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Going to my brother-in-law's house for Thanksgiving. About 20 people and he wants me to bring a case of US Pinot. I had other ideas (Gamay, Trouseau, Grenache, etc.), but since he is the host, I will bring him what he wants. A few thoughts were Melville Estate (K&L has it for $30) or Hitching Post ...

'86 Gruaud Larose and a mystery wine.

Also sad is those vines weren't doing well, so I think they got taken out.

Sagrantino is sooooooo tannic. More than nebbiolo or sangiovese, more than aglianico ... more than mourvèdre, malbec or tannat ... This is why I did not mention it. It doesn't have to be. Soil and winemaking. The Italian ones tend to be out-of-whack tannic, but that's what those sites give when ign...

Thanks Tom. I signed up for their mailing list, maybe I'll dabble in some of their wines in 2020 if I get an allocation. K&L have some of their wines in stock, but not these fall releases. The Melon de Bourgogne looks particularly interesting. Chalone AVA. The old Chalone Pinot Blancs were actually...

And as far as being too modern, that's just weird to me. Who said that? Otto mentioned "modernist" producers, contrasting their wines to traditional takes. My personal opinion is such producers are clumsy hacks, regardless of grape variety. They aren't "listening" to what the grape has to give. The...

Depends what you like, but there are near countless varieties there. Many producers off the beaten path really pushing quality with unique grapes. Perhaps the best wine book ever written, well, a very fun and informative read, is Native Wine Grapes of Italy by Ian D'Agata. A couple that are easier t...

ERPark wrote: ↑
October 16th, 2019, 9:25 pm

Wes Barton wrote: ↑
October 16th, 2019, 7:11 pm
Our default theme is: DRC and other wines that will go well with the food.
You left out the Coche-Dury, Wes.....

Yeah.....on purpose. Getting tired of that stuff.

Our default theme is: DRC and other wines that will go well with the food.

This seems like a good place to announce that in the last year I’ve fallen in love with Picpoul. Had a bunch - so nice and pleasing and crazy cheap. Oh, and this wine sounds fantastic. Yup, Jason..the Picpoul contributes mostly to the structure and mouthfeel, but the aromatics speak mostly of GB/Ro...

Hi Tom - Thanks for that. What an unusual 180 degree turn! Per his website, he appears to still farm organically with prudent uses of copper sulphate and sulphur in the vineyard. Not sure how I feel about his change. I guess time & tasting will tell. I don't know if it's really a 180. He's got his ...

Excellent Pinot Noir producer, too. And Zinfandel. A 2001 Shale Terrace over weekend was still quite enjoyable. He gets a certain amount of praise here for his Zins and Cabs, and Todd had already mentioned the Zin in this thread. Interesting to hear about his Chard in David's response - I haven't e...

Excellent Pinot Noir producer, too.

You could say my interest in his ratings is like apples to cats. Apples are of little interest to cats. I beg to differ. There are quite a few compilation videos of cats playing with Apples (MacBooks, iPads) on YouTube. Seems like they're VERY interested. That sort of Apple is the closest thing the...

I think refering to fruit flavours/aromas as primary non-fruit ones in young wines as secondary and flavors/aromas that appear as the wine ages as tertiary makes it a lot simpler. But that's just my opinion. Simpler, as in simply guessing? What's the point in pretending we know which compounds come...

Nathan - wine is a bitch to sell. Trying to sell a massive quantity of someone else's wine in short order would mean getting some small fraction of the retail value (10%?). There'd be great expense negating higher return schemes. (You also be essentially marketing for the winery, while also contendi...

My point was this publication, which is the apples to apples in measuring a score from same. Again, not arguing its a great value (as many other wines are not as well) James Laube? With him it's a dice roll to dice roll comparison. That's with wines of the same style, where you'd think it would be ...

While I agree that the definitions provided here are the generally accepted ones, I also agree with the other folks who find them confusing. One significant reason is that the line between what is from the grape and what is from the fermentation is quite unclear, with even many "primary" fruit comp...

10% of nasty is nasty. Plenty of us posting in this thread have experienced wines ruined by being stirred up. Nebbiolo in particular. Often, it's actually still suspended sediment in a thin layer above what has settled out. That is easily stirred up and can be particularly bitter. Shine a light thr...

While i hate nascar in general I think it sucks to see people taking pot shots at her record, knowing how hard it must have been to be the first woman to break that glass ceiling I have nothing against Danica Patrick, or the idea of women competing in car racing (I have no idea why more of them don...

10% of nasty is nasty. Plenty of us posting in this thread have experienced wines ruined by being stirred up. Nebbiolo in particular. Often, it's actually still suspended sediment in a thin layer above what has settled out. That is easily stirred up and can be particularly bitter. Shine a light thro...

She didn't quite make it as a model, didn't quite make it as a race car driver either, so what should be different when it comes to wine? She had real potential as a racer. Bobby Rahal recognized it. He brought her back to the U.S. and got her a good seat in Atlantics. Unfortunately, despite the ca...

