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- November 25th, 2019, 11:47 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Thanksgiving Day Wine Lineup
- Replies: 139
- Views: 5844
Re: Thanksgiving Day Wine Lineup
Someone get Nate a calendar. Or a history text. Or both Funny. But the point is “what’s with all the French wine?” It's really good. I am headed to the shop today to get a few bottles for the extended fam to drink. I'll look first to domestic wines but if I don't find anything in the range I want, ...
- November 20th, 2019, 6:23 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: What is YOUR most recent wine purchase?
- Replies: 12208
- Views: 587209
Re: What is YOUR most recent wine purchase?
Birichino Holiday sixer - 2018 Pétulant Naturel Vermentino, 2018 Vin Gris, 2018 Jurassic Park Chenin Blanc, 2016 Boer Vineyard Pinot Noir, 2019 Bechthold Cinsault "Vieux Nouveau", 2018 Besson Grenache Old Vines for $145 delivered.
- November 17th, 2019, 3:56 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Are there objectively good and bad wines?
- Replies: 100
- Views: 3277
Re: Are there objectively good and bad wines?
So to touch on another thread, does faith to the grape play in? Can a Pinot that drinks as the world’s greatest Syrah be a good wine? I imagine that the answers will be “ no” and “perhaps, if it is not manipulated to do so” but I am curious.
- November 16th, 2019, 10:58 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Are there objectively good and bad wines?
- Replies: 100
- Views: 3277
Re: Are there objectively good and bad wines?
Terry Theise wrote a book arguing “yes”. Seems a syllogism to me. I want to say yes but can’t see how either side of the argument can be proven (or is it “proved”?).
- November 14th, 2019, 5:02 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: PSA - Zalto's at Barneys
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3001
Re: PSA - Zalto's at Barneys
- October 31st, 2019, 1:58 pm
- Forum: Wine 101: The Basics
- Topic: code 38 waiters corkscrew
- Replies: 5
- Views: 667
Re: code 38 waiters corkscrew
For my home use I'm completely with Chris. I have a perfectly adequate waiter's corkscrew that I spent about $10 on. As my modest cellar ages, I am considering a Durand. The design and function are different enough that I *may* rationalize the $125 investment. I can't see spending another $100 witho...
- October 30th, 2019, 5:23 am
- Forum: Commerce Corner - Wine Classifieds
- Topic: Looking for people interested in getting paid for hosting wine tastings via video chat
- Replies: 15
- Views: 942
Re: Looking for people interested in getting paid for hosting wine tastings via video chat
You came to the right place. There is no shortage of “wine experts” here. [stirthepothal.gif] Haha That brings up a good point - We've gone back and forth on what to call the "Wine Expert" in this scenario because it means different things to different people. In my eyes, most people here know more...
- October 28th, 2019, 12:44 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: "What the . . . Where TF did this come from?"
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2432
Re: "What the . . . Where TF did this come from?"
I have a modest cellar and have never had that happen. Plenty of "What the ....where TF did my bottles of ....go?" and the all too rare "Aha, I thought I'd drunk all of that" but never a find that i didn't remember buying or receiving as a gift.
- October 17th, 2019, 9:59 am
- Forum: Travel and Restaurants Forum
- Topic: Downtown Philadelphia Wine Shop Recommendation
- Replies: 5
- Views: 656
Re: Downtown Philadelphia Wine Shop Recommendation
Sarah and Richard mention small licensed 'bottle shops'. I've not yet been and it is a bit of a hike from the convention center but if you find yourself near Headhouse check out the shop at Bloomsday Cafe https://bloomsdaycafe.com/potation. The list, and presumably the shop, was created by the best ...
- October 16th, 2019, 10:42 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: What's the best Pinot Grigio?
- Replies: 66
- Views: 1358
Re: What's the best Pinot Grigio?
I've not yet tried it, but this video makes Kettmeir seem quite attractive.
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- September 30th, 2019, 11:39 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Lots of good, not so much great
- Replies: 54
- Views: 1953
Re: Lots of good, not so much great
I've been thinking about this a lot lately as I too often find myself unable to choose a wine from the cellar. Sure, there are special wines that are earmarked to share with specific people and/or on special occasions and/or with specific meals but that leaves a whole bunch of 'good' wine that I'm m...
- September 24th, 2019, 8:01 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Sane, old-school Napa Valley Cab producers
- Replies: 76
- Views: 4311
Re: Sane, old-school Napa Valley Cab producers
What happened to Seavey? I see that they still seem to exist (active web site selling new wines) but I never hear them mentioned anymore.
