Comments on: Geography 101 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2007/01/29/geography-101/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:43:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Erwin Dink http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2007/01/29/geography-101/comment-page-1/#comment-192 Erwin Dink Fri, 02 Feb 2007 00:54:53 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2007/01/29/geography-101/#comment-192 I asked because salmon is the hardest food for me to find a good matching wine to was down with. I can drink almost any wine with almost any food and not find much to complain about but salmon makes most wines taste horribly like the inside of a tin can to me. As for the 15%... I'm considering going on a strike against any wine higher than 13%. Not that there aren't lots of high alcohol wines worth drinking but I'm getting tired of the rarity of low to moderate reds (and even whites! as you point out). I asked because salmon is the hardest food for me to find a good matching wine to was down with. I can drink almost any wine with almost any food and not find much to complain about but salmon makes most wines taste horribly like the inside of a tin can to me.

As for the 15%… I’m considering going on a strike against any wine higher than 13%. Not that there aren’t lots of high alcohol wines worth drinking but I’m getting tired of the rarity of low to moderate reds (and even whites! as you point out).

]]> By: Tom Wark http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2007/01/29/geography-101/comment-page-1/#comment-191 Tom Wark Thu, 01 Feb 2007 18:10:31 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2007/01/29/geography-101/#comment-191 ...Or...a bit like "Champagne" made in California. What will they think of next? …Or…a bit like “Champagne” made in California. What will they think of next?

]]> By: Fredric Koeppel http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2007/01/29/geography-101/comment-page-1/#comment-189 Fredric Koeppel Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:49:51 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2007/01/29/geography-101/#comment-189 Well, first, I obviously was in such a rush to be a smart-ass that I abandoned the jest at the station. As Andrew says, "Atlantic" is a species of salmon. My brief but apparently labored attempt at humor was about geographical anomalies, not inter-species confusion. It just struck me funny, seeing the sign with Atlantic salmon and Chile. Second, we treated the salmon filets in simple Asian style with soy sauce, lemon, salt and pepper. With it we drank the Tablas Creek Grenache Blanc 2004 which was a disappointment, both with the fish and by itself. With over 15% alcohol, it felt blocky and disjointed. (I'll be writing more about this wine on a post this weekend.) John is right, a light California pinot would have been better, or at least a bright, medium-bodied chardonnay. Well, first, I obviously was in such a rush to be a smart-ass that I abandoned the jest at the station. As Andrew says, “Atlantic” is a species of salmon. My brief but apparently labored attempt at humor was about geographical anomalies, not inter-species confusion. It just struck me funny, seeing the sign with Atlantic salmon and Chile.
Second, we treated the salmon filets in simple Asian style with soy sauce, lemon, salt and pepper. With it we drank the Tablas Creek Grenache Blanc 2004 which was a disappointment, both with the fish and by itself. With over 15% alcohol, it felt blocky and disjointed. (I’ll be writing more about this wine on a post this weekend.) John is right, a light California pinot would have been better, or at least a bright, medium-bodied chardonnay.

]]> By: John http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2007/01/29/geography-101/comment-page-1/#comment-188 John Wed, 31 Jan 2007 11:57:50 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2007/01/29/geography-101/#comment-188 A nice California Burgundy might have been good with that! A nice California Burgundy might have been good with that!

]]> By: Erwin Dink http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2007/01/29/geography-101/comment-page-1/#comment-187 Erwin Dink Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:14:17 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2007/01/29/geography-101/#comment-187 What did you wash it down with? What did you wash it down with?

]]> By: Andrew Manies http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2007/01/29/geography-101/comment-page-1/#comment-186 Andrew Manies Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:58:57 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2007/01/29/geography-101/#comment-186 My understanding is that "Atlantic" refers to the species, not the geographic location of the fishery. Atlantic is one type of salmon, while Chinook (aka King), Pink, Sockeye, Chum, and Coho are others. My understanding is that “Atlantic” refers to the species, not the geographic location of the fishery. Atlantic is one type of salmon, while Chinook (aka King), Pink, Sockeye, Chum, and Coho are others.

]]> By: Terry Hughes http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2007/01/29/geography-101/comment-page-1/#comment-185 Terry Hughes Tue, 30 Jan 2007 02:52:04 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2007/01/29/geography-101/#comment-185 Maybe they're colonizing Patagonia. Maybe they’re colonizing Patagonia.

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