Tag: Lebanon

Lebanese Wines: Aurora Cabernet Franc 2018

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Name: Aurora – Cabernet Franc 2018
Type: Red Wine
Grapes: Cabernet Franc
Year: 2018
Country: Lebanon
Region: North Lebanon

Experience

Date Consumed: February 22, 2023

A wine that tastes like aged lust wrapped in satin.

Imagine a beautiful woman sitting cross-legged on dewy grass,
watching the night sky, letting the time pass.
Listen to her laughter
right after
she gives you the middle finger.

The wine plays with your tongue.
Fondling.

Something silky, ferric,
with hints of strawberry.
The taste of soft, bitten lips.

A kiss.
A false goodbye.
An image, a memory
of what could have been.

Batroun Mountains Ruby Wine at Qortoba in Baabdat

Lebanese Wines: Batroun Mountains Ruby 2018

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Name: Batroun Mountains – Ruby 2018
Type: Red Wine
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Merlot, Cabernet Franc
Year: 2018
Country: Lebanon
Region: Batroun District

Experience

Date Consumed: February 19, 2023

An affordable red wine that pairs nicely with Lebanese meza. A decent blend with notes of strawberry, tobacco, and vanilla. I’d give it a 67/100, and I wouldn’t mind enjoying another bottle.

LFD La Nox Cigar at Cask & Barrel private room.

Have a Cigar: La Flor Dominicana La Nox

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Name: La Flor Dominicana La Nox

Country: Dominican Republic

Shape: Parejo

Size: (6 1/2 inches x 50)

Strength: Medium

In The Sickness unto Death, Kierkegaard says, “The biggest danger, that of losing oneself, can pass off in the world as quietly as if it were nothing; every other loss, an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. is bound to be noticed.”

And I’m afraid of that — of losing myself —
because I want to live my life to the fullest.
I want to actualize my potential
to finally become myself.
I want to be myself every day.

Some people live their lives without noticing that they are not there anymore, that they are no longer themselves. They live on autopilot mode and (unconsciously) give up thinking altogether. No more introspection… no more contemplation… no more aspiration… They live without living, without thinking, without being.

And I’m afraid of that
because I only get to live once,
and I don’t want to lose myself.
I don’t want to lose myself.

And that’s one of the reasons I smoke cigars.
Cigars make me think.
They enable introspection, contemplation, and more,
much, much more.