
women who now take it (it also helps with osteoporosis!) I'd expect it to have
fewer side effects, but Adele may be getting a much higher dose. Best of luck
regardless!

Nice sounding wines, Emery. Fat chance that I'll ever see either in these
parts.

Mark Lipton

On Mon, 10 May 2004 23:19:46 +0200, Emery Davis >
wrote:

>Well, the bottom feeding continues as SWMBO's tastebuds are far
>out of whack. But only 3 more weeks of taxol, then recovery begins,
>in theory. (Don't know if tamoxifen will have similar wierd effects. Mark?)
>

You've got my sincere best wishes for a complete recovery for her. I'm
sympathetic in the extreme as I had 10.5 hours of surgery in Jan of
'03 followed by six and a half weeks of radiation for squamous cell in
the lymph nodes of the neck. Prognosis is excellent, but the result of
the rads was a big hit to the taste buds for at least six months (for
a while even plain water tasted salty.) Saliva glands badly damaged,
but a year later recovery is still progressing.

It simply means I must concentrate a bit harder on the nuances of the
wine. And, occasionally I miss a few....but I did before as well.

Good luck.


Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
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>Well, the bottom feeding continues as SWMBO's tastebuds are far
>] >out of whack. But only 3 more weeks of taxol, then recovery begins,
>] >in theory. (Don't know if tamoxifen will have similar wierd effects.
>Mark?)

FWIW Emery, My wife is a 10 year survivor. She underwent a lumpectomy and they
removed about a dozen lymph nodes under her arm, then a long session of Chemo
(the drug protocols weren't as well know then) afterwards she did 2 mopnths of
radiation. No Tamoxifen due to the type of tumor that she had but her tastebuds
did come back and best of all I still have her to keep me on the straight and
narrow! :-)
Bi!!

On 14 May 2004 12:38:05 GMT, (RV WRLee) said:

[]
] radiation. No Tamoxifen due to the type of tumor that she had but her tastebuds
] did come back and best of all I still have her to keep me on the straight and
] narrow! :-)

Now you're talking, Bill! I just have to figure out which bottle will inaugurate
the newly awakened tastebuds...

-E

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> radiation. No Tamoxifen due to the type of tumor that she had but her
>tastebuds
>] did come back and best of all I still have her to keep me on the straight
>and
>] narrow! :-)
>
>Now you're talking, Bill! I just have to figure out which bottle will
>inaugurate
>the newly awakened tastebuds...
>
E

Initially she was quite sensitive to acidity in the wine and complained of a
metallic taste so I tried to steer clear of high acid, mineral based wines
(Italians especially) and focused on Aussie shiraz and Rhone blends with a high
amount of Grenache. I also tried to find big, lush, over the top California
wines both red and white.
Bi!!