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Michael Martin wrote: ↑
October 12th, 2019, 4:21 pm

Anton D wrote: ↑
October 12th, 2019, 12:20 pm

Michael Martin wrote: ↑
October 11th, 2019, 11:30 am

Sorta true, isn’t it.
Yup, that’s why I like to focus my wine buying on wines produced by those with multi-generational wealth. And, of course, wines produced by corporate conglomerates, as well!
You missed my point, but that’s OK.

Please activate your sarcasm circuit and try again.

Paul McCourt wrote: ↑
October 11th, 2019, 5:52 pm
I've had it.

Beautiful color, lovely long legs, beautiful nose, great mouthfeel, full bodied...wait for it...disappointing finish.

Michael Martin wrote: ↑
October 11th, 2019, 11:30 am

David_K wrote: ↑
October 11th, 2019, 10:46 am
Wines like this are why people hate Napa. Just saying.
Sorta true, isn’t it.

Yup, that’s why I like to focus my wine buying on wines produced by those with multi-generational wealth. And, of course, wines produced by corporate conglomerates, as well!

I'm guessing 35 dollar range.

Anton, I think it is fair to say that the image of governments in South Africa, Argentina, and Chile made for bad wine sales. When the reality changed, people bought the wines. I don’t know that anybody cared about Franco tho. During the Cold War not much wine from those countries was sold here but...

How do people feel about wines from left or right wing states or countries?

Hmmm, are there right wing wine countries?

I dunno, too much to keep track of.

If you email G. Conterno they could point you to a local place in Piemonte which has them for a cheaper price....I saw them around 35 euros this past summer. Roberto actually had us taste them side by side with Zalto Burgs..... That price makes more sense. Otherwise, we could simply just run with t...

I am slightly familiar with this wine. It has a very precise best day to drink: January 20, 2021.

Looking forward to your joyous tasting note!

Mel Knox wrote: ↑
October 10th, 2019, 8:15 am
Tom
Have you tried Vicodin and Single malt??

That's what he calls a palate cleanser.

I think he keep his single malts in an unplugged freezer in his back yard.

I also love that store!

I always leave with essential stuff that I didn’t realize was essential until I saw it!

How many people's actively cooled wine cellars are at risk? Does not seem like temperatures out there are that high but I know I would still be concerned if I did not have a generator. Hopefully this does not last more than 5 days. I think the area had more dependable electricity 100 years ago. Doe...

Victor Hong wrote: ↑
October 9th, 2019, 6:39 am
PGE is open to hearing better solutions.

Maybe they should start by realizing that the world in which they install their gear sometimes has windy days. Locally, they were whining about 20 MPH winds. Seriously? No way you can engineer for that?

Nothing like a collapsing infrastructure. It has nothing to do with a collapsing infrastructure. It’s about climate. High winds uproot trees which blow into transmission lines and burn. 80 mph winds or greater play havoc. We can have a discussion about how much is climate related, and how much is t...

But PG&E needs to be able to punish customers.

Are they playing that game in your area, as well?

We get it here, too.

I have also tasted it in old Chinon before (from the 80s). Same, do you get green pepper from Chinon? Anton, are you referring to peppercorns or bell pepper? If bell pepper, totally. And unlike the tomato thing I consider it quite desirable. Yes, bell pepper! I am with you, again...I like the bell ...

It's a common characteristic of Cab-family grapes, and for me it's definitely off-putting. I had a wine the other night that I thought was a Cab or Merlot from either Chile or central CA. Why? Because it was both green and over-ripe at the same time. Smelled like V-8 juice, tasted like Kool Aid wit...

joz€f p1nxten wrote: ↑
October 7th, 2019, 9:42 am

Robert.A.Jr. wrote: ↑
October 7th, 2019, 9:15 am
I had something similar in a few recent bottles of 2003 Joguet that I assumed had been heat damaged or just roasted. Was more like stewed tomatoes. I dumped three bottles in a row.
I have also tasted it in old Chinon before (from the 80s).

Same, do you get green pepper from Chinon?

The cellar tracker notes from prior vintages are less then glowing. Would be nice to have a review from anyone else besides Galloni. His review is compelling but has anyone had a chance to try this vintage or has anyone else reviewed it? If you like traditional style Cab. you will be hard pressed t...

Methoxypyrazine. I find it seems to appear like green pepper does in some wines/areas. Someone once told me it was from stems, I have NO IDEA if that's true. Someone else told me from not quite fully ripe red-skinned grapes. Also NO IDEA if that's true. I might venture to say I have found tomato imp...

Is this an NXIVM recruitment?

blarmston wrote: ↑
October 4th, 2019, 12:24 pm

My prediction- we are heading towards Stagflation. Slowing economy and rising inflation. The worst combination there is.

The wine hobby has been doing this to me for years.

There are days where I can't afford to drink wine I already own!

When do their federal grape subsidies kick in?

If you don't get enough first timers, my group would love to do a sequel.

Products that may be of concern to Berserkers: French, German, Spanish and British (!) wine under 14% (note: not Italian, Portugeuse or Austrian) Single-malt Irish and Scotch whiskies Liqueurs and cordials Spanish olive oil and olives Cows milk cheese from pretty much anywhere in Europe Spanish and...