- September 12th, 2019, 7:04 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Tricky situation with long term CC deal- what would you do?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1650
Re: Tricky situation with long term CC deal- what would you do?
I read this "But still- PMs I send here that show read go unanswered. Several now." as stating that PMs are being read, not sitting un-read in Tom's outbox. That seems odd - the buyer is out-of-pocket and seemingly aware that there is a potential issue but not taking any action. Regardless, Mr. Fu's...
- September 2nd, 2019, 6:50 pm
- Forum: Epicurean Exploits - Food and Recipes
- Topic: Scallop and sole night...searing is hard.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1223
Re: Scallop and sole night...searing is hard.
I also get scallops as dry as possible and sear at high heat in clarified butter.
- September 1st, 2019, 11:49 am
- Forum: Epicurean Exploits - Food and Recipes
- Topic: Help me Redesign my Kitchen
- Replies: 48
- Views: 1805
Re: Help me Redesign my Kitchen
Posted up thread but I’ll repeat - going from tile to wood is one of the biggest rewards of my recent remodel. Standing for hours to prep, cook, clean, etc. is much easier.
- August 31st, 2019, 10:23 am
- Forum: Epicurean Exploits - Food and Recipes
- Topic: Help me Redesign my Kitchen
- Replies: 48
- Views: 1805
Re: Help me Redesign my Kitchen
We went from tile floor to wood and my 60 year old back is very thankful. We did have gel mats for the tile but wood is still more forgiving.
- August 31st, 2019, 9:13 am
- Forum: Epicurean Exploits - Food and Recipes
- Topic: Help me Redesign my Kitchen
- Replies: 48
- Views: 1805
Re: Help me Redesign my Kitchen
I completely agree re drawers for below counter except we lucked into the need for a small filler and ended up with a thin, tall cabinet next to the range which is perfect for sheet pans.
- August 24th, 2019, 6:45 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: WTF is the problem with Chardonnay?
- Replies: 159
- Views: 8430
Re: WTF is the problem with Chardonnay?
I have heard that some people are allergic to terroir.
- August 17th, 2019, 6:13 pm
- Forum: Travel and Restaurants Forum
- Topic: PSA: Rehoboth Beach, Delaware is nearly the perfect east coast beach town
- Replies: 41
- Views: 2572
Re: PSA: Rehoboth Beach, Delaware is nearly the perfect east coast beach town
Neal - The Bill Charlap trio is playing a there 10/18 as part of a jazz fest. I think you’d enjoy them.
- August 17th, 2019, 9:26 am
- Forum: Epicurean Exploits - Food and Recipes
- Topic: Stranded on a deserted island - One TV dinner for 5 Years
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1889
Re: Stranded on a deserted island - One TV dinner for 5 Years
How is Hillary going to find you?
- August 16th, 2019, 8:15 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: why won't wine.com ship to me?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1778
Re: why won't wine.com ship to me?
With the same caveat my understanding is the same as Scott's. I had the same experience as you - found wine; specified shipping state; wine disappeared. I chatted and was told it was due to the warehouse location of the wines and they weren't will to ship from the 'wrong' warehouse. It was not a leg...
- August 15th, 2019, 10:07 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: I’m New and have 1,000 Questions
- Replies: 119
- Views: 6690
Re: I’m New and have 1,000 Questions
So we're preaching to the choir - how Berserkerian! Also recommending wines completely unlike what OP says he/she likes (personally guilty of that one).K_F_o_l_e_y wrote: ↑August 15th, 2019, 8:35 amThis thread is from Nov 2018, and the OP hasn't posted on WB since Nov 2018.
I think he gave up!![]()
- August 15th, 2019, 3:30 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: I’m New and have 1,000 Questions
- Replies: 119
- Views: 6690
Re: I’m New and have 1,000 Questions
Have we established where you will be shopping? I agree with the nudge towards southern France and southern Italy, and also to establish a relationship with a good wine store. If you have no good wine stores ( for example, I live in PA) my trick is to learn Importers who bring in wines that I’ve lik...
- August 13th, 2019, 8:55 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Anthony Bourdain Wine List?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2417
Re: Anthony Bourdain Wine List?
I recall that he was very keen on some small producer in Burgundy, Someone who was doing things the old way.
