So George Bush dropped the bomb on a terror plot that was thwarted right after 9/11. One that included Los Angeles… hmmm… Los Angeles…….

This reminds of soap operas? When the wife? Is going to be left by the husband? So she fakes like she’s pregnant? So he stays. Then she has to go get pregnant by some other guy so that her husband doesn’t know that she tricked him. But you know it’s only totally going to come out later when the kid suffers from a rare blood disease and only the real father can save the tike’s life. It’s exactly like that.

Oh, and I heard George Bush mutter something about agent JACK BAUER being on the case….. So you know, take this all with a grain of salt. Or shit your pants. Your choice.

ANYhoo….Are you ready for some wine reviews? Here are a few red Frenchie things I’ve tasted of late. No theme, unless you file them all under “D.”
…for delicious!
(sorry, in a wierd mood and just watched 3 Scrubs back 2 back.)

Prices are low/high, depending on if you live in an open state, like Cali, or a bitch-ass, Puritanical state like mine, WA

Domaine de la Charmoise 2004 Touraine Gamay - This was all peppery fresh goodness, all Gamay. Gamay doesn’t have to taste all circus peanuty or banana candy-like (that’s how most cheap beaujolais and other crass manufactured French wine smells to me) This one is high-toned, but with enough fruit to keep it from tasting brash (brash, like green tea steeped too long). Weygandt-Metzler ($13-15)

Philippe Alliet 2004 Chinon - I really haven’t had a Chinon that tasted quite like this in a long, very long time. Most can be kind of acerbic and bitchy, especially with some of the biodynamic/organic whackos (loveable though they may be) This sucker is down right juicy, but still very much everything it’s supposed to be. Beaune Imports ($17-20)

Domaine Saint-Damien 2003 Cotes du Rhone Vielles Vignes - Ooooh, that’s fine, damn fine. You get all of that pretty pretty red Grenache fruit that almost smells Pinot-like, then this wine rolls across your tongue like the finest, softest silk. I thought she was older, cuz she’s very, eh-hem, mature for her age. I swear she said she was a 2001 Gigondas. Weygandt-Metzler ($13-15)

Domaine Hubert de Montille 2003 Bourgogne Rouge - How the hell did this man make a Burgundy that tastes like this, in such a crappy vintage? Because he’s sly like fox, that’s renard in French. Monsieur De Montille rented the only refrigerated catering trucks in the area to bring the grapes in, keeping them at a cool temperature in the face of montrous heat. And the result, si c’est bon. Many of these vines used to carry the Volnay village designation before they shifted some top soil around. You can keep your fancy pants Cotes d’Or. I love Volnay–all elegance, delicately fragrant, with soft dusty earth, a classic…like Grace Kelly. Beaune Imports ($30-35)