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2008 Sonoma County Pinot. Simply delightful and still running strong. Great balance, lots of fruit and acid.

He started doing RRV Pinot futures this year. I bit for a case.

Philip N. Jones wrote: ↑
February 11th, 2020, 10:21 pm
On this thread, I have twice asked for evidence of declining popularity of zin, or evidence that its popularity is cyclical. All I received in response has been silence.

This is a fair question. Someone ITB with access to Nielsen should be able to pull sales info.

Opened a 2016 OMV last night. Still on the young side, but coming into its own. Lots of mushroom on the nose for me. Impeccable balance, although it’s still on the early side for the fruit to explode. I’ve been buying a mixed case of zin futures for years now (easily the best deal in wine), and my s...

Other examples of boom/bust: There was a steep drop in Merlot sales pre- and post-“Sideways”. Carneros was the center of Pinot until it wasn’t. Australian Shiraz.

I’d agree with Jay that 99% (don’t trust that number) of zin sold isn’t of the style loved by WB (myself included).

Was *really* hoping to limit this to a few whites and roses due to space/budget limits in the wake of Carlisle, Rivers-Marie and Berserker Day, but I am unfortunately intrigued by the description of the “wedding” wine. Anybody know anything about that one? I will write about this at greater length ...

Lawrence, here is a list of my favorites and where I purchase my wines. All but two are in Sonoma. My purchases of Napa wines is rare these days. Will give a brief description of each and where they are located. In no particular order. You can bunch several of these together based on location and m...

In this regard, wine is a lot like playing the slots. Or fishing. Or discovering a new band. Or opening a pack of baseball cards. You wait to get that hit, and it succeeds or fails, and then you do it again, because it’s never quite perfect, but you always have in mind that chance of hitting the jac...

decant the mag into 2 750s Ah, a perfect illustration of tranching, to create economic value. One "AAA"-rated senior bottle and one non-rated equity bottle, from the same pool, leaving a nice corkage arbitrage. [wow.gif] It only gets interesting when we start selling corkage default swaps on those ...

What is the wine price off the mailing list currently?

Doesn't help that the US wine industry hasn't got any export whatsoever to ease the pain. US wine dies or soars with the US consumer. That’s not totally true. The US exported 41.7mm cases in 2018 https://www.wineinstitute.org/resources/pressroom/04082019 , which is probably about 10% of production ...

Tom, in contrast, I haven’t liked the Bedrock SBs, but find the Massican SBs very compelling. We agree on Dry Creek, though.....

Winds picking up in Napa today.

Evac advisory for Calistoga just issued.

Wine Berserkers. Come for the tasting notes. Stay for the zoning debates.

Thanks for the tip - bought a pile o’ stuff.

Marcu$ Stanley wrote: ↑
October 4th, 2019, 10:30 am
The Gallo-Constellation deal was for only $1.7 million? For 30 brands? So $50,000 a brand? Either that's an error or the wine business must be very low margin

Yeah, that’s a typo. It was $1.7 billion.

I predict nothing will change and this Board will be having the same conversation making the same predictions 18 months from now.

Not meant to be snarky, but did you contact the winery? I’d suspect they’d be excited that someone is interested in their history, particularly one like Caymus that’s been around a long time.

Glenn L e v i n e wrote: ↑
September 17th, 2019, 5:13 pm

H Wallace Jr wrote: ↑
September 17th, 2019, 12:50 pm
Order in. My daughter gets the '16s and my son will get the '18s.
Well done sir.

My child is not good enough for these wines...

50% chance of rain Monday morning here in Napa.

You can keep up with harvest reports here: https://napavalleyregister.com/wine/nap ... 62172.html

There’s a threat of rain tomorrow morning.

I had to stop the Jeremy Nickel video half way it was so cringe worthy. If somebody had to ask what is wrong with wine and the industry I would show them that video. Coincidentally, I had a bottle of Nickel & Nickel Stelling Vineyard 03 this past April and it was great lol. Have to agree. That even...

I think that this thread is a good example of why people don't like wine snobs. Like rock snobs. Or art snobs.

You are clueless. I personally know folks who paid cash for million dollar plus homes, Lamborghini’s, custom cycles, race cars and in one case a new set of teeth all from pot money. Those are individuals. Not companies. Execs and founders may be comped well (some of them work for my clients), but t...

