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- March 1st, 2021, 12:50 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Are any hybrid grapes worthy?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 993
Re: Are any hybrid grapes worthy?
How about the elusive Champale grape?
- February 13th, 2021, 8:29 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Macdonald Waitlist
- Replies: 60
- Views: 9066
Re: Macdonald Waitlist
I guess more fundamental question is what makes Macdonald cabs so highly regarded? I never had one so I can't really say anything about their quality, even though from what I gather, it's extremely high, but is the allure more so because of their history and how they go about doing their business? ...
- February 3rd, 2021, 8:49 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: The 100 point scale is pretty useless.
- Replies: 204
- Views: 9425
Re: The 100 point scale is pretty useless.
So, what you’re saying is, scores are not dead at retail?
- February 2nd, 2021, 8:36 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: What Causes The "Cola" Aroma in Some Pinot Noirs?
- Replies: 60
- Views: 3528
Re: What Causes The "Cola" Aroma in Some Pinot Noirs?
Okay, I’m gonna ask a dumb, but sincere, question. Does cola have an aroma? I admit I’ve never sniffed my Coke (ha! Cocaine joke!). I always thought of cola flavors in Pinot, but aroma?
- January 18th, 2021, 1:12 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Have wine auction lots become much more scarce....?
- Replies: 187
- Views: 10009
Re: Have wine auction lots become much more scarce....?
The Covid-effect? I know I’ve bought more than normal this year. I would think that it is a large part of it. Higher consumption and more money being diverted from my traveling budget have increased my purchasing. Traveling vicariously with regional wine, food recipes, and travel documentaries have...
- January 16th, 2021, 9:29 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Pet annoyance with all the waiting list wineries.
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2987
Re: Pet annoyance with all the waiting list wineries.
You may be trying to not name names here, but how many “ tryna-be-exclusive” wineries really do this? I suppose it’s less than the “every single” posited (likely for emphasis rather than fact). I mean, I’ve seen it before, and yeah, it’s kinda dumb. But is it really that rampant outside of wineries ...
- January 15th, 2021, 6:24 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Screaming eagle
- Replies: 45
- Views: 6913
Re: Screaming eagle
Man, I should avoid taking peyote before reading these threads. It’s like, I think it makes sense, but it doesn’t.
- January 13th, 2021, 8:58 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Sine Qua Non Ziehharmonika
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1327
Re: Sine Qua Non Ziehharmonika
Now they’re just plain trolling.
- January 10th, 2021, 6:42 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Green hue in my Chardonnay - what does it mean?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2586
Re: Green hue in my Chardonnay - what does it mean?
I think it means there’s 6 more weeks of winter.
- January 5th, 2021, 9:09 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: BevMo Accused of Bait and Switch
- Replies: 73
- Views: 6085
Re: BevMo Accused of Bait and Switch
Best bump ever.
- January 4th, 2021, 7:37 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Some Wineries Get It...And Others Don't...Chap 37
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2141
Re: Some Wineries Get It...And Others Don't...Chap 37
I work at a small winery and we have about 400 wine club members. I would bet I could find at least 10-20 who would love to act as an ambassador of the winery. We have people ask to volunteer to help bottle even. As to the comment above, I made a ton of money, more than you mention, when I was in b...
- December 31st, 2020, 9:50 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Sabrage on a half bottle?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1515
Re: Sabrage on a half bottle?
Video, please.
- December 30th, 2020, 12:23 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Let's end 2020 with some fun! Controversial opinions- Burgundy is overrated.
- Replies: 252
- Views: 10973
Re: Let's end 2020 with some fun! Controversial opinions- Burgundy is overrated.
I posited on a thread earlier this year that terroir is mostly bullshit and subjective. Needless to say, it didn’t go over well. I was eventually convinced that it’s not all bullshit, but I still say that it’s subjective and not quantifiable.
Happy new year!
Happy new year!
- December 28th, 2020, 8:35 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Distributors - Is it worth the cost?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2286
Re: Distributors - Is it worth the cost?
There are also wine brokers. They tend to take a lesser cut, but it means they're just a sales go-between and you pay for the storing of the wine and the shipping when it goes to retailer. For smaller brands it can be a better solution. But with restaurants being out of the picture for the time bei...
- December 27th, 2020, 8:55 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: TN: 2016 Ultramarine Rosé Heintz Vineyard
- Replies: 8
- Views: 615
Re: TN: 2016 Ultramarine Rosé Heintz Vineyard
The recent 2016 offering was my first, so I’m new to Ultramarine. Do they need time or are they like this rose and generally good to go upon release?
- December 27th, 2020, 5:44 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: TN: 2016 Ultramarine Rosé Heintz Vineyard
- Replies: 8
- Views: 615
Re: TN: 2016 Ultramarine Rosé Heintz Vineyard
Oh, man. I now know what I’m opening on NYE.
- December 27th, 2020, 2:56 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Stony Hill Sold.....Again?!
- Replies: 51
- Views: 4695
Re: Stony Hill Sold.....Again?!
