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But wine is not just a human invention. We didn’t invent fermentation at all, it’s a natural process. One we can direct a bit but really don’t control. Even inhibiting it from happening takes an absurd amount of effort to actually do. I give you that. Fermentation is a natural process and as such y...

Found 2016 Vallana Campii Raudi for under $14. Stupid good value at that price.

Glicine...nice. That's a good producer that you don't see around much. What vintage? We had a '99 Marcorino on Valentine's Day and it was delicious with risotto. It’s the 2015. I love Cantina del Glicine's Barbarescos, especially their Vignesparse. It’s elegant, light and delicate, yet bursting wit...

2008 Patricia Green Whistling Ridge-opens a little cranky in the nose but great energy in the palate. Very vibrant, lots of movement, excellent red fruits under lots of other nuances, good acidity and very fine tannins. The nose settles in after 20-30 minutes, but the overall perception for me was ...

My guess is that you prefer your coffee black, right? It that is the case, you are generally not going to dig a lot of white wines as many will seem 'too sweet' to you compared to other folks. I would think you'd like high acid and 'minerally' whites like Chablis - or rich Rhone whites like Roussan...

2018 Le Piane Maggiorina. Reddish purple core, wide blood red rims, good hue vibrancy. While there is a mentholated cleansing aspect to the nose it’s pretty much fruit-driven with plum, black cherry, blackberry in abundance, black earth, slate, grapefruit mixed in while remaining user friendly. Med...

Patrick T a y l o r wrote: ↑February 10th, 2021, 6:26 pm Maybe we should create a: "What Patricia Green Cellars are you drinking?" topic.

Sounds good. I was just focusing on the recent library release wines.l

Next up is the 2004 Estate Vineyard . I did not take detailed notes as this wine was quite similar to the 2002 Balcome. It has a similar sediment level although the cork was perfect for its age. It too was highly inviting right from the opening pour. Whereas the Balcome was surprising delicious, thi...

12-13.5%. I love drinking wine; I hate getting drunk. The older I get, the more easily I feel the affects of alcohol. A wine being balanced isn't going to reduce the mental impact of alcohol. Amarone is out of the question now. While Barolo and Barbaresco were my wines of choice for decades, at 14-1...

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. Kelley's is als...

Your note made me "gulp" about the oak as I just got some of the 2016. However, I read that this wine is aged for 3 years in a combination of used Burgundy barriques (1-3 years old).

It hard for me to resist a winery named Violin when my wife conducts/teaches orchestra. It’s even harder when this guy named Marcus (who happens to be a huge booster for Oregon wines) tells me Violin is the next winery I need to explore. Violin is one of the Tiny Wineries of Oregon. We had a chance ...

In for a #1. You can thank Marcus for this one too, or in my case "blame" him!

Marcus, I've really liked your commitment to this community & all you've shared with this forum. That was what prompted me to buy the 6 pack of 2019 BD cuvee. I'd be happy to change that to a case if you want to include 3x of two other Chards from 2019. It's not much, but if it would help to in...

Nice Just popped a 2019 Whistling Ridge Blanc to celebrate my financial disaster. Yes as Todd says Budget is a rental car company Sean Thanks a lot Sean. I finished the Bishop Creek and opened a 2019 WR Blanc. After all, it's a Wednesday. I hate calling this wine Crack - an evil substance. This is ...

2014 Bishop Creek Pinot Noir. What better way to celebrate a finance-crushing Berserker Day than with a Goodfellow? I confess that I am not a fan of 2014 or Jamhill Carlton AVA wines in general, but Marcus made another fine wine here as expected. It would never be confused with a 2013 Whistling Rid...

2014 Bishop Creek Pinot Noir. What better way to celebrate a finance-crushing Berserker Day than with a Goodfellow? I confess that I am not a fan of 2014 or Jamhill Carlton AVA wines in general, but Marcus made another fine wine here as expected. It would never be confused with a 2013 Whistling Rid...

