More restaurant disasters-
I attended one of my closest friend's weddings and we were being
served our dinners when the waitress carrying a serving tray with 6-8
dinners on it (it was as big as she was!)slipped out of her hands and
landed squarely on the top of the head of the lady sitting two seats
over from me, and prceeded to cascade our dinners on everyone at the
table, and knocked the woman out. I guess the only lucky (or unlucky
thing for that matter) thing was not only was the groom a doctor, but
over half of the people attending were as well - including the lady's
husband). She came to immediately and was seen dancing within an hour.
The food sucked, so did the wine!
TF - San Bruno, CA
My Father-in-law had carried on per usual (I wasn't yet trained
in his ways then) throughout dinner, but the food and wine and service
were all up to the usual Biba standard so the evening was going along
swimmingly. Along came Biba herself, greeting the tables as she
sometimes does. She got to ours, and up popped my father-in-law (a big
man, especially compared to the diminutive Biba). "A redhead! My first
wife was a redhead." he bellowed as he delivered a vigorous noogie to
the top of her head. The rest of the night is a bit of a blur, other
than the place falling deadly quiet while a flaming hole was burned
through my FIL from Biba's stare as she retreated to the kitchen.
RR - Orangevale, CA
My Wife and I were on our Honeymoon in St. Helena and made
reservations at Greystone. We ordered our meals and my wife's dinner
included a glass of red wine selected to accompany the dish. The meals
arrived, but no glass of wine. We reminded the waitress who very
apologetically retrieved a very lovely looking dark garnet hued red
"wine". My wife took a sip and seemed a bit puzzled. She said she
didn't think it tasted right. I took a careful sip and was
bewildered. It had a very watery faint sweet cherry flavor but it was
definitely not wine. After complaining to the waitress, the manager
came to our table and we explained our concern over the "wine". He
removed the glass from the table and disappeared into the kitchen to
emerge a couple of minutes later to inform us the glass of "wine" was a
glass of grenadine and water they had been using for display.
RM - Tigard, OR
Survival Kit Wine-
My wine room is my bomb shelter... the place to be at the end of the
world on
top of the world, but must have the 95 alligrini amarone classico
KR - Penryn, CA
My survival kit would have one magnum of 97 Dunn Howell Mountain,
one bottle of 97 Screaming Eagle and one bottle of 94 Beringer Bancroft
Ranch...If I didn't survive, then what a way to go
JS - Carmichael, CA
My first choice would be a tooth-staining Aussie shiraz or blend from
either McLaren Vale or Barossa (anything from d'Arenberg or Trevor
Jones,
i.e. The Dead Arm, Laughing Magpie, or TJ's Wild Witch. If my time may
be
short, I'll dig out my best wines, because I want to drink them before I
perish. I would include an Australian cool-climate Riesling (i.e.
Pike's or
Grosset's Mesh) in case it gets warm. If I had enough room in my kit,
I'd
pack some California Cabernet, a zin from Lodi or Foothills, and a Pinot
Noir from New Zealand (Ata Rangi or Seresin), and from Tasmania (Piper's
Brook); a Merlot from Walla Walla (Andrew Will). An Ausie stickie for
dessert (Noon) Oh, and and something from Champagne (Billecart salmon).
KM - Sacramento, CA
Survival Kit - Simply stated - my Karl Lawrence's, I
can reach into the wine closet and grab anything, but if someone comes
by unexpected, someone who really knows their stuff on the red juices,
you can't go wrong with KL. It's also nice to know I have multiple
.750's, a couple of mag's and a 3 liter - so survival of the BIGGEST....
MS - Sacramento
Enjoy -
The Wine Consultant
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