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. . . Some folks ridiculed me (or dismissed me as the ravings of a lunatic) for suggesting that Teroldego or Nebbiolo could make great wines in Calif. But Bryan Harrington and Emilio Castelli have shown me to be correct. Sam Bilbro will soon show me as being right on Timorasso. Anyway... interestin...

Discovery? Pichler Unendlich, but it might have been in late 2019. Not sure.

White: 2017 Sine Qua Non Tectumque

Red: tie:

2000 A. Conterno Granbussia
2004 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Galitzine Vineyard
2016 IDS Cabernet Sauvignon Fourth St.

Love the Viognier . . . again. viewforum.php?f=1

2019 DV8 Cellars Viognier Victory Camp 4 Vineyard - USA, California, Central Coast, Santa Ynez Valley (11/27/2020) This is an excellent Berserkerday wine. Spicy, fruits from the tropics and citrus, clean and sharp, no wood, no creamyness. I like a good chardonnay, but this is an outstanding ABC win...

I saw that lot and it was tempting, but I do not need any more wine.

Week two - Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi Vey Vey Vey. I will open a Wendouree. If you do not know Wendouree, you should, but buying it is no easy task. Due to the astronomical increase in the price of Wendouree in the past few years, a few bottle have shaken loose in the US, and you might want to th...

The 1982 Haut Brion is my WOTN, easily in that 98-100 point range, with the 2001 Haut Brion and 1982 Magdelaine just a notch below, but not much. The other wines are similarly stunning. Happy birthday Robert! I notice you didn’t say much about the 2010 Pavie; was it also similarly stunning? neener ...

In September 2014, I served the 1998 and 1999 blind at one of our LBTG dinners. I did not write formal notes but they were OUTSTANDING. No one guessed Australia. Perhaps some of our other participants can chime in. This is Mikhail's note on the 1998 from CT of that bottle. Why he did not write a not...

Thread drift, In Post 8937, there is a photo with 3 bottles of 1943 DRC. All three have too much ullage, with one actually below the neck label. Do people actually buy bottles like that to drink or just to say that they have the bottle? If the latter, I guess I care a bit less about whether they are...

I did this with a Myriad Elysian, where the word "Elysian" was in four point type.

I hate cell phone photos almost as much as I hate wimpy tasteless pinot . . . but for Laura's House I will make a double exception. 2013 Aubert Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast - USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast (11/21/2020) Although 7 years old, this was still infanticide. I decanted for about 4...

Campo de Borja - Borsao (the entry wine, I saw it today for $8.49). Hands down the best all around value and it ages. AND this I was in my "fight against gradeflation" stage so 88 is "excellent." 2002 Bodegas Borsao Campo de Borja Borsao - Spain, Aragón, Campo de Borja (2/19/2008) Hey! This stuff re...

Does a Blanc de Noir count? I have some medical issues that require reduction of wine consumption, and I am not wasting it on Pee-No, but I am willing to open some pinot-based bubbly. Aha! A solution. We have just teed up a 2013 Aubert Sonoma Coast Pinot for tonight. Jay Miller has mistaken that TW...

Does a Blanc de Noir count? I have some medical issues that require reduction of wine consumption, and I am not wasting it on Pee-No, but I am willing to open some pinot-based bubbly. Two posts above.... neener Don't forget PN bubbles count too. If you think Brig makes the rules, you have not been ...

If you go to Order History, you will see the prices. Purchase Tracker is what is sounds like you looked at. Your choice in football teams probably explains why you needed further "help". [snort.gif] Thanks. I did click on Purchase tracker. I'm going to have to wear my "I love Burgundy" T-shirt as p...

While the plague rages around us, combined with the fact that both the Jets and the University of Michigan football teams are unwatchable, I am updating some Cellartracker data with purchase prices but I can't find data on what I paid for SQN. The website lists my orders but not what I paid for the ...

Does a Blanc de Noir count? I have some medical issues that require reduction of wine consumption, and I am not wasting it on Pee-No, but I am willing to open some pinot-based bubbly.

Victor Hong wrote: ↑
November 18th, 2020, 8:26 am
Noo Joizee just legalized the stuff.

But I am a Type II diabetic so getting the munchees is bad.

Other than a Green Pan for omelets, a Le Cruset for casseroles and a large heavy cast-iron, my wife and I are generally not happy with our pots and pans, which represent a random collection of items we have bought over the years. Can anyone recommend a brand/set that we can buy that will just make m...

I have recently branched out after discovering the wide variety of paprika at Kalyustan in Manhattan. I have four different kinds at home - smoked and not, sweet and hot. I use depending on the specific flavor I want. E.g., smoked hot for a BBQ rub and sweet not hot for goulash.

Found it. Here is my write-up for our Synagogue newsletter. If I had to do it over again, I would use fresh turmeric instead of dried ground Turmeric (at least one inch of root, probably more) and I would definitely use fresh ginger. Add a bit more cayenne if your audience likes to kick it up a notc...

I have a very good Tagine recipe for Chicken with Turmeric and Turkish dried apricots. I will drag it up from somewhere and post it. I once made it for 120 people for a second night seder at my synagogue, but I did not use a tagine "pot" because I did not have 10-15 of them. It was well received.

