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1998 Peter Lehman Clancy's Tasting Notes

Mid neck fill. Cork disentegrated during extraction. Deep ruby color in glass with obvious browning. Soft fruit on palate with dusty tannins. Shiraz evident up front and hints of tobacco in finish.  Alcohol (14%) does not intrude. Fading slowly but still nice. Patches of sediment in bottle and in the final glass. Drink up! 87/100.

Julie and Julia at Play

 

Julie and the Evil Eye(s)

 

Pooped!

 

Tortie twins: Julie and Julia

 Julie takes a cat nap.
 

Julia looks like a little lion cup.

These are twin Tortoiseshell kittens adopted by my work colleague Betsy after the recent death of our office cat, Pisco. She brought them in to work the other day and I snapped these pictures.

Pisco RIP

 Our Tortoiseshell office cat, Pisco (pronounce peesco, after a Peruvian brandy), was euthanized yesterday at the vet's office. We adopted her in December 2007 from a local shelter. She had been suffering from kidney disease for some time and in the past few days had become very lethargic due to anemia. The only option would have been a blood transfusion which would have given her maybe three months at most. We are having her cremated and her ashes will be in an urn which we will keep in the office. She will be missed.

A poem for Pisco (with apologies to Emily Dickinson):

She died

And this is how she died

When her life was done

She packed her little bag

And headed for the sun

Her little figure at the gates

The Angels must have spied

Since we could never find her

Upon the mortal side.

Our office cat Pisco on the prowl.

Another photo of Pisco in the wild.

Pisco

This is another photo of Pisco (pronounced peesco), our tortoise shell cat named after a Peruvian brandy which we import.

Our office cat Pisco practicing her yoga