Living in Colorado I see some folks making money beyond belief from THC and CBD products. Way more more than from grape juice. If they're operating legally, they're not making money from THC products, due to the federal tax rules. It's why the US companies have great gross margins, are lucky to hav...

Adam, AUS and NZ don't have the same labor costs. They've adapted and mechanized. They also have historically export-friendly currencies. We've done so on the low end but have been slow to adopt on the mid to high tier. And, quite honestly, CA is a tough state to operate in. There is a lot of cost ...

Vineyards will move to the next cash crop...pot. Which will then crash and burn, even harder than grapes, as the supply far outgrows demand - unless enough gets siphoned off to the black market. Watch for increases in arrests on this front in the coming decade. Adam's 100 tons of unpicked Lodi Peti...

Vineyards will move to the next cash crop...pot. Which will then crash and burn, even harder than grapes, as the supply far outgrows demand - unless enough gets siphoned off to the black market. Watch for increases in arrests on this front in the coming decade. Adam's 100 tons of unpicked Lodi Peti...

Had Spiritterra's Muscadine wines. Certainly have that Muscadine funk taste. Indescribable unless you haven't had it before. Touch of burned doll and petrol in there, too. It's almost Retsina-like at times. Not very pleasant. I keep being fascinated with Muscadine, though. Just ordered a few bottle...

His post seems to be missing a point.

Yes, this was a lower end Chard, for sure. Mass market. Don't even recall what producer, I suppressed it. But a few months back I had Stag's Leap (which was also on the cheaper side, admittedly) - same thing. And numerous other ones. It's what's kept me away from Chards over the years and only by t...

I just opened my last bottle of the 2008 this weekend. Here's my notes: Medium ruby red. Sweet and seductive nose of blueberry, strawberry, cherry, roses. Medium body on the palate with focused acidity, some tannin. Smooth and silky, lots of fruit. Sour cherry, strawberry. Not much on the midpalate ...

More than any other grape varietal, I seem to always get a kind of chemical, artificial taste with them, unless I kind of splash on Failla or Lioco etc. But all the everyday Chards I buy are all awful. Oak can muddle things up, but it's not that, it's something else that just feels processed. What ...

Wait, the research hasn't been done? There is a lot of certainty in this thread for not having any actual scientific data. Come on. It's 2019. Who needs science when you have belief? If there's emotional resonance to your idea, then it's a good one. And you're entitled to hold it with all your stre...

I can tell you definitively that there is no possible way for wine grapes to be tainted by cannabis flowers in any way. The resin that is produced by cannabis flowers is a solid and cannot be airborne. There's no chemical way the aroma from these flowers can bind with sugars or the skins of grapes ...

I was hoping for a DNA test clip from “Maury”.

Judd’s Hill does a blending day camp https://www.juddshill.com/page?pageid=5 ... 29D756510E

This: https://www.foodbeast.com/news/boozy-wi ... r-stomach/

Wine that’s dead at retail.

Howard Cooper wrote: ↑
July 10th, 2019, 3:38 am

Rich Salsano wrote: ↑
July 10th, 2019, 3:08 am

Matthiasson - Steve’s wines are phenomenal and his cab and merlot and Bordeaux style “red” are all what I would consider old school

I have only had whites from them. Where are they located and do they take visitors?

They’re in Napa on the NE end and they do now take visitors.

Stony Hill
Chappellet

Buy Australian Shiraz based on a certain critic’s scores.

Matthiasson is now doing visits at their new winery, on the estate vineyard, which is one of the most unassuming in Napa (it is the polar opposite of Darioush). Steve is one of the most prominent consultants and winemakers of The New California Wine style (or whatever it’s now called). The main pers...

A case of Scherrer zin and about 250 tacos.

It’s more of a risk for the lower price point wines and beer.

Spent the evening at the home of a winemaker friend. He opened a 2002 Napa cab/merlot blend made by his Dad (it runs in the family). It was de-lovely.

Last time I did an inventory, I discovered I was off by 20%. That was both a good and a bad day.

Tom, I agree with you w/r/t the Bedrock single vineyard SBs, but I was disappointed by the Sonoma County bottling. I found it lifeless. Probably the only Bedrock I’ve had that I didn’t like.

Cat pee, because it's the funniest.

Boxes are dead at retail.

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