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mike pobega

Jeff, I am assuming, and probably rightly so that the Pora and Paje (2 of my favorites usually) will be amazing. I did not taste them. Sorry for confusion.

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Cool letter.
I remember this controversy during the Robert Mondavi sons year. Greed needs to be beat here. The Mondavi brothers, and now Constellation needs to be put into check.

mike pobega

Based on what I tasted two nights ago and finished tonight (Coravin), I think the 2015 Pora and the Paje are not to be missed. I will get 6 of each.
I can't imagine these will be anything in the $56 range though...

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I was HALO jumping with Alex last week and we had a chance to taste through his whole lineup starting with his 2008 and ending with each enjoying a cluster of 2019 grapes. The 2018 was breathtaking. His 2017 sublime and the 2016 incredible.

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The 2016 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco 'Normale' is crazy good. Just grabbed 6 more. First tine around, $32.95, one week later, $34.95. Same source.

Yes, I Pobega'd it. Don't do that too much (or at all!) with Italian wines....lolol

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$9.99

good deal
Mine is already shipping.

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Fred, I am following you on FB. Looks like a wonderful time. Glad you are enjoying.

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Do the under-counter microwave option as I did. It's AWESOME

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Thanks for responding back with your choice and result.
Cheerios

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I have had the Roagna Paje Barbaresco 2012 a few times and with some air, its awesome. Maybe 30 minutes in decanter.

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I used my Coravin......twice. lol

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2016 Becklyn Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon - USA, California, Napa Valley (8/25/2019) This is beautiful. Ok. I'll go a wee bit deeper. Color is intense and nose needs a bit of coaxing, but when you taste it you know it's amazing. Deft, poised, focused and pure. The black/blue blue fruit profile shows ...

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I got three. Will keep an eye out for the 2005 Fontanafredda Barolo Serralunga d'Alba 2005
2012 Tenuta Carretta Bric Paradiso Roero Riserva Nebbiolo
2009 Manzone Barolo Gramolere Riserva
2016 Lutum Chardonnay Durell Vineyard

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lol. thanks

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Pie prices to rise.

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Pay your taxes. I do, you do, hopefully we all do. No sympathy for the double fisted greed of such businesses. $35 pies and crying broke. Must cost $3-$4 to make that pie. Certainly not reinvesting in the decor. BTW, probably the dirtiest kitchens I have ever seen.

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Great video. I will be visiting Franco Pepe in April at his Caiazzo restaurant. I'm excited.
The brown looks like either Spelt or a coarse whole wheat flour mix to me. I get it, the texture added that is.

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I am in as well.

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Your entry or the photo is wrong as it shows the Reserve. Nice note

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Mike Smith WON'T let that happen.

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Lutum Pinot Noir Sanford & Benedict 2013 right now. $30

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Great news for Napa. Good customer service, friendly relations with winemakers will create a win-win for those in Napa and Gary's
Congratulations!

https://napavalleyregister.com/news/loc ... 4ac30.html

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2010 Oakville Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley - USA, California, Napa Valley (7/24/2019) This has aged beautifully. Nose of deep dark black cherries and blackberries. Color shows youth and vigor. Palate shows some dense black fruits as well with tremendous verve and lift. There is still a mace...

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New plan: I am staying in the pier bowl area in San Clemente for those 4 days. One block from pier. Stoked I am. Love it there. May take up surfing......

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Terrible news. Always liked the guys passion. Gonna miss his persona. Condolences to his family and friends.

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Frank, if it could work, we can do earlier. No way I miss hanging with you.
Todd, hope so this time.
Steve, sounds good.

I am actually in the Capistrano beach area, close to Dana and on Coast Highway.
Looking forward. I love Orange County in the Fall.

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I am the crowd...
I enjoyed mine as well. Great value and quality from Sandler, always.

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Eurocave. I have been buying since they first hit these shores in about 1981
As a matter of fact, THAT first unit is still in use in my buddy's garage. It only had one compressor change in about 1995. 28 years and that ain't so bad!

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Wine with acidity. Ask Bob Mondavi.

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great. I will touch back here at about 1 month out.

Hi Mike!

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Sierra Carche indeed!

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2016 Booker Vineyard Tempranillo Extended Age 22 Months - USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles (6/30/2019) This is the wine I would ask for on death row. Dark. Real dark. Purple tinged edges. Nose of pure sassafras and cool boysenberries. Coaxing brings blueberries and maybe some blackberrie...

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I will be in Dana Point if anyone wants to get together for a dinner/byo or whatever it is you guys do there in paradise. I can FEDEX a bunch of stuff west.
Figure from 8pm onward

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Wonderful short term tool. Can't imagine placing a bottle back into the cellar for the longer run. My Coravined bottles stay on counter and are gone with 2 weeks or less. Last nights 2008 Jones Sisters is still fresh after a week.

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Seems that somehow this wine was tainted by Coravin. I have been told that some people blow into the needle to clear of any residual wine after use. Maybe a microbe of saliva or other foreign substance that the needle may have come into contact with is the culprit.

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Have it. Hate it

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Pinot Noir.

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Owner/winemaker-no tip. It's bad form. If I gave Thomas Rivers-Brown a C-note at the door, he'd run me over with an exotic car and I'd be full of Rutherford dust........
Employee does an awesome job, tip. I am sure always appreciated.

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Too 'first world' I guessing ....

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Thanks for the info.
Appreciate you taking the time.

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Thanks to all the focused responses.
I will chance it and not Coravin.
Worst case is I dump and order the Meomi/Caymus/Spy Mountain from the list. Lol

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On another note, I have hosted over 75 wine dinners in my time and I wish I had a Coravin to test soundness of bottles I brought. I think it is one of the best features of the Coravin. My buddies that had one and used it before those dinners never brought a corked wine to any of my dinners from mile...

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no experience but who would anyway? but why check wine on a plane that has been Coravined? you must have other bottles [pillow-fight.gif] 1st world problems, jumped the shark, WTFCs cheers Interesting response. Thanks I guess. Let me see, what if I were going to Cuba with my brother on a cruise shi...

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Hi Vic, hope you're well.

Considering these are going into the luggage hold of the aircraft, it will be impossible to keep them upright. Gone are the 'carry-on wine' days.

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Just got a model II and was curious since I am bringing 4 bottles on a flight for my Cuban cruise. My thinking is the added air pressure could push wine outwards. Anyone have experience? Thanks.

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Nice deal. I have one and it's a beauty.

It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought, it figures

mike pobega

Grabbed 4 bottles of Barolo/Barbaresco. Never had I seen the Lutum come back around.

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I suppose I got really into wine originally through my ex-wife. She had (half!) a big, kind of show-off cellar. But then I found out that I have a really sharp palate, and the more I drank, the more I liked what it made me think about. I do like to think about the life of wine, how it’s a living thi...

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Rome: Great wine bar. have lunch among thousands of bottles of wine. friendly helpful staff. by piazza popolo https://www.yelp.com/biz/buccone-roma?osq=buccone by Campo di Fiori https://www.spottedbylocals.com/rome/il-vinaietto/ https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g187791-d779059-Reviews-C...

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Anyone else have a bottle that confused them? I really like the SRH bottling from Sandhi and it hasn’t been that long since I had one. The bottle I had of this tasted a bit all over the place. Had a lot of new oak on the nose and flavors were not focused as I would have expected. I typically get th...

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