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By any other name

Posted on February 7, 2023 by Roger Harmston Posted in Terroir Leave a comment

Roman slaves types 

Categories of slaves mentioned by Plautus in his comedies:

  • agaso – groom
  • atriensis – steward
  • auceps – fowler
  • auri custos – jewelery attendant
  • bubulcus – ploughman
  • calator – footman
  • cantrix – singer
  • cellarius – storekeeper
  • cistellatrix – wardrobe keeper
  • coquus – cook
  • cursor – messenger
  • factor – poultry and game fattener
  • genus ferratile – chain gang
  • holitor – market gardener
  • ianitrix – doorkeeper
  • messor – reaper
  • nuntius renuntius – messengers
  • nutrix – nurse
  • obstetrix – obstetrician
  • opilio – head shepherd
  • paedogogus – children’s chaperon
  • pastores – shepherds
  • pedisequa – attendant
  • salutigeruli pueri – pages
  • sartor – hoer
  • sator – planter
  • tonstrix – hairdresser
  • unctor – masseur
  • vestiplica – clothing folder

To the Moon Alice

Posted on February 6, 2023 by Roger Harmston Posted in Terroir Leave a comment

Named in honour of Felicette, the first cat in space,.

This is an easy drinking white from the Languedoc. Using Grenache Blanc and a little Viognier it’s fresh and fruity. 

The grapes are harvested, destemmed and then either hot macerated to extract colour a beautiful dark red colour, and some are cold fermented to get the best possible varietal fruit extraction. The fermentation is then conducted at controlled temperature with gentle pumping overs to extract only the better tannins. The different pressings are then blended before Christmas and are aged in stainless steel tank to preserve fruit and round tannins. 

Grenache Noir 90% Syrah 5% Merlot 5%

An elegant supple, succulent and aromatic Grenache Rouge, and a mineral, crisp, and fresh Grenache Blanc, both IGP Pays d’Oc and indigenous to the region. Both have been carefully crafted to be subtle, sassy and food friendly.

A typical modern southern French wine. Good level of acidity, soft tannins, not excessively alcoholic but lots of interest. 

 Medium-bodied on the palate, soft and juicy.

PAYS D’OC GRENACHE ROUGE – FELICETTE CATS IN SPACE 2019

$17.49 regularly $18.99

14% Alcohol

UPC: 05060110825073

Felicette Cats Grenache Noir Merlot mystery case syrah

Selfies with the Police

Posted on February 5, 2023 by Roger Harmston Posted in Humour Leave a comment

Round 2 – Noteworthy Wines

Posted on February 4, 2023 by Roger Harmston Posted in Terroir Leave a comment

Red

CABERNET FRANC – SANTA ANA LA MASCOTA 2018

CARMENERE – FALERNIA GRAN RESERVA ELQUI VALLEY 2017

Bolla Volpolicella Ripasso 2018

Pinha do Ribeiro Santo Red 2020

ROSSO – FRESCO DI MASI

CHINON – DOMAINE DE L’R LE CANAL DES GRANDS PIECES 2020 – Cab Franc

RASTEAU – CAVE DE RASTEAU LA DOMELIERE 2019

RIOJA – FAUSTINO ORGANIC WINE

PAYS D’OC GRENACHE ROUGE – FELICETTE CATS IN SPACE 2019

White

Quails Gate – Chardonnay

VINHO VERDE – BICO AMARELO

Novas gran reserva pinot gris

Trebbiano Chardonnay Nespolino 2020

CHARDONNAY – LE BONHEUR

SOAVE CLASSICO – BOLLA

RUEDA VERDEJO – EL PETIT BONHOMME BLANCO

ABRUZZO PINOT GRIGIO – MARE DI SIRENA

Tempus Two Quartz – Sauvignon Blanc

COTES DU RHONE BLANC – MEFFRE SAINT VINCENT
DOURO BRANCO RESERVA – CASA FERREIRINHA PLANALTO

VOUVRAY SEC – VINCENT RAIMBAULT BEL AIR 2020

LANGHE ARNEIS – FONTANAFREDDA BRICCOTONDO

Dunavar Pinot Grigio

Rose

Sandhill Rose

MALBEC ROSE – SALENTEIN PORTILLO UCO VALLEY VEGAN 2021

Santa Margherita Rose

mystery case

Words to watch out for

Posted on February 3, 2023 by Roger Harmston Posted in Terroir Leave a comment

Who and Why

Posted on February 2, 2023 by Roger Harmston Posted in Terroir Leave a comment

The Audacity of Thomas G. Bright’s Merlot-Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay Sussreserve are made from grapes grown in the Niagara Peninsula and the Okanagan Valley with roots that stretch all the way back almost 150 years. 

Full-bodied with a bit of spice and toast, the Cabernet-Merlot blend is grown in Okanagan and finished in whisky barrels for an exceptionally smooth finish. Look for red fruits from the Merlot and black fruits from the Cabernet.

Who would drink this? … Why – rebels, rascals, ruffians, hoofers and woofers and probably woofing hoofers – of course!. 

It worked really well with Stew, which is also a hodgepodge of terroir.

THE AUDACITY OF THOMAS G. BRIGHT – CABERNET MERLOT 2019

$17.99

14.5% Alcohol

UPC: 00063657039915

Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Okanagan

Seeing what might not be there

Posted on February 1, 2023 by Roger Harmston Posted in Music Leave a comment

Seeing what might not be there

Yine mi Çiçek – Sezen Aksu & Cihan Okan ( 2000)  – Invisible Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpPRdsLFdLo
Once upon a time in the West – Danish National Orchestra

Terroir Intense

Posted on February 1, 2023 by Roger Harmston Posted in Terroir Leave a comment

 In the center of Portugal, slightly more in the North, the small wine region of Dao can be found. With incredibly intense wines, they offer great value and quality.

 The climate is temperate, where the winters are cold and rainy and the summers dry and warm. Soils are poor and granitic with poor retention of water, and the grapes varieties,  combine to give different wines with more tannins, more acidity and freshness.


 In the case of red wines, we have the Touriga Nacional grape variety that gives wines of intense red colour. 

It has a high potential for aging, the aromas are intense, of high complexity, very mature black fruits and forest fruits. In the mouth it is full-bodied, persistent, robust, with an unmistakable velvety tannin structure, very fruityand elegant.


Just the kind of terroir we very much enjoy.

DAO – ADEGA DE PENALVA

$13.99 regularly $14.99

12.5% Alcohol

UPC: 05606469000053

Dao mystery case Portugal

Don’t Talk or think … DO

Posted on January 30, 2023 by Roger Harmston Posted in Terroir Leave a comment

Get Prepared

https://www.saanich.ca/EN/main/community/emergency-program/get-prepared/practical-prep.html

make a plan

https://www.saanich.ca/EN/main/community/emergency-program/get-prepared/make-a-plan.html

Check Out Sarcasm

Posted on January 29, 2023 by Roger Harmston Posted in Humour Leave a comment
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