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Veteran ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() We're grilling tri-tip tonight - mmmm!!! YUMMY TRI-TIP... i spent a few weeks in the SLO area and love, love, love the santa maria BBQ... i asked the local butchers around here in belgium if they know what tri-tip is... the answer was NO... |
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Champion ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() newbiedoo - 2005-09-05 9:28 PM I admit to typically being a 2-buck-Chuck girl myself, but I had a very fine Wild Horse Old Vine Cuvee tonight...just unbelievable. I'll look for the Five Families - love Shiraz ![]() Note to self: Wild Horse Old Vine Cuvee. Sounds yummy. Funny story about 2-Buck Chuck. We were invited to a Cabernet tasting party, where guests were instructed to bring a Cab that cost less than $15. We brough three bottles... a $8 bottle of Cellar #8, a $2 bottle of Charles Shaw, and a $1.15 of Tula Vista. Each bottle was put into a paper bag, so people wouldn't be swayed by the name or label. Each person took a taste of each wine and make notes, and eventually voted. I can't remember the rest of the wines and how the ranked, but I can say: Cellar #8 was the lowest, either at the bottom or very near. Surprising everyone there, 2-Buck Chuck came in right at the middle, above some better-known vintners. Tula Vista WON hands down. Which shocked the hell out of us. Since then, Eric's mother has brought us a bottle of Tula Vista every single time she has come to visit. I have to tell you, I think the only reason it won was because it was so damn sweet. It's a terrible wine. I can't drink it. It's more like a wine-flavored soft drink: sweet, slightly fizzy. On its own, it's horrible. But, I suppose stacked up against a field of tanneny Cabs, it was refreshing and nice. So, the point of my story isn't to go rush out to get some Tula Vista. My rambling point is that 2-Buck Chuck holds up as a pretty decent wine, and considering the price, is a good bargain. |
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Veteran ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() I've never heard of five familes shiraz. where abouts in Aus is it from do you know? being a Perth girl I tend to stick to the WA wines Margaret River and around there. I'll chuck some of them and some aussie beer in the esky for the bbq. ohh its making me really want spring and summer to hurry up here so I can actually have a nice bbq down by the beach. |
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![]() macfights - 2005-09-06 12:41 AM We're grilling tri-tip tonight - mmmm!!! YUMMY TRI-TIP... i spent a few weeks in the SLO area and love, love, love the santa maria BBQ... i asked the local butchers around here in belgium if they know what tri-tip is... the answer was NO... mmm...a little salsa, sop up juices with some bread...yum! (tritip_wine.jpg) Attachments ---------------- tritip_wine.jpg (9KB - 8 downloads) |
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![]() madkat - 2005-09-06 12:51 AM newbiedoo - 2005-09-05 9:28 PM I admit to typically being a 2-buck-Chuck girl myself, but I had a very fine Wild Horse Old Vine Cuvee tonight...just unbelievable. I'll look for the Five Families - love Shiraz ![]() Note to self: Wild Horse Old Vine Cuvee. Sounds yummy. Funny story about 2-Buck Chuck. We were invited to a Cabernet tasting party, where guests were instructed to bring a Cab that cost less than $15. We brough three bottles... a $8 bottle of Cellar #8, a $2 bottle of Charles Shaw, and a $1.15 of Tula Vista. Each bottle was put into a paper bag, so people wouldn't be swayed by the name or label. Each person took a taste of each wine and make notes, and eventually voted. I can't remember the rest of the wines and how the ranked, but I can say: Cellar #8 was the lowest, either at the bottom or very near. Surprising everyone there, 2-Buck Chuck came in right at the middle, above some better-known vintners. Tula Vista WON hands down. Which shocked the hell out of us. Since then, Eric's mother has brought us a bottle of Tula Vista every single time she has come to visit. I have to tell you, I think the only reason it won was because it was so damn sweet. It's a terrible wine. I can't drink it. It's more like a wine-flavored soft drink: sweet, slightly fizzy. On its own, it's horrible. But, I suppose stacked up against a field of tanneny Cabs, it was refreshing and nice. So, the point of my story isn't to go rush out to get some Tula Vista. My rambling point is that 2-Buck Chuck holds up as a pretty decent wine, and considering the price, is a good bargain. I met someone who worked in a winery around here and she said that they'd put differnt lables on the same wine - the spendy label, and the cheap one. Never had the Tula Vista - sounds awful! Justin Winery's Cab is fantastic - worth the expense. ![]() |
