Always a new first for something in a lifetime!

I have about 8 bottles of wine left in my remaining collection to drink, of which I have hardly bought many wines except for an occasional Italian Wine or some Sangria in recent years.

Many of these vintages go back to 2001 or so, and what's funny is when I really think back about it, more of the wines I was drinking or when I was, usually was when I was in a relationship or seeing Women at any rate where it made more sense to have wine around, although I did enjoy wine more in the past than I do now.

But the vintages are pretty self-explanatory.

That being said, maybe I spoke to soon on being impressed how well the bottles have held up even through some temperature extremes.

That being said, I found only "one" which I happened to open today which ended up becoming rancid or "oxidized".

The cork ended up not only drying out but shriveling into almost nothing, and I was suspicious about this bottle because the other day I saw wine seeping from the seal.

As soon as I tried to use the corkscrew, the whole cork fell apart to pieces but was already shriveled up, and I'm not talking about the typical dry toy where cork dries up and hardens in the bottle. I've had many of those.

This is the first time I saw a cork that entirely shriveled up to almost about 1/4 of its size and basically the bottom part was all mush with the wine. Ended up tossing it out, the wine color and body did not look appetizing whatsoever.

I've never seen a cork do this in my life, even after opening plenty of bottles In my time where cork break and you have to push them into the bottle or cleverly carve and pull them out.

It was an American wine.

In place of that today, finishing up what is the last bottle of French Wine that I've aged, for a nice Spring Summer day.

I hadn't drank this particular French Wine in over a decade, and these French ones I had sat in all kinds of conditions, even extreme heat.

I remember the flavor distinctly, and this bottle tastes 100% as good and identical to what I remember from years ago, not even a slight difference, so this also means that any additional ageing to it for all these years was redundant and had no effect or improvement but thankfully no worsening.

I can't believe how well this preserved itself from well over 25 years ago.

I also had been a major Mead fan back in the day, Drinking Honey wine with mulling spices was almost a tradition for me especially in the Autumn and at Festivals.

I also did of course drink glühwein, and that was really my only favorite German wine beverage of sorts...

I have not drank it since the stupid COVID Lockdowns because festivals are no longer fun, and pathetic, even the German ones.


Now, I almost forget about it.

I can't say I crave them... But it's interesting to note how much these things were such a social behavior more than anything. And I've been almost 99% Anti-Social since the Vaccination roll-outs.

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  1. Joey AragonApril 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM

    Smell the wine before you drink it. If it doesn't smell good, then throw it out.

    I like wine with peaches. So dam good.

    Also, with cheese.

    Yes, the antisocial shit is out of control. Not many people out there that know how to carry on a conversation. I am so jealous of the old school ethnic neighborhoods that understood conversation and how to live. Today, we have a good dam diversity, desegregated nightmare.

    Race mixing was arguably the worst thing to ever happen to our planet.

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