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Nate, one more contribution for you. Thanks again for doing this. The story on this wine is that I'm developing an affection for the Chardonnay made my Dominique Moreau. In 2019, I had the 2014 vintage of Eloquence three times. The first bottle that year I opened, I had one of those experiences wher...

2014 Marie Courtin Champagne Efflorescence Extra Brut - France, Champagne (1/1/2021) 5th bottle this year, a wine that is also on my best of the year list for 2020, and what we opened for NYE last night. Finishing it today. This is the December 2018 disgorgement, which may be my first bottle from t...

2014 Marie Courtin Champagne Efflorescence Extra Brut - France, Champagne (1/1/2021) 5th bottle this year, a wine that is also on my best of the year list for 2020, and what we opened for NYE last night. Finishing it today. This is the December 2018 disgorgement, which may be my first bottle from t...

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Brig, thanks for starting the topic here. You're the storyteller of our group, so I look forward to your notes later. Larry, happy new year buddy. These wines were all bottled about three weeks prior. Jamie shipped them all to me after they had been corked and foiled. I hung onto them until we could...

For me, this topic reminds me similarly of Échelle des Crus. Fortunately, that system is dead. Broadening out to Howard's thought above, you end up with some 5 tiered gradation, which feels similarly subjective to Échelle des Crus. Example...I love Marie Courtin, Larmandier-Bernier, Vilmart, Mousse,...

Graf, happy holidays buddy. Have not seen you since in a long while, hope you and everyone there in LA are well, dude. Thanks for posting about the 2014 Marie Courtin Eff. I've had four bottles of it this year, and my view in to that wine is that it's special stuff. Three of us just split on another...

For you Rat, I not only opened Zin, but I am wearing my Rosso t-shirt and posting a photo of my mug, with the crazy dog. You're a good man for taking this week on to help others. You know, if I could ask Santa for a wish, it would be to sport my Rosso t-shirt, then drive my ass up to Santa Rosa, and...

Hi Frank - I hope you're well. I have nothing to request but felt compelled to come post here that I never ever thought I'd live to see the day when FMIII would type "I want to move some Pinot Noir out of my cellar." Just when I thought 2020 couldn't get any weirder... [tease.gif] Yeah, y...

Updated for more sold items last night.

Brig brought by my place two wines to try, in support of Jay's challenge. So, in the spirit of charity, I went through both of these with notes to follow. I just don't care for these wines, and while the Torbreck was at least drinkable and decent, I just don't care for wines made in this style anymo...

I want to thank everyone for making this a tremendous week. We did very well, and I wanted to give you a summary. Based on all the notes, as well as the matching donations from several of you, including mine which is against all the notes (and doubled by my anonymous Berserker), we raised just over ...

Folks, we have a few hours left so you still have time. After midnight, we change over to Jay Hack's week so get your TNs tonight if you want them counted. Here is my final note. I've signed on to follow Wells Guthrie into his new Dupuis project in Anderson Valley, and I'm working through the 2018 A...

Brig, Brig, Brig, you generous soul. No donations to me....direct to Laura's House please. But since you made it already, I will add it to my final donation this week.

Frank, Many thanks. I have this somewhere, you may have posted it earlier, but: Please (re)post all of the donor info for Laura's House, address, attention to (name of person), what we should write on the check. Thank you. Dan Kravitz Dan, please just donate directly to Laura's House via their webs...

Gina came over to post, but she found the right thread so that's good.

Rat, don't worry, I got it. But hey, we got Wisconsin football back in the discussion.

Man, I miss the fans in college football. Go away 2020 and COVID.

Thanks for the continued posts. Wanted to pass along that two additional Berserkers have stepped up to make additional donations. One for $200 and another is going to match a $1 per note, plus an employer match for another $1. Both of these will help increase the total donation--thank you! And, seve...

2014 Marie Courtin Champagne Efflorescence Extra Brut - France, Champagne (11/26/2020) Happy Thanksgiving everyone. It's been a helluva year for many, us included. This bottle is a BEAUTY, just like the other three I've had earlier in the year. It's on my short list for my Champagne of the year, al...

Viet is in. And that plate of food, chances are he whipped that up. Viet is a modest soul but he can chef up some really fantastic food, as I have had it a # of times and he knows what he's doing. It's great to keep seeing the posts, some of you with repeated posts, it all helps to raise money for L...

You guys are tearing this up......GO GO GO!

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Thank you all very much for supporting the thread today....more and more posts, which is driving up the total donation. I even got a PM earlier from another Berserker that he was making a side donation to Laura's House. Thank you, sir. I also want to recognize Margaret, who posted earlier today abou...

I'm enjoying all the photos and posts. Please keep going everyone, as we're doing great.

Hi, I want to sell these wines and make the donation. With that said, I will drop the price on the Hillsides to $125 each, which is $25 less than the release price. If you want them, please grab them. I'm also willing to drop the prices on all the remaining non-Hillside bottles by $5. I just want to...

Updated for sold items.

2018 Kutch Pinot Noir Falstaff Vineyard - USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast (11/21/2020) This is a heartfelt tasting note. I really didn't like this wine when I tasted with Jamie right after it was bottled, it came off with a lot of tomato. I was really concerned because Falstaff is one ...

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Anyone else have an interest in these? Remember, 20% of whatever I sell, I will donate that amount to Laura's House.

