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Wednesday, June 4, 2008

In corpore sano

I got some great medical news this week. I am going to live forever, thanks to this and this.

Posted at 3:55 PM | Permalink

Comments (17)

Good news indeed!

Posted by geeba | June 4, 2008 4:38 PM

If that's true about wine, I am not in the pre-birth stage of my life. Thank god I discovered Malbecs.

BTW - Your wine list in the left column has some interesting picks, how do choose what you drink?

Posted by Steve | June 4, 2008 4:39 PM

er, "I am NOW in the pre-birth stage of my life."

Posted by Steve | June 4, 2008 4:44 PM

I'm guessing that Jack drinks the wines listed in his right hand column. I'd like to have a list on my blog. Jack and I have very different tastes. His are more eclectic. Mine are traditional. Drank a great Duckhorn '05 Paraduxx this weekend.

Posted by mrfearless47 | June 4, 2008 4:58 PM

how do choose what you drink?

If it looks good at the Hollywood Freddy's I'm there. Also, I have a friend in the wine business who occasionally slips me a bargain. I try to keep an open mind -- there's a lot of good wine out there.

Right now I'm into anything by Charles Smith in Walla Walla; and stuff from Portugal, like Quinta de Espiga tinto and Portuga white. Cheap thrills.

BTW, depending on which page of this blog you're on, the wine list may be on the left or the right.

Posted by Jack Bog | June 4, 2008 5:09 PM

mrfearless47,

That Duckhorn is a fine bottle of juice. I've got a couple in the cellar now and you've prompted me to down a $50 bottle on a weeknight. Shame on you.....

Posted by butch | June 4, 2008 5:24 PM

closer study of the research shows that blogging negates any salutary effects of vin rouge

c'est dommage

mais, tant pis...

sante'!

Posted by cc | June 4, 2008 6:16 PM

Interesting, we are going along the same lines, I like Portugese wine (before it gets too expensive) and Eastern Washington anything is Cali qaulity at 25% the price.

You're right about the Hollywood F-M, if you can find it there, it's the cheapest spot in town (and then 10% for a six-pack!)

Posted by Steve | June 4, 2008 6:29 PM

Also, full case of one wine at HFM = wholesale + 10%. Not bad (unless you have friends in high places who can get you straight wholesale).

Posted by Jack Bog | June 4, 2008 6:33 PM

Unfortunately the benefit I accrue from all the wine I drink is undone by the negative effects of all the whiskey I drink. At least I will die happy.

Posted by Frank | June 4, 2008 6:49 PM

Ditto, Frank.

Posted by Musician | June 4, 2008 7:01 PM

The blogging is probably your best bet. The test reveals that you would have to be consuming about 100 bottles of red wine per day to get the full benefit. I would bet Jack that you are barely consuming half that amount.

Gibby

Posted by Gibby | June 4, 2008 8:08 PM

Jack, you better get busy with your running :)

Posted by Joey Link | June 4, 2008 10:21 PM

Many thanks, Jack. And on top of the great health tip you gave us last year!

Posted by john rettig | June 4, 2008 10:31 PM

Er, those of us of the male persuasion, anyway. Sorry, ladies.

Posted by john rettig | June 4, 2008 10:33 PM

I DRANK FOR 35 YRS .I'M DONE

Posted by JOHNNY O | June 5, 2008 9:29 AM

butch:

you paid $50 for that Duckhorn. Sorry to say, you got taken. You need to get on Duckhorn's "list". I got my bottles shipped direct from the winery for $32 per bottle. I also got a few of the '05 Merlots, estimated to be the best in a decade. I'm also on the Shafer Hillside Select list. If you ever want to see a marked up wine, if you can find one of these in a market expect to pay twice winery prices and at a restaurant try for 300% markup. We were at El Gaucho a little while back and the recent Shafers '03 and '04 vintages were going for $500+ per bottle. From the winery direct they sell for $150 per bottle. Of course, I can only buy 6 per year, but El Gaucho doesn't get more than 12, so they're not paying much less than I am. But they seem to get away with marking them up 300%. I saw one at some local wine merchant (can't remember which now) for $300 per bottle.

If you can get on the wineries direct lists you'll save a boatload of money. I'm just on two, so I still have funds available to experiment with all the other variety out there.

