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Comment on Wine, Pick Me Up, Please! by talkavino

talkavino — Thu, 24 May 2012 10:52:44 +0000

Thank you for the comment!

Comment on Wine, Pick Me Up, Please! by talkavino

talkavino — Thu, 24 May 2012 10:52:25 +0000

Thank you!

Comment on Wine, Pick Me Up, Please! by talkavino

talkavino — Thu, 24 May 2012 10:51:52 +0000

I personally drink port at the “room” temperature, so that bottle from the cellar would be just fine for me. As far as chilling of the icewine goes, I have wine chiller sleeves in my freezer all the time, so putting one of those on the bottle will get it to the right temperature in less than 10 minutes. And you are absolutely right – there are many other “good emotions” at home which will fully allow you to forget your bad day at work.

Comment on Wine, Pick Me Up, Please! by Gwendolyn Alley aka Art Predator

Gwendolyn Alley aka Art Predator — Thu, 24 May 2012 04:25:13 +0000

Nice variety of selections! And I agree with your points. (Hmmn, I shouldn’t have read your post before I finished mine because we’re on the same page here!)

Comment on Wine, Pick Me Up, Please! by NJ Vinoman

NJ Vinoman — Wed, 23 May 2012 20:10:31 +0000

All your criteria are spot on for a pop-n-pour at the end of a bad day.

A great “how to” post. Salud!

Comment on Wine, Pick Me Up, Please! by SAHMmelier

SAHMmelier — Wed, 23 May 2012 18:54:51 +0000

Reblogged this on The Buzz and commented: A great piece by one of my favorite wine writers. Enjoy. Perhaps it will help you pick your pick me up tonight.

Comment on Wine, Pick Me Up, Please! by the drunken cyclist

the drunken cyclist — Wed, 23 May 2012 18:25:38 +0000

While I agree wholeheartedly with the premise of this post, don’t the last two violate your “instantly on” criterion? Id est, they need to be a little cooler than cellar temp (although depending how cold you like your port, it may still be “instantly on”–but the icewine won’t). I instantly thought about my go-to-bad-day wine and it would have to be champagne. Obviously, this would need some time to chill up, but 30 minutes in the freezer (those who claim you should never put a bottle in the freezer to chill are wrong–you should never FORGET ABOUT a wine you have put in the freezer!). Besides, this 30 minutes respite gives me time to go upstairs, change, kiss my kids, and feel less like I ‘need’ the wine.

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