Thursday, February 22, 2007

The witching hour

This has been a bad week to build up to a big Thursday night grappa fest. My son has decided that 5am is a good time to start talking to us through the intercom. This is endearing for about 30 seconds and then soul-destroying. Maybe grappa fume breath is the only solution?

A team of 11 good men (and Martino, hee hee) will be gathering to celebrate the Giovedi club over a hearty steak and a few glasses of red wine. I know there will come a point in the night when I should switch to softer beverages and head to the hills. Will I learn the lesson at last? Unlikely, I would imagine. But then my little five o'clock alarm will sound...

4 comments:

martinobhoy said...

And what a night it was. The absentees were not missed and those that attended are worthy bearers of the Giovedi tradition.

Spangly Princess said...

http://www.enog.it/store/product_info.php?products_id=367

I'm drinking this at the moment, and my it's tasty. Smooth and rounded, slightly vanilla-ish almost but not sweet, goes down extremely nicely, I recommend it highly next time you're in the Trentino.

ginkers said...

I'll certainly try to fish one of those bottles out Spangly. Maybe to celebrate Roma's Champions League triumph! I don't understand how they were 25/1 the round before this and now that they are through are now 33/1 to win it!

Spangly Princess said...

haha maybe the statisticians have been on the grappa too