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Sounds like the noise and history from the BB is interfering with Ray's new Business. Good to know that you have found God and are here to repent for your sins. You seem to like admitting mistakes, and that is a good thing. I have made tons of them and am making one now by posting in this thread. B...

I missed it, but thank you, Peter, for the PSA!

Legendary thread in the making.. why didn't we just continue on the prior thread, instead of starting this new one? merge? make the prior thread even more legendary? The other thread is "bygones," it's time for a whole new revision of the history of that debacle. It's like playing the song Margarit...

Kevin, that's beautiful. I didn't think to take pics, last night was pork chops sous vided at 132 degree for 4 hours (no specific reason, just timed out that way) with a touch of butter and rosemary in the bag and then dried, sprinkled with harissa and salt, and seared. Easy to do, I got to spent ti...

Use fluoridated water and then the wine will protect your teeth.

Paul McCourt wrote: ↑
February 15th, 2019, 11:52 am
Like I said, there is some interesting classic pathology here.

It's like seeing people say how Bernie Madoff made them money, so what's the problem?

Chris Blum wrote: ↑
February 14th, 2019, 5:45 pm
^^^ this guy gets it.

I am just really glad I e-know you.

Chris Blum wrote: ↑
February 14th, 2019, 5:41 pm
Actually, that’s not really what “irony” means.

Irony is like rain on your wedding day.

“There's an old saying in Kentucky — I know it's in Burgundy, probably in Kentucky — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.”

Steve Saxon wrote: ↑
February 14th, 2019, 7:49 am
I wonder if Huckabee Sanders writes reviews for him.

Even better, John Baron and David Dennison are giving it thumbs up!

Butt is a form of chugging, right?

To my knowledge, I have never friended Christ, so somewhat confused by this. Maybe he meant Charlie, the congressman, and misspelled it. I have several friends named Jesus. As weird as it may seem, my son's girlfriend is the daughter of Jesus. (I never, you know, thought he indulged in that earthly...

I joined the list last week, and got the Chardonnay offer yesterday. I ordered an assortment so I could try all of them, but am most interested in the B. Theriot Chardonnay. We really enjoy Maybach's Eterium Chardonnay, made by TRB from the B. Theriot vineyard. At $90, it's right in Aubert's range,...

I like these very much and find them very graciously priced.

Don't go buy it all: Meo Camuzet

Second place: Daniel Rion et Fils.

Neal.Mollen wrote: ↑
February 12th, 2019, 1:28 pm
If I thought they were great I wouldn't neglect them

Ah, taking the 'parenting approach,' I see!

Click to see spoiler:: Joke dislaimer!

Robert M yers wrote: ↑
February 12th, 2019, 8:56 am
Added this cycle but prices are now beyond my comfort zone. I understand the premium for diehard fans, but there is a lot of great wine out there for me to go down this path at this point in my journey.

I am in the same boat as both Roberts.

Oh, man.... Australia New Zealand Portugal South Africa Croatia....but I am going to remedy that, I see it as an up and comer. All American points east of California/Oregon/Washington...all the parts of the country that are not included in Ecotopia. https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1347656311l/292...

Hi, Harvey! Welcome! We have some things in common. I live in Northern California so admit to a NorCal bias in my adventures. Let's see now... "We have wines we share along with establishing a High end collection for our children.." Yup, they get what's left, but I loaded up birth year wines. In ret...

California Reserve Dry Aged Ribeye Steak currently 30% off for valentine's Day.

I went through the list.

I recommend you only say, "I am Groot" throughout the entire experience (using different inflections, of course) and see what they serve you.

mark rudner wrote: ↑
September 30th, 2017, 9:02 am
97+ from "parker"

Didn't even need to taste it, either!

I bet this is going to be one big ass wine!

Interesting topic! We pretty much universally have the waitstaff supervise pouring and our job is to relax, imbibe, and conversate. For a social group event (not a serious tasting event) we will sometimes mention that we would like wine poured as small "sharing pours" so everybody gets a chance to t...

Tim, love that approach. PM chards are my wife's favorite white wines, though we go through no more than a case a year. It's the only wine that she reminds me to order when she sees the mailer. Usually, it's "we're throwing this in the trash, right?" This is a classic "Ginger, or Mary Ann" question...

Interesting, indeed - particularly doing the test with novices and more experienced tasters. Very interesting is this: An interesting finding of this research is that even when tasted blind, there was a positive correlation between preference and price—the higher the price, the more positive respon...

