Y'all be nice

[hotwine]

We be back. Took the '05 Gloria and an '04 Embuix Priorat. The latter was great, the Gloria not near ready for prime time. With no decanter, it was simply pour, sniff & gulp. Shows nice promise, but wouldn't touch another for several years.

Others we were traveling with brought their own contributions, so we had plenty of juice. And the ship's dining room wine list was much better than expected - chose a nice Ch. Beaumont Bordeaux (unk. vintage), a Barbera d'Asti, a Puilli Fusse', a red burg (for D with salmon), a Sauvignon Blanc... maybe others. We normally had dinner with wine by the glass each evening, then retreated to one of our group's cabins for after-dinner vino. Very nice, good friends, fun time. We were traveling in a group of 52 from our church on Carnival Conquest. We'll do it again.