Posted by mrfearless47 | June 5, 2008 6:35 PM

In Vino Veritas

Quinta das Amoras, Vinho Tinto 2009
Mauro Molino, Barbera d'Alba 2009
Garda Chiaretto Rose
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Vineyard 10 White
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Pinot Gris, Columbia Valley 2009
L'Hortus, Rose de Saignee 2010
Maculan, Pino & Toi 2008
McKinley Springs, Bombing Range Red 2008
Trader Joe's Pinot Gris 2009
Montes Alpha, Cabernet 2007
Gran Sasso, Sangiovese, Terre di Chieti 2009
Garda, Classico Chiaretto Rose
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1999
Picos del Montgo, Tempranillo 2008
Chateau de Montmirail, Vacqueyras 2008
La Granja 360, Syrah 2009
Montgras, Carmenere Reserva 2009
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Cabernet 2008
Kirkland, Pinot Grigio 2010
Trader Joe's Coastal Syrah 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Merlot 2008
Trader Joe's Coastal Chardonnay 2009
Vieux Papes Red
Domaine de l'Aujardiere, Chardonnay 2009
Santa Rita, Cabernet, Medalla Real 2007
Penfold's, Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet 2008
Guild, Red, Lot #02 2008
Dievole, Dievolino Sangiovese 2008
Laforet, Burgogne Chardonnay 2009
Columbia Winery, Merlot 2007
Bonterra, Cabernet 2008
Elk Cove, Pinot Gris 2009
Maquis Lien 2006
Scott Paul, Pinot Noir, Le Paulee 2007
Cameron, Chardonnay
B.R. Cohn, Cabernet, Silver Label 2006
Graffigna, Cabernet 2005
Palo Alto, Reserve Red 2008
Menguante, Garnacha 2008
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Felsina Berardenga, Vin Santo 1997
Anne Amie, Pinot Gris 2009
McKinley Springs, Bombing Ramge Red 2007
Vieux Papes Red
Dionysius Chardonnay 2009
Haden Fig, Pinot Noir 2009
Vega Montan, Mencia 2008
Chateau la Vernede, Coteaux du Languedoc 2007
Mount Defiance, Hellfire (White) 2008
Root: 1, Cabernet 2008
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Pinot Grigio 2009
Columbia Crest, Two Vines, Vineyard 10 White, 2008
Columbia Crest, Two Vines, Vineyard 10 Rose, 2007
Abacela, Grenache Rose 2009
Avia Cabernet 2004
Lemelson Pinot Noir, Thea's Selection 2007
Chateau de la Roulerie, Rose d'Anjou 2009
Casal Garcia, Vinho Verde Rose
La Ferme Julien, Rose 2008
Cana's Feast, Bricco Red, 2006
Hogue, Genesis Merlot, 2008
Owen Roe, Sharecropper's Cabernet, 2008
Kim Crawford, Unoaked Chardonnay 2008
J. Scott, Pinot Noir 2008
Edmunds St. John, White, Heart of Gold 2008
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2006
Stevenot, Cabernet, Sierra Foothills, "Stanford" 2000
Portuga, Vinho Rose 2009
Taylor Fladgate, First Estate Reserve Porto
Franciscan, Cabernet, Napa 2006
Chaparral de Vega Sindoa, Garnacha 2008
Quinta da Aveleda, Vinho Verde 2008
St. Francis, Chardonnay Sonoma 2008
E. Guigal, Cotes du Rhone Blanc, 2007
Edmunds St. John, Bone-Jolly, Gamay Noir 2008
St. Innocent, Pinot Noir 2006
Jigsaw, Pinot Noir 2007
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Merlot, Indian Wells 2007
Charles Shaw, Chardonnay 2008
Edmunds St. John, Bone-Jolly, Gamay Rosé 2009
Cameron, Willamette Valley Chardonnay
Il Valore, Sangiovese, Giovane, Puglia 2008
Duck Pond, Chardonnay, Wahluke Slope 2007
Kim Crawford, Marlborough Pinot Noir 2008
Domaine du Pesquier, Cotes du Rhone 2005
Cantina Zaccagnini, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2006
Domaine Matrot, Chardonnay, Bourgogne 2007
David Hill, Oregon Sparkling Wine, Brut
Chandler Reach, Monte Regalo 2006
Elk Cove, Pinot Gris 2008
Kirkland, Columbia Valley Merlot 2008
D'Aragon, Old Vine Garnacha 2008
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2005
Pavin & Riley, Merlot 2006
David Hill, Estate Pinot Noir, Barrel Select 2006
Castle Rock, Paso Robles Cabernet 2006
Magnificent, Cabernet, Steak House 2008
Conundrum 2008
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1998
Saint Cosme, Cotes-du-Rhone 2007
La Granja, Tempranillo 360, 2008
Santa Rita, Mendalla Real Cabernet 2006
Columbia Crest, Grand Estates Merlot 2006
Andezon, Cotes-du-Rhone 2007
Collegiata, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Troon, Druid's Fluid 2008
La Granja, Tempranillo 2008
Monte Antico, Toscana 2006
Vieux Papes, Blanc de Blancs

The Occasional Book

Jack London - The House of Pride, and Other Tales of Hawaii
Jack Walker - The Extraordinary Rendition of Vincent Dellamaria
Colum McCann - Let the Great World Spin
Niccolò Machiavelli - The Prince
Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird
Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus - The Nanny Diaries
Brian Selznick - The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Sharon Creech - Walk Two Moons
Keith Richards - Life
F. Sionil Jose - Dusk
Natalie Babbitt - Tuck Everlasting
Justin Halpern - S#*t My Dad Says
Mark Herrmann - The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law
Barry Glassner - The Gospel of Food
Phil Stanford - The Peyton-Allan Files
Jesse Katz - The Opposite Field
Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
David Sedaris - Holidays on Ice
Donald Miller - A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
Mitch Albom - Have a Little Faith
C.S. Lewis - The Magician's Nephew
F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
William Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ivan Doig - Bucking the Sun
Penda Diakité - I Lost My Tooth in Africa
Grace Lin - The Year of the Rat
Oscar Hijuelos - Mr. Ives' Christmas
Madeline L'Engle - A Wrinkle in Time
Steven Hart - The Last Three Miles
David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day
Karen Armstrong - The Spiral Staircase
Charles Larson - The Portland Murders
Adrian Wojnarowski - The Miracle of St. Anthony
William H. Colby - Long Goodbye
Steven D. Stark - Meet the Beatles
Phil Stanford - Portland Confidential
Rick Moody - Garden State
Jonathan Schwartz - All in Good Time
David Sedaris - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Anthony Holden - Big Deal
Robert J. Spitzer - The Spirit of Leadership
James McManus - Positively Fifth Street
Jeff Noon - Vurt

Road Work

Miles run year to date: 54
At this date last year: 50
Total run in 2011: 113
In 2010: 125
In 2009: 67
In 2008: 28
In 2007: 113
In 2006: 100
In 2005: 149
In 2004: 204
In 2003: 269