BajaNomad - Keri's bash yesterday.

Keri's bash yesterday.

capt. mike - 5-2-2004 at 06:28 AM

Sorry i missed it but needed to be home this weekend. Let's have some chatter here, highlights? How was the wine? Which Tequila came out as tops in the "blind" (as in drunk) tasting......?

Bob H - 5-2-2004 at 09:55 AM

I would be interested in know that too..... :?:

What are the chances

Sonora Wind - 5-2-2004 at 12:13 PM

I'll see you on the 22nd of Mayo

Signing

Baja Bernie - 5-2-2004 at 02:57 PM

Keri out did herself. Two winery's were pouring and there was a lot of laughter so it 'must' have been good. TJ beer was excellent with both dark and light beer and these were no sissy cups they were pouring. The pot luck was just okay and my Chiclen Enchilada Pie for twenty didn't even get set down and it was gone. Sure it was one of the ones scarfted up because it was hot. The two best cooks let us down. Senor Sonora was AWOL and Anita Hazard flew in and didn't cook. Keri's Mike did a great tjurkey.
Had a bunch of great new authors and all left with at least 600 pesos in their jeans. Most with a bunch more. Not as many buyers this year but the ones that did buy were staggering under the load of books as they climbed the stairs.
No rain and the weather was perfect.
I didn't stay for the Tequila tasting due to my mature age and my wife. Apparently this was a smashing success because I noticed several persons staggering, stumbling and bouncing off the walls shortly after it began.
Sunday morning the place was unusually quiet.
I must say that I noticed that the west end of the bar was sagging a bit because the Captain Guy who usually held it up was missing.
Great DJ and a lot of people enjoyed the 50's, 60's and &70's 'real' dance music. Hey Rock Around the Clock is good for the soul.
I know that some people took a ton of pictutes and they will be posted later.

thx Bernie! next year i should have my

capt. mike - 5-2-2004 at 05:59 PM

"patos" in a row and attend so i can properly hold up that bar!!

Sonora - it is better than 50 odds as of right now. i would like a room with AC. what do you think?

tim40 - 5-2-2004 at 06:50 PM

Great time by all. TJ beer was even better than the word on the street. Now...as far as the best food, the buzz around the tables said it was all about the authenic cajun chicken and sausage Jambalya. Great event made only better by all of the wonderful participants. I thought we already either owned or had read every baja related book until Tracey purchased 11 more. Didn't quite make it to the tasting as we had planned, although someone enjoyed our tequila....next time we may (note no firm promise suggested or implied) skip tequila for breakfast at the jacuzzi!

Capt Mike

Sonora Wind - 5-2-2004 at 06:53 PM

The apartment has AC, but I think the Sonora Wind crew will be intrenched there. The main house has the most room. I spoke to the owner about an hour ago and he said the AC unit for the main house was delivered, But he wasn't sure it would be functional by the time I arrive on the 5th. When I was there two weeks ago I watched two plumpers work eight hours installing a sink in the kitchen I could have completed the job in about an hour and a half. I still wasn't hooked up when they left. Soooo I think maybe might could sorta should have AC, but I can't be possitive. :cool:

Besides that's party night. If it's to hot to sleep, then just drink till ya pass out. That counts as extended deep rem sleep.

[Edited on 5-3-2004 by Sonora Wind]

Baja Bernie - 5-2-2004 at 07:18 PM

Tim 4 O
I can hardly argue with you about the food because I was about twenty minutes late in getting there and most of the stuff was already gone by the time I got to the tables. Fun, fantastic people and good food--oh! yea and a little booze.
And a perfect day.

David K - 5-2-2004 at 10:57 PM

Everything was great... weather, people, food, drinks!!!

We sampled 12 tequilas, and the winner was the Gran Centenario (egl can correct me on the name/ spelling). Second place was Cien Anos... GeoRock can give more details when she and the other Baja girls return from the Sea of Cortez, where the yellow Hummer was heading after the Pyramid Resort event.

BajaNomad - 5-3-2004 at 12:14 AM

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Originally posted by capt. mike
How was the wine?

Domecq was pouring their more inexpensive stuff, and holding back on the good stuff.... I tried the Cab and what they called the Meritage... even though it was not a Bordeaux-clone - just a blend of their excess stuff (I would imagine)... but it was certainly drinkable, which many value wines aren't... at all.

Note: In California, the made-up (for marketing purposes) term "Meritage" refers to wines blended to emulate the fine wines of Bordeaux.

The Liceaga winery was the other (if I recall correctly), and they were pouring some of their good stuff. I tried a red that was tannic and tasty.

Here are the URLs for the wineries:
http://www.vinos-domecq.com.mx/
http://www.vinosliceaga.com/

Separate, but related note on wine: A recent (value) favorite of mine, more easily available stateside, is the Yellowtail Shiraz (Australian). Best prices in SoCal are at Trader Joe's, Costco, and - when on sale - Vons. Trader Joe's also has two-buck Chuck, which suits many people just fine as well.

--
Doug

[Edited on 5-3-2004 by BajaNomad]

thx Doug, that's just the info i was looking for

capt. mike - 5-3-2004 at 05:39 AM

EGL has given me a bottle of Gran Centario which i meter out judiciously, it is the best smoothest cactus juice i have had, Casadores a close second, but not close really. Any ony who got to sample the Gran got a real treat.