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Elite![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Tri-tip is truly a California cut. Talk to people outside of the state and it wasn't until the last couple of years that anyone ever heard of it. So agree with MadCow on Chipotle. I would even go so far as to add that "Tex-Mex" doesn't hold a candle to our Mexican joints. They may have us beat in BBQ, but the moment they put the "Tex" in "TexMex" they ruined it. Now I'm drooling thinking of my taquitos with salsa so hot it could burn your bunghole. |
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![]() ChuckyFinster - 2005-09-06 11:12 AM Tri-tip is truly a California cut. Talk to people outside of the state and it wasn't until the last couple of years that anyone ever heard of it. So agree with MadCow on Chipotle. I would even go so far as to add that "Tex-Mex" doesn't hold a candle to our Mexican joints. They may have us beat in BBQ, but the moment they put the "Tex" in "TexMex" they ruined it. Now I'm drooling thinking of my taquitos with salsa so hot it could burn your bunghole. I can dig it! |
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![]() splerph - 2005-09-06 2:40 AM I've never heard of five familes shiraz. where abouts in Aus is it from do you know? being a Perth girl I tend to stick to the WA wines Margaret River and around there. I'll chuck some of them and some aussie beer in the esky for the bbq. ohh its making me really want spring and summer to hurry up here so I can actually have a nice bbq down by the beach. Woohoo! Beach party at Melanies! We can bring some tri-tip and bung-hole burning taquitos too! Could you post a picture/map? I'm curious about your coast. Tons of sharks, I suppose? ![]() |
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Veteran![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() I really need to go take some of my own photos of the beach but here are two that I found on the net. the first is Scarborough beach. I walk down there from my place takes 8 mins. the second pic is the beach that everyone who visits Perth goes to. Cottesloe beach. i'm going to go take my own pics and post them for everyone. coz those pics don't do them justice. Yes there are sharks but during summer time there is a shark spotter plane that flies along the coast looking for any sharks that may be in close. A couple of sightings a year, and I can only remember one attack a guy on a ski quite a way out. Just got to avoid swimming at the wrong times, like dusk dawn and cloudy weather. |
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![]() splerph - 2005-09-06 8:55 PM I really need to go take some of my own photos of the beach but here are two that I found on the net. the first is Scarborough beach. I walk down there from my place takes 8 mins. the second pic is the beach that everyone who visits Perth goes to. Cottesloe beach. i'm going to go take my own pics and post them for everyone. coz those pics don't do them justice. <" /> Yes there are sharks but during summer time there is a shark spotter plane that flies along the coast looking for any sharks that may be in close. A couple of sightings a year, and I can only remember one attack a guy on a ski quite a way out. Just got to avoid swimming at the wrong times, like dusk dawn and cloudy weather. Wow, looks gorgeous! Can you drink beer on the beach? We get the occational shark scuffle with random surfers, and two years ago a local woman was killed in an attack. I guess the sharks are pretty scarce this summer (warmer water temps I think?). |
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![]() Lara - 2005-09-06 8:50 PM no we get to take credit for Toad the Wet Sprocket and Chris Isaak too!!! and with my work schedule i feel like i can speak for CA, WA, OR and Mexico.. hmmm.. looks like i need to spend some time in alaska next I love Toad the Wet Sproket! Ya, Dana, tons to groove on. I should have called this "Westerners Groove" - didn't mean to exclude the region overall. So let's take Jack Johnson too!! ![]() How about... the huge vistas ideal training weather ski in the morning, have a beer & watch the sunset over the Pacific in the evening cool cities fresh veggies and flowers year round at farmers market Vegas, baby buying fish stright off the boat on the pier highway one - Big Sur Christmas is green, roses are blooming the fragrace of star jasmine at night real Mexican food! |
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