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Todays Neapolitan.

From the weekend. Straight up Neapolitan pizza.
I ordered a Bartello oven for the Spring. Should be fun.

Sorry, can't help with this specific glass but I do recommend the Conterno Sensory glasses. It's very special.

Yeah, I miss this unpretentious and fun loving pizza & wine group. Here's to all of you

and until we laugh, drink and eat again, Cheers!

Club Med is nice. So is Sandals.

I would not want to have WTSO's shipping bill at the end of the month. lol

I am on a different path with them. I find the latest offers of Barolo, Brunello and Barbaresco pretty good for drinking, and that's what we do, no? Since this pandemic started, it has really been the ONLY retail I have been doing. I have purchased 126 bottles since April 1, 2020. None were Napa Cab...

No Words.

Toast with Dom. Drink with the Dr.
Congratulations!!

Today's Detroit pizza.

The Italy trip was fun, reconnecting with people after many years. Seeing his whole family was nice as well. Unfortunate about his moms passing, she seemed very much into his exploits. He certainly is not food 'pro' but there seems enough of those and sure, he's a bit goofy but his passion seems rea...

No Girls.
You should try the Tempranillo. It's amazing and the story to the name is more historic than just tacky.

2018 Clarice Wine Company Pinot Noir Santa Lucia Highlands - USA, California, Central Coast, Santa Lucia Highlands (1/31/2021) So pretty and pure. Color is electrifying bright cranberry. Nose of strawberries. Palate shows such a lighter than air in mouthfeel Pinot Noir that also shows tremendous de...

Interesting. Just last evening I finished a bottle of Brunello that I had coravined on Monday evening. The sampling Monday showed tight and ungiving while last evening's sampling was evolved and beautiful. I think there must be some air in there, how much, who knows.

96 hour dough (Pinsa flour) 70% hydration, fresh mozzarella, fresh ricotta and half fresh hot Italian sausage.

2018 Rivers-Marie Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast - USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast (1/19/2021) Color is still a faint but electric crimson. A pretty and fragrant nose of frangipani and crushed cranberries. Mouthfeel is bold and forward leaning and todays sampling (5th time) I do notice a bit ...

Rodrigo F. wrote: ↑January 16th, 2021, 2:37 pm I just caved in and pulled the trigger on 1 of each of the 4 Occidental offerings. My palate is very in line with AG so those scores gave me too much fomo... Shipping is no joke though $54 for 4 bottles to NYC!

You purchased 2019 Rivers Marie Pinot today From Rivers Marie?

Chris, I do not work with a starter/mother yeast.

Interesting question. I am the eternal pessimist but for the Eternal City the I must remain optimistic. I suppose I will know more by June and can make a determination on what my expectations can be once I see a bigger picture.

Clarice
Sandler
Loring
Beau Marchais

Cool. Understood. I guess I was attempting to be emphatic about how great the 2018 SC actually is. Most of the reason I have the reputation is I could never understand storing untasted wine that turned out to be just ho-hum about a few years down the road so I always give up a bottle to science unle...

Not exactly understanding the question, but my statements are usually for everyone! (per tutti!).
'right off the truck (figuratively)' helps no one, especially the author.
Cheers

Wow, looks like a mother sauce. Espagnole to be exact.

I had the 2018 RM SC right off the truck (literally) and had to secure more right away. Within a few weeks I had rounded up 12 more. Not easy.

After my last trip fizzed due to covid, I have resumed a plan once again. 15 days in Rome as my 'base' and side trip up and down. The first one is two nights in Montalcino or Montepulciano. I have both booked with full ability to cancel either. I just need to decide how close I want to be to the rai...

Tonight (15 minutes ago) Margherita pie is at a point that makes me smile. 716 grams Pinsa flour (above) 505.67 ml cold water 20.58 grams sea salt 6 grams of olive oil 2 grams dry yeast 70% hydration 5x 255 gram dough balls Made this dough 10 days ago. it has sat in fridge since Sunday evening, Janu...

The wine is awesome. I am lucky to have four vintages in my cellar and I hardly buy any Cabernet these days. 2/3 tops.

Flour Mulino Marino Manitoba @Eataly Caputo Americana @Amazon Sicilian Maiorca @ Gustiamo.com Oltegrano Flour Romana (La Pinsa) @Amazon Spelt flour for Roman style pizza Search throughout the last 31 pages here for usages. https://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php I have multiple stones. 3/4 inch ...

