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神の雫 #22
Drops of God, Vol. 22
The description of the Seventh Apostle is revealed -- a wine reliant upon believing in others and never giving up on your dreams.
205 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 13, 2009
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Tadashi Agi
160 books41 followersTadashi Agi, 亜樹直, is the penname of Yuko and Shin Kibayashi, a sister and brother team of Japanese manga storywriters. Shin Kibayashi also uses the pseudonyms Seimaru Amagi and Yuya Aoki.
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March 9, 2025
#210-219 7th Apostle - like a ferocious young lion tt has left his pride, the forever WIP Sagrada Familia. New World?
#210 sentiments, resentments - a familial battle for a new apostle
Issei's choice of wines for his family vacation in Hawaii
2004 Kongsgard 'The Judge'
Check out this great Wine from Kongsgaard. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/2931887?...
Check out this great 1996 PN from Marcassin. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/2931903?...
Check out this 2004 Hess Collection Lion. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/3619861?...
#211 The people's prayers & wisdom never dying
Description of 7th Apostle as the eternally to be finished Sagrada Familia by Gaudi
#212 on a journey to the unknown I'll take you
New World vs Old World
1983 Las Cases chivalrous & elegant like a falcon in the open sky
Check out this wine. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/103394?u...
New World scent of Western cedar, soaring nobly higher like a falcon in a realist painting, a work of art = 1994 Dominus is a masterpiece by Petrus Christian Moueix
Check out this great Wine from Dominus. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/1286784?...
Check out this great Wine from Cono Sur. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/16529162...
Check out this great Wine from Ata Rangi. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/1367294?...
#213 a genius' fear departed beyond the skies
Issei & Loulan visit Napa in search of 7th Apostle. Kistler Cuvee Catheleen was mentioned as a wine Issei especially loved fr this highly praised Vitner in Russian River Valley
Check out Cuvee Catheleen from Kistler. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/5119044?...
Napa Valley wine train
https://www.winetrain.com/
Los Carneros, Southern most tip of Napa Valley. 2007 Clos Pegase Mitsuoko Vineyard Chardonnay was served at a state dinner b/w 🇯🇵PM & 🇺🇲President
Check out this great Wine from Clos Pegase. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/9142262?...
US PN vs Burg: stronger tannins, sweeter, riper, >extroverted. 2000 Etude PN vinified by Tony Soter
Check out this great Wine from Etude. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/3517133?...
1976 Judgement of Paris. 2004 Stag's Leap Cask 23 so rich & seductive yet supple. Loulan senses giant sequoias tt pierces towards heaven. Not yet mature but alrdy boasting great strength
Check out this wine. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/5107753?...
#214 the black shadow creeping into a tranquil vineyard
Oakville AVA the heart of Napa Valley. Opus One one of 🇺🇲 most famous wines. Robert Mondavi & Mouton JV
Check out this 2004 Opus One. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/3399709?...
1994 Harlan Estate a cult wine was previously mentioned in Drops of God vol.18 #172 a quiet bloom in the shade
President Takasugi had this 💯 1994 Harlan Estate at a matchmaking dinner for his son Ryo w/ a hotel heiress
Check out this great Wine from Harlan Estate. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/1344969?...
Screaming Eagle. Hilly terrain of Oakville offers great drainage & is protected from fog & frost making it amongst the most ideal wine making regions in California. Cab Sauv like sparkling gem. Pointedly elegant, yet the scale is enormous.
Imperial bttl (6l = 8bttl) went for $500k @Napa charity auction in 2000
https://crushwinexp.com/top-5-expensi...
Robert Mondavi the father of American wines became famous for making world class wines by learning fr 🇫🇷 oak bbls, stainless steel cold fermentation etc. 2004 Robert Mondavi Heritage Collection Cab Sauv.
Check out this wine. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/2027005?...
@Rutherford, Loulan enjoyed 2000 Caymus >2004 Screaming Eagle. Florid yet mild & well mannered. No hint of prudish unapproachable aspect of young Bdx // Vermeer's Milkmaid: dignified yet layered w/ the familiarity of everyday worklife. Mild, mellow w/ an inner depth not apparent @1st glance.
Check out this great Wine from Caymus Vineyards. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/1230875?...
std bearer of St Helena. Full bodied w/ strong tannins w/ the most pronounced & complex minerality in all of Napa. A stately buffalo
Check out this 1999 Beringer Private Reserve Cab Sauv. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/85670?ut...
#215 pitch black gunpoint & a blue spark roar
#216 in a cask shrouded in deep purple smoke
The Hawker bros kidnapped Issei & Loulan at gunpoint to coerce Issei to bid aggressively at a wine auction for their swill. Issei pulled one over them w/ Loulan switching the swill to this 2004 Heitz Cellar Martha's Vineyard Cab Sauv tt evoked a proud Native American Indian
Check out this great Wine from Heitz Cellar. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/100481?u...