I have no horse in this race. I have never bought in commerce corner and the only time I ever posted in commerce corner was to try to trade cult wine to get a fancy lens for my new camera. However, I have an idea. I do not know if this is possible, but I think that viewing commerce corner should be ...

All of the above, except for Round Pond, but I no longer buy Outpost and Schrader since they "sold out" to THE MAN.

I also was unable to get on the GTS list because Will wouldn't let me on.

Jeremy C wrote: ↑
November 16th, 2020, 7:23 am
. . . What am I doing wrong?

Using an Ah So? Not buying a second Durand? All of the above?

Working on the Tuite technique and recipe. First, brown the short ribs in oil (I'm using a Le Cruset large pot).
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Results of Step I for 8 rib portions:
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Step II - Go out and buy carrots because you don't have any. Proceed to Step III when you get carrots.

Izzy Nosnik wrote: ↑
November 13th, 2020, 6:43 am
It's a parody account made by one of the "Wine Knerds United". Along with "Jabroni Suckles" and a few others, they can be funny from time to time.

I always thought it was Heywood Djablohmi.

Facebook just told me that I might know a guy named Rudy Kurniawan and suggested I friend him. Some of you are already his Facebook friends. I am not, but some of the comments on this page or wall or whatever you call it are funny. "If you can't make it, fake it."

BUMP - Invite now in Post #1.

Great minds think alike. The Wine, Beer and Spirits Law Committee of the Business Law Section of the New York State Bar Association (guess who is the chair) has decided to publish a quarterly Alcohol Law Newsletter. Just about an hour ago, I wrote a sidebar to go with a photo of the garage auction a...

Todd F r e n c h wrote: ↑
November 9th, 2020, 11:40 am
Because we can't have 'offlines', technically (due to Covid), I'm moving this to Wine Talk where we post the rest of our Zoom/video sessions, and where it will get more traction as a result

Thanks. I was just trying to play by the rules since I have too many demerits already.

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Instant pots/crock pots pulverize the meat and you lose the flavor and crust that comes from slow braising in a good liquid. I always braise short ribs in port/red wine with a mirepoix of onions, carrots, garlic, some red wine vinegar, chicken broth and honey. Separate the fat from the braising liq...

Victor Hong wrote: ↑
November 8th, 2020, 7:03 pm
I would join, unless invited to the Trump inaugural celebrations.

I was invited to the Trump inaugural and attended as an academic exercise to take photographs. I have a great picture somewhere of a group that referred to itself as the Kentucky Deplorables.

I just posted for a virtual Berserkerfest next Saturday here:

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If it were not for the pandemic, I would have 80 of my closest drinking buddies in my backyard for one hell of a wine blowout to celebrate something I cannot discuss outside the Politics forum. So instead, how about a virtual Berserkerfest on Zoom, but with each of us having whatever group we want, ...

jeffmazen wrote: ↑
October 1st, 2020, 9:52 am
Just made a pot of Yak and Elk chili for lunch. I'm trying to cook for my FIL who has gall bladder issues and was told to cut the fat.

Have him try ostrich.

I have a "new" favorite knife. In about 1971, when I first discovered real cooking knives, I bought my mother, a great cook of classic Jewish food, a Sabatier 10 inch slicer. Carbon steel, rusts if you look at it cross-eyed, and so thin that if you hold it and snap your wrist, the blade whips. After...

Rather than start a new thread, maybe this is a good place to ask — for those forced to seriously think about what they buy today — what would you tell your 40 or 50 year old self about your wine buying? My 40 year old self. 1991. 1. Get on the Screaming Eagle list and buy every bottle you can get ...

Why is this thread dead?
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At Dario Ceccini's Restaurant above his butcher shop in Panzano. October 9, 2009.

2009 Cresta Velia Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain - USA, California, Napa Valley, Howell Mountain (10/9/2020) This wine is continuing to develop very well, with a melange of pepper spice and red fruit. A Howell Mountain fruit profile. This is the inaugural vintage of a wine made by John Giannini...

2011 Carlisle Zinfandel Montafi Ranch - USA, California, Sonoma County, Russian River Valley (10/31/2020) This has now happened twice. I taste a wine blind that my wife selected. My comment, "this is a great Zin. My guess is not mountain fruit. The only Zin I have had that was this good in Carlisle...

I had a similar situation with a 1966 Clos Fourtet about 3 years ago. I bought a case in about 1978. When I pulled this from the rack, it turned out it had no cork! For about 50 years the only closure was a capsule that had been "glued" to the bottle by dried wine. I scraped off the capsule and it w...

Brian Pinci wrote: ↑
October 23rd, 2020, 2:48 pm
You wonder why you bought so much wine that won’t be ready to drink until you’ve turned 90

My mother drank a 90 year old Madeira on her 90th Birthday and liked it.

…people ask you how much wine you have, and while you know the number (approximate or exact), you are too ashamed to give a number and simply answer, “a lot” while trying to laugh it off and change the subject. Then they say, "No, really, how many?" you respond, "Well, what's your definition of 'a ...

. . . But that's exactly what's happened. Think about formerly rustic regions now producing cult classics such as St. Joseph, Cornas, unicorn Jura wines, etc. These are status symbols too, just among a smaller cognoscenti. Hard to see how it happens without the internet and resulting explosion of k...

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