Victor Hong wrote: ↑
October 6th, 2019, 4:31 pm
Much of CA water comes from non-CA sources.
Sprawl only increases water usage.

The topic here is Napa, not Los Angeles.

I'd suspect over-cropping as a factor much of the time. Also, note that you can imprint this sort of thing in your brain. Like, a particular wine where it really stands out by the negative reaction you have tells your brain this yuck-o thing is important. Then, you have a wine where it wouldn't prev...

Maybe some lawyers can chime in, but you should be able to go back to court and get a lien on the winery. Then, if they still don't pay, you should be able to force a sale of the winery in order to collect. I don't anything about Crazyfornia "law" [or if it's largely lawless out there in Crazyforni...

Maybe some lawyers can chime in, but you should be able to go back to court and get a lien on the winery. Then, if they still don't pay, you should be able to force a sale of the winery in order to collect. Also, you should be able to have the ABC strip their license to sell alcohol and/or buy grape...

Wouldn't mind a Tueszu in Nov...

Donato.

In other words, better me drinking them than Himmler. Presentism disgusts me. The San Francisco school that was going to destroy murals by a Mexican leftist because they depicted Native Americans in a subservient position... gimme a break! Remember that there is another term for Political Correctne...

You've got your harvest, they've got theirs.

Someone brought a '16 Monte Bello to our harvest picnic today, so I was forced to drink some. Not shut down yet, so very expressive and enjoyable, firm tannins.

Sorry, but in what way am I confused. The area belonged to Mexico. A bunch of Americans moved there and then took it away creating a new country that was not part of the U.S. Any ulterior motives , as your post suggests, and I do not contest, are irrelevant to the question Marcus raised, which was ...

Sorry, but in what way am I confused. The area belonged to Mexico. A bunch of Americans moved there and then took it away creating a new country that was not part of the U.S. Any ulterior motives , as your post suggests, and I do not contest, are irrelevant to the question Marcus raised, which was ...

...And while it also denied states the right to enter into treaties and to make war independently Guess Texas didn't get the memo when they took their land from Mexico. When Texas did that, it wasn't part of the United States, but a separate republic (assuming one can describe a slaveholding state ...

ChrisStags wrote: ↑
September 27th, 2019, 8:36 pm
George loves Paul Martins! So do I

Other than the food, it's great!

Those look good for me, too.

This thread has gone so wrong regarding R.E.Lee It's just so easy to judge the past when you're not living it. I find based on past experience that most people that "judge" the behavior of the past don't really know much of the actual history of the time... As one of the few blacks on this board, m...

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 ...

Crunch time in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Some stuff has been coming in over the last 3 weeks. The scrambling with a shortage of pickers started today. For a friend's winery the remaining 75% is coming in over the next 10-14 days.

I have the same problem with TCA. Cleansing the palate doesn't help. It's like the taste is in the tissue around the tip of my tongue, where I get the "taste"/tactile sensation. (Same area I pick up "gris" from Pinot Gris, Grenche Gris, etc. which can also linger for hours.) So, the best course of a...

Brachetto is a dead ringer for Black Muscat. The dry one I tried and the fizzy one that lost its fizz (remnant open a day or two) showed the same deficiency. In other words, making a straight-forward dry one will yield a boring, mediocre wine. Sorta like Mission that way. But, in the right hands it'...

If it was legitimately bad, likely some microbial issue. Let the winery know. The residual sugar is a nice nutrient for the buggies. Sometimes that will result in an in-bottle alcoholic fermentation, which produces CO2. A small amount of just that isn't a big deal and is normal for some wines. You ...

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

Alan Rath wrote: ↑
September 17th, 2019, 12:50 pm
Terroir is real. I have none, lol. I just grow them for fun and education. Made wine once, it was abysmal.

What variety(ies)?

Helped sort Mindego Ridge PN (just north of Alpine Vyd., same soil type) Wednesday for a friend's winery. No rain effect. Fruit looked great. We'll have to do a comparative tasting in a few years. Rhys Alpine Vyd. and Mindego Vyds. from Mindego, Fogarty, Sandar & Hem and Kutch.

There's a surplus of high-end Napa Cabs right now, making it very competitive, with some producers holding a lot of wine out of the market to keep the prices up. We've seen other quality historic producers get sort of forgotten about, while all the next best things grab all the attention. That can t...

Saw it at K&L.

Yes, very tasty bottle, Sean.

The Mount Eden was singing at the end of the night. Nice to have a snapshot of all these wines, but impossible to really follow them properly. Impressive and fun, though. Not sure which Rhys pick was delayed by the rain. My friend Rob, who's joined our group a couple times and was a 2016 Rhys intern...

William, the thread probably should be in Wine Talk where the discussion of wine tastings and experiences are shared. Wine Pimps is primarily for retailer problems, successes, suggestions and help. On the other hand, the wine IS that good if it has been properly stored and no, I, won't sell you any...

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