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$95 for CF and for CS The $175 you're thinking about is the East Block CF. Yeah, this is just the CF and CS--which are the west and south block (not old vines). The old vines that are similar in age and dry farmed to Macdonald is the East Block CF--which is released around August. Still great terro...

I still believe pawpaw would be best--but butternut squash would be good too. I'd bake the squash with brown sugar and butter, and let it cool, before I started the Foster recipe.

Rick Allen wrote: ↑February 15th, 2021, 9:43 am I have to admit that I've cut back my Oregon Pinot buying because I'm concerned about whether I'll still be around to drink them! Luckily I have enough 2005-2015 bottles to carry me over for the next decade...

What are you buying instead that doesn't benefit from a similar cellar routine?

This right here. Not the same wines but you can hit a 5 Iron between the properties. Detert regular Cab Franc and Cabernet are just excellent wines I think around $110. The Cabernet is Clone 4 and made from vines replanted in the late 90's. I've only had one MacDonal so far, the 2014. I would say D...

I equate this style with wines that cellar for a long time. In that category, it seems Sonoma wines do better than Napa and mountain fruit does better than valley.

I have a firm $200 cap. Some of those, I suppose, have slightly appreciated--but I have no plans on selling.

Detert probably needs a shout too.

Simpsons already did it:
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This is an assault to good design: https://www.wallawalla.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/17799445_10154732631598409_8232348713777764101_n.jpg Just terrible branding and design: https://www.wine-searcher.com/images/news/49/91/Cayuse-Vineyards-wines-10004991-1424296367.jpg I'm almost sure the owners o...

Science!
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This may not help people in the US but some excellent Chardonnays from Niagara and PEC, Ontario. To oversimplify, a mid Atlantic style. Bachelder, Exultet I two different styles, to name but two, which probably isn’t fair. But this is not an Ontario wine thread. I have fantasies of moving up there ...

Chris Seiber wrote: ↑February 8th, 2021, 5:08 pm
Josh Grossman wrote: ↑February 8th, 2021, 4:17 pm I've had many white wines from Ohio that I would rather drink at a lower price point.
The ultimate diss

Ohio and Michigan can make some good white wine. There was even some good red at Kinkead Ridge--but those are now soy beans and I wouldn't say were a great value.

TN: 2014 Beauroy Chablis 1er Cru, Le Chablisienne: On the nose green apples. On first sip I got a little feeling of, I kid you not, Muscadine grapes, but they went away immediately. Nice and crisp and clean, can't sense any oak. If I can fault it at all it finishes a little thin, and maybe is a bit...

I tried to bid on that in the marathon. I've had some old Raphet that I thought was a steal.

Bdklein wrote: ↑February 7th, 2020, 5:40 pm Don’t want to get sick. Any thoughts , insight , etc.????

Make a video and become a YouTube star (at least around these parts). Infamous is just as good as famous?

A. So wrote: ↑May 1st, 2020, 6:48 pm At this point, it's a bit of an annual ritual...

Can you open up a Sorrel Le Greal tonight for us?

In all seriousness, I think Chave is king of the hill in cooler vintages and Sorrel is king in warmer ones.

For some reason, it seems like a good Russian Imperial Stout would pair well too.

Pastrami originated from Romania. I'm not familiar enough with Romanian wine--but it is next to Hungary. Maybe Furmint?

Studying inky cap mushrooms, I came across coprine, a chemical that inhibits this enzyme:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetald ... ydrogenase

It certainly seems like all the symptoms of alcohol flush, which is genetic. Might see if you can get tested for those genes?

I'm sure it is selling just fine in Montreal:

Sean_S wrote: ↑February 3rd, 2021, 5:17 pm Hi Brian

Thanks for the note. Yum... Another favorite Oregon producer. Her Maresh is better than the Maresh Maresh Vineyard if you like AFWE wines. Hope your doing well.

Sean

i think I remember the main difference is Arterberry Maresh is completely destemmed and Fox is the opposite.

Robert Dentice wrote: ↑January 26th, 2021, 10:26 am The Nahe is fairly easy to learn. You really only need to know three producers Emrich-Schonleber, Schafer-Frohlich and Donnhoff. And maybe Schlossgut Diel.

The wines are riper than the Mosel with a slightly different fruit profile.

I love the Nahe.

This was a short thread

2008 Cameron Clos Electrique 2017 Pierrick Bouley 1e Robardelles Which one won the night? Yes. ;) Cameron won, but Inwas just checking in on a Bouley young before continuing to buy more from Lyle, and they are excellent but definitely need more time. This was a fun thread to read: https://wineberse...

2008 Cameron Clos Electrique 2017 Pierrick Bouley 1e Robardelles Which one won the night? Yes. ;) Cameron won, but Inwas just checking in on a Bouley young before continuing to buy more from Lyle, and they are excellent but definitely need more time. I have a stash of both--but not back to '08. Sne...

