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Re: Rooftop Virtual Tasting - Mencia from the Spanish Wine Region of Bierzo!

el jefe — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:21:33 -0000

I clearly must check in more often...

Points are boring but
Dancing tasting notes might be
Left to Web Three Oh!

Nice video! Gabriella is very charming, and even Ryan has his moments :)

Re: Rooftop Virtual Tasting - Mencia from the Spanish Wine Region of Bierzo!

el jefe — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 22:21:33 -0000

I clearly must check in more often...

Points are boring but

Dancing tasting notes might be

Left to Web Three Oh!

Nice video! Gabriella is very charming, and even Ryan has his moments :)

Re: Rooftop Virtual Tasting - Mencia from the Spanish Wine Region of Bierzo!

bbennett — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:03:23 -0000

Great poem, Cornell!

Gab, we have wineku, wiku, so, how about viku, the espanol version?

Re: Rooftop Virtual Tasting - Mencia from the Spanish Wine Region of Bierzo!

bbennett — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:03:23 -0000

Great poem, Cornell!

Gab, we have wineku, wiku, so, how about viku, the espanol version?

Re: Rooftop Virtual Tasting - Mencia from the Spanish Wine Region of Bierzo!

ryanopaz — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:31:57 -0000

Thanks for the poems...I might need to start a special section for Verse Style Tasting Notes...Ideas, Ideas, Ideas....

Re: Rooftop Virtual Tasting - Mencia from the Spanish Wine Region of Bierzo!

Cornell — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:01:27 -0000

Ok, I don't really understand haiku, wineku or wiku but do appreciate the thoughts and sentiments. I am more basic in my poetic style but so here is an alternative mode of poetic verse extolling what is important when drinking wine:

Wine is good
No more be said
Pull the cork
And pour that red

Taste seems good
But who decides
Must be right
If you hear the sighs.

Where it’s poured
With whom it drunk,
Means much more
Than the numbers junk.

But what’s retained
Is not the taste
But who was there
At the tasting place.

Good wine can make
An event much more
But without good friends
It’s just a pour.

Re: Rooftop Virtual Tasting - Mencia from the Spanish Wine Region of Bierzo!

Ryan — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:31:57 -0000

Thanks for the poems...I might need to start a special section for Verse Style Tasting Notes...Ideas, Ideas, Ideas....

Re: Rooftop Virtual Tasting - Mencia from the Spanish Wine Region of Bierzo!

Cornell — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:01:27 -0000

Ok, I don't really understand haiku, wineku or wiku but do appreciate the thoughts and sentiments. I am more basic in my poetic style but so here is an alternative mode of poetic verse extolling what is important when drinking wine:

Wine is good

No more be said

Pull the cork

And pour that red

Taste seems good

But who decides

Must be right

If you hear the sighs.

Where it’s poured

With whom it drunk,

Means much more

Than the numbers junk.

But what’s retained

Is not the taste

But who was there

At the tasting place.

Good wine can make

An event much more

But without good friends

It’s just a pour.

Re: Rooftop Virtual Tasting - Mencia from the Spanish Wine Region of Bierzo!

Gabriella — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 15:15:49 -0000

This is addictive isn't it. I was walking home from the gym as the light was at the perfect angle casting beautiful shadows throughout the park, illuminating the colors of the flowers. It was one of those moments that made you stop in your tracks, breathless.

Scorching Spanish day
Birds singing, roses blooming
I'm so very happy

Re: Rooftop Virtual Tasting - Mencia from the Spanish Wine Region of Bierzo!

bbennett — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 14:27:55 -0000

Very nice and totalling fitting the tenor of your website. Wine is an experience, not a number. Of course, it IS better to experience higher numbered wines, usually. :-)

Slowly savoring
Surprisingly sweet skirt steak
Swimmingly sublime

I'm afraid I can't stop. Help.

Re: Rooftop Virtual Tasting - Mencia from the Spanish Wine Region of Bierzo!

Gabriella — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 13:15:49 -0000

Re: Rooftop Virtual Tasting - Mencia from the Spanish Wine Region of Bierzo!

bbennett — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 12:27:55 -0000

Very nice and totalling fitting the tenor of your website. Wine is an experience, not a number. Of course, it IS better to experience higher numbered wines, usually. :-)

Slowly savoring

Surprisingly sweet skirt steak

Swimmingly sublime

I'm afraid I can't stop. Help.

Re: Rooftop Virtual Tasting - Mencia from the Spanish Wine Region of Bierzo!

Gabriella — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 15:22:34 -0000

I duel your wiku (better than wineku, no?) with this:

Trust not in the tongue
Nor the score or the bouquet
But only the fun

Experience it
Sense everything around you
Share your memories

Wine is not to judge
Marketing tipping the scales
Let the public choose

Feeling a bit political after reading Decanter.

Re: Rooftop Virtual Tasting - Mencia from the Spanish Wine Region of Bierzo!

Gabriella — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 13:22:34 -0000

I duel your wiku (better than wineku, no?) with this:

Trust not in the tongue

Nor the score or the bouquet

But only the fun

Experience it

Sense everything around you

Share your memories

Wine is not to judge

Marketing tipping the scales

Let the public choose

Feeling a bit political after reading Decanter.