I know none of the people involved nor the actual reason, but I can guess. And I have an opinion about what they should do, too. [popcorn.gif] Long Meadow Ranch owns Farmstead. Given the huge drop in tourism in Napa in 2020 combined with trying to turn around Stony Hill, combined with a possible to...
- December 27th, 2020, 2:49 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Corison vineyard sources
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1340
Re: Corison vineyard sources
David, you might just try emailing them and see if they’ll tell you. I imagine that they’ll be happy you’re interested, unless it’s confidential.
- December 26th, 2020, 4:04 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Stony Hill Sold.....Again?!
- Replies: 51
- Views: 4695
Re: Stony Hill Sold.....Again?!
I hadn't thought about how somebody would prefer the title of 'estate manager' over 'general manager'. Perhaps if the owners threw in an embossed business card on very thick paper a person would feel even better. Personally I am a 'show me the money' kind of guy and with housing prices what they ar...
- December 26th, 2020, 6:23 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Stony Hill Sold.....Again?!
- Replies: 51
- Views: 4695
- December 25th, 2020, 11:09 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Stony Hill Sold.....Again?!
- Replies: 51
- Views: 4695
Re: Stony Hill Sold.....Again?!
Don't take Mel so seriously. Is there a list of board members one shouldn’t take seriously? There’s plenty of bullshit in wine marketing to make fun of, for sure. But I’ve got friends who are Estate Managers/Directors, and they’re senior positions. To dismiss it as “mowing the lawn” is more than ju...
- December 25th, 2020, 10:56 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Stony Hill Sold.....Again?!
- Replies: 51
- Views: 4695
Re: Stony Hill Sold.....Again?!
I love this term that keeps popping up, Estate Director. It is so wonderfully ambiguous. In charge of mowing the lawn?? I am sure the Estate Director will make sure the wines proffered for tasting will be properly curated. It’s a senior position that encompasses many roles, from overseeing hospital...
- December 20th, 2020, 1:13 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: undervalued but not for long? (edited)
- Replies: 133
- Views: 8709
Re: undervalued but not for long?
I gotta agree here with Otto’s general sentiment. How much do you think an importer or a retailer can boost a price of a $40-ish bottle of wine that isn’t Burgundy and get away with it (unless it’s a WS top ten, but that’s a rarity)? It ain’t gonna be $100. Argentina isn’t that hot in US markets. T...
- December 20th, 2020, 8:12 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: undervalued but not for long? (edited)
- Replies: 133
- Views: 8709
Re: undervalued but not for long?
I gotta agree here with Otto’s general sentiment. How much do you think an importer or a retailer can boost a price of a $40-ish bottle of wine that isn’t Burgundy and get away with it (unless it’s a WS top ten, but that’s a rarity)? It ain’t gonna be $100. Argentina isn’t that hot in US markets. Th...
- November 4th, 2020, 8:56 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: The most helpful thing you can say in your tasting note...
- Replies: 64
- Views: 2868
Re: The most helpful thing you can say in your tasting note...
“It tastes like cat pee.”
- October 30th, 2020, 12:32 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Winery rec's for some white varietals?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 517
Re: QPR
Quite Pedantic Ranter
- October 25th, 2020, 1:10 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: How irrelevant has The Delectable Wine App become?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1844
Re: How irrelevant has The Delectable Wine App become?
So, it sounds like the answer to the question is “either totally or not at all”.
- October 18th, 2020, 4:42 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Fait-Main absurdly high shipping rates
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1963
Re: Fait-Main absurdly high shipping rates
Best thread ever.
- October 18th, 2020, 1:03 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Smoke taint 2020...
- Replies: 375
- Views: 36277
Re: Smoke taint 2020...
Does the tainted wine placed in barrels effect the barrels downstream? I’m thinking of market for neutral barrels and other uses besides flower pots No one knows but I will not be reusing any barrels in the future if any wine that touches them turn out tainted. After bottling one small lot of highl...
- October 13th, 2020, 3:05 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Newfound - Fall Release
- Replies: 4
- Views: 406
Re: Newfound - Fall Release
This is their 3rd or 4th vintage. Matt is a solid winemaker, and the wines (particularly the Rhône wines) have been delicious with a lot of air. Should be a few good notes on CT. I’ll second that, though full disclosure - I’m friends with Matt and Audra (who does the tastings for Matthiasson). Thes...
- October 10th, 2020, 8:56 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: QPR Hall of Fame
- Replies: 72
- Views: 5450
Re: QPR Hall of Fame
Scherrer Zin and RRV Pinot, both on futures.
- October 6th, 2020, 12:00 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Best Wine + Halloween Candy Pairings?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 688
Re: Best Wine + Halloween Candy Pairings?
Candy Corn + buttery Chardonnay
- October 4th, 2020, 8:57 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: #GlassFire
- Replies: 539
- Views: 61805
Re: #GlassFire
Great news! And rain later this week!Merrill Lindquist wrote: ↑October 4th, 2020, 5:31 pm I just got word that I may return to my property tomorrow!
