gillmaverick 711 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Mendes 3,906 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 A very tough week, one we will never forget in our lifetime. A very sombe time, I hope you all stay safe my vino and hifi friends. ❤️🙏 When the going gets tough..... it’s time to open a bottle of Coates The Nebbiolo, 4 Link to post Share on other sites
PKay 2,180 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 8 minutes ago, Mendes said: A very tough week, one we will never forget in our lifetime. A very sombe time, I hope you all stay safe my vino and hifi friends. ❤️🙏 When the going gets tough..... it’s time to open a bottle of Coates The Nebbiolo, I’ll have to try some Coates wine one day. Link to post Share on other sites
Mendes 3,906 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Just now, PKay said: I’ll have to try some Coates wine one day. Great vino and really great guy (team....kudos to Bec 🙏)...... This Nebb drinks like a Barbaresco for me.....love it 🍷🍷🙏🙏 1 Link to post Share on other sites
dwbasement 4,787 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 16 minutes ago, Mendes said: A very tough week, one we will never forget in our lifetime. A very sombe time, I hope you all stay safe my vino and hifi friends. ❤️🙏 When the going gets tough..... it’s time to open a bottle of Coates The Nebbiolo, Yes Steve, very tough. Stay safe and healthy, good wine, good food and nice tunes. It will pass! 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites
metal beat 19,340 Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 😁 Link to post Share on other sites
dwbasement 4,787 Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Finished dinner early tonite, some more wine and a few nice tunes next. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
DRC 1,058 Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 On 19/03/2020 at 9:50 PM, Mendes said: A very tough week, one we will never forget in our lifetime. A very sombe time, I hope you all stay safe my vino and hifi friends. ❤️🙏 When the going gets tough..... it’s time to open a bottle of Coates The Nebbiolo, Presently playing the waiting game for the 2020 Nebbiolo to ripen. Bec and I are looking at another three or so weeks before picking. 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Mendes 3,906 Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 My good mate a Shige has his Japanese restaurant now closed due to Covid, supporting him with take out....let’s do what we can folks to look after our friends.... Viva La Grenassaince.... 3 Link to post Share on other sites
dwbasement 4,787 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Cooking lemon and herb roasted chicken, should go well with this little beauty. 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Mendes 3,906 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 48 minutes ago, dwbasement said: Cooking lemon and herb roasted chicken, should go well with this little beauty. Very nice Dennis....I just ordered a six pack of @DRC latest release PN and he reckons his best to date.....excited to have a look when it lands..... May crack a 16 for tonight 🙏🍷 1 Link to post Share on other sites
dwbasement 4,787 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 10 minutes ago, Mendes said: Very nice Dennis....I just ordered a six pack of @DRC latest release PN and he reckons his best to date.....excited to have a look when it lands..... May crack a 16 for tonight 🙏🍷 I am definetly due to order some wine from @DRC but since I moved to an apartment, I have to adjust my quantity a bit, can't have too many bottles in storage.... so I will probably have to wait until next year before I order some more. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
dwbasement 4,787 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 (edited) Just want to share this recipe of roast chicken to everyone, it is very good for what we are facing at the moment. It gives loads of nutrients for our well beings. It will give you the western chicken soup like benefit, killer garlic, vitamin C, and herbs that good for your lung. Oh and some alcohol as well... I prefer everything free range and organic if possible but you dont have to. Here it is: Slice some onions, lemon and garlic and put it at the bottom of the tray, get a chicken deboned, rub the skin with some butter on the skin then rub it (all over) with a chopped mixture of salt, pepper, garlic thyme, rosemarry and one of your favorite herb (i use sage tonite) proportion is 3:2:1. Then add half a lemon juice over the chicken. Add some chopped up (bite size) potatoes around the chicken. Pre the oven 220 degree, put the tray in for 45 minutes and rest for 5 to 10 mins. Done! Crispy skin, juicy chicken and herb and chicken juice infused potatoes with some crunchy skin, don't forget all the juice on the bottom of the tray as well. And a few glasses of wine of course. Hope you guys try it one day and let me onow what you think. Edited March 27, 2020 by dwbasement 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
dwbasement 4,787 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 (edited) . Edited March 27, 2020 by dwbasement Link to post Share on other sites
mtf 1,050 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 These are the pick for tonight with some smoked ribs, time to take a break from the ... 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Mendes 3,906 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 31 minutes ago, mtf said: These are the pick for tonight with some smoked ribs, time to take a break from the ... Welcome back Mark....interesting times brother...🙏🍷 Link to post Share on other sites
mtf 1,050 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 39 minutes ago, Mendes said: Welcome back Mark....interesting times brother...🙏🍷 It sure is mate. It’s good to have some quiet time with a few lovely vinos and chill for a bit. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
dwbasement 4,787 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 It is certainly an very interesting time, it gives everyone some quiet times and a very good break from everything, however it will be very difficult times for some people... 4 Link to post Share on other sites
mtf 1,050 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Just now, dwbasement said: 3 minutes ago, dwbasement said: It is certainly an very interesting time, it gives everyone some quiet times and a very good break from everything, however it will be very difficult times for some people... Absolutely true Link to post Share on other sites
audiohippo 530 Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Enjoying this drop with some wonderful tunes by Diana Panton. 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Mendes 3,906 Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Sigh!!!!! another night at home.......here we go again 😋🍺🍾🥂🍷🍷 The Sami Odi Little Wine smells incredibly intoxicating ....... 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Luc 10,162 Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 (edited) Deep into a day of baking in the mysterious world of wild yeast and sourdough. It's a 2 day slog to get a loaf in the oven ( unlike the 2 minute effort to make a bun in the oven..) and today's efforts interfered with beer o'clock and then dragged on into 🍷 o'clock, which is still going at the moment as I wait for loaves to prove. One of my fav big beers and it hasn't suffered under the auspices of CUB. Then I foolishly cracked a can of some American wunderkind IPA! Wishy washy and then I got stuck into kneading and then snuck into my sound room mancave and nearly pulled the cork on a 🍷 that the couple I worked for this week gave me for doing a good job and coming out in the pandemic. I told them that if they'd just been that little bit older and unhealthy and I'd been pre- warned about their 🍷 collection. I'd of coughed on them... They laughed their heads off. Gave me a bottle of Hundred Acre Cab Sav 2014 Napa Valley. I was going to open it but Pepperjack 2015 is on special so I grabbed a couple of bottles and I'm quaffing (sorry.. Sipping) a glass now. Hope you guys are all well in these perilous times. And remember this as I did today when for the umpteenth time the Handbrake tried to force some of her home grown cucumber on me. Dr Johnson nailed it almost 300 years ago and I repeated it about an hour a go I said, Madam, a cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out. *Pepperjack makes you brave doesn't it! Edited March 28, 2020 by Luc drinking 2 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Mendes 3,906 Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 25 minutes ago, Luc said: Deep into a day of baking in the mysterious world of wild yeast and sourdough. It's a 2 day slog to get a loaf in the oven ( unlike the 2 minute effort to make a bun in the oven..) and today's efforts interfered with beer o'clock and then dragged on into 🍷 o'clock, which is still going at the moment as I wait for loaves to prove. One of my fav big beers and it hasn't suffered under the auspices of CUB. Then I foolishly cracked a can of some American wunderkind IPA! Wishy washy and then I got stuck into kneading and then snuck into my sound room mancave and nearly pulled the cork on a 🍷 that the couple I worked for this week gave me for doing a good job and coming out in the pandemic. I told them that if they'd just been that little bit older and unhealthy and I'd been pre- warned about their 🍷 collection. I'd of coughed on them... They laughed their heads off. Gave me a bottle of Hundred Acre Cab Sav 2014 Napa Valley. I was going to open it but Pepperjack 2015 is on special so I grabbed a couple of bottles and I'm quaffing (sorry.. Sipping) a glass now. Hope you guys are all well in these perilous times. And remember this as I did today when for the umpteenth time the Handbrake tried to force some of her home grown cucumber on me. Dr Johnson nailed it almost 300 years ago and I repeated it about an hour a go I said, Madam, a cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out. *Pepperjack makes you brave doesn't it! 🙏❤️🍷🍺🥃 Link to post Share on other sites