My favorite Hundred Acre appearance was in Parks and Rec: Leslie and Ben travel for work, and the budget is screamingly low, but look what they are having with dinner...at a restaurant! The pic won't post, but here's the link. http://www.nickelanddimewine.com/2011/05/24/is-something-wrong-with-this-...

Merrill Lindquist wrote: ↑
February 5th, 2019, 6:41 pm
Love Gronk - that man knows how to party!

You should send him some Black Cat cab!!

2014 Louis Martini Alexander Valley cabernet.

Parker gave it a 97, if that matters.

Plus, as low as 30 bucks on Wine Searcher!

Plus, it's a name nobody would suspect of being so good.

M. Dildine wrote: ↑
February 4th, 2019, 11:48 am
Williams Selyem has access to exceptional vineyards and Jeff and his team do a great job with the fruit. While the wine is not inexpensive, I'm a big fan.

Agree

Log time fan.

“What really distinguishes this generation from those before it is that it's the first generation in American history to live so well and complain so bitterly about it.” Said 30 years ago...and still complaining, only about those damned kids nowadays. Boomers. We are so entitled that we complain abo...

Just a middle-of-the-road experience for me: 2008 Moët & Chandon Champagne Grand Vintage Collection - France, Champagne (17/11/2018) NobleRottersSydney - Christmas Lunch 2018 (Noum, Surry Hills, Syndey) : {cork} [Greg] 40% chard, then pinots noir & meunier 37% and 23%. Yeasty nose, with grapefruit ...

After I lift and tote a new shipment into the cellar, I let the wine rest while I rest. After I have rested, so has the wine, and we start the dance.

They’ve changed a lot since their early 2000s splash on the scene. Around 2007 or so, they dialed back from huge to medium or medium/large, with alcohols in the 14.5% range. Still darker and more extracted than “traditional” pinot, but less sweet, more acid. Then I think with last year’s releases, ...

I have been perusing this thread. Thank you!

Like the title asks. A wine is totally undrinkable. you hate it. everyone else hates it. what do you rate it? also the flip side. whats it take to be a 100 point, 20/20 wine to you? does it have to be a WOTY? wine of a lifetime? best wine ever made? I'll try and run through your questions in order....

I think they seem pretty similar.

This may be heretical: if anything, they seem a little leaner, less overt cola.

Also maybe heretical: they reminded me of Sea Smoke in the past, just as a potential reference.

I'm usually AFWE, but I like them!

I wanna go see their new facility.

Burnt rubber, yucky Converse sneaker, spoiled vegetables, "skunk in the distance," chemical, all in a very narrow scent band. I ran out of negative adjectives. It tasted as bad as it smelled. That all sounds like an extreme case of reduction. Thanks! Is this something that can vary from bottle to b...

NED VALOIS wrote: ↑
January 28th, 2019, 12:01 pm
COFFEE !

I thought that was fascinating!

I don't drink coffee but loved reading about that offer.

Be sure to post a tasting note!

I bought a 2008 Moet Grand Vintage champagne to take to a blind tasting of "sparklers that can be found locally at retail." This was an abomination. Burnt rubber, yucky Converse sneaker, spoiled vegetables, "skunk in the distance," chemical, all in a very narrow scent band. I ran out of negative adj...

I'm thrilled that I got to use Preview day to plan and start buying. Most of today's offers I wanted came up early, so I was basically done by around 1 PM. I had a blast enabling others. The selections this year were unbelievable! Everyone really pulled out the stops in their offers this year. I ha...

Well done, Mark!

When I saw the title of the thread, I was worried someone hurt Francois!

Yay! I’m Bringing It!

Pleasure to learn about this project and thank you!

I don't use a scale, it's binary: enjoyed it, or didn't. As for a numerical scale, if I did one, it would use a normal distribution, such that Y = { 1/[ σ * sqrt(2π) ] } * e-(x - μ)2/2σ2, so as to keep the system as simple and comprehensible as possible. Currently, the most popular scoring systems u...

Man, the best and worst day of the year are today.

Best: Because it's Berserker Day!

Worst: It's as far from the next Berserker Day as any day of the year.

Any thoughts on how freezing affects the quality of beef? I have a psychological block against it. TIA! I must say I have had many “love at first sight” grass fed and grass raised beef In Uruguay and Argentina that rival the best corn raised beef in the US. Had my first Flannery dry aged NY strip e...

This is a very interesting topic.

I wonder if people are all buying the same automated ultra-sorters?

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