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Yesterday I had the privilege of meeting Marcus and Meagan and tasting through a broad line-up of Marcus' wines. Marcus was incredibly generous with his time and is too easy to talk to; I should have listened more and talked less. I came away convinced that Goodfellow is the real deal-bound to find ...

Mitch, do you add a liquid when the ribs are foiled? I don't now. I played around with all the things you see on TV and read on BBQ-brethren.com and I have found that for ME, simply sprinkling on some finishing rub and wrapping is all you need. I found that adding liquid parkay besides being disgus...

How did I just now find this thread? For dry rub, I use a mix from my hometown butcher. But since everyone can't get to small town TX, I recommend Bolner's Fiesta rib rub or Rudy's rib rub. Use the 3-2-1 method. I have a 24x36 pitts and spitts offset firebox smoker and probably smoke meat 10-12x a ...

This board sure does have a lot of pricks on it. Perhaps he posted it to benefit some us who may have not received the email notice! I, for one, never received either the Carter nor Rhys offering emails earlier this year. Had it not been for fellow board members posting the notice/email, I would ha...

OK, I will likely buy some incoming (again) for this comment, but may I ask why fully 50% of your many posts are to alert fellow WB's of mailing list offers? If we exclude the topic of golf, it would be closer to 75%. What am I missing? Your fellow WB's who are on the list would see the same thing y...

Jim; I would take care of it for you gratis if it were in Ohio. That said, trying to levy a judgment from another state as against an incorporated entity is kind of a circle jerk for lack of a nicer description. The biggest hurdle is converting a judgment into motivation for payment. You probably kn...

That is very interesting. I also buy their Harbison and I have noted the herbaceous mustard profile you identify. It is outstanding and why I got hooked on this style of cheese. Maybe a good reason some folks choose to age their wheels a few months more. I regret to inform you that Harbison is made...

Nice to see the reference. I still have some Hug Syrahs in my cellar. Early 2000s vintages. I have no idea how they are.

About a third of the bottle on day two turned brown but puzzling enough tasted more like pinot with a nice(r) finish. More velvet, let Syrah.

TN: 2001 Copain Hein PN Anderson Valley; Well(s), it's alive. Quite alive. Very oaky though. The flavor is on the dark side of the PN spectrum leaning towards cola, tea, sassafras, and syrah but is from beginning to end subservient if not squashed by the oak component. Drinkable. I got a huge waft o...

Me too. ABC in my book means Au Bon Climat. "Anything but chardonnay" implies that there is something bad, simple, and cliche' about chard, like merlot. I rather like chard these days. Particularly French offerings from Robert Panzer/Down to Earth.

Mr. Selber-what prompts you to weigh in here? I have never known you to participate much in Oregoncentric threads. Your statement that you have never heard of Vincent bears that out. Wtf already! I admitted that I was being a curmudgeon. Why is Mr. Kaforne (hell if I can make out what his real name ...

Sorry you were so bothered. I invite you to take your own advice from the nearly worthless "Best Oregon Pinot" thread from Fall, 2018 in which you stated simply "I refuse to participate in this thread." Like the best Oregon pinot producers, I am fairly consistent regardless of vintages. Unlike the ...

I hate to be a curmudgeon, but I am what I am. Have you used the search function? Have you read this Board at all over the last five years? What is the point? You may as well ask "what are the five best PN producers in Oregon" because the few that charge more than $65/bottle aren't better. That sill...

Brian, I am not sure what my point is although I don't think Kevin used slave labor up there in Laytonville. I am just ruminating about things. It seems that if something bad was done in the past and something good came out of it, we are all down with it...Nobody here is in favor of bringing back p...

It's a bottomless well.
We're digging a tunnel to China.
We're trying to swim upstream.
We're shedding tears.
"Yellow Rivers" by I.P. Daily

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brisket-shortage-has-texas-barbecue-lovers-facing-rising-costs/ I saw this article in the WSJ but now I am only seeing it here-no matter-same blurb. Made me reach out to my special super-secret Wagyu brisket supplier for another load. Luckily, his supply remains unfazed...

I am not a Rhys customer as expensive Caly pinot is just not my thing (over $40), but I am very impressed by Kevin's responses and this thread along with another not so long ago (about overrated wineries IIRC) must have been painful for Kevin to read. FWIW, I had a good friend read the report. He is...

I just want to make one very cogent and insightful observation; Stormer and Skyler.

I would respond but what's the use? What Tom Hill says.

mitch - i take it you didnt order A month or two back, Florida Jim Cowan tasted through three or four SQN's and expressed my sentiments. I've tasted about ten of them. I was right there when Rudy drove in at the exact moment a half-barrel of HdR SQN Grenache came up at auction to scoop it up irresp...

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July 18th, 2019, 4:23 pm
Does anyone have pictures of the labels and box?

Classic. When you get your first shipment, be sure to take pics for your scrapbook. In the privacy of your abode you can even rub yourself on the bottles.

Jim Prosser's wines don't get much mention here, not as much as they deserve. I have a hard time keeping up with the vineyard designations. I have them in the cellar dating back to '02 and other than the Provocateur (a little too monolithic and fruit forward though enjoyable enough), I have loved ev...

IMHO, the saying "there are no great old wines, just great bottles of old wine" applies equally to Syrah. To a lesser extent, Tom Hill's saying about pet that you "need to kiss a lot of frogs to find a prince(ss) applies too. When a Syrah misses the mark, it is incredibly boring. But when Syrah hits...

