Celebration Dinner

[barnesy]

The wife and I went out to celebrate my new job last night. We went to our favorite fine dining establishemnt - Mona Lisa. Its a fondue place. They do traditional swiss style fondue. I decided I wanted a bottle of wine with dinner. I wanted to try a German riesling but they were out of the Dr. Fischer so the waitress said we have a couple of new bottles let me bring one for you to take a taste of. She came out with this beauty - 1997 Dr. Loosen Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling Spatlese.

At 8% alcohol, you can drink this one all night without falling over. This was a fabulous first experiance with German Riesling. It only takes one bottle of this stuff to fall in love.

Bottle was $32. The Dr Loosen, I think its a non Pradikat, Riesling sells for 16 around here. So I am guessings the markup was a bit less than 100%. Most of their list seemed to be at a fairly descent markup. Dom Per was at 190, Veuv Cliq Grande Dam was at 190 as well.

The wine went well with nearly the entire meal. It held up to the appetizer swiss cheese mix that you dip breads, veggies, and such in, held up to the teriyaki filet mignon, chicken, salmon, aligator brautwurst, rosemary potatoes and other goodies. It didn't handle the super rich chocolate/vanilla/caramel dipping sauce that came with dessert. Very versatile wine. I loved it.

Barnesy