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Glenn L e v i n e

You guys never had a wine with fantastic mouthfeel and a nearly 100% savory profile? Like well-made gravy instead of wine.

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Whoa, this is pure gravy now. Decanted for two hours and served in Zalto Universals this is savory all the way, don't bother looking for bright fruit. There is ample acid on the attack and some tannin, of course, but mostly this is mouth-coating, ruby/purple gravy. Stood up to Mel's meat-laden chili...

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We had a bottle of the 13 last night and found it stunning: perfectly contouring that fine line between savory & sweet. Scrumptious wine!

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Thanks for the note... I have a 2010 James Berry that I would like to pop soon (never had Saxum). Based on your note, should I wait with this for a while and look for another bottle/vintage that's more approachable? Ready to rock. Have a 1/2 glass (or a whole) upon uncorking and drop the remainder ...

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Busted one out tonight. When Saxum hits a HR it’s like Giancarlo, get the tape measure out.

Justin, bro, one L bottles. Please dude.

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We tried the 13, and then the 12, these past two nights. The 13 is royally a cool-climate and acid-driven Syrah, a fairly unique expression really. Don't expects olives or a dark fruit attack, this is ground-level Syrah. We enjoyed the wine after an hour in the decanter and it seems like it will age...

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New Trillium tasting superstore is straight dope.

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I’m thinking Trillium/Smoke Shop lunch.

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Jud Reis wrote: ↑
October 19th, 2018, 6:11 pm
Glenn - just got back from overseas. Let me see how jet lag is tomorrow- if I am in reasonably good shape, would you be free Sunday night for dinner?

Meeting finished today so I’m free until dinner. Meetings tomorrow but right now free for dinner Sunday.

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Beer recommendations fellas please...

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Til Weds afternoon.

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I'm solo in Boston starting Friday night, wife has a punctured eardrum and cant make the flight. Anyone up for a meal or drinks just shout at me.

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Michael Alberty has been writing about this issue in-depth for The Oregonian.

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Thanks guys. Warren, you’d have dug those 68 Heredia Gran Riservas for sure!

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how about a tn on the macdonald please? Obviously it was very fine indeed. We uncorked both Cabs ~ 24H early and poured off into the mid-shoulder. I thought the wine was very balanced and elegant, especially in contrast with the Materium. Maybach took another day open to really mellow out, terrific...

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I’ll try to get a photo up soon Buzz. That 1993 Jadot Hospice was the backbone of this weekend’s wines!

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She did! You’ll have to ask what was her favorite.

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Thanks Jay!

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Thank you Nola! Those 68 Spanish wines both showed so very well.

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Here’s a close-up of the menu man.

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Wonderful weekend of friends, food & wine took place in celebration of my wife’s 50th. This culminated with a catered dinner by Trellis: Curated Wine Dinners and this was an artful, well-paced, truly excellent meal. The wines came from my cellar with their staff making a request for Oregon Pinot Gri...

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Somewhere I have a cool photo of this vineyard from a Harley ride years ago. If I find it I’ll link it here, old vines.

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I’m a big zombie fan.

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We uncorked the 12 A-R PMR PN after a long day of moving furniture and wine, following the dreadful opening of a really cooked 06 WS RRV. The Arnot-Roberts was really good with real energy and still displaying some juicebox while letting you peek at the gravy bowl. Finish a bit shorter than I might ...

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Having a bottle of the 14 A-R Trousseau tonight with local mushrooms, epic raspberries and sprouted sourdough. Such a glorious nose, you know this is a new world wine but it’s savory and not the shortcake described above any longer. Maybe a whiff of pineapple? Very even handed and a lovely finish th...

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Just made a reservation for O Ya Saturday October 20. Reading along to find some other spots, mostly for lunches as dinners will be work-related.

Staying in the Seaport.

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No, I won’t be doing that.

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Always been a fan of CB and this wine in particular, I dig oxidized Jura white wines as well to provide some context. Last had the 95 over a long lunch on Orcas Island last summer. Wine improved over 2+ hours, was brilliant with local mussels. We had the 97 during that lunch too, and that showed mor...

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It’s good upon uncorking but I thought it improved over two hours.

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Had friends over for Tajine slow-cooked, grass-fed tri-tip and no hardcore geeks in attendance so just for our own pleasure we uncorked three Napa Cabs from the prickly 09 vintage. Eric Keating’s Beckstoffer Georges lll killed two board darlings I won’t mention here. Just a lovely drop: refined whil...

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Calera Selleck and Ceritas Escarpa have been personal favorites for 2012. Last time I had checked in on them, around Christmas, both were a few years out from prime drinking window IMO. I agree with this, having the 12 Escarpa tonight and wish I had waited longer. I apologize as upon recycling I no...

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JohnP wrote:Calera Selleck and Ceritas Escarpa have been personal favorites for 2012. Last time I had checked in on them, around Christmas, both were a few years out from prime drinking window IMO.

I agree with this, having the 12 Escarpa tonight and wish I had waited longer.

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Over the years there have been many producers with different presentations from the Grandpere Vineyard in The Shenandoah Valley.

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OK Omens is a lovely night out. Ask for the age page.

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Thanks. All I could find was weird social commentary as I searched David Chang. This is an interesting six minutes (4:00-10:00 if you have no interest in hearing about partying excessively in Vegas, as I didn't), it's obvious Chang has real regret and sorrow while trying to digest palpable anger. He...

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I'd like to listen to that, what is the podcast called?

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A. So wrote:
AlexS wrote:Did you even make any attempt at reading the first two sentences of the OP or did you just skip right to the score?
Your fatal mistake is assuming Eden knows how numbers work.

I hate myself for loving this thread.

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Jeremy C wrote:Thanks, Steve. I agree that this wine can rest in the cellar a while. I had one last month and for me, the fact that it was better the second day strongly suggested as much.

I opened a bottle Tuesday and it's just now strutting it's stuff.

I did not taste it yesterday.

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That hipster/balla Venn Diagram only a chosen few can draw properly.

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Loved seeing this on FB as well. Bravo sir.

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Great wine. I have enjoyed both this and their reserve without a single disappointment.

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Mike S. wrote:Diamond Creek Lake and Volcanic Hill 1978

I have tasted that VH, it was fantastic wine.

Others I have had: 78 Cask 23 and 74 Caymus.

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That's a good summer beer on the coast.

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Looks walkable from my hotel too!

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I've been under the weather but head to D.C. Thursday for five days, big conference.

Anything in the D.C. beer scene that is can't miss?

TIA.

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Hail, Osso Bucco, & BdM FTW!

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2008 Hudson Vineyard North Block Whole Cluster has to be one of the most elegant Syrah wines from this famed terroir we have ever had. Still it has all the cured, salted meats and diesel you expect but it's not bombastic at all. As per SScott: cool, like the other side of the pillow. No rush to drin...

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Wife unscrewed 2014 Sonoma Co Zin earlier this week and somehow left a glass for me last night with Yankee game.

How Mike does this for ~ $20 is astonishing.

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Or ... you can also get 6 Rotie Northern Blend for $40 LIFETIME pricing. It's their own vineyard in the Rocks, instead of sourcing. across the street from Stoney Vine and 2 blocks from Cayuse. They're building a tasting room at their vineyard, set to open next year. Same deal with Proper Wines, $40...

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New wine club offer from Sleight of Hand: six bottles of Syrah annually for ~ $60/btl + shipping. The vines from which these wines originate thrive in that same rocky Milton-Freewater soil that made Cayuse famous.

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