Re: Rooftop Virtual Tasting - Mencia from the Spanish Wine Region of Bierzo!

bbennett — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:14:07 -0000

Haiku rules? We don't need no stinking Haiku rules!

I love the Wineku idea. You should get it copyrighted if possible.

It is actually not a poem, but six haikus. They are untraditional haiku as explained by Jane Reichhold in her "Haiku Techniques" article which I found on the web. Below is a short excerpt of the article, which I read before trying to come up with my haiku:

HAIKU TECHNIQUES
Jane Reichhold

(As published in the Autumn, 2000 issue of Frogpond, Journal of the Haiku Society of America.)

In my early years of haiku writing, I easily accepted the prevalent credo being espoused on how to write haiku. This was, sometimes implied and occasionally expressed, as being: if the author's mind/heart was correctly aligned in the "proper" attitude, while experiencing a so-called "haiku moment", one merely had to report on the experience to have a darn-good haiku.

One reason for rejoicing in the acceptance of this view, was that it by-passed the old 5-7-5 barrier crisis. This was certainly a plus for the whole 70s haiku scene as there seemed a danger of the entire movement bogging down in fights, arguments and broken friendships.

Another advantage of this system of defining a haiku was that it bestowed near-religious honor on the author of a passable haiku. No one knew exactly why a particular haiku was 'good' but it was clear from the ku that the author had experienced a moment of enlightenment (or satori for the Zen inspired). If the moment was holy and the form fit in with the group's philosophy publishing the ku, the haiku was said to be an excellent one. This happened more often if the person judging the ku was a good friend of the haiku's author.

******
I guess I googled the wrong article. But no, Zen teaching would say it's the right article and I agree with that. I promise that I'll work on some traditional haikus for your next rooftop tasting.

Until then I'll leave you with this one.

animal fat glaze
on tasting tongues delightful
bierzo chaser

BB

Re: Rooftop Virtual Tasting - Mencia from the Spanish Wine Region of Bierzo!

bbennett — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 09:14:07 -0000

Haiku rules? We don't need no stinking Haiku rules!

I love the Wineku idea. You should get it copyrighted if possible.

It is actually not a poem, but six haikus. They are untraditional haiku as explained by Jane Reichhold in her "Haiku Techniques" article which I found on the web. Below is a short excerpt of the article, which I read before trying to come up with my haiku:

HAIKU TECHNIQUES

Jane Reichhold

(As published in the Autumn, 2000 issue of Frogpond, Journal of the Haiku Society of America.)

In my early years of haiku writing, I easily accepted the prevalent credo being espoused on how to write haiku. This was, sometimes implied and occasionally expressed, as being: if the author's mind/heart was correctly aligned in the "proper" attitude, while experiencing a so-called "haiku moment", one merely had to report on the experience to have a darn-good haiku.

One reason for rejoicing in the acceptance of this view, was that it by-passed the old 5-7-5 barrier crisis. This was certainly a plus for the whole 70s haiku scene as there seemed a danger of the entire movement bogging down in fights, arguments and broken friendships.

Another advantage of this system of defining a haiku was that it bestowed near-religious honor on the author of a passable haiku. No one knew exactly why a particular haiku was 'good' but it was clear from the ku that the author had experienced a moment of enlightenment (or satori for the Zen inspired). If the moment was holy and the form fit in with the group's philosophy publishing the ku, the haiku was said to be an excellent one. This happened more often if the person judging the ku was a good friend of the haiku's author.

******

I guess I googled the wrong article. But no, Zen teaching would say it's the right article and I agree with that. I promise that I'll work on some traditional haikus for your next rooftop tasting.

Until then I'll leave you with this one.

animal fat glaze

on tasting tongues delightful

bierzo chaser

BB

Re: Rooftop Virtual Tasting - Mencia from the Spanish Wine Region of Bierzo!

Gabriella — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 04:06:43 -0000

I absolutely love your poem Bill! Colorful, straight-forward and without a doubt the perfect description of your dear friends over the pond. However, if you were shooting for a haiku, I fear that your sense of the 5-7-5 syllable structure of a Haiku may be closer to your distinguished ability to taste river stones ;-) But who is to say Catavino can't have our own version of a Haiku, called a Wineku?

Re: Rooftop Virtual Tasting - Mencia from the Spanish Wine Region of Bierzo!

Gabriella — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 02:06:43 -0000

Re: Rooftop Virtual Tasting - Mencia from the Spanish Wine Region of Bierzo!

bbennett — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:00:05 -0000

With my apologies:

mencia tongue
fruit of black currents
swaying hips happy dance

windblown hair
skirt steak smells
complementing decktop tasting

erudite wine geek
tasting over the rooftops
don't burn the steaks

glinting in the sunset
preparing for battle
reidel crystal

master rock licker
king of the terrace
your queen is dancing

Re: Rooftop Virtual Tasting - Mencia from the Spanish Wine Region of Bierzo!

bbennett — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:00:05 -0000

With my apologies:

mencia tongue

fruit of black currents

swaying hips happy dance

windblown hair

skirt steak smells

complementing decktop tasting

erudite wine geek

tasting over the rooftops

don't burn the steaks

glinting in the sunset

preparing for battle

reidel crystal

master rock licker

king of the terrace

your queen is dancing