NoahR wrote: ↑January 25th, 2021, 5:29 pm 2008 Cameron Clos Electrique
2017 Pierrick Bouley 1e Robardelles

Which one won the night?

According to Cellar Tracker, I've bought 2500 bottles of wine since I started keeping track there. JB Neufeld provided the highest level of customer service and attention to detail of any of them--with maybe exception of Roy Piper. I'd have to imagine that holds true in the vineyard and winery too.

I wouldn't think of just south of Sacramento in the Central Valley as being great terroir, but this is pretty convincing: https://www.beaurivagecellars.com/the-place I also live in Ohio and think it makes some good wine, so... I should probably just shut up and trust William and Frank know just a bi...

DonnaM wrote: ↑January 26th, 2021, 8:29 am Order in! My first Berserker Day order . . . of many, I hope. Getting on a call with our financial adviser in a few minutes, maybe I should warn him?

I just tell them that I'm switching to more liquid assets. Order in for the Johan Vineyards.

$150 is more than I paid for it.

Josh, indeed no Silvershot designate in 2018 but I did a special cuvee that is mostly Silvershot. It's the 2018 Pinot Noir Willamette Valley "Tardive" - not originally part of BerserkerDay offers for but you early folks I'm tossing it in at the Ribbon Ridge slot, $149 a six-pack, shipping...

Interesting. Do I need to order a case? Can I mix and match? Thanks.

Thanks Chris. Order in.

Starting to build a nice vertical of these beauties.

I opened a bottle of '16 Vincent Silvershot Vineyard last night, and holy hell, that is my top wine of the last couple months. Looks like there is no Silvershot in '18? What would be the closest?

Thanks, heck of a deal!

1989 Catherine et Pierre Breton Bourgueil Les Perrières - France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Bourgueil (1/23/2021) Decanted for about 60 minutes and followed for 3 more hours. Dark opaque garnet color. Fragrant nose of currant, red plum, cassis, green leaf, meaty smells, and high-altitude floral scent...

I heard it is going to be 2020!

Robert M yers wrote: ↑January 23rd, 2021, 1:32 pm
Drew Goin wrote: ↑January 23rd, 2021, 10:02 am Maybe try sweet potatoes? Perhaps slice and partially bake the potatoes before the flambé treatment?
I barely like sweet potato any more than bananas, but I would like to try it out for science, intriguing...

I'm almost sure pawpaws are the way to go.

Pawpaw would work well.

With China's new 200% tariffs on Australian wine, I expect to soon see more stateside--but probably still not the stuff we will be talking about.

One thing I see missing is there are too many former baristas that want to stamp the grinds down like an espresso machine; don't do that. The grounds should be finely ground but loose.

I've been lurking/absorbing the knowledge on this board for awhile. As an impressionable (relative) youth, I have sought out my first bottle of Bel-Air Marquis d'Aligre, 2010. From what I've read here and elsewhere, I understand that it is not a "typical" Bordeaux. For the BAMA enthusiast...

2020: Consumed (192) 2019: Consumed (187) 2018: Consumed (192) The only interesting this is when I'm just opening for dinner wines with my partner, the average price per bottle dropped significantly in 2020. "It's organic. It has no nutritional value, but consistency is not really a human trait...

Can someone translate the back label? The grape variety is Dornfelder: https://www.wine-searcher.com/grape-139-dornfelder#:~:text=Dornfelder%20is%20a%20relatively%20recent,crossing%20of%20Helfensteiner%20and%20Heroldrebe.&text=It%20is%20commonly%20made%20in,%2C%20Sp%C3%A4tburgunder%20(Pinot%20N...

Sounds like it will be good for the consumer. Somehow not too worried about any of my favorites.

D@vid Bu3ker wrote: ↑December 30th, 2020, 3:40 pm
Brian S t o t t e r wrote: ↑December 30th, 2020, 2:56 pm You should be a poet
I only do limericks.

Great note! Sounds like I need to keep an eye out for it. David Byrne (of Talking Heads fame) makes flowcharts and I think this is my favorite:

Pretty close to mine--but I'd add in Mousse Fils and Laherte Freres. FYI, Cedric Mousse is buying grapes for one wine. That *sshole. A few days after the election (when the results were sure) I opened a 2015 Cédric Bouchard Roses de Jeanne Les Ursules, NV Vilmart & Cie Champagne Premier Cru Gra...

Tastes in Champagne vary so widely that I don't think you're going to get consensus. For example I'm not a fan of Egly Ouriet or Ledru (or Krug for that matter) but many people whose palates I respect adore them. So here are mine: 1st (price allowing I buy these producers) Benoit Lahaye Bereche Cal...

A few other years of the reserve on K&L auctions right now--but doesn't ship to my state.

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