Here's my first shot at wine writing:
Conquista
2007 Malbec
Mendoza, Argentina
al 13%
$7.99
Malbec is one of my favorite varieties and Argentina is an up and coming place to grow wine. They also grow Cabernet, Chardonnay, and many other varietals including the native white wine, Torrontes. Argentina is often a place to find a good QPR (quality/price ratio) and the literally the first place I look when buying wine for the week.
note: I opened this wine yesterday so this tasting is a day after opening. The first day was persenting well, but seemed a little closed on the nose and palate.
Color: Farily dark red. It gets thinner on the edges but you can tell this wine should have a decent amount of body
Nose: I get a very sweet smell on the nose that wasn't there yesterday. It reminds me of the old rasberry push pops. I'm thinking of those Flintstone ones we used to get every once in a while. That's really all I get, the smell is very round and shows no structure.
Taste: Bitter tannins really hit home right away. There are some fruity flavors and the rasberry on the nose comes through on the mouthfeel as well. The structure totally dissapears on the finish and it becomes round and then leaves you with just a bitter, acidic taste.
Overall: It's not too bad. I had a better reaction yesterday so it didn't hold up very well over a day. I can't complain for the price
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
Response to 3/12/09 Conviction and Contradiction post
My friend posted these things:
http://twoconmen.blogspot.com/2009/04/self-ishlesslove-1st-movement.html
I have left a short message, but I feel this requires a full blown response.
Using the "Brother's" quote, I will write my own conclusions, related or unrelated to the post blog post that followed it. I hope to come to my own conclusions and shed light on the topic for myself and anyone reading my meandering words.
Here's the quote:
"The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular, that is, spearately, as single individuals. As soon as anyone is near me, his personality disturbs my self-esteem and restricts my freedom. In twenty-four hours I begin to hate even the best of men..."
This quote reminds me of a statement my friend, the one who wrote the blog post, said when I saw him last. to paraphrase, he said that since we, as friends, are separated by distance he is free to wish the best for me. Instead of a jealous love or one with hidden agendas he can wish and pray for the best and find an outside type of happiness form good news in our world.
The Brother's quote takes that idea a step further. When we are around people, we have a vested interest in their lives; what they do affects us in mundane or profound ways. For example, the way my sister chews food with her mouth open is irritating and affects me in a mundane way while a friend who is getting married profoundly affect our intrapersonal relationship.
However, anyone who is not around us does not affect our lives directly. As another example, the sea captain who was rescued in know way affects me directly becuase I am not around him and don't even know him at all. This leaves a different kind of relationship where we can chose to be affected by their circumstance or not. I can follow the career or Phillip Seymour Hoffman (an actor I admire) or chose to ignore him. I can follow friends on facebook or twitter or forget they even exist.
I have jumped around mainly becuase I am posting as I think, but I wan't to focus in on this:
The indirect relationship is easier to endure becuase we have complete control.
Anyone around us cannot truly be controlled by us so that creates many different variables for better or worse. The choice to love someone near to you is difficult becuase is requires risk and a lessening of the self.
To choose to love someone far away (or a people group or celebrity) is easy becuase our relationship can be controlled and variables can be limited. There is no risk is following Gary Vaynerchuk on twitter and there is no lessening of the self when you are enjoying the career sucess of a friend from high school.
It all boils down to our personal control over our lives. We don't want to surrender that control to risk and humility for the most part.
I suppose that is the real beauty of marriage and of the spiritual relationship with Jesus.
http://twoconmen.blogspot.com/2009/04/self-ishlesslove-1st-movement.html
I have left a short message, but I feel this requires a full blown response.
Using the "Brother's" quote, I will write my own conclusions, related or unrelated to the post blog post that followed it. I hope to come to my own conclusions and shed light on the topic for myself and anyone reading my meandering words.
Here's the quote:
"The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular, that is, spearately, as single individuals. As soon as anyone is near me, his personality disturbs my self-esteem and restricts my freedom. In twenty-four hours I begin to hate even the best of men..."
This quote reminds me of a statement my friend, the one who wrote the blog post, said when I saw him last. to paraphrase, he said that since we, as friends, are separated by distance he is free to wish the best for me. Instead of a jealous love or one with hidden agendas he can wish and pray for the best and find an outside type of happiness form good news in our world.
The Brother's quote takes that idea a step further. When we are around people, we have a vested interest in their lives; what they do affects us in mundane or profound ways. For example, the way my sister chews food with her mouth open is irritating and affects me in a mundane way while a friend who is getting married profoundly affect our intrapersonal relationship.
However, anyone who is not around us does not affect our lives directly. As another example, the sea captain who was rescued in know way affects me directly becuase I am not around him and don't even know him at all. This leaves a different kind of relationship where we can chose to be affected by their circumstance or not. I can follow the career or Phillip Seymour Hoffman (an actor I admire) or chose to ignore him. I can follow friends on facebook or twitter or forget they even exist.
I have jumped around mainly becuase I am posting as I think, but I wan't to focus in on this:
The indirect relationship is easier to endure becuase we have complete control.
Anyone around us cannot truly be controlled by us so that creates many different variables for better or worse. The choice to love someone near to you is difficult becuase is requires risk and a lessening of the self.
To choose to love someone far away (or a people group or celebrity) is easy becuase our relationship can be controlled and variables can be limited. There is no risk is following Gary Vaynerchuk on twitter and there is no lessening of the self when you are enjoying the career sucess of a friend from high school.
It all boils down to our personal control over our lives. We don't want to surrender that control to risk and humility for the most part.
I suppose that is the real beauty of marriage and of the spiritual relationship with Jesus.
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