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 Re: Cabernet Sauvignon
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Joined: Sep 2007
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3/4 Throttle
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3/4 Throttle
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i like absynthe... its similar to pernod with a hint of liquorice, for those that have never had it 
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Re: Cabernet Sauvignon
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Joined: Feb 2005
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Fe Butt
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Fe Butt
Joined: Feb 2005
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a little history lesson...
It was the Belgium who first banned it, in 1905 quietly and with out fanfare and not the French...but the Swiss often take credit because of a very public debate spanned by a murder/suicide attempt in which the perp. (Lanfray) had [consumed five liters of wine, six glasses of cognac, one coffee laced with brandy, two crème de menthes, and two glasses of absinthe after eating a sandwich.]* He then went home had another Coffee and Brandy, then he shot up his wife and kids, then turned the gun upon himself...he was un-sucsessful in his suicide attempt and stood trial...
Due to the "rumors" in Europe and circulating around the world, they blamed the 2 little glasses of Absinthe not the gallon or so of alcohol...this was 1905. As a result of the trial and all its hub-bub the down fall of Absinthe began...
(you didn't finish with this story, Rob....let me help ya out here......)
And, with brilliant maneuvering by Lanfray battery of attorneys for a change of venue(he was apparently somewhat a man of means, and thus could afford the best lawyers money could buy), his trial was moved to a courtroom in LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA, where a jury became hopelessly deadlocked in it's decision, and ultimately Lanfray was never to serve any time in incarceration for the murder of his family, and thus died a free but broken man in 1927. His last words reportedly were a lament about his long "lost" family members when he said on his deathbed in his signature lisp..."Absinthe maketh the heart grow fonder!"
(I wasn't gonna included that last line, as I felt it was way too obvious[read: corny], but then I thought..Oh, what the heck!!!!)
Last edited by Dwight; 09/19/2007 7:02 PM.
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Re: Cabernet Sauvignon
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Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 2,555
Loquacious
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Loquacious
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I dont know anything about wine, other then "A Good Wine" is one that i like the taste of, and a "Bad Wine" is one that i dont. And i will try all kinds, regardless of what part of the world they come form.
I am also partial to a drop of Port.
Ditto, good wine is wine that tatses good. Bad wine is wine that tastes bad.
If i want red, burgundy
White chardonnay
But for a cheap drunk nothing beats a good old bottle of
Boones Farm apple. (do they still make that?)
And remember boys and girls when it comes to getting drunk. getting there is ALL the fun.
The percentage you're paying is too high-priced
While you're living beyond all your means
And the man in the suit has just bought a new car
From the profit he's made on your dreams
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