Thanks for taking one for the team.

How did you run into THAT tasting obligation?

It's time!

Their cab was my new release wine of the year last year. Very well done.

Yay!

$110 for essentially 12 year old Macallan (the Veuve Clicquot of Scotch) Many of the single cask offering from K&L are 't-spooned' from another distillery and are technically not single malts. This offering appears to be a single cask, single malt and I've known David OG for, well, forever (he and ...

Michael S. Monie wrote: ↑
September 30th, 2019, 3:00 pm
Apology for thread drift, but is anyone familiar with Macallan from Gordon& Macphail that was distilled in 1998 and bottled in 2015? Thanks.

Wow, yes!

My opinions are not nuanced for scotch, but I poured it for people who are “Scotch Berserkers” and it was very well received!

King Missile's "Gary and Melissa" describes this phenomenon exactly.

It's far too racy a song to post a link to.

It has a great "shelf talker."

https://www.klwines.com/p/i?i=1434678&c ... Code%23%23

Wes Barton wrote: ↑
September 22nd, 2019, 9:15 pm

Hal Blumberg wrote: ↑
September 22nd, 2019, 6:46 pm
Saltine crackers followed by extensive whistling.

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No comment on slavery was intended. So why do you wish Lee had won? Do you think the Civil War was about horse and buggy regulation? Just a hunch ... he may have meant we wouldn't live in a divided blue-red country. We'd each have our own nation. But that's just a surmise. Red/blue, I don't wanna t...

I can't believe Victor even buys/eats avocados. They require a TON of water to farm. Eating them pretty seriously undermines his holier-than-thou stance and makes it even more difficult to listen to the constant "tsk, tsk, tsk" coming from his keyboard. Victor, how do you even sleep at night? Hey, ...

Chris Seiber wrote: ↑
September 25th, 2019, 11:26 pm
Rotburger is a horrible name for a product.

This.

Nicely done!

I will search it out.

B. Buzzini wrote: ↑
September 23rd, 2019, 6:41 pm
Groth

Good one.

I know it is Sonoma, but check out A Rafanelli.

to Anton D, you wrote "I don't mind you defending Lee, I wish he had won." Can you please clarify? Do you wish that the southern border of the United States of America was the Mason-Dixon line and that the United States was bordered by a country called the Confederate States of America, which would...

this is about wine, right? Yes, I would drink the wine. If the current owner was espousing the same vile nonsense, I would not, but currently no public crazy talk and the original crazy person is long gone, so OK by me! My son says the maker of 805 beer is a kook, but still drinks his beer. We all ...

The Robert E Lee stuff...what are they commemorating? Second place in the Civil War? By all accounts, he was a gentleman, but he led an army against my country and killed American soldiers, should I put up memorials to Isaac Brock, as well? It's a little more complicated. The Iron Chancellor, Otto ...

Very interesting article in Grape Collective on Zweigelt wine from Austria: Zweigelt Back in the early '30, Dr.Fritz Zweigelt headed the research institute at Kloster Neuburger, tasked to develop new grape varieties particularly suited to Austria. He developed a Blaufrankisch X St.Laurent cross tha...

Well, we gave Egas Moniz the Nobel Prize for Prefrontal Leukotomy, and have rewarded others for carrying out medical abuses in Colonial populations so...to make an analogy, would you forgo medical or psychological treatment today because some of their research informed medicine today? Or should som...

Bud Carey wrote: ↑
September 24th, 2019, 10:08 am
No brainer!!!

Ditto!

Ian S wrote: ↑
September 17th, 2019, 9:31 am

spkaiser wrote: ↑
September 17th, 2019, 9:08 am
If something happened to me before purchasing my allocation my wife would never forgive me.
Oh yeah! Not just spousal permission, but spousal demand!

That's awesome funny!

spkaiser wrote: ↑
September 17th, 2019, 6:57 am

Steve L Gellman wrote: ↑
September 17th, 2019, 6:52 am

spkaiser wrote: ↑
September 17th, 2019, 6:48 am
Over/under on how many times one hits refresh on their site?
Guaranteed allocations, no rush
It's the thrill of it to me...better than opening day in baseball.

I do admit it is a thrill. (They also seem to be in the category of nice folks in the business, so doubly fun.)

I've posted him before, but...

This is our dog, To Kalon, guarding some fine Roadhouse wine from the pesky coyote. Can he keep the name?

Informative post, Roy, but is it really so important to those of us here? None of use are buying (or would buy) $5.49 ToKalon Central Coast Pinot. I don't buy anything with a "ToKalon" name, and frankly, at this point I would hope that smart growers and marketers would actually steer clear of that ...

Alan Rath wrote: ↑
September 11th, 2019, 3:23 pm

When Napa allowed "The Prisoner" to establish a large, prominent presence right on Highway 29, it gave up any claim to market itself as a region of unique and highest quality wines.

This is why I love you guys.

Mark Golodetz wrote: ↑
September 9th, 2019, 6:11 pm

David Glasser wrote: ↑
September 9th, 2019, 5:24 pm
It rose from the dead on the third day.
You should serve it on Easter.
There is a kosher version for non believers.

I think I'll passover on that one.

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