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Bryan - I would definitely hold on to a few and try them at the 10 year mark. The 09 is one of my favorite Zins right now - wish I had saved more. Adam- I just did a quick tasting at Ridge yesterday. The 17 Geezer is great. If they still have the 2014 Lytton Estate Syrah I would strongly recommend ...

Just popped a 2015 Geyser and it's so lush and tasty. Any reason to wait on drinking my other 5 bottles?

Drinking the 2015 English Hill Pinot and loving it. Does Boheme have a tasting room in Sonoma county? I think I picked up a sixer during the berserker sale....but then again I've bought a lot of wine this year and my memory is foggy. Bryan, Thanks for your compliments. The '15 (and '16/ current rel...

2011 Sweetwater pinot popped at a tailgate yesterday. Bears / Packers. Great tailgate. Not so great outcome. No detailed notes. But the Sweetwater is in a very nice place right now. About 1/3 of a bottle left for tonight, hasn't lost a step. Are you drinking this at the ACTUAL tailgate?!! Never see...

Drinking the 2015 English Hill Pinot and loving it. Does Boheme have a tasting room in Sonoma county? I think I picked up a sixer during the berserker sale....but then again I've bought a lot of wine this year and my memory is foggy.

Loved these tasting notes, and appreciate you posting pics! These notes were especially fun for me as I've had at least 1/8th of the bottles. Was that Hilliard Bruce's last vintage?

I think it was a 2010 or 2012 Rhys Alpine vineyard that my father "accidentally" gave to me.

Uh hem, up to 102. Various WineBid purchases the last 6 months (Rochioli, Morlet, Ridge) - love that I can let them store until the summer is over. Sea Smoke, Williams Selyem, Carlisle, and Bedrock releases.

If you like a small production Pinot, make sure to check out cartograph. The owners are so lovely and the tasting room is very inviting. I think Reeve does a great job with their tastings and makes a fantastic Riesling (apt necessary) another good Pinot and Chardonnay spot would be Gary farrel, als...

I had one of the best meals of my life at Guiso Latin Fusion. Chalkboard is really fun, and also immensely enjoyed Bravas. We had The French Laundry in the same week and I ranked it my third favorite meal of the trip (too hard to live up to the hype).

I for one am batting less than .500 with the Rhys wines - I just don't think the pinots are in my wheelhouse but the Chardonnays express exactly what I want out of that varietal. The major exception is any Chard or Pinot from the Alpine vineyard. The 2010 Pinot was a revelation and I think one of th...

Prisoner wine company comes to mind. Low 80s for me. I have even convinced people who thought they liked it to hate it! Oh dear. There is a bottle in the cellar, we were given it last Christmas. I wasn’t sure what to do with it. Regifting brings moral quandaries plus the risk of an awful mishap if ...

Meiomi Pinot Noir was awful. No varietal character whatsoever, it tasted like chewing tobacco. +1 Had this alleged wine for the first time on the weekend. I’m quite certain that had it been blind I would not have identified it as Pinot Noir. Or as wine, for that matter. Chewing tobacco is plausible...

Stem inclusion appeared to be all the rage 4-5 years ago, but I always found the nose off-putting. Glad to hear Rhys is dialing it back.

This AVA sounds VERY appealing to me for a trip! Relaxing country atmosphere, hardly the need to make many appointments and a beautiful coastline? Sign me up! Sounds like Santa Ynez valley, one of my favorite places to visit. I recently realized after opening a 2014 Rhys Anderson and a 2012 WS Morni...

Wait I just remembered I passionately disliked every single wine in the tasting room at South Coast Winery in Temecula. My dad and I stopped by after having lunch in the restaurant on site and we quickly spat about 4 wines until tapping out.

Not sure if this qualifies as wine, but I tried Stella Rosa about 5 years ago and nearly spit it out on my sofa. Truly a once in a lifetime experience.

I shared this thread with the wife. Somehow she wasn’t convinced to let me buy more based solely on the fact that some people have more pending than our whole cellar. Either we don’t buy enough or we drink too fast, regardless I shall do my part to lighten our bank account! You appear to be of simi...

96 - should I be posting this in the young and spend-y thread?

Popped a 2015 Esola two days ago....it was muted on day one. Put a repour on, day two it was a it more forthcoming but I'm not sure I even liked it more than day one. Maybe an off bottle?

I'm starting to give up tracking cost or even tracking inventory at this point. It's nice to see what's ready to drink, but it's starting to get time consuming entering in ~300 bottles per year! If you enter it as you buy it, it is not very time consuming. Probably less time consuming than pulling ...

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August 23rd, 2019, 10:14 pm
I went with a 2015 Geyserville tonight. After drinking this, I regret not loading up on these. Fantastic!

Just bought a sixer for $45 per on Kogod.

