So. Long before there was BerserkerFest. Long before there was Wine Berserkers at all, there was…WineFest.
This is the fourth iteration of my quadrennial cellar depressurization event and I am planning on opening about 30% of the cellar in ONE DAY for friends and family. I am prepared to open up 15 spots to the WB community at large. If you do want to come, reply on this thread and then PM me your email address so I can get you more particulars. If you’d plan to come with a SO, then state that right at the outset. First come, first served, but I’d want people to be committed to being able to make it if they put themselves on the list. And if I’ve emailed you already, then you’re invited and DON’T NEED to add yourself to the list.
Speaking of lists, here is the list of wines I will be serving, by table:
THE DELICATE FLOWER–VIOGNIER
2008 Francois Villard Condrieu Terrasses du Palat (Condrieu)
2010 Sandhill Small Lots Viognier (BC)
2002 Daniel Lenko Viognier Icewine (Ontario)
2004 Chateau Grillet (Condrieu)
2011 Calera Viognier Mt. Harlan (Cali)
2006 Calera Viognier Mt. Harlan Dessert (Cali)
2009 Yves Gangloff Condrieu (Condrieu)
2009 Yalumba Virgilius Viognier (Australia)
2007 Yalumba Wrattonbully Botrytis Viognier (Australia)
THE DUMOL GIRLS (and other California Chards)
2009 DuMol Chloe
2009 DuMol Isobel
2009 DuMol Clare
2009 Alpha Omega
2009 Peter Michael La Carriere
2009 Marcassin 3 Sisters
2009 Aubert Ritchie
THE KUTCH VERTICAL
2006 Kutch McDougall Pinot Noir
2007 Kutch McDougall Pinot Noir
2009 Kutch McDougall Pinot Noir (none made in 2008)
2010 Kutch McDougall Pinot Noir
2011 Kutch McDougall Pinot Noir
2012 Kutch McDougall Pinot Noir
2013 Kutch McDougall Pinot Noir
2014 Kutch McDougall Pinot Noir (Unreleased)
SUCCULENT SUDUIRAUT
1970 Chateau Suduiraut Sauternes
1988 Chateau Suduiraut Sauternes
2001 Chateau Suduiraut Sauternes
2003 Chateau Suduiraut Sauternes
2005 Chateau Suduiraut Sauternes
2006 Chateau Suduiraut Sauternes
2007 Chateau Suduiraut Sauternes
2009 Chateau Suduiraut Sauternes
2011 Chateau Suduiraut Sauternes
CAB FAIR
2007 Hidden Bench Estates La Brunante
2010 Sojourn Cellars Home Ranch
2007 Feather
2005 Chateau La Lagune
2009 Black Hills Nota Bene
2008 Quivet Cellars Kenefick Ranch
2011 Pearl Morissette Cuvee Persephone Cab Franc
2000 Chateau Kirwan
RED ROSES
2008 Jamet Cote Rotie
2009 Littorai Savoy Vineyard Pinot Noir
2006 Navarro Structura Ultima Malbec
2000 Emmanuel Rouget Vosne-Romanee
2002 Rossignol-Trapet Chambertin
2007 Beaucastel
2001 I Faustino Gran Reserva
2004 Quintarelli Valpolicella
1984 Kalin Cellars Pinot Noir Cuvee DD
WORTHY WHITES I
2011 Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc
2012 Moss Wood Chardonnay
2010 Jean-Marc Brocard Chablis Les Clos
1998 Kracher #9 NV Chardonnay Trockenbeerenauslese
2006 Beaucastel Vieilles Vignes Roussanne
2004 Nikolaihof Steiner Hund Riesling
2010 Domaine Bott Geyl Schlossberg Riesling
WORTHY WHITES II
2007 Smith-Haut Lafitte Blanc
2010 Grosset Riesling
2007 Luneau-Papin Muscadet Le D’Or
1997 Huet Vouvray Le Mont Moelleux
2009 Huet Vouvray Le Mont Moelleux
2013 Brundlmayer Zobinger Heiligenstein Riesling
2002 Lelarge-Pugeot Champagne
2007 Louis Jadot Chassagne Montrachet Les Grands Ruchottes
MEURSY MEURSY ME
2008 Bouchard Genevrieres
2010 D’Angerville Santenots
2010 F&L Pillot Caillerets
2011 Roche de Bellene Charmes
2009 Domaine Leflaive Sous Les Dos D’Ane
2012 Domaine de Montille Perrieres
2001 Roulot Luchets
2013 Lucien Muzard Les Meix Chavaux
2012 Remi Jobard Les Poruzots-Dessus
2011 Charles Buisson Bouches-Cheres
THE FINAL FRONTIER
2014 Domaine des Molardes Chasselas Reserve
2004 Gravner Amphyllo Ribolla Gialla
2012 Pfeffinger Scheurebe Spatlese
2013 Moon Curser Tannat
2010 Malivoire Marechal Foch
2008 Ronchi Cialli Schiopettino
2004 Kracher Traminer #3 NV TBA
2009 Klein Constantia Vin de Constance Muscat de Frontignan
2009 Raul Perez Sketch Albarino
2009 Magrez-Aruga Koshu (Japanese wine from Bernard Magrez)
2012 Bodegas Buenavista/Veleta Vijirieja
MY HERO—Wines for my dad
2007 Olivier Leflaive Corton Charlemagne
2009 Paul Pernot Batard Montrachet
2011 Maison Ilan Chambertin Aux Charmes Hauts
2006 Poggiotone Brunello di Montalcino
1988 Chateau Haut Brion
2011 Casanera Ramanegra Cabernet Sauvignon
1999 Bouchard Pommard Les Rugiens
2001 Chateau Coutet
1994 Broadbent Vintage Port
FAMILY TREE
2014 Schug Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir (Walter Schug Winemaster)
1994 Phelps Cabernet (Craig Williams—apprenticed under Schug)
2008 Turley Dusi Zinfandel (Ehren Jordan—apprenticed under Williams)
2010 Rivers Marie Napa Cabernet (Thomas Rivers Brown—apprenticed under Jordan)
2011 Quivet Cellars Pellet Vineyard (Mike Smith—apprenticed under TRB)
2012 Rudius Cabernet Sauvignon (Jeff Ames—apprenticed under TRB)
2012 Turley Pesenti Zinfandel (Tegan Passalacqua—apprenticed under Jordan)
NORTHERN CHAR-D (Ontario’s best)
2009 Pearl Morissette Cuvee Dix-Neuvieme
2006 Le Clos Jordanne Le Grands Clos Chard
2012 Bachelder Saunders Chard
2013 Closson Chase Closson Vineyard Chard
2011 Southbrook Poetica Chard
2012 Hidden Bench Tete de Cuvee Chard
2013 Norman Hardy Cuvee L Chard
These have always been some of the great days of my life, shared with family and friends. I expect no less this time around.
A bientot, j’espere.
Mike