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What I'm drinking tonight

Game 9: Tough Times, Tough Wines (Late Post!)

Call me lazy, call me what you will but...

Game 10 goes tonight - a Christmas celebration of wine - and I haven't yet posted on Game 9.

Apologies boys. I've been too busy... well, mostly I've just being drinking and f*cking as much as possible... but you know how it gets... as debaucherous as life can be... it's frightfully busy... sometimes too busy to post to a pedantic wine blog.

So, with no more delay, were were the wines we tasted:

A. Baron Philippe de Rothschild Maipo Chile Reserva Chardonnay Valle de Casablanca 2007 14% alc $13.99.

B. Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2007 New Zealand 13.5% alc $33.95.

C. La Vieille Ferme White Blend 2007 France Cotes du Luberon 13% alc $11.85.

D. Cats Pee 2007 New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc 13% alc. $12.95.

E. Devil's Lair Margaret River 2005 Chardonnay 13.5% alc. $39.90.

F. Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi Chardonnay California 13.5% alc. $13.45.

And here are some pictures:

More text and pictures to follow...

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Locked, loaded and ready to go. I accompanied the commissioner, Pinot Paul, today as we went to Scarborough to acquire the cheepest white wines we thought might taste half-decent. When you're sampling these wines on Wednesday my Wineleaguers please bear in mind that these are the toughest times "since the Great Depression".