Sal Furfari comes by to taste the SEGHESIO Barbera and the PERRIN Cotes-Du-Rhone, as I start with the PERRON our customers from yesterday, Daniel from Bogota, Columbi and Maria from Juiz de Fora, a 2-hour drive from Rio de Janeiro come by. I ask them : " How are you today? How was the wine? " Daniel said that they were both fine. Maria said that they had just seen the newborn baby Panda at our National Zoo up the street. All smiles. I notice her metallic silver and bronze earrings that remind me of the holidays and Christmas trees. Daniel then says about the wine from last night that I recommended : " You know, i was good but it could have been thicker. Maria said immediately : " I liked it. " That's when Daniel said again that the wine was good, he just wanted a bigger mouth-feel. I understand. I had recommended the VAVARRO CORREAS Mendoza, Argentinian Cabernet Sauvignon " Colleccion Privada". Then I went back to taste with Sal , picked up my glass of PERRON and said : " Excuse me. " I had to tell Maria I liked her earrings. I did, too. But first I asked Daniel his name, then Maria's? Then I invited them to taste the two wines of Sal. " You have enough wine Sal, you don't mind?! " " Not at all. " said Sal as they approached the table and we tasted together, Maria liked better the PERRIN, both Daniel and I preferred better the SEGHESIO. Daniel told me that he had worked in Toronto, Ontario at a liquor, beer and wins shop called LCTSO for less than a year, that both he and Maria were living there and going to school there now . Nice, I showed Maria the SALTON Tannat dry red from Barsil, $11.9. My face lit up when she told me she was from Brasil. She knew the wine, had not tasted it. It was a great serendipitous ' moment ' for the four of us. Thanks Sal, gracias Daniel, obregado Maria. I loved it all! Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn Wednesday, Feb. 19th, 2014 here in Cleveland Park, Northwest Washington D.C., 20008, 202-363-4265 ... nice all around. TONY
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