I'm starting to give up tracking cost or even tracking inventory at this point. It's nice to see what's ready to drink, but it's starting to get time consuming entering in ~300 bottles per year!

I think the sentiment in this thread applies to those highly expensive type lists like Shafer HSS, Alban, Harlan, etc. But if you like a winery like Kutch, Carlisle, Rhys, Arcadian, Limerick Lane, etc., it still makes sense to buy from them directly, get the wines you want, not have to buy from ass...

I met Kris and Bruno recently at their warehouse and had an amazing time. Gracious hosts, extremely knowledgeable, and keeps it light an airy. Loved Bruno's pinots, but was very surprised to love the entire lineup of whites (louirero, vinho verde, grenache blanc). Much more reasonable pricing compar...

Love me some Sea Smoke, although the Ten is reaching the upper range of my spending limits.

Love me some McDougals! Jamie was such a gracious host for me and my friends up in Sonoma, making for a very memorable trip.

My first purchase of Carlisle and I'm in for a case! I always hedge my bets when I'm unfamiliar with the wines and grab one of each varietal/vineyard. Happy to support a fellow Sagehen!

Anyone pick up 3 cases of the OVZ?!!

Those fruity low cal spritzer drinks.

It was too expensive even by Napa standards.

I'm not sure what it says about me, but when I got to Daou and saw the beautiful view, and all of the well-dressed hip people, I knew immediately the wine wouldn't be my cup of tea. We sped through the tasting as fast as possible, which took a very long time.

My wife and I joke we will retire in Santa Barbara once we are done raising kids in the rigors of Orange County. You can't beat the proximity to wine country and the fun atmosphere of downtown SB. Just popped a 2009 Arcadian Francesca. Burgundy Al described it best in his tasting note on CT: "8/16/2...

This is interesting to me especially, considering champagne usually does not agree with me, but the heavy reds do!

Feels like winter here in Southern California. All those Teslas are starting to reverse global warming locally!

Loved the 2012.

Bought two of the 2012s on WineBid. Still loads of intense fruit, delicious.

My wife and I earn healthy incomes, even by California standards, and I still find it very hard to buy any wine pushing $100. I know "value" is based on personal, subjective standards, but when do diminishing returns set in?!!!! I can drink a wine for $50, I enjoy it, I'm not likely to love a wine f...

I ordered a sixer of WesMar with my father on a lark (well, we were drinking together) and was very happy. I've ordered from the last 3 vintages - great pinot and a reasonable price! Bryan, can you elaborate on the style, weight and fruit profile? I'm tempted to go for some blind just knowing that ...

I'm a newer user of WineBid, but I consider the small mark up (~$5-10) on the bottles I purchase as the price of having more freedom of choice. I like not having to be on 50 mailing lists to try 50 different producers. The ability to backfill older vintages is also worth the tariff to me.

I ordered a sixer of WesMar with my father on a lark (well, we were drinking together) and was very happy. I've ordered from the last 3 vintages - great pinot and a reasonable price!

Loved reading this thread. Sea Smoke is in danger of being dropped this year, but if I open an older vintage just to check on things......

A local purveyor, Hi-Time, had the 2014 Mt. Eden available by the glass when I stopped by a year (maybe two) ago. My first thought was it was outrageously good, before I even considered the price (which is such a good value).

Trended up for about 5 years, now trending down as I'm branching outside of drinking mostly pinot noir and chardonnay.

2011 is one of my favorite vintages post 2010, however, RRV has to be my least favorite appellation bottling. I drink those up first.

I'm 34 with two kids, ages 5 and 2. My wife and I both make good money (sugar mommas and daddys) and I plan on buying 200+ wines per year for the next 5 decades, if I'm fortunate enough to continue these good times. We are playing with the idea of building a cellar, but I think it will decrease the...

Have had a similar trajectory but had a bit of a later start. 2016: Bought a 36 bottle wine fridge 2017: Bought a 180 bottle wine fridge 2019: Just completed a small cellar build in the house that fits about 400 bottles with some room for OWC on the floors. I can definitely relate to the quick esca...

33 with 2 kids under 3. Been at this a little over a year and just cracked 100. The kids are actually what got us into wine - the hour after bedtime is the only adult dignity time we have. The wine has evolved into a bigger and bigger part. Plus, it’s got to be a pretty pricey bottle to cost more t...

Bumping this thread back to the top since the "cellar reduction" thread is bumming me out. Also, this escalated quickly: 2010: Bought an 18-bottle wine fridge 2016: Bought a 175-bottle Eurocave. 2018: Bought a 175-bottle Eurocave. 2019: Contemplating building a cellar. But do I need the storage in t...

Frank, First off I wanted to mention that I was sorry to miss Falltacular, but have it on my radar to sign up early next year. I've only been drinking wine about 8-9 years now, and in that span I've gone from overbuying Chardonnay to overbuying Pinot and now wait for it.....buying a lot of Zinfandel...

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