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About Me
- Pistol from Prosser
- A bit of a gypsy. I travel a lot and currently reside in Cairo. I work in the wine industry for the most fabulous winery in Washington State. Married for over 12 years with two incredible boys. A bit of a free spirit, but still a good Catholic girl at heart. I love meeting new people and experiencing new things. the more outrageous, the better.
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Westside Sister Here--I am so glad that you accepted my mission of looking into the wines of egypt. The Back Room Rose has been such a hit this summer and I know it is near and dear to your heart. I have been doing my reseach also on the wines of egypt and it appears that they too produce a couple rose wines. One is Rubis D' Egypte notes on the wine said it has a nose of apple and damp wool-hmmm and Red Grand Marcus Rose which just states it is a fine blend of wine. Maybe you should try these and let us know how it differs from our Back Room Rose. Also I have one more for you of special interest a egypt wine called Omar Khayyam which is suppose to be a dry cabernet sauvignon wine named after the great mathematician and philosopher. Pistol--you know how I like Cab's and how fond of the 2005 Cab at ANC--would love to see the taste comparison to the egypt form. On a side note I guess the wines I listed above were first done by a greek guy who moved to egypt who wanted to make wine like that they put in the pharrohs tomb. His name was Nester Giancils and they call these wines now Giancils wine and are much better than when first produced in 1882. Ok Miss Kristine---What can you tell us about these?
Miss you so much--Your Westside Sister.
Well my West-side Sister!
Let me fill you ion on the wines that you listed. I am very familiar with all of them. These, especially the Omar Khayyam, are the main line wines of Egypt. I have been down that road many times. When I go to a restaurant and they tell me about their fabulous local wines. Inevitably these are the wines that are produced. They are VERY inexpensive and very bad. The thought of them actually makes my nose curl. i could never compare them to that beautiful delightful jewel in a bottle of mine. AAAHHH. My Backroom Rose'. What I wouldn't do for a bottle of that, right about now.
there is another label called Obelisk. They have a rose, I'm not sure from what varietal, but I heard some good things. I will pick it up and let you know how that goes.
As far as the cabs go. Well, it's like comparing apples and broccilli. They are just too different. I am anxious to go to a winery and see what their production is like here. I am thinking that a lot of the problems I am encountering with the wines here, is more about storage. Hot stores, direct sunlight in the window, and old opened wine. But I will keep you up to date on this.
As always, I miss your phonecalls and our daily chats. Keep things moving and grooving in that awesome new tasting room. The vineyard should be buzzing about now and in another couple of weeks it will be all hands on deck. God, I wish I could be there!
Talk to you soon!
The Pistol from Prosser
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