Interesting tasting offered now at $79. Three Expressions of the Noble Grape, Sangiovese. The Brunello is a 2011. that Brunello was solid QPR a few years back when they listed it by itself. It was $33 in Feb of 2019. It's been almost 2 years since I had it, but it still had plenty of life left. I h...

A very recent purchase from WTSO. I just went back for three more. Repurchase price is $42.99 2011 Tenuta Corte Pavone Brunello di Montalcino - Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino (1/8/2021) Super fragrant nose of macerated blueberries and boysenberries. With coaxing, hints of orange ...

Todays lunch. Detroit pizza with imported Finocchiona Salami and Tabasco sauce. The dough is my own made on Thursday evening. 70% hydration made with 3 different flours: Manitoba (350g), Maiorca (75g) and Pinsa mix from Molino Dallagiovanna (325g). 15 minutes at the bottom of my oven (heated from to...

Currently my favorite glass for older Nebbiolo is the Conterno Sensory. I have one and am buying another. For Pinot Noir is still the Riedel Veritas New World Pinot Noir, and I have tried almost every Pinot glass available. I have 6 For Cabernet I now use the Eataly glass pictured below. They are no...

2019 Beau Marchais Pinot Noir Clos Pepe Ouest - USA, California, Central Coast, Sta. Rita Hills (1/1/2021) Wow, Holy f*ck is my first three words after tasting this. Where do I go from here? OK, I will try. Darker than the Soberanes, this is Clos Pepe fruit and its shows. Perfumed nose of blue and ...

Interesting tasting offered now at $79.
Three Expressions of the Noble Grape, Sangiovese.
The Brunello is a 2011.

I think we are at the plateau of winemaking throughout the world. Not many of the new crowd will ever experience 'off' vintages like my crowd did in the early 80s.

I once had a perfectly stored magnum of 1967 Lafite Rothschild that was singing. Purchased in 1985 at the old Sokolin store from William himself. This goes back to a time when I actually drank that stuff.

Maybe it's me and maybe I have not paid attention to Brunellos for 10 years, but these wines are at such a higher level of overall quality with a nod toward the quality of fruits combined with purity that I can't remember similarities in the past. There was a time in the early 2000s that I must have...

Good stuff here. Interestingly enough, some of those Chianti's mentioned up top are in the $55 range. The Brunellos I noted were $28-35 Yesterday I picked up my recent order from FedEx. It was the 2013 Vitanza Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Firma from WTSO. In true form, I popped my Coravin and sipp...

J. Migone wrote: ↑December 30th, 2020, 3:10 pm I can't! I agree with you. Most of the 2015 and 2016s have been amazing. Chianti and Rosso as well. Trying to get my hands on some more Fuligni.

I have two of the 2015 Fuligni Brunello on the way from WineSpies.com $89 seemed fair.

:) Of the sampling of about 6 I have had so far, I am really loving what these have to offer and I am not even speaking of the big boys. Here are some I have recently enjoyed. 2015 Le Gode Brunello di Montalcino 2015 Fattoria Scopone Brunello di Montalcino 2015 Il Valentiano Brunello di Montalcino C...

My wines may be too old by then.

Merry Christmas! 2019 Beau Marchais Pinot Noir Soberanes - USA, California, Central Coast, Santa Lucia Highlands (12/24/2020) Nose of high toned fresh red fruits with exotic red raspberries forefront. Palate displays, no, celebrates some of those fresh red fruits with pretty floral notes with slight...

This one I call the 'compromise'. Wife wanted fresh tomato and I wanted passata.
Dough is 78% hydration and five days in fridge. I used Molino Dallagiovanna La Pinsa flour which is a proprietary blend made for Pan/Pala/Pinsa styled pizza.

Interesting. Considering the first wave email was in September 2020. The 15th to be exact. Dear Friends and Family, We are excited to announce that our 2017 MACDONALD Oakville Cabernet Sauvingon will be released on Tuesday, September 15th. Only 392 cases were produced. We will be sending the offer f...

A few winners from the WTSO lately as per....me.

Worth seeking out if you send them an email

2015 Serre dei Roveri Barolo, Graceful and precise
2016 Boasso Barolo Cru Gabutti, nice structure and all Barolo character

Thanks Tim. Once I stopped trying to get my grill hot and actually learned to 'read/manage' the heat, I was all over the place myself. I use a Weber S330 with a stone and a screen. The stone gets about 650 and I place pie on with super peel. No more uneven pies. It rolls off as I make it. Once the b...

Just now, like 20 minutes ago...

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