http://www.northwestwininganddining.com/pages/2011/07/29/the-hogue-cellars-goes-100-screwcap/ Northwest Wining and Dining with Braiden Rex-Johnson Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:49:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.18 http://www.northwestwininganddining.com/pages/2011/07/29/the-hogue-cellars-goes-100-screwcap/#comment-210 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:49:57 +0000 http://www.northwestwininganddining.com/pages/?p=2338#comment-210 As I walk the isles of the wine store, looking for the perfect bottle of red to complement our romantic candlelight dinner tonight, I invision how perfect the night will be, how beautiful she’ll look in her best dress, how the warm breeze caresses the balcony, the smell of the appetizers, and now the ritual of opening that perfect bottle of red wine. I have the tool, I cut back the foil, I put in the waiter’s cork, then the distinctive pop, and the smelling of the cork——but WAIT! There on the rack lies that bottle of Genisis by Hogue, one of my favorites. But alas, 09 is topped by a screwcap! I must leave it there to languish, and move on down the isle for the brand with the cork:)
Will the wine be better? Maybe, maybe not. Will the evening be better? YES!! Because there’s no romance in a cap! This is not a sodapop evening. There is more to the story than the guys in the labcoats can ever imagine. Are you listening? Am I the only one? I don’t think so. Thank you.

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