Thursday, December 23, 2010

a toast to lillie

The Guenoc 2007 Victorian Claret is  a fine and fairly inexpensive holiday wine which also features British actress and beauty Lillie Langtry on the bottle.  Lillie tread the boards on stage and had her share of royal and otherwise romances, along with chumming around and exchanging choice words with Oscar Wilde.  The wine has an appealing chocolatey-spicy taste and can stand up to other strong flavors, although general wine buff advice is to let it breathe for a good half hour before serving.  

The sentimentalist ages far more quickly than the person who loves his work and enjoys new challenges.  -- Lillie Langtry   (Pictured:  Lillie contemplating her next challenge and/or glass of claret.)