Comments on: For One Bottle You Open That Night, You Might Win Two http://www.blisstree.com/articles/for-one-bottle-you-open-that-night-you-might-win-two-320/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:15:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: A Passionate Foodie » Blog Archive » OTBN: February 23 http://www.blisstree.com/articles/for-one-bottle-you-open-that-night-you-might-win-two-320/comment-page-1/#comment-112750 A Passionate Foodie » Blog Archive » OTBN: February 23 Fri, 23 May 2008 15:11:39 +0000 http://www.behindthevines.com/for-one-bottle-you-open-that-night-you-might-win-two#comment-112750 [...] a fellow wineblogger over at Behind the Vines, is also running a special contest around OTBN. To enter, just add a comment to her post stating what wine you might drink for the [...] [...] a fellow wineblogger over at Behind the Vines, is also running a special contest around OTBN. To enter, just add a comment to her post stating what wine you might drink for the [...]

]]> By: Bruce Smith http://www.blisstree.com/articles/for-one-bottle-you-open-that-night-you-might-win-two-320/comment-page-1/#comment-112549 Bruce Smith Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:11:31 +0000 http://www.behindthevines.com/for-one-bottle-you-open-that-night-you-might-win-two#comment-112549 http://www.permanentlounge.com/lacongrega/index.html http://www.permanentlounge.com/lacongrega/index.html

]]> By: Bruce Smith http://www.blisstree.com/articles/for-one-bottle-you-open-that-night-you-might-win-two-320/comment-page-1/#comment-112626 Bruce Smith Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:41:05 +0000 http://www.behindthevines.com/for-one-bottle-you-open-that-night-you-might-win-two#comment-112626 On my first trip to Italy a few years back my girlfriend and I desired to take a cooking class but unfortunately hadn't pre-arranged one. One evening we happened upon a small wine bar/restaurant called la Congrega (http://www.osterialacongrega.it/) and we struck up a conversation with the proprietor who claimed to have been the star of a cooking television show in past years and he would be happy to provide the two of us with a cooking experience in his kitchen the following day. I asked him if it would also include wine (he said his family produced the wine we were drinking (Altomena Oenant Chianti Riserva 2001) as well as the Olive Oil and of course he could include that. Well we showed up the next day and the three of us worked in his small kitchen learning how to make several wonderful dishes and my favorite, pasta by hand. We enjoyed it immensely and found it to be one of the most special afternoons we had in Florence albeit a bit on the sloppy side (the Altomena of course making it so). Pictures: http://www.permanentlounge.com/lacongrega/index.html The food was fantastic the host superb and we were blown away by the wine (although our host claimed the wine to be a super tuscan it seems the jury is still out on what exactly that is. Almost everyone in Italy had a different definition of this term and returning to the states didn't really shed any light on this matter either). Vanessa and I are stuck in one room of our home while renovations are progressing on the other parts of the house so upon hearing of Open that Bottle Night and finding this competition (we are big Rosenblum fans) we are planning on setting up a few candles and sitting indian style in our newly plasterboard and cement-board kitchen and enjoying our "super tuscan" Chianti. And I am going to dig out the crystal as there will be no plastic cups for this occasion. We hope everyone enjoys this evening as much as we will. Bruce Smith - San Francisco On my first trip to Italy a few years back my girlfriend and I desired to take a cooking class but unfortunately hadn’t pre-arranged one. One evening we happened upon a small wine bar/restaurant called la Congrega (http://www.osterialacongrega.it/) and we struck up a conversation with the proprietor who claimed to have been the star of a cooking television show in past years and he would be happy to provide the two of us with a cooking experience in his kitchen the following day. I asked him if it would also include wine (he said his family produced the wine we were drinking (Altomena Oenant Chianti Riserva 2001) as well as the Olive Oil and of course he could include that.
Well we showed up the next day and the three of us worked in his small kitchen learning how to make several wonderful dishes and my favorite, pasta by hand. We enjoyed it immensely and found it to be one of the most special afternoons we had in Florence albeit a bit on the sloppy side (the Altomena of course making it so).

Pictures:
http://www.permanentlounge.com/lacongrega/index.html

The food was fantastic the host superb and we were blown away by the wine (although our host claimed the wine to be a super tuscan it seems the jury is still out on what exactly that is. Almost everyone in Italy had a different definition of this term and returning to the states didn’t really shed any light on this matter either).
Vanessa and I are stuck in one room of our home while renovations are progressing on the other parts of the house so upon hearing of Open that Bottle Night and finding this competition (we are big Rosenblum fans) we are planning on setting up a few candles and sitting indian style in our newly plasterboard and cement-board kitchen and enjoying our “super tuscan” Chianti. And I am going to dig out the crystal as there will be no plastic cups for this occasion. We hope everyone enjoys this evening as much as we will.

Bruce Smith – San Francisco

]]> By: Sarah Kill Kelley Mulvehill http://www.blisstree.com/articles/for-one-bottle-you-open-that-night-you-might-win-two-320/comment-page-1/#comment-112655 Sarah Kill Kelley Mulvehill Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:50:55 +0000 http://www.behindthevines.com/for-one-bottle-you-open-that-night-you-might-win-two#comment-112655 We’ll open our 2000 Il Poggione Brunello, one of many bottles that rattled around in cars, trains, and planes all the way from a tiny village in Tuscany to our own tiny New England town in 2005. My oldest and truest friends invited us to celebrate their first decade together at a rented villa outside Lucca that summer, where our baby daughter could get to know their own two little boys. It was a wonderful adventure – we spent our time eating, drinking, exploring, and catching up with people we love and don’t see often enough. We’ll remember it happily on Open That Bottle Night. We’ll open our 2000 Il Poggione Brunello, one of many bottles that rattled around in cars, trains, and planes all the way from a tiny village in Tuscany to our own tiny New England town in 2005. My oldest and truest friends invited us to celebrate their first decade together at a rented villa outside Lucca that summer, where our baby daughter could get to know their own two little boys. It was a wonderful adventure – we spent our time eating, drinking, exploring, and catching up with people we love and don’t see often enough. We’ll remember it happily on Open That Bottle Night.