- October 4th, 2020, 1:24 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: #GlassFire
- Replies: 539
- Views: 61805
Re: #GlassFire
Jeez, that’s a lot of fire retardant being dumped. That’ll probably end up in the water table and will be the gift that keeps on giving in future vintages. I had heard concerns about that for the fires in 2017, so possibly affecting the 2018 vintage. I’m not an expert in the potential dangers of th...
- October 3rd, 2020, 9:06 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: #GlassFire
- Replies: 539
- Views: 61805
- October 1st, 2020, 12:20 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Napa/Sonoma Trip Yes or No?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 2693
Re: Napa/Sonoma Trip Yes or No?
Rob, it’s not quite the same, but why not set up a day of virtual tastings? I’m sure if you told them it’s for your birthday, your favorites would be thrilled to make it work, sending you wines ahead of time. Plus, if you do it from home, you can pack in a whole pile more tastings. And it’d be a way...
- October 1st, 2020, 11:56 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: #GlassFire
- Replies: 539
- Views: 61805
Re: #GlassFire
AQI in my part of Napa (SW side on edge of Carneros) is right now 381. It’s like standing next to a campfire outside. Even my dog is refusing to go out. They announced 5% containment this morning. What source are you using? My photo was from 29 heading for 121 S of Imola and they said 157. Cathy Co...
- October 1st, 2020, 11:25 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: #GlassFire
- Replies: 539
- Views: 61805
Re: #GlassFire
Crap! As for air quality, this is in Napa proper at AQI of 157... 5B0C7DDF-D616-4C4E-9AD5-51CAAB08D6BE.jpeg St Helena is checking in at an AQI of... 4D3B0A3D-6C1F-4361-B7E5-5F87AED8E26D.png [swoon.gif] Breathing in Napa made me feel ill and I had a mask on the entire time. Hoping people stay indoor...
- October 1st, 2020, 10:48 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: #GlassFire
- Replies: 539
- Views: 61805
Re: #GlassFire
Eerily quiet overnight and this morning. And now we have a little something going on - 2 to 3 acres at Oakville Grade and Dry Creek Road. Air support on its way, hope they knock that one down quickly. Crap! As for air quality, this is in Napa proper at AQI of 157... 5B0C7DDF-D616-4C4E-9AD5-51CAAB08...
- September 30th, 2020, 9:37 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: #GlassFire
- Replies: 539
- Views: 61805
Re: #GlassFire
I did say “mostly”, not all....Mich@el Ch@ng wrote: ↑September 30th, 2020, 7:35 am Pretty sure tourists visit Castillo Di amarosa.
Isn’t there a culinary institute right by there too?
- September 30th, 2020, 7:14 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: #GlassFire
- Replies: 539
- Views: 61805
Re: #GlassFire
I have vacationed in or near Napa three times but I am having trouble figuring out the geography of where the fires are. There are a few roads that I remember well and I can locate - Route 29 and the Silverado Trail and Deer Park Road that goes up to Angwin all the way to Outpost and then past the ...
- September 29th, 2020, 9:10 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: #GlassFire
- Replies: 539
- Views: 61805
Re: #GlassFire
Glass Fire is now 2% contained, which is a big deal. Down here in the City of Napa, the air is clearing up. Granted, we’ve got a few days heat coming, as Roy noted, but maybe the tide has turned....
- September 29th, 2020, 7:11 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: #GlassFire
- Replies: 539
- Views: 61805
Re: #GlassFire
Good news!Merrill Lindquist wrote: ↑September 29th, 2020, 6:52 am Just now an update from an official source that my property is unburned . The glass fire has moved north eastward up in the palisades mountain range. May it stay there until it is out...this is mostly conservation land.
- September 28th, 2020, 8:59 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: #GlassFire
- Replies: 539
- Views: 61805
Re: #GlassFire
Some good news!
- September 28th, 2020, 4:38 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: #GlassFire
- Replies: 539
- Views: 61805
Re: #GlassFire
Fairwinds Estate also seriously damaged. Just east of the Trail by Dunaweal.
- September 28th, 2020, 2:56 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: #GlassFire
- Replies: 539
- Views: 61805
Re: #GlassFire
This could be a ray of good news (Sarah is a Sonoma reporter who has been covering fires for years - she’s a highly reliable source), although a terrible loss of the wine in tank:
- September 28th, 2020, 2:13 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: #GlassFire
- Replies: 539
- Views: 61805
Re: #GlassFire
That’s great news! I also read they did an amazing job protecting Rombauer.Al Osterheld wrote: ↑September 28th, 2020, 2:00 pm It sounded like some of the vineyard at the winery burned but firefighters saved the buildings.
-Al
- September 28th, 2020, 1:43 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: #GlassFire
- Replies: 539
- Views: 61805
Re: #GlassFire
Unfortunately that appears to be right:
- September 28th, 2020, 12:01 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: #GlassFire
- Replies: 539
- Views: 61805
Re: #GlassFire
According to Mercury News, Boswell, Hunnicutt, Failla, Castillo di Amoroso all damaged.
DrinkwardPeschon is reporting also about Behrens:
DrinkwardPeschon is reporting also about Behrens: