Comments for quinnhall.com http://quinnhall.com Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:06:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Arbor Crest: 2007 Merlot by Quinn http://quinnhall.com/arbor-crest-2007-merlot/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Quinn Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:06:42 +0000 http://quinnhall.com/?p=3#comment-3 An addendum to this: We left the wine stopped up for a couple days after opening it and tried it again today - and it changed. The pleasant, light fruity character is gone - replaced with a much more prominent oak. There's a better base, but the lighter pieces are gone, and even the <i>texture</i> feels like it's gotten much heavier and more sedimentary. Depending on your personal tastes, this could be an open the day before wine or a drink it when you first open it. I'm leaning towards 'drink it when you get it.' While I usually prefer a more earthy wine, the foundation feels unnatural and unbalanced with its high tones after a heavy breathing. (And no, it definitely wasn't a temperature issue: It was in the wine fridge... and the house was kept at 55 to 60 degrees thanks to a little help from PECO and the snow... and a long power outage) An addendum to this: We left the wine stopped up for a couple days after opening it and tried it again today – and it changed. The pleasant, light fruity character is gone – replaced with a much more prominent oak. There’s a better base, but the lighter pieces are gone, and even the texture feels like it’s gotten much heavier and more sedimentary.

Depending on your personal tastes, this could be an open the day before wine or a drink it when you first open it. I’m leaning towards ‘drink it when you get it.’ While I usually prefer a more earthy wine, the foundation feels unnatural and unbalanced with its high tones after a heavy breathing.

(And no, it definitely wasn’t a temperature issue: It was in the wine fridge… and the house was kept at 55 to 60 degrees thanks to a little help from PECO and the snow… and a long power outage)

]]> Comment on Flying post blizzard by Quinn http://quinnhall.com/flying-post-blizzard/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Quinn Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:58:35 +0000 http://quinnhall.com/2010/02/flying-post-blizzard/#comment-2 A quick update... USAir customer service is a team of saints. There were a lot of very tired and angry people across all the airports of the eastern US - and still the people I spoke to were cheery, friendly and sounded like they genuinely wanted to help. And I believe they really do want to help - in my most recent call (which, incidentally was successful for saving our vacation and the first call for this rep today), I was still fumbling for my "End Call" button and apparently the rep hadn't realized that I was still on and I heard her say to herself "Well... off to a good start..." Those guys are really doing their best to help in this weather... just remember that when you call in for help, kids... it makes them happy when they can help you, but sometimes, they just can't. Thank you, USAir. A quick update… USAir customer service is a team of saints. There were a lot of very tired and angry people across all the airports of the eastern US – and still the people I spoke to were cheery, friendly and sounded like they genuinely wanted to help.

And I believe they really do want to help – in my most recent call (which, incidentally was successful for saving our vacation and the first call for this rep today), I was still fumbling for my “End Call” button and apparently the rep hadn’t realized that I was still on and I heard her say to herself “Well… off to a good start…”

Those guys are really doing their best to help in this weather… just remember that when you call in for help, kids… it makes them happy when they can help you, but sometimes, they just can’t.

Thank you, USAir.

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