- August 12th, 2019, 10:26 am
- Forum: Epicurean Exploits - Food and Recipes
- Topic: Help! Bumper Crop of Basil
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1910
Re: Help! Bumper Crop of Basil
John: It works. We make pesto "ice cubes" and freeze them for use during the winter. The only ingredient we leave out is the pine nuts which we add at the time of use. Cheers! Marshall [cheers.gif] and use less olive oil, which you add when used Hmm - never have enough basil myself but my mother le...
- August 8th, 2019, 5:48 am
- Forum: Epicurean Exploits - Food and Recipes
- Topic: COOKBOOKS: What Are Your Top 5
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2704
Re: COOKBOOKS: What Are Your Top 5
I have lots of overlap with Suzanne (I'll have to check those on her list that I don't know) -
Zuni Cafe
Food Lab
Marcella Cucina
China Moon - Barbara Tropp
Frog Commissary - Steve Poses, Anne Clarke et al (a Philadelphia classic that started me cooking)
Zuni Cafe
Food Lab
Marcella Cucina
China Moon - Barbara Tropp
Frog Commissary - Steve Poses, Anne Clarke et al (a Philadelphia classic that started me cooking)
- July 31st, 2019, 6:39 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Tell me what I should be looking for in California besides Cabs
- Replies: 65
- Views: 3077
Re: Tell me what I should be looking for in California besides Cabs
I'd start with reading "The new California wine" by Jon Bonne (https://jonbonne.com/the-new-california-wine/) and buying all the Edmunds St. John wines that I could find.
- July 31st, 2019, 6:11 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Another 'how many bottles' question. Or what would you choose from the wine list?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1142
Re: Another 'how many bottles' question. Or what would you choose from the wine list?
If they're going to waste wine pouring it on bread that completely changes the calculation. Damn millennials and their toasts.Nathan Smyth wrote: ↑July 30th, 2019, 11:27 pmWhat's the deal with the "Champagne Toast", or whatever they do when they cut the wedding cake?
- July 27th, 2019, 4:53 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Berserkerfest 10.2 photo thread!!
- Replies: 101
- Views: 5717
Re: Berserkerfest 10.2 photo thread!!
But not tiki torches
- July 25th, 2019, 4:58 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Boojee wine
- Replies: 16
- Views: 786
Re: Boojee wine
I assume that their wines are curated by hand-picked hip somms
- July 23rd, 2019, 9:26 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: The Alan Eden Memorial Poll - What Saxum Magnum should I open at BF 10.2
- Replies: 56
- Views: 2282
Re: The Alan Eden Memorial Poll - What Saxum Magnum should I open at BF 10.2
That's a mind-boggling collection of Saxum mags. Please keep in mind the old caveat about open flames.
- July 22nd, 2019, 5:18 am
- Forum: Epicurean Exploits - Food and Recipes
- Topic: Not an epicurean exploit: Failing up, spectacularly
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1913
Re: Not an epicurean exploit: Failing up, spectacularly
Sorry to hear of your experience.
Is there a neologism for auto-correct better expressing the writer's sentiment? I enjoyed "rhubarb compost".
Is there a neologism for auto-correct better expressing the writer's sentiment? I enjoyed "rhubarb compost".
- July 20th, 2019, 11:39 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Rejected Pétrus Bottles.
- Replies: 37
- Views: 3658
Re: Rejected Pétrus Bottles.
If they were represented to have been stored similarly in the same cellar I would wonder why the label on the significantly older bottle is in such better shape.
- July 17th, 2019, 4:19 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Cellar thief emails?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2523
Re: Cellar thief emails?
You’d know if you were hip and fun.
- July 2nd, 2019, 6:16 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: A trio of 2000 Chateauneuf du Papes
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1230
Re: A trio of 2000 Chateauneuf du Papes
Thanks for the notes.
Dan - how big is big? I have a Mag (of 2000 Pegau). Should I be looking to drink it soon? Perhaps this fall as, despite A/C, I don’t think of CNdP as a summer red.
Dan - how big is big? I have a Mag (of 2000 Pegau). Should I be looking to drink it soon? Perhaps this fall as, despite A/C, I don’t think of CNdP as a summer red.
- July 2nd, 2019, 9:13 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: What are you drinking in homage of the demise of eBob? 1995 Ch. Bel-Air Marquis d’Aligre for me.
- Replies: 59
- Views: 2987
Re: What are you drinking in homage of the demise of eBob? 1995 Ch. Bel-Air Marquis d’Aligre for me.
Some attenuated, weak-@ss swill only loved by the anti-flavor wine elite - perhaps something from Steve Edmunds. That, or '07 CNdP 'en magnum' with......