Terrific, good to see you all jumping in to get this started. It warms my soul to see people take this event to heart, especially in the shi##y year it has been for so many, in so many places. Thank you, truly. We'll do some good here for Laura's House, and remember, with my matching donor, as well ...

brigcampbell wrote: ↑November 19th, 2020, 6:23 pm I'll donate $25 for every tasting note I post.

Don't forget PN bubbles count too.

Thank you buddy. We appreciate the generosity.

You can open the bottle starting 11/20 and post the note anytime between then and 11/29. Mike, myself and our anonymous matching donor look forward to getting this started....and, if you want to be a matching donor, to whatever degree you wish, please post (or anonymously and I'll keep your name unp...

Thanks Counselor Seiber. I'm close to 50/50 (still/Champagne) for the cellar. And with the postponement of Falltacular, I figured the 20% donation would help, too. I've had a couple private messages asking about the wines. I'm gonna let this ride for another day or so and then I will sell to whomeve...

I want to move some Pinot Noir out of my cellar, as I continue to build my love for Champagne and move $$$ to rebalance my cellar. This is the purpose behind offering the wines listed below. All of them have been stored in my cellar since release. As for the pricing, I am firm on these. They are all...

This has been a tough year for many. We all know those challenges, some have felt them personally. To help with that, let's do something positive and kick off the annual holiday tasting note challenge, carrying on the tradition we started around here more than 5 years ago to raise money for charity....

Hello to the Falltacular family. It's been a helluva year for so many, driven by the election dynamics, economic conditions, and probably most of all as it pertains to Falltacular, the COVID spread.Each person in the Falltacular family has felt some impact, some greater than others, and for that, Ji...

I've found that wine is something I enjoy much more when I'm feeling happy, when it feels like a reward. It doesn't have the power to transmute unhappiness to happiness, at least for me... ... I firmly believe that by the year 2100, there will be more democracies than there are now, fewer people li...

Brent S wrote: ↑August 3rd, 2020, 3:05 pm I had a half bottle of this on Saturday. It was great. Read this note and made me want to check it out. Very pretty, clean, mineral driven wine with bright citrus notes.

Brent, there is some variation going here. I would like my bottle to taste as you describe, which is why I love Alpine.

Robert, hang in there. This is a shitty time in some respects, based on a # of things popping around us that I am not happy about either. I've had my days too recently but being outside, as I was today to play a round of golf with another Berserkers, it does help. Break away from the news for a bit,...

My contribution to this here discussion.... 2014 Rhys Chardonnay Alpine Vineyard - USA, California, San Francisco Bay, Santa Cruz Mountains (8/6/2020) A number of smart palates have written about this wine in the past few weeks. It got me curious and of the few Rhys Chards I have not tasted, this is...

Just arrived today. Will get onto this once i finish the Padma Lakshmi memoir (which is terrific, BTW). 20200731_174035.jpg FWIW, I tried to start the Hitler's Vineyard's book last night and just wasn't digging the writing style. It just came across as heavy, boring. I sent it back to Amazon today....

Just arrived today. Will get onto this once i finish the Padma Lakshmi memoir (which is terrific, BTW). 20200731_174035.jpg FWIW, I tried to start the Hitler's Vineyard's book last night and just wasn't digging the writing style. It just came across as heavy, boring. I sent it back to Amazon today....

Brian, I'm late to this but what I can offer, I own Switchback Ridge, Mending Wall and Carlisle (the latter both made from Palisades Vineyard). I have a hard time with the alcohols on these wines now but when I want to share PS with friends or during a meal, these are the 3 wines that are in my cell...

Well, you guys got me interested now so I decided to put my final remaining bottle onto my Drink Now list and then I'll come back and add my note to the thread here. Thanks for the input, it really helps.

Not sure if anyone mentioned Model Farm yet so let me add that one, too. They should be releasing their 2018 in the next few weeks. Based on the 2017 we had last weekend, which was fantastic for my palate, I plan to keep buying and will do that with the 2018.

https://www.modelfarmwines.com

Not Andrew but he is correct.

I dig the new label. From the two times I have heard Laurent talk about it, he is very proud of it, too. This will show you the label.

https://www.laywheeler.com/product-detail?id=1312264A

Warren, I still have one bottle left of the 2010 Vilmart CR.....sounds like a good time to drink it, yes? Andrew, good duo there, man. The 2012 CdC is coming soon........saving my budget for that! Any intel on when we may start seeing this at U.S. retail? What I am hearing is Fall. Between this and...

Buek, we opened the Quake Cuvee last night and I had one small pour of it and then, poof, my family had crushed the bottle. What a cool value that was for $48 way back when. Still doing the Matthiasson Cabs.

Warren, I still have one bottle left of the 2010 Vilmart CR.....sounds like a good time to drink it, yes?

Andrew, good duo there, man. The 2012 CdC is coming soon........saving my budget for that!

Frigging virus. I wish you both the best as you recover back from this thing.

Blake Brown wrote: ↑July 31st, 2020, 5:55 pm
Frank Murray III wrote: ↑July 31st, 2020, 5:52 pm
AD Northup wrote: ↑July 31st, 2020, 5:38 pm I’m doing what I can to prop them up...
Me too, dude.
Me 3 dudes

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