Wine: a bottle designed by Dali?

[travis4567]

Outstanding as always Mike.

[Mike Buckley]

Thank you, Travis!

Bill: The meat was lamb meatballs in a Thai sauce of coconut milk, fish sauce and chopped peanuts. The veggie was string beans in a Chinese stir fry of red bell pepper, sliced onions, black pepper and a dash of soy sauce. Both dishes are relatively rich, especially the meat, and stood up well to the fairly powerful red wine. The wine was better with the food than on its own.

[William W]

Yum.

I think that lamb in a rich sauce would be a good choice for that grape variety. I have never done that – thanks for some ideas for me to ponder…
One of the best parts about cooking, for me, is mixing it up a bit and still matching the flavours – I think that's really good lateral thinking with the Thai lamb dish (as opposed to a traditional Greek Lamb dish).

WW

[Mike Buckley]

I was thinking of the Italian wine when I saw this. It is Gattinara.

I was in a wine store this morning that had one brand of Gattinara. Unlike the bottle pictured in this thread, the rear was smooth glass with no finger grips. Otherwise, the front and sides seemed exactly the same with two minor exceptions: the neck of the bottle was positioned asymmetrically on the left side rather than the right side and there was no embossing. Interesting, especially as I had not remembered that Gattinara bottles are asymmetric.