Friday March 12, 2010

Environment and Extraneous Variables:
Casa de Pane with a random selection of music from a fairly well loaded Ipod (160 gig). Two bags of Kettle brand potato chips. Bag 1: A saucy little number infused with a taste of Asia. I give you: Spicy Thai flavor. Bag 2: A classic nod to the heyday of potato chips, with a little twist. Salt and Freshly Ground Pepper.
We also had a special guest for the evening. He will be known as “Jeff, from around the way”. He is and intriguing fellow with strong ties to the San Jose area, a taste for wines of a more fruity nature (not meant as a personal description) and a vast knowledge of wine\music pairings. Not sure what his commitment to the FNCC will be. For now, he is a welcome guest and some of his thoughts and opinions will be included in our reviews.



Ecco Domani
Chianti 2007
$10.99 PW Market


Initial Impressions:
"Damit" -SP
"Thanks for the wine Simon (hear hint of sarcasm)” -AP
“Spit, don’t swallow” - JM

Descriptive terms:
Chemicals, what glue would taste like if it was decanted, rounded fat smell, real-bad, baseball glove leather and it suuuuuux….


Character Comparisons:
Carrot Top
George W. Bush
David Hasselhoff (drunk and eating a cheeseburger on the floor)
Simon Cowell



Ratings and Conclusions:
AP rates it with 1.00 corkscrew turns.
SP rates it with .50 corkscrew turns.
JM rates it with .52 corkscrew turns
OVER ALL RATING .6733333333333333333 corkscrew turns

One of our well trained staff walked away with the feeling that this wine was in some way surgically enhanced. It left the a bad taste in our mouths, like seeing a really bad hair plug job on someone you already don’t like or a botched collagen injection to the lips of a boss you don’t respect. Furthermore, it is strongly suggested that you keep this one away from children or any loved ones that you’d like to keep in your life.



Lamole Di Lamole
Chianti Classico 2006
$9.99 Trader Joe’s



Initial Impressions:
"A fine Nigerian Chianti" -SP
"I am at a loss for words after that swallow" –AP
“Here’s to swimmin with bow legged a woman” - JM

Descriptive terms:
Thin, flimsey, rusty, silly, candy, watered down, smooth with a bitter aftertaste and easily swallowed


Character Comparisons:
Pee-Wee Herman
O. J.’s alibi (yes it’s not true to form but don’t be so rigid)
Mickey Rourke


Ratings and Conclusions:
AP rated it with 2.75 corkscrew turns.
SP rated it with 2.75 corkscrew turns.
JM rated it with 3.10 corkscrew turns
OVER ALL RATING 2.86666666666666666667 (or something) corkscrew turns

We had very little to say about this one. It might have been because we were on our second bottle or the introduction of a new player at the table. The level of discourse both increases and devolves as you add glasses of wine and number of participants.