Sonora, can you check on available rooms that might have AC? I'm talking hotel, B&B , Condo etc. By May 22nd we will want it and usually won't travel with out it at night. Sorry.....we are wimps!!

tim40 - 5-3-2004 at 12:50 PM

Gran Centenario is the best in our opinion. We have yet to find a state side supplier for the anejio. Some homw

4 bottles made it home with us this trip!

Bob H - 5-3-2004 at 02:09 PM

Ok, need some clarification on the Gran Centenario product. Which one are you rating?
Gran Centenario Anejo
Gran Centenario Plata
or
Gran Centenario Reposado
:?:

[Edited on 5-4-2004 by Bob H]

Bob - why the Anjeo of course....!!!!!!!

capt. mike - 5-3-2004 at 03:12 PM

anything else is a step down......

it only cost a nickle more to ride 1st class..... :coolup:

While you all were sipping this stuff sat noche, i was in my hot tub under a nearly full moon doing frozen metered shots of the very same gran centario Anjeo courtesy de EGL, pure heaven inter dosed with the very good 85/15 cab-merlot mix from Austarlia's Rosemount Estate, 2002.

Dave - 5-3-2004 at 05:30 PM

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Originally posted by tim40
Gran Centenario is the best in our opinion. We have yet to find a state side supplier for the anejio. Some homw

4 bottles made it home with us this trip!

If someone will post the NOM # (on the official sticker) I will research and see if it is sold in the U.S. under a different name.

Happens all the time. For instance "Siete Leguas", sold in Mexico for about $25 is the SAME tequila as "Patron", sold in the U.S. for Mucho dinero.

tim40 - 5-3-2004 at 06:43 PM

BB0055721177 1645 on a sticker than reads
"Produccion Nacional". The individual bottle is numbered as well but I am pretty sure that is not what you would need. Greatly appreciate the look. Tim

Bob H - 5-4-2004 at 08:06 AM

Capt Mike, you are a riot. I think you can buy it online. $50 a bottle.
http://www.liquorama.net/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdI...

Description: Gold with a orange tint. Sweet caramel and vanilla bean aromas. A round, silky entry leads to a dry-yet-fruity, medium-to full-bodied palate with caramel, brown spice, and tropical fruit flavors. Finishes very smoothly with herbal agave and a long-lasting fade of fruit and oak. An exceptionally balanced anejo.(tastings.com)

[Edited on 5-4-2004 by Bob H]

capt. mike - 5-4-2004 at 08:57 AM

"Description: Gold with a orange tint. Sweet caramel and vanilla bean aromas. A round, silky entry ......WHAT!!....leads to a dry-yet-fruity, medium-to full-bodied palate ...HUH??!!....with caramel, brown spice, and tropical fruit flavors. Finishes very smoothly .....YEAH, BABY!!!!!......with herbal agave and a long-lasting fade of fruit and oak. An exceptionally balanced anejo..........WOW!!!

hummmmm......that sounds a a lot like makin' whoopee if you ask me!!!

Dave - 5-4-2004 at 01:00 PM

Bob, for future reference, when submitting flowery wine reviews it is customary to write with zee Franch accent.

Bob H - 5-4-2004 at 02:03 PM

Dave, that would have been funny.

Does anyone know a decent store in Ensenada where I can buy a nice bottle of Gran Centenario Anejo? We will be there the weekend of the 14/15/16th.
Also looking forward to a nice dinner a Kaia's!
Bob H

tim40 - 5-5-2004 at 06:49 PM

Calimax and Gigante (most like did spell either correctly) food stores.....run you btwn 30-35us

Dave - 5-5-2004 at 09:13 PM

La Playa, on 11th in TJ. 285.00 pesos.

By the way, I checked the NOM. It is sold under the same label in the States

elgatoloco - 5-5-2004 at 10:38 PM

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Originally posted by Dave
La Playa, on 11th in TJ. 285.00 pesos.

La Playa ROCKS! My truck will not pass TJ without stopping there.

Jonathans in La Jolla sells the Gran Centenario A?ejo for $59.00. :spingrin:

jeans - 5-5-2004 at 11:04 PM

It was a great event and a beautiful location. I had not been there before and the cliff-side patio was breathtaking. :yes:

As for the tequila-tasting event, Georock was quite organized and I helped her set it up. Try to imagine three people pouring 144 tiny cups of tequila in a small, unventilated kitchen. Who needed to actually drink?
12 tequilas were too many as they all began to taste alike after a while. But one tequila was almost unanimously rejected....Cazadores. A surprise high ranker was Tonayita, in an attractive plastic beehive container with the price tag of a whopping 17 pesos. I sure know how to pick 'em.

Our three days camping on the Sea of Cortez was beyond perfect, and there are three soldiers working in the hot sun south of San Felipe who will remember us for a long, long, time. And we will remember the look on the face of a women driving by who saw what we were doing

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I'll let Georock tell you about that.

[Edited on 5-6-2004 by jeans]

come on....tell the capt.......

capt. mike - 5-6-2004 at 09:08 AM

was it nudie booty bathing???? :yes:

jeans - 5-6-2004 at 09:46 AM

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Originally posted by capt. mike
was it nudie booty bathing???? :yes:

At the side of the road?...not even close. Besides, this was nearer & dearer to their hearts, I would bet. :lol:

Bob H - 5-6-2004 at 12:22 PM

There could have been some "mooning" going on!

GeoRock - 5-6-2004 at 03:41 PM

I've just arrived home a few hours ago. I will post a trip report with details of our adventure (including the jaw-hanging woman driving by....) and the results of the tequila tasting. Very soon, just need to at least get unpacked first!