sir sanders zingmore 11,988 Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Needed a drink whilst recording a podcast with some mates. Grabbed this out of the cupboard and polished it off almost single handed.... podcast should be interesting when I sober up 3 Link to post Share on other sites
mtf 1,050 Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Some red stuff from the beautiful Yarra Valley, going down a treat 👌 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Chanh 1,738 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Surviving from the COVID-19 curfew. 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites
mtf 1,050 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 2 hours ago, Chanh said: Surviving from the COVID-19 curfew. Wow that room is looking great buddy👍. That certainly is a nice environment to enjoy a few glasses. Link to post Share on other sites
Chanh 1,738 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, mtf said: It’s a wife’s toxic environment... 🤣 Once entered..., he remains there until he’s getting his ear dragging out by HER...! Edited March 29, 2020 by Chanh 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Mendes 3,906 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 (edited) Hazy NZ IPA as I light the small charcoal grill for some Toulouse sausage.... Edited March 29, 2020 by Mendes . 4 Link to post Share on other sites
mtf 1,050 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 23 minutes ago, Mendes said: Hazy NZ IPA as I light the small charcoal grill for some Toulouse sausage.... Paid another visit to the French butcher Steve? 😉 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Mendes 3,906 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 1 minute ago, mtf said: Paid another visit to the French butcher Steve? 😉 Yes, the sausage is amazing....as is everything they have... trying to support all my regulars 🙏🙏 1 Link to post Share on other sites
dwbasement 4,787 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Coopers 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Mendes 3,906 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Just now, dwbasement said: Coopers Kampai 🍺🙏 1 Link to post Share on other sites
eso 30 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 23 minutes ago, Mendes said: Yes, the sausage is amazing....as is everything they have... trying to support all my regulars 🙏🙏 details of the butcher if you please sir😀 Link to post Share on other sites
Mendes 3,906 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 15 minutes ago, eso said: details of the butcher if you please sir😀 Crafty Meats Kooyong Rd Rivervale.....Best kept secret....just blown by Sergio They do great breads, eggs salami and all things tasty... Enjoy my friend 🙏🙏 Link to post Share on other sites
rockeater 711 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 6 hours ago, Chanh said: Surviving from the COVID-19 curfew. This is certainly an improvement over the previous structure. 😉 Nice to see copious quantities of sound treatments - thing that a lot of audiophiles overlook. Wooden floor and few windows is a good recipe for listening room. There is certainly a need for good cables here. With such a long run to the power amps, one would need them to have low capacitance. Hopefully Magicos sound better now than they did in the old room. Very impressive. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Mendes 3,906 Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 @Chanh........ how good is the 2014 Tscharke, crazy good for the money. It’s rocking on day 2 and about to have a look at Guigal’s Cote d Rhone a perennial performer. Both wines offer crazy good bang for buck....🍷🍷🍷🙏🙏🙏 5 Link to post Share on other sites
Chanh 1,738 Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 (edited) 12 hours ago, Mendes said: @Chanh........ how good is the 2014 Tscharke, crazy good for the money. Very nice Steve! Thanks for your lead.... Hope to catch up with you guys soon when this epidemic is over! Edited March 31, 2020 by Chanh 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Benje 818 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 @Mendes are you sure you aren't from Adelaide? I find I like and may have had so many of your choices. Red, white and beer. Heavy wine and lighter styles. Benje 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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