{"id":123,"date":"2006-02-02T22:39:38","date_gmt":"2006-02-03T03:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/index.php\/?p=123"},"modified":"2019-12-27T11:28:24","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T16:28:24","slug":"im-shocked-shocked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/index.php\/im-shocked-shocked\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m shocked, shocked"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a happy day when I discovered that there really is a way to keep an opened bottle of red wine<\/a> around for a week or so without it spoiling. Wine is, after all, is good for a woman’s brain<\/a>, plus it tastes nice. Well, some of it tastes nice.<\/p>\n

Lately I’ve been drinking a 2001 Chateau de Lavagnac that a nearby wine shop is carrying, and discounts to a reasonable price if you’ve signed up for one of their customer cards. It’s a nice wine, friendly, very drinkable. When I stopped in tonight to pick up another bottle, though, I was temporarily waylaid by a salesman who was set up behind the shop’s tasting counter. He had a couple of Australian and California wines there. I tried a California Merlot. No sale. It tasted harsh to my palate. Chain restaurant wine.<\/p>\n

Perhaps it needed to be electrocuted<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Or perhaps it would be okay if I just ate cheese with it:<\/p>\n

NEXT time you are organising a cheese and wine party, don’t waste your money on quality wine. Cheese masks the subtle flavours that mark out a good wine, so your guests won’t be able to tell that you are serving them cheap stuff.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Cheap stuff”?<\/p>\n

Do they mean, like Mad Dog 20\/20<\/a> cheap stuff?<\/p>\n

lol<\/p>\n

“Better serve the strong cheese tonight, dear . . . “<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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