A night in Vegas with the Winoweenie

[newsguy]

thanks DA.

WW: i wish i woulda tasted the pride and the shafer side by side. finished the pride off sunday night with a room service steak. was killer. drank another glass of the shafer at the wine cellar in the rio on monday evening to finish off my tasting note. it was spectacular at that point. and if you can believe this, finished the last glass of the shafer *tuesday* night with a N.Y. strip from my own grill. it was only at this point that the shafer had started downhill -- four full days later and no vacuvin or private preserve. just an old cork stuck back in the bottle. i think its longevity prolly convinced me to give this the edge. but side by side on night one, the pride might have done it for me. hmm, i've never scored wines three days apart before yet they were part of the same tasting. guess i won't be doing that again. live and learn.

i think as far numerical scores, i gave the pride a 93+ and the shafer a 94+. i'll check and post those too, since that's how i score 'em here.

[This message has been edited by newsguy (edited 02-09-2006).]