- June 27th, 2019, 7:21 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Pescatarian/Vegetarian Pairings with aged Bordeaux
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1195
Re: Pescatarian/Vegetarian Pairings with aged Bordeaux
It's a great time for salmon if you have access to copper river, it has the fat content to stand up to Cab or Merlot based wines and stand up to the acidity. Great with a side of mixed sauteed mushrooms or a portabella mushroom cap, that acts like a steak for meatiness. I was thinking the same (tho...
- June 21st, 2019, 12:22 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: The wine you don't want
- Replies: 65
- Views: 5986
Re: The wine you don't want
Can you sell to or consign with DC/VA/MD Retailers? I know that is permitted in some States (certainly not in the People's Commonwealth of PA). If it is permitted it might be the best balance of low friction/high return.
- June 19th, 2019, 5:09 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Top US Syrahs
- Replies: 156
- Views: 11403
Re: Top US Syrahs
ESJ
Lagier Meredith
Rhys
Qupe
Lagier Meredith
Rhys
Qupe
- June 18th, 2019, 6:12 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Supreme Court, and wine.
- Replies: 174
- Views: 9453
Re: Supreme Court, and wine.
Good luck! Thanks! 4 opinions today, none of them about wine. The double jeopardy case is an interesting one. By a 7-2 vote, the Court reaffirmed the "dual sovereign" exception to the double jeopardy doctrine. As a matter of constitutional law, a person can't be tried twice for the "same offense," ...
- June 9th, 2019, 10:47 am
- Forum: Epicurean Exploits - Food and Recipes
- Topic: True Confessions
- Replies: 37
- Views: 3558
Re: True Confessions
American cheese (but at least not the individually plastic wrapped stuff).
- June 7th, 2019, 6:53 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Pierce's Disease and Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter
- Replies: 9
- Views: 735
Re: Pierce's Disease and Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter
Apparently our friend Bobby has consumed enough wine that he is now at least partially grapevine (or olive or almond). That or he is (again) gently trolling us. And I fell for it . . . You presumably have better things to do that haunt the board and learn the predilections of the posters. Please do...
- June 6th, 2019, 3:23 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Pierce's Disease and Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter
- Replies: 9
- Views: 735
Re: Pierce's Disease and Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter
Apparently our friend Bobby has consumed enough wine that he is now at least partially grapevine (or olive or almond). That or he is (again) gently trolling us.
- June 6th, 2019, 1:48 pm
- Forum: BYO Forum - Wine at Restaurants
- Topic: Philadelphia, PA
- Replies: 473
- Views: 90269
Re: Philadelphia, PA
Thanks - I was going to ask if I could ever get a reservation.awilliamson4 wrote: ↑June 6th, 2019, 12:10 pmAndiario in West Chester, PA allows corkage at $10 per bottle.
- June 6th, 2019, 8:51 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: BIRTHDAY WINE - HELP A BROTHER OUT
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1626
Re: BIRTHDAY WINE - HELP A BROTHER OUT
I'm glad that you were paid appropriate tribute. What did you son get assigned? The age and lack of spending money must have presented an interesting challenge. Please post notes.
- June 4th, 2019, 10:23 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: BIRTHDAY WINE - HELP A BROTHER OUT
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1626
Re: BIRTHDAY WINE - HELP A BROTHER OUT
Is there any question?? 2016 CA Cabs so that you may argue from information.
- June 1st, 2019, 4:56 am
- Forum: Epicurean Exploits - Food and Recipes
- Topic: Speaking of Saveur
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1173
Re: Speaking of Saveur
I really liked the content in “Art of Eating” but got frustrated with spotty (theoretically quarterly IIRC) delivery and high relative cost. I just checked the website and am tempted to try again.
- May 30th, 2019, 5:26 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Low fill DRC - Drink or sell?
- Replies: 67
- Views: 4507
Re: Low fill DRC - Drink or sell?
Oh, they might well except itChrisStags wrote: ↑May 29th, 2019, 8:06 pmWow that fill is really terrible!!! Not sure auction houses would even except this anymore. What auction house sold this to you and take the money and run![]()
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- May 18th, 2019, 10:38 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Contrary to many others, I have no love for Bob Parker...
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1448
Re: Contrary to many others, I have no love for Bob Parker...
I’m jealous of you
- May 10th, 2019, 1:13 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: May Magnum Madness= dinner with 10 mags incl Ruinart, PYCM, Ente, Fontodi, Shafer et al
- Replies: 19
- Views: 866