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A prior thread on aging freisa

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I find it’s really helpful to have a broad range of low-cost selections that I am either curious to try (currently: erbaluce, aligote, baga) or tried and true favorites (currently: soave, pelaverga) that can be opened anytime I’m stuck. Check the bottom feeder threads and buy a few mixed cases - pro...

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Levi Dalton wrote some interesting articles on chinato.... bedtime reading for the curious

http://soyouwanttobeasommelier.blogspot ... ?q=Chinato

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And to answer your question more directly, I would choose to buy a case and open one every year or two over buying and opening only new releases. I haven’t tried the Roagna chinato but have enjoyed both the Cappellano and Vajra bottlings. My notes say that the Vajra is a bit sweeter but I didn’t hav...

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Aging your amari is definitely a thing to do

I don’t remember if the Vaira’s discuss chinato in their IDTT interviews, but there is an interesting discussion of aged chartreuse in the podcast linked below

https://guildpodcast.com/chartreuse-and-port

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With respect to professional reviews... [shrugs]. It’s a shame that they are often are missing the relevant details as well.

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Yes - sometimes you can only learn the relevant info on a bottling from a knowledgeable merchant or from literature published by the importer (eg. Theise catalog).

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Many NV bottlings have a printed or etched code that identifies the year of bottling, vintage, or disgorgement date. You have to hunt for this since it’s in a different place for every bottling (if present at all). Then you have to decode it because the meaning is different for different producers. ...

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Really enjoying this domaine. They continue to put out late release dolcetto and barbera bottlings that impress. Current release of “1593” is 2008 and “Austri” is 2011. Pricing is fair too

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2018 Weingut Keller Gruner Silvaner Trocken - A featherweight with good moves. Fresh as rocks with a squirt of lime. Could easily put away the whole bottle.

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C. Keller wrote: ↑December 12th, 2020, 7:58 am How is the Noble Rot book? Anyone read it? Realizing there's a slim chance given its not available in the states yet

Available for Kindle in the US, fyi

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What is the best pairing for tide pods?

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This is very nice. Can you explain how this interacts with the new member "$30 off $100" offer? If you are new, register, and make a $150 purchase which offer will apply? Are both available (even if for separate purchases)? You are not currently a GCC member so you'd get the $30 rebate, a...

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This is very nice. Can you explain how this interacts with the new member "$30 off $100" offer? If you are new, register, and make a $150 purchase which offer will apply? Are both available (even if for separate purchases)?

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My grandma made borscht not chili crisp so I’m far from an expert, but I got both LGM and Momofuku and don’t see much similarity at all in the flavor profiles. The LGM has these big fermented soy and szechuan chili components that make it unique and addictive. Amazing match to Asian cuisines. The Mo...

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Both Lorch books are available now at 25% discount in physical and electronic form from Wink Lorch’s website https://winetravelmedia.com/

Discount code spec25nov2020 brought my US purchase of the Jura eBook down to around $13

I’ve been looking forward to reading this

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I really liked Filipa Pato’s “3B” rose recently.

Under $20 and shows dry, clean, and understated.

It’s made from the traditional Portuguese grapes Baga and Bical.

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I bought some LdH from wine.com in CA in August using 50/150 and Rakuten with delivery scheduled for this week.

Everything arrived looking good and on time via fedex and rakuten granted the rebate immediately on the pre-discount subtotal when I made the request through their website.

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Yes! To be clear, in post #6 I am talking about my experience with other houses in the region.

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I posted some takeaways from the trip in an Austria thread at the time; here’s a link. https://www.wineberserkers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=156647#p2644927 It doesn’t include tasting notes. As I recall, many of the 2017s were in the 13.5-14% alc range and were showing it at the time. Ott was...

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Thanks, Ilkka. I don’t know why these wines don’t get more love (record skip). I had the pleasure of tasting the 2017 lineups at 8 famous Austrian domaines during a visit in 2018. Ott was the best of the bunch. They make almost exclusively gv but I just opened their one riesling earlier this week; t...

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The iOS app remembers for me

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This makes total sense and there is every reason to expect other quality-minded domaines to follow. The market is locked into pricing based on the designations and it’s widely acknowledged in the region that this creates perverse incentives for increased ripeness that run counter to improving quality.

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You make the point well. It’s patronizing and infantilizing. He’s not their parent.