James Lyon wrote: ↑January 27th, 2021, 1:28 pm Dang, my namesake offer is getting crushed by the Stotter. At this pace, I'll need to add 50 James Lyon's to my request from yesterday.

Wonderful wines across the board. I'll be in touch.

I with on the WR block wines! Patience in the cellar wins every time.

Will Hamilton wrote: ↑January 27th, 2021, 10:00 am
ChrisJames wrote: ↑January 27th, 2021, 9:43 am Hi Will,

We loved tasting all of the Chards with you this Spring.

In for Saline City Twelver (four of each)!!!!
It's a pretty salty town!

Will, I am curious what your anticipated drinking window for the Chards are.

Thanks

Hi Will,

We loved tasting all of the Chards with you this Spring.

In for Saline City Twelver (four of each)!!!!

Marcus,

As if I didn't buy enough yesterday....

Put me down for one Package #3: “The James Lyon”.

And please don't let me buy anymore until you release the 2019s.

Ah PGC Muscat....It's not just for breakfast anymore!

In for a case. Be well Jim.

Marcus, Please add on one Grand Cru Crü; "The Scott Tallman" 2018 Cabernet Franc, Whistling Ridge 12 cases produced (first commercial release) 2018 Upper Bench, Temperance Hill Pinot Noir 24 cases produced (first commercial release) Just because... How about that. Same total order as Sean ...

In for a six pack of the 2019 Berserker Cuvee Chardonnay!

Wait....let's make that a case!!!

Rodrigo, I thought Marcus said somewhere that Lewman would end up being a one-off for him - something about the vineyard being sold and no longer having access to the fruit. I'm not so sure. In Goodfellow's August "Terroir Series II" release notes, Marcus wrote: "While it is unlikely...

I have had a whopping two Chenin Blanc ever in my life, both of them in the last two weeks: 2019 Pinon Vouvray and 2019 Huet Vouvray Le Haut Lieu. All I can say is bummer for the OP, because damn this stuff is good! I will also add that I don't really find it particularly similar to Chardonnay, so C...

Can someone explain to me what causes tropical flavors in Oregon Chardonnay? While I love the flinty/mineral presentation of Chards (i.e. Goodfellow RR or Walter Scott) I keep encountering ones that have that pineapple/coconut profile. That is definitely not a flavor I am desiring to drink expect ma...

These library wines are a really special treat to time travel back to the early days of PGC. I never had a chance to meet Patty. Only when we made our very first trip appointment to visit the winery did we discover that Patty had passed three months earlier. Through a stroke of great personal fortun...

Dan Kravitz wrote: ↑January 16th, 2021, 4:17 pm
Last time I looked, the US wine consumption was at about 12 bottles per person annually, well off of this 'top 20' list.

12 bottles per person monthly. Yeah, that sounds about right. Maybe a bit light.

One thing that will be great is that Marcus is going to make 2019 Chardonnays from Durant, Whistling Ridge, and Temperance Hill. That will give us a chance to taste the same vintage, same producer, and three different AVAs. Apples to Apples to Apples.

Lately we've been drinking a lot of Oregon Chardonnay, mostly from my "holy trinity" of Walter Scott, Goodfellow, and Cameron. A recent back to back nights of 2018 Goodfellow Dundee Hills and Ribbon Ridge Chardonnays got my wife and I talking about the differences between the two, and whe...

Let's get them both on the list. Also, this weekend I was wondering why the whites from Cameron, especially the Clos Electrique, were not getting much attention... top shelf juice. No need to talk about any of that. If you must focus on Cameron, talk about Abbey Ridge. Nothing to see with Clos Elec...

A nod to Cheese Master Marshall Manning [cheers.gif] 1. 2019 La Miraja Freisa d’Asti. Marshall recommended this one. This was really an enjoyable wine, both easy to drink and with plenty to hold one’s interest. Light and subtle, but with nice layered complexity. Bright red fruit (strawberry, of cour...

