Knowing my buddy Hoss had never wrapped his lips around an Opus X, I decided to initiate a little trade. I sent him a nice Opus, along with four or five fine travelling companions. The agreement was . . . he could send "whatever", "whenever", as his end of the trade. Well, his end landed today, and as usual Hoss didn't disappoint. His included Gurkha, Fire, Perdomo 2, and other beauties, including a nice "island" cigar. This is one fine brother. We've had five or six exchanges including trades, bombs and box splits, and he always does more than his part. I'd give him a high recommendation to anyone. Thanks Hoss. Tuck

excellent return volley Hoss!

yeah, he seems solid! i sent him some islanders. he is gonna mail me 2 bottles of the homemade stuff, including his own black currant port. NOW THAT is a brother i can love!

Tuck -- it has been nothing but fun and mutual benefit box spliting, trading, and bombing with you. A fine, generous BOTL in my book! You already know, you're never leavin my hit list! 🙂

Burgess -- now you, my friend, are about to get shell shocked with the black currant port. It is my most liked (and signature) port because it is VERY different from any other port you've tried. The Sangiovese, on the other hand, is a fine medium-bodied, dry table wine that will not leave you wanting if you have a rich meal. I would recommend seafood pasta with alfredo sauce or marinara. It's good with spaggetti (sp?) style stuff too. Basically any sharp or rich cheese, or garlicy tomato sauce with parmesan or romano will do well with the red. Now to post your end of the trade...which i did recieve JUST NOW as i got home from a hard day of swinging the hammer! Very nice surprise!

i was thinking fettucini alfredo. nice idea.

yeah, that works too. not a seafood guy?

you should be, living there, everything's seafood! LOL

i either add shrimp or salmon to my alfredo. love the seafood....i just make a great pasta...and my wife LOVES when i make pasta. seafood is a daily thing. pasta is special.