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Assimilation plays out over generations. What’s the rush?

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I did not. They had “just sold” the wines that I requested.

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I allocate group purchase price proportionate to prevailing retail cost.

Shipping gets allocated equally across all bottles though regardless of format. (I include tax and shipping in my CT bottle price)

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You can export your data from CT easily in any format you might need so there’s always an easy way out with your data.

For me the cloud benefit is instant access from any device.

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Is Gnemiz known to be quirky or have substantial bottle variation? I bought a box of these at Berserker Day and the ones that I have opened (all sauv blanc) have been head-scratchers; not really recognizable as anything I’ve had before. And I’ve had a decent sampling of Friulian whites; Attems, Jerm...

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Ive had every one including the 08 and 09. Having the 08 with 8 years of age is what has convinced me to keep my hands off them if at all possible until they are at least 8 years post vintage. Made one exception for Pobega's visit last Fall and opened a 14 with an 8 hour decant. Showed great but th...

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I had a chance to try Filipa Pato’s “3B” rose and BdB this week. Both are under $20, totally dry, clean, and understated. She makes these from traditional Portuguese grapes that I am not familiar with (the BdB is Maria Gomes, Bical, and Cercial and the rose is Baga and Bical) and gets precise flavor...

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I experience this all the time. Many many wines are better after time in the fridge. I wish it was imagined because then it could happen for all my wines. But sadly it only works for the young ones of good quality. I would agree with this as a general statement, for wines that some would argue have...

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How does one buy it (Mei Lin XO)?

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Thanks for the tip, Ilkka!

If you haven’t already, you should check out their dolcetto too. With a few years in bottle it also overdelivers by a wide margin.

(edited to correct a misspelling)

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These are like comments from an alternate universe. I am reminded of the scientists from the 1950s who thought that animals couldn’t feel pain. The reason for drinking wine that was opened some days ago is because I wasn’t that thirsty on the night that I opened it. If it tastes better, which it oft...

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I experience this all the time. Many many wines are better after time in the fridge.

I wish it was imagined because then it could happen for all my wines. But sadly it only works for the young ones of good quality.

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Here are a few carignane impressions for you, Julie. A bit scattered and curt but I try not to overthink it. This is one that I will continue to buy/recommend --- 2014 Sandlands Carignane California, 12/28/2019, a bit solar and unstructured but not overdone; roundish fruit and some pleasing bitterne...

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My best bottles have been at 6 years from vintage but have enjoyed at 2 as well; particularly when I drank them over the course of several nights - heck, I have even gone a week in the fridge and seen improvement with the young ones. How else will you know whether to keep buying?

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Producers have changed dramatically (and predictably) during 8 years of finding my way into the hobby.

The clearest through-lines are transition from 10:1 new:old world to the reverse and 4:1 red:white to the reverse.

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Unicorns are like the aspirational high end experiences that Amex offers.... backstage with drake etc. Great marketing but not the bread and butter For bread and butter, it seems that the thing wine collectors seem to want is more wine at sharp pricing. Retailer partnerships for credits and discount...

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Robinsss wrote: ↑August 31st, 2020, 10:02 am Do we need a coupon code for the Flatiron 15% off?

Sale ended yesterday

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And here I thought “For a few dollars more” was going to be a reference to the rapidly increasing price of this wine

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Corey N. wrote: ↑August 25th, 2020, 10:02 am If you find French press coffee too robust, consider steeping for less time -- I find 4m works perfectly, though YMMV.

Agree - 180 deg, 4 minutes.

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My stir is really just a swirl. (Because who needs one more thing to wash?)

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I don’t stir before plunging. I add water to cover the grounds and stir to wet them all. No more stirring. Add the rest of the water, insert plunger just enough to submerge the cap, steep, then plunge and pour.

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I have used a Frieling stainless french press daily for years. Haven’t tried Bodum. There is sometimes a bit of grounds that sneaks through but I ignore it. I use very close to the coarsest grind on my Capresso and replace the screen on the press every few years, as the edges do get frayed over time...

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I had a horizontal of the 14 Porros - Gianetto, S Caterina & Lazzairasco. I don't think 2014 was a representative vintage of the house. All three were uncharacteristically ripe and unstructured. If served blind, I would not have recognized any as Barolo. The Gianetto was the lightest bodied of t...

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Try pelaverga

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