#217 tasting new world wines in the hunt for 7th Apostle
🇳🇿PN evokes broad, open landscape but it's not the 7th Apostle Sagrada Familia w/ the cry of masses rising up, a pillar propping up heaven. Gaudi's works, while often chaotic, maintain prefect harmony in a tight rope balancing act. PN on the o/r hand I more abt nature w/ the Vitner bringing out its natural elegance & delicacy as "the finest expression of terrior"
Check out this PN Wine from Cloudy Bay. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/85457?ut...
🇨🇱 Don Melchor vanilla aroma, bitter 🍫, black cherry. Concentrated. Klimt 'The Embrace'. Seducing w/ sensuality.
Check out this great Wine from Don Melchor. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/1271421?...
Miyabi: 🇿🇦 introverted aroma, crafted in the feminine style of Margaux or St Estephe, layered, female choir singing acapella w/ soft candlelights. Hint of 7th Apostle: power of man. Crystallisation of the craft & toil of people working towards a common goal.
Check out this 2001 Wine from Napier Winery. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/2135909?...
#218 new world flowers blooming in profusion
Honma: 🇦🇷 malbec black fruit, v powerful. Powerful tannins yet so elegant like a trip on a luxury night train, Twilight Express.
Check out this 2004 Malbec Argentino from Catena Zapata. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/2418?utm...
Division Chief Karawage: 🇦🇺screw cap, jammy, toothy wine. A silk painting fr a European gallery. A silky mouthfeel but intense presence. // 7th Apostle Sagrada Familia architects had an intense sense of purpose.
Check out this 2005 Woodcutter Shiraz from Torbreck. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/1388908?...
Shizuku thinks 7th Apostle is fr Aussie. On flight there he drank this 2005 McKinnon's oak aged Shiraz. Sweet & easy to enjoy casually.
Check out this great Wine from McKinnon's. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/9144856?...
#219 sunshine's dazzling smile & heavy, brown shadows
Check out this great Wine from Penfolds. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/1437045?...
https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/food-w...
2004 vintage feat. Drops of God vol.22 #219
Various spices work in harmony w/o bitterness. Acidity & tannins gentle w/ mildly assertive sweetness. A carefree wine standing on 🇦🇺vast, dry earth, singing brightly w/ arms outstretched to the sun.
Check out this 2004 Wine from Kirrihill. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/16145810...
#210 sentiments, resentments - a familial battle for a new apostle
Issei's choice of wines for his family vacation in Hawaii
2004 Kongsgard 'The Judge'
Check out this great Wine from Kongsgaard. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/2931887?...
Check out this great 1996 PN from Marcassin. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/2931903?...
Check out this 2004 Hess Collection Lion. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/3619861?...
#211 The people's prayers & wisdom never dying
Description of 7th Apostle as the eternally to be finished Sagrada Familia by Gaudi
#212 on a journey to the unknown I'll take you
New World vs Old World
1983 Las Cases chivalrous & elegant like a falcon in the open sky
Check out this wine. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/103394?u...
New World scent of Western cedar, soaring nobly higher like a falcon in a realist painting, a work of art = 1994 Dominus is a masterpiece by Petrus Christian Moueix
Check out this great Wine from Dominus. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/1286784?...
Check out this great Wine from Cono Sur. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/16529162...
Check out this great Wine from Ata Rangi. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/1367294?...
#213 a genius' fear departed beyond the skies
Issei & Loulan visit Napa in search of 7th Apostle. Kistler Cuvee Catheleen was mentioned as a wine Issei especially loved fr this highly praised Vitner in Russian River Valley
Check out Cuvee Catheleen from Kistler. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/5119044?...
Napa Valley wine train
https://www.winetrain.com/
Los Carneros, Southern most tip of Napa Valley. 2007 Clos Pegase Mitsuoko Vineyard Chardonnay was served at a state dinner b/w 🇯🇵PM & 🇺🇲President
Check out this great Wine from Clos Pegase. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/9142262?...
US PN vs Burg: stronger tannins, sweeter, riper, >extroverted. 2000 Etude PN vinified by Tony Soter
Check out this great Wine from Etude. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/3517133?...
1976 Judgement of Paris. 2004 Stag's Leap Cask 23 so rich & seductive yet supple. Loulan senses giant sequoias tt pierces towards heaven. Not yet mature but alrdy boasting great strength
Check out this wine. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/5107753?...
#214 the black shadow creeping into a tranquil vineyard
Oakville AVA the heart of Napa Valley. Opus One one of 🇺🇲 most famous wines. Robert Mondavi & Mouton JV
Check out this 2004 Opus One. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/3399709?...
1994 Harlan Estate a cult wine was previously mentioned in Drops of God vol.18 #172 a quiet bloom in the shade
President Takasugi had this 💯 1994 Harlan Estate at a matchmaking dinner for his son Ryo w/ a hotel heiress
Check out this great Wine from Harlan Estate. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/1344969?...
