Comments on: Da Alfonso: 1978 Gaja Barbera or the mother of all mommy posts http://dobianchi.com/2008/11/26/da-alfonso-1978-gaja-barbera-or-the-mother-of-all-mommy-posts/ Negotiating the Epistemologic Implications of Oenophilia Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:44:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: croosadabilia http://dobianchi.com/2008/11/26/da-alfonso-1978-gaja-barbera-or-the-mother-of-all-mommy-posts/#comment-7317 Tue, 18 May 2010 22:19:34 +0000 http://dobianchi.wordpress.com/?p=1594#comment-7317 wow.. that 82 mouton really selling for over $2,000?! what a lineup of wines there…

]]> By: Do Bianchi http://dobianchi.com/2008/11/26/da-alfonso-1978-gaja-barbera-or-the-mother-of-all-mommy-posts/#comment-1931 Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:42:13 +0000 http://dobianchi.wordpress.com/?p=1594#comment-1931 Tracie B, we both used the ah-so oh-so well… ;-)

AC, hairy knuckles, clearly, are a sign of superior intelligence! ;-)

Noah, mommy blog away! 89 Monprivato must have been killer! :-)

Strappo, keep on doing that voodoo, that you do ah-so well… ;-)

Jason, thanks for the reference. :-) I see in Wikipedia that it comes from Ed’s book… I’ll write him and see where he found it…

]]> By: jason http://dobianchi.com/2008/11/26/da-alfonso-1978-gaja-barbera-or-the-mother-of-all-mommy-posts/#comment-1930 Fri, 28 Nov 2008 06:50:02 +0000 http://dobianchi.wordpress.com/?p=1594#comment-1930 ["Ah-so" is a translation of the German title, "Ach so!", an expression meaning roughly "Ah, I see." It is named so because its appearance often baffles people, but when its use is demonstrated, they often exclaim "Ah! So that's how it works"]………Wikipedia

]]> By: rstark http://dobianchi.com/2008/11/26/da-alfonso-1978-gaja-barbera-or-the-mother-of-all-mommy-posts/#comment-1928 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 22:01:20 +0000 http://dobianchi.wordpress.com/?p=1594#comment-1928 I think we may have to rename the mommy post. If anyone doesn’t appreciate what I’ve had to drink it’s my 88 year old mother. Although I bet Judy doesn’t give a rat’s ass either! (below is my most recent p-boast.)

http://dat.erobertparker.com/bboard/showthread.php?t=186039

]]> By: Strappo http://dobianchi.com/2008/11/26/da-alfonso-1978-gaja-barbera-or-the-mother-of-all-mommy-posts/#comment-1926 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:17:14 +0000 http://dobianchi.wordpress.com/?p=1594#comment-1926 As I recall from my Japanese studies many years ago, “ah so” is an old and common Japanese expression that was adopted by English speakers as a sort of joke (making fun of the Japanese, I guess) and kept because it just happened to match up with English in approximate meaning and pronunciation.

]]> By: AC http://dobianchi.com/2008/11/26/da-alfonso-1978-gaja-barbera-or-the-mother-of-all-mommy-posts/#comment-1925 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:33:57 +0000 http://dobianchi.wordpress.com/?p=1594#comment-1925 Trace-
DoBi got into the Ah-So too. That picture which I took, before DoBi cropped it, was of his hairy knuckles;)

]]> By: vinonyc http://dobianchi.com/2008/11/26/da-alfonso-1978-gaja-barbera-or-the-mother-of-all-mommy-posts/#comment-1924 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:55:15 +0000 http://dobianchi.wordpress.com/?p=1594#comment-1924 I love that link to the artist’s labels… they should try and gather bottles from every vintage and do an exhibition.

]]> By: Noah http://dobianchi.com/2008/11/26/da-alfonso-1978-gaja-barbera-or-the-mother-of-all-mommy-posts/#comment-1923 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:17:31 +0000 http://dobianchi.wordpress.com/?p=1594#comment-1923 I had the pleasure of drinking an 89 mascarello monprivato a few weeks back and the next morning I told no less than 13 people about it before 11AM. Mommy posts are good!

While not super old, and not traditional either, the 1997 Braida Barbera d Asti “Ai Suma” is still drinking really well. It surely has more years ahead.

]]> By: tracie b http://dobianchi.com/2008/11/26/da-alfonso-1978-gaja-barbera-or-the-mother-of-all-mommy-posts/#comment-1922 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:30:03 +0000 http://dobianchi.wordpress.com/?p=1594#comment-1922 hm, i seem to recall our dear ace using the ah-so…ah well…;)

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