I picked up one of these this Spring and love it https://www.amazon.com/Weber-15502001-Performer-Charcoal-22-Inch/dp/B00N634VD0/ref=asc_df_B00N634VD0/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=167145798705&hvpos=1o3&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8475776126421578765&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvloc...

I have 4 of these I received for my birthday last year. I don’t notice a difference as compared to a normal glencairn type glass Bob Same here. My wife bought me a set and I don't think they do anything. They are annoying though; if you soak them or place them in a dishwasher, there is a small hole...

I guess your BSA summer camp does not have scary ghost stories told in grave yards late at night. Ours did. My parents had to make a three hour drive in the middle of the night to rescue my younger brother who was unconsolable with dread that zombies would enter his tent and that his throat would be...

Drinking the '13 KF Momtazi as I type this and it is similar to what you describe though I must ask you, what are the characteristics of aldehyde? (other than chubbiness). Or to ask it differently, how does one detect aldehyde? Anyhow, the '13 poured the lightest shade of red one will see this side ...

Mitch, great note. The Balcombe vineyard is in the Dundee Hills and the PGC Estate is in the Ribbon Ridge. The Bonshaw and Etzel bottlings are from the PGC Estate. James Aww crap. You are right of course. As I was typing I was questioning myself on that but felt confident enough to hit send without...

The '17 Estate is unusually "classy". I don't know how to define what makes a certain wine "classy" as opposed to most other similar wines though I know what I mean. Powerful, graceful, refined, and polished all at the same time. I have 2002 Balcombe 1B left in my cellar and this wine reminded me of...

I believe there was a thread on the '17 Reserve recently. Haven't had it. But I did open a bottle of this last night. Picked up at an Ohio retailer for $37. Being a wine club member I have two cases of upper tier '17 PG's in the cellar and don't intend to open any of those for a while. Having been a...

I hope he did not show your kids his codpiece. They would need intensive psychiatric intervention. My first sight of Tom was at a Templeton B&B at HdR 2001 and he was playing basketball with the host's son whom I want to recall as "Connor" or "Spencer" but I am sure I am wrong. Tom was wearing short...

Drank a Jaffurs Viognier five or six nights ago. 2016 I think. I have grown pretty critical of most Viogniers. This one made the grade. It had cut to it.

1) Ever since my first older red burgundies I had as a teenager, red burgundy has always had both the reputation and the practical effect of being 'beautifully inconsistent.' Bottle variation, vintage weirdness, a bottle that Sings angelically followed by a wine from the same case that is 'fine.' T...

I just had the '17 Chidaine Touraine last night. Picked it up for $13.99 Ohio Unfair Trade Maximum pricing. I noticed no bubbles or metallic character but otherwise had the exact same impression. The fleshy body and yet evident minerality was a very nice surprise given the price. I would rank this a...

Mine arrived yesterday. First, it is a beautiful product and is designed incredibly well. It comes with a card that appears to bear the genuine signatures of the father and son team behind it. Please trust me, I would not let it's outward appearance affect my appraisal of its performance. It takes s...

First, I am probably stirring the pot a little and for that I apologize. I mean well. Promise. acid peeks through a bit more as the tannins subside I think I know what you meant to say, but tannins are acidic. and the aromatics absolutely blossom This does sometimes happen but the adjective "absolut...

Less expensive wines may show better on release, higher end bottlings are often intended for longer aging. -Al Moreso than any other variety (save maybe pet), the idea that extended aging will allow a new world pinot to evolve to a point of beauty is false. Some rough edges may diminish, a wine tha...

I would hope this is false for the majority of wineries in the world. “Lighter,” maybe in terms of acid and tannin structure but “better”? Someone is doing a poor job if that’s the case. I sure hope my winery is not falling into that category as that would make me question my palate in an enormous ...

Well, I think there is a lot of truth to this. It does not hold true with Au Bon Climat; the less expensive bottlings are not as elegant as the top. But it holds true more often than not, even in Oregon. I mostly ignore Calif pinot. Cameron and Belle Pente get more elegant as you go up the hierarch...

Well, I think there is a lot of truth to this. It does not hold true with Au Bon Climat; the less expensive bottlings are not as elegant as the top. It’s funny you should say that. ABC is exactly the winery I was thinking of where I agree with the premise. La Bauge is my favorite. The higher end Pi...

Well, I think there is a lot of truth to this. It does not hold true with Au Bon Climat; the less expensive bottlings are not as elegant as the top. But it holds true more often than not, even in Oregon. I mostly ignore Calif pinot. Cameron and Belle Pente get more elegant as you go up the hierarchi...

They listened to stuff from Meatloaf, Fiona Apple, Phish, and Humble Pie. Then they got into an argument about whether cables matter and someone got a shotgun blast of Salt-n-Pepa to the face. Anton is freaking out because his homeowners policy won't cover it and he no longer sees retirement in his ...

Thank you Jim. I won't give particulars as to why I am move to thank you, but thank you, thank you, thank you.

Consumed the 2013 over a period of 3 days. My particular bottle was unflawed and showed fresh and red fruited...lots of cranberry and red briar fruit with secondary OR "woodsy" notes and hints of black cherry. The fruit is sweet but not jammy or raisined. Plenty of balancing acidity. No noticeable ...