Screaming Eagle. Hilly terrain of Oakville offers great drainage & is protected from fog & frost making it amongst the most ideal wine making regions in California. Cab Sauv like sparkling gem. Pointedly elegant, yet the scale is enormous.
Imperial bttl (6l = 8bttl) went for $500k @Napa charity auction in 2000
https://crushwinexp.com/top-5-expensi...
Robert Mondavi the father of American wines became famous for making world class wines by learning fr 🇫🇷 oak bbls, stainless steel cold fermentation etc. 2004 Robert Mondavi Heritage Collection Cab Sauv.
Check out this wine. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/2027005?...
@Rutherford, Loulan enjoyed 2000 Caymus >2004 Screaming Eagle. Florid yet mild & well mannered. No hint of prudish unapproachable aspect of young Bdx // Vermeer's Milkmaid: dignified yet layered w/ the familiarity of everyday worklife. Mild, mellow w/ an inner depth not apparent @1st glance.
Check out this great Wine from Caymus Vineyards. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/1230875?...
std bearer of St Helena. Full bodied w/ strong tannins w/ the most pronounced & complex minerality in all of Napa. A stately buffalo
Check out this 1999 Beringer Private Reserve Cab Sauv. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/85670?ut...
#215 pitch black gunpoint & a blue spark roar
#216 in a cask shrouded in deep purple smoke
The Hawker bros kidnapped Issei & Loulan at gunpoint to coerce Issei to bid aggressively at a wine auction for their swill. Issei pulled one over them w/ Loulan switching the swill to this 2004 Heitz Cellar Martha's Vineyard Cab Sauv tt evoked a proud Native American Indian
Check out this great Wine from Heitz Cellar. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/100481?u...
#217 tasting new world wines in the hunt for 7th Apostle
🇳🇿PN evokes broad, open landscape but it's not the 7th Apostle Sagrada Familia w/ the cry of masses rising up, a pillar propping up heaven. Gaudi's works, while often chaotic, maintain prefect harmony in a tight rope balancing act. PN on the o/r hand I more abt nature w/ the Vitner bringing out its natural elegance & delicacy as "the finest expression of terrior"
Check out this PN Wine from Cloudy Bay. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/85457?ut...
🇨🇱 Don Melchor vanilla aroma, bitter 🍫, black cherry. Concentrated. Klimt 'The Embrace'. Seducing w/ sensuality.
Check out this great Wine from Don Melchor. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/1271421?...
Miyabi: 🇿🇦 introverted aroma, crafted in the feminine style of Margaux or St Estephe, layered, female choir singing acapella w/ soft candlelights. Hint of 7th Apostle: power of man. Crystallisation of the craft & toil of people working towards a common goal.
Check out this 2001 Wine from Napier Winery. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/2135909?...
#218 new world flowers blooming in profusion
Honma: 🇦🇷 malbec black fruit, v powerful. Powerful tannins yet so elegant like a trip on a luxury night train, Twilight Express.
Check out this 2004 Malbec Argentino from Catena Zapata. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/2418?utm...
Division Chief Karawage: 🇦🇺screw cap, jammy, toothy wine. A silk painting fr a European gallery. A silky mouthfeel but intense presence. // 7th Apostle Sagrada Familia architects had an intense sense of purpose.
Check out this 2005 Woodcutter Shiraz from Torbreck. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/1388908?...
Shizuku thinks 7th Apostle is fr Aussie. On flight there he drank this 2005 McKinnon's oak aged Shiraz. Sweet & easy to enjoy casually.
Check out this great Wine from McKinnon's. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/9144856?...
#219 sunshine's dazzling smile & heavy, brown shadows
Check out this great Wine from Penfolds. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/1437045?...
https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/food-w...
2004 vintage feat. Drops of God vol.22 #219
Various spices work in harmony w/o bitterness. Acidity & tannins gentle w/ mildly assertive sweetness. A carefree wine standing on 🇦🇺vast, dry earth, singing brightly w/ arms outstretched to the sun.
Check out this 2004 Wine from Kirrihill. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/16145810...
August 22, 2020
New World cliff hangers.
What a way to end a 22 book series. I can't wait to read the next 22. Hope Amazon will have those available soon, despite Covid. New World wine region capers, and highlighting great wine producers. Great read.
What a way to end a 22 book series. I can't wait to read the next 22. Hope Amazon will have those available soon, despite Covid. New World wine region capers, and highlighting great wine producers. Great read.
May 9, 2020
Translations of vol 12-22 dropped on Prime and Comixology this week. Guess who binged the shit out of them?
July 17, 2021
Australia, eh?
May 20, 2022
Wow this is amazing, hope Shizuku can find out a lot about he's Dad in the next one. Would be Awesome to know if Issei is he's actual brother or at least half brother.
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