Thu 15 Jul 2004
I went to a wine tasting last night at Mercy in Addison. We tasted wines from the Bogle vineyard in California. Overall I really enjoyed them all. My personal preference was for the Zinfandel, while Oasis and 3D both preferred the Cabernet. (The wines and a description of them follow). Anyway, Mercy is quite posh, elegant hanging curtains, ambient lighting, and comfy sofas, with hard iron elements all around. The wine list is extensive and the food divine. It makes for a wonderfully delicious evening. I highly recommend it.
Anyway, as the evening progressed I excused myself from the table to visit the ‘powder room’. While inside I overheard this conversation:
Lady 1: So what do you think now?
Lady 2: I’m not sure, did you find out what he does?
Lady 1: I don’t know for sure, but it’s not blue collar…I think he has his own manufacturing or something of the sort.
Lady 2: That’s not bad.
Lady 1: When we get back out there see if you can find out for me.
I was immediately sickened. Both were women in their 50’s. I had hopes that women matured beyond that stereotype by that age. The whole concept that women need to find men who can ‘finance them’ has always been hard for me to swallow. It’s so shallow. I suddenly had this image of all of my male friends jumping from rock to rock in a boggy swamp trying to avoid all the alligators with women’s bodies. Don’t get me wrong, men can be just as shallow in a different way, but I wasn’t overhearing them in the act last night.
I guess I’m spoiled because I tend to enjoy the friendship and company of a higher class of individuals.
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2003 Bogle Chardonnay
Appellation: Clarskburg and Monterey California
Cooperage: 60% New American Oak 9 Months in New American Oak
2002 Bogle Merlot
Appellation: Clarskburg & Central Coast California
Cooperage: 100 % barrel aged in American Oak for 12 months.
2002 Bogle Cabernet Sauvignon
Appellation: Monterey Lodi & Clarksburg California
2002 Old Vine Zinfandel
Appellation: Lodi Amador County & Fiddletown California
Cooperage: 10 Months in American Oak
July 15th, 2004 at 2:14 pm
disgusting. i agree very shallow and sad.
July 16th, 2004 at 8:58 am
the things people say. that’s krizzi yo.
July 16th, 2004 at 9:02 am
Oasis? holy cow, i need a key of some sort.
July 16th, 2004 at 11:51 am
You have a keen sense of the beautiful and the ugly.
July 17th, 2004 at 11:03 am
That bog is eternally stench filled. Alligators may be preferable.