On the New Year’s wine resolutions thread, I posted that one of my resolutions this year was to try riesling kabinett from Von Schubert Maximin Grunhaus and other classic Mosel/Ruwer/Saar producers with serious age on it (20+ years). These are nearly impossible to find at retail or auction since ev...

This is such an AWESOME way to taste aged wines with a perfect provenance. The fact that the winery has not marked up the wines at all as they get older is such a gift to wine geeks like ourselves. What a great way to start 2021! It is pretty incredible to be getting 10+ years of age for basically ...

My first exposure to Freisa was back in the late '70's when DarrellCorti brought in the ones from Scarpa.Fizzy & off-dry, I did not realize that Scarpa made this in the fizzy style. I know a retailer who has the 2006. What would you expect of this? I know Scarpa wines live a really long time, b...

For domestic Pinot Noir under $30 Goodfellow Willamette Valley or Ribbon Ridge. Cameron Dundee or Ribbon Ridge Patricia Green Riserve Vincent Eola Amity or Ribbon Ridge Evesham Wood Eola Amity Violin Willamette Valley. Right now, I am also really diving into Alto Piedmonte reds that are under $30. I...

Jean Vesselle Brut Reserve Champagne 80% Pinot Noir and 20% Chardonnay. I never drink Champagne, not for moral, political, or cultural reasons, but because I am too busy drinking other stuff. My retail said this was a killer deal on Grower Champagne for $39. My wife wanted a bottle, so here we are. ...

I'm getting vertigo.

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.

Sorry about this.

An Oregon lad named Goodfellow
who loathed wine which was cloying as jello
with a love of the land
and a lightness of hand
made wine like Yo Yo Ma on the cello.

1/1/2020 - 969. A nice size cellar. Really no need to buy anything else.....
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12/31/2020 - 1284. And an average of one bottle per day consumed.

2010 Matello Pinot Noir Whistling Ridge Vineyard Ribbon Ridge - USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Ribbon Ridge (12/30/2020) Instantly transported to a walk in the forest. It’s fall, and the leaves are down. They were wet from a recent rain, but that has seeped into the soil, so that the leaves crack ...

David Dyroff and I were talking about this awhile ago. Personally, with the exception of a handful of red producers, I buy almost exclusively white, pinot noir (yes, I’m putting PN in a separate category from other reds), and some bubbly. For whatever reason my palate is able to detect more complex...

Originally to prevent rodents from gnawing at the corks. Not too many rodent problems now a days... Well they're still around, but we have mousetraps for that. No need for the foil. Sometimes though, it is a nice place for the wine to seep (instead of on the bottle neck) when certain Germans become...

Extra large bottles are a PITA (or back) to lug up and down stairs, cost more to ship, won't fit in many of my racks, and give the illusion of more wine, leading to disappointment when the heavy bottle turns out to be empty. Alas, one of my favorite producers uses over-sized bottles that don't fit ...

2007 and 2013 Oregon. Both great shitty vintages. Could probably add 2011 to that, but I don't have the tasting experience to say.

I think Goodfellow fans will really enjoy this great video interview with Patricia Gustafson, wife of Richard (namesake of Richard's Cuvee)and co-owner/farmer of Whistling Ridge Vineyard.

https://oregonwinehistoryarchive.org/in ... gustafson/

Kirk.Grant wrote: ↑December 25th, 2020, 11:12 pm
2017 Cameron Pinot Noir Silvestre Clos Electrique

How was this? I have two bottles but wasn't planning on opening one for five years.

Thanks

Celebrating Winter Solstice with a 2016 Whistling Ridge Blanc. What better way to celebrate past and future bounty from nature than with a field blend?

Joyful libation.

Christmas was good today! Special thanks to Marcus and Megan for the first class customer service which allowed these to get here by Christmas time. Suggestion on which Pinot is drinking best now? Going to be hard to keep hands off at least one of these. The Lewman is amazing and the only one I'd c...

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