Birthday Wine

On your birthday, your wine selection should be special. Take it from me. We've had some really good wines on birthdays and I'm not distinguishing that they were on mine or on another family member's. But, this is not the day to drink pedestrian.

We've enjoyed the likes of Schrader CCS, Quilceda Creek, Araujo Eisele Vineyard, Lynch-Bages, Moss Wood, Sassicaia, and Chave, among others. There are worse wines in the world.

Now, especially in times of COVID, I do not believe in doing corkage. Restaurants are hurting. If you're going out for a special dinner, then drink what the restaurant has. You can drink your own wines any time. Drink theirs when you patronize them.

But, what that means it that we can afford a much better wine at home than we can going out. And, tonight, we are going out for some special Aussie food. No, not vegemite. But, authentic Aussie food in the heart of Atlanta.

The wine might be tricky; at least it will be tricky to plan in advance. This restaurant always has excellently-priced wines to go with their global food. And, many Aussie wines are flat otu outstanding. But, they don't publish their wine list online (shame on them, but I get it the way they operate). The good news is that white he has no formal training, their beverage director is a serious wine geek. And, he knows how to pair their wines with their foods.

As an aside, I'm sure that some of you are just mortified that we will be eating at a restaurant during these COVID times. We've been to this establishment since their post-lockdown re-opening. Tables are naturally spaced out anyway. And, they only seat about one table in three during these times. You're just not close to anyone not at your table. Not a little bit.

Thinking down my mental list of some great Australian wines, there are some that my mouth is watering for. We'll see what they have.

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