Champagne was a bust. Felt stronger than 12.5% ABV and drank more like Cava. The Vin Jaune was really nice and had a lot of characteristics of a fino Sherry. The rim’s meniscus was clear and had no bricking or browning. It’s crazy aromatic and had traditional flavors of almond, caramel, and stone fruit. It was great with a mild blue cheese.
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I’ll play on Friday.
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Had a couple of neighbors over last night and had 2004 Schäfer-Fröhlich Bockenauer Felseneck Riesling Spätlese and 2005 Rossignol-Trapet Gevrey Chambertin. Both, really good wines. Nice end to a miserable day.
We were at the Lac des Rousses (Jura) last Friday:
We walked around on the frozen lake found a couple of spots the kids could slide down and get a face full of snow and then headed to Le Chalet du Lac, the only restaurant on the lake. The friends who were with us do not enjoy white wine so red it was. Considering we were in Jura and they had never tried a Poulsard, we picked the only one on the menu. It got along just fine with the beef tartare. I guess that was this snow day’s wine 
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FYI: The manager was surprised when I asked for a carafe and gave it the good ol’ Alabama shake to get the perlant off!
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Snow day? Does the snow have to be in the air or on the ground?
Either way, that probably covers about 45% of the days here.
About half of the wines I drink are snow day wines.
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I guess it can be whatever you want it to be? It’s a snow day in the traditional sense here when work is closed.
And when you’re drinking indoors and it’s 68 degrees, I’d say you can mostly drink similar things to what you drink the rest of the time.
If you spent all afternoon out in the snow chopping wood and wanted a glass when you walked in after, I could see that skewing certain ways. But most of the time, in climate controlled indoors, there isn’t much reason.
I ask the same question of people who claim they never drink red wine when it’s hot or humid out. Out in the heat, sure. At dinner with the AC cranking, after being indoors all or most of the day, is just the idea that it’s hot outside so important? Or do you need to make it so important?
Of course it’s up to everyone to do what they want, I’m just challenging some assumptions that may seem obvious but also may be poorly considered.
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There snow day I go without wine. It varies.
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Lol wow. Yet to see this happen in Finland!
Before they close the schools in Québec, you need a major snowstorm. Like serious won’t stop falling, you can lose your kids in the snow, snowstorm. And people still get to work. Times are a changing though, less snow and teleworking, but back in the days (
) you’d see people cross-country skying or snow-shoeing around Montreal once in a while. I also remember my dad, driving back from the countryside, after a Christmas meal with many a-drinks, following the snow plow because that was the only way to go through. Thinking about it now, it’s obviously dangerous and irresponsible but that’s what you’d do back then.
Having lived this a little, I’m always amazed how a little bit of snow can stop entire cities or regions (I’m looking at you Toronto 
or Sergy, France). Even places where snow tires are mandatory! But that being said, after having seen how most people drive on snow, it might not be a bad thing.
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Never once was our school closed for snow, that would’ve been my childhood dream! However, if they had to close schools for snow, they’d probably have to keep schools closed for a good portion of the year around here. 
Although I doubt we get the same kinds of snowstorms as you do around the Great Lakes - the amount of humidity is bound to be greater there, resulting in bigger amounts of snow. Nevertheless, we do get ridiculous amounts of snow here, too.
When we get some major snowstorms in Europe that sweep across this part of the continent, it seems that these close all the airports in every country - except the Finnish ones that operate perfectly normally every day. I don’t know what kind of blizzard we need to have here before the Helsinki-Vantaa airport closes down due to bad weather - maybe @Mikko_Tuomi has an answer to this?
Here here. Love this stuff don’t see in too many posts.
Nice choices 
We have fire day this week. I think I need a drink 
I think that Chateau Musar might make a good snow day wine. Open it early in the day, decant and leave it to aerate. Sip-sample its development throughout the day as you sit cozily warm inside near a window with a view to the snow outside. Relax by reading, listening to music, conversing. Stopper the wine when it gets to a taste-place you want to stay at for a while. Plan a dinner to pair with it.
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Palisades?
I’m closer to the Eaton Canyon one. I think there are 4 in the surrounding areas 
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