Wine Truth: by Michael Dominic

Saturday night was the Pacquiao vs. Cotto fight, and as usual when there is a big fight on I invite friends over and I make a big meal of some sort. Tonight it was just me, my wife and my friend Jake. Jake is the son of a woman that I was with for three years, years ago. Jake and I were always close and even though until recently he lived in Colorado, we were always in touch. Now that he’s attending NYU I have the opportunity to see him more often.

Some men open up a skunky brew while watching a ball game. I can be that man, but I am not a big drinker and I love wine. For a team as elegant as the New York Yankees I thought a good bottle of red would be more appropriate. Leave the hops for the Philadelphians, their cheese steak clogged arteries and the soon to be defeated Phillies.

In a previous post I wrote about my love for 2004 – Wellington Vineyards, Zinfandel that I culled from my honeymoon—and the days we spent in the Sonoma Valley. For diversity I also purchased a bottle of the 2005 – Wellington Vineyards, Sonoma Valley, Syrah ($17).

It’s been a long, cold, hard winter. I’ve been absent from this blog for many reasons. Most prevalent, the illness and passing of my grandmother. I want to continue writing here even if not with the same frequency.

Today I’ll start easy with a wine that I shipped back from Sonoma. My wife and I spent a few days in Sonoma County when we went on our honeymoon over the holidays. We visited many of the small local wineries were we found some lovely wines. I, in total, shipped back more than three cases.

I took Ting out for Indian food tonight. Every night this week I came home from work to a cooked meal. I’m most definitely not used to that. We went to a great place on 6th street called Brick Lane. The food in this place rivals that of any Indian in London. Brick Lane has a decent mix of wines on the menu. Someone there is paying attention. But, I decided to wait. I had a bottle of 2002 DuChamp Estate – Syrah ($25) waiting for us at home.

I sort of tasted this wine at a tasting at Astor Wines a month or so ago. When I say sort of, lets’ just say some people at Astor are stingy with the vino. With the few drops of it I had the flavor stayed with me, so a few days ago I bought a bottle.