Smacking Each Other Down
To celebrate the notoriety we’ve garnered thanks to being singled out by World Wrestling megabucks impressario Vince McMahon, we recently held a mano a mano a mano red wine competition featuring  three of Philly’s well known wine educators – Brian “Il Cavallino” Freedman, Collin “The Rookie” Flatt, and a man we all respect (well, most of the time) Keith “El Jefe” Wallace.
The judges for the blind tasting were not professional tasters or writers. They reperesented the vox populi, just a random group of wine lovers. Results were tabulated by the accounting firm of Dewey Cheetum & Howe.
In Round #1, Collin’s pick of a Widberry Estate Cabernet from Australia’s Margaret River region brutalized Brian’s Catena Malbec..ususlly a crowd pleaser.
Round #2 saw El Jefe’s Touriga Nacional (which drew a “Huh?!?” from the crowd) put to rest by the Chateau Coufran Haut Medoc Brian selected, a rarity for a Left Bank wine in that Merlot was the featured grape.
On to Round #3 where both wines proved to be crowd pleasers as Collin’s spritely Rhone red from Mas de Libian narrowly outpaced Keith’s Ryan Patrick Bordeaux style blend from Washington’s Columbia Valley.
At that juncture both Collin and Keith had amassed 141 points, leaving Brian to contemplate whether or not to renew his membership in the Jimmy Johnson Tonsorial Club for Men. The Championship Round was a lesson in humility for The Rookie as Keith’s Espelt “Sauro” from Emporida in Spain blew away his Sella & Mosca Cannonau from Sardinia.
So, to the winner go the spoils and bragging rites (and, yes, the spelling is intentional). He will get to smack his competitors in a manner he chooses, as yet to be determined. Hmmmm…how about a version of the Python’s Fish Slapping Dance?
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