]]> By: Brian Mulvehill http://www.blisstree.com/articles/for-one-bottle-you-open-that-night-you-might-win-two-320/comment-page-1/#comment-112664 Brian Mulvehill Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:37:04 +0000 http://www.behindthevines.com/for-one-bottle-you-open-that-night-you-might-win-two#comment-112664 Farley, We will be opening a 2000 Il Poggione Brunello from a trip we made to Italy in 2005. My wife’s Matron-of-Honor and her husband celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary that summer by renting a villa in Tuscany and inviting family and friends over to celebrate and share it with them. They just recently had their third son , so we will be celebrating our friends through the memories of numerous weddings, a wonderful trip, and a special toast to the birth of Charlie. We’d open it with them if they weren’t in Colorado and we were in Massachusetts. Enjoy! -Brian Mulvehill Farley,

We will be opening a 2000 Il Poggione Brunello from a trip we made to Italy in 2005. My wife’s Matron-of-Honor and her husband celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary that summer by renting a villa in Tuscany and inviting family and friends over to celebrate and share it with them. They just recently had their third son , so we will be celebrating our friends through the memories of numerous weddings, a wonderful trip, and a special toast to the birth of Charlie. We’d open it with them if they weren’t in Colorado and we were in Massachusetts.
Enjoy!
-Brian Mulvehill

]]> By: Randi http://www.blisstree.com/articles/for-one-bottle-you-open-that-night-you-might-win-two-320/comment-page-1/#comment-112663 Randi Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:17:18 +0000 http://www.behindthevines.com/for-one-bottle-you-open-that-night-you-might-win-two#comment-112663 As much as I love the idea of living for today, not tomorrow, I must sadly confess that the only bottle of wine I have tried and thoroughly enjoyed cost about 5 bucks...so sad LOL As much as I love the idea of living for today, not tomorrow, I must sadly confess that the only bottle of wine I have tried and thoroughly enjoyed cost about 5 bucks…so sad LOL

]]> By: Lorraine http://www.blisstree.com/articles/for-one-bottle-you-open-that-night-you-might-win-two-320/comment-page-1/#comment-112660 Lorraine Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:20:36 +0000 http://www.behindthevines.com/for-one-bottle-you-open-that-night-you-might-win-two#comment-112660 Well, since one of my favorite wine country excursions, I've had a bottle of 2002 bubbles from J Winery chilled and ready to go for that special occasion, that seems to be taking it's sweet time getting here! So....I've decided to celebrate and say cheers to living and being in the moment at OTBN! Thanks Farley, Slainte!! Well, since one of my favorite wine country excursions, I’ve had a bottle of 2002 bubbles from J Winery chilled and ready to go for that special occasion, that seems to be taking it’s sweet time getting here! So….I’ve decided to celebrate and say cheers to living and being in the moment at OTBN! Thanks Farley, Slainte!!

]]> By: leslie http://www.blisstree.com/articles/for-one-bottle-you-open-that-night-you-might-win-two-320/comment-page-1/#comment-112659 leslie Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:29:21 +0000 http://www.behindthevines.com/for-one-bottle-you-open-that-night-you-might-win-two#comment-112659 Great contest! I've been stockpiling several of my favorite Santa Barbara County wines for those times when I get homesick - the last Saturday in February is as good as any. :) Great contest! I’ve been stockpiling several of my favorite Santa Barbara County wines for those times when I get homesick – the last Saturday in February is as good as any. :)

]]> By: Kat http://www.blisstree.com/articles/for-one-bottle-you-open-that-night-you-might-win-two-320/comment-page-1/#comment-112623 Kat Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:16:12 +0000 http://www.behindthevines.com/for-one-bottle-you-open-that-night-you-might-win-two#comment-112623 I have a bottle of 2004 Nagual de la NAGA, from Caduceus, Maynard Keenan of the band TOOLs' vineyard. I have been saving it because they are my fave band, it's like a collector item for me, but I am dying to taste it. Other people have told me it's fabulous, so I will promise to open it if I should win. He very rarely releases new wines, and they sell out so quickly, but I will do it if you should choose me. I promise to tell you how it was as well. I have a bottle of 2004 Nagual de la NAGA, from Caduceus, Maynard Keenan of the band TOOLs’ vineyard.
I have been saving it because they are my fave band, it’s like a collector item for me, but I am dying to taste it. Other people have told me it’s fabulous, so I will promise to open it if I should win.
He very rarely releases new wines, and they sell out so quickly, but I will do it if you should choose me. I promise to tell you how it was as well.

]]> By: homemom3 http://www.blisstree.com/articles/for-one-bottle-you-open-that-night-you-might-win-two-320/comment-page-1/#comment-112622 homemom3 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:19:12 +0000 http://www.behindthevines.com/for-one-bottle-you-open-that-night-you-might-win-two#comment-112622 This sounds like a great opportunity to open a wine the hubby bought me last year, it was a Just Because wine but something he's never done before. I thought of waiting until our anniversary or the new year but I think I'll join in on this. This sounds like a great opportunity to open a wine the hubby bought me last year, it was a Just Because wine but something he’s never done before. I thought of waiting until our anniversary or the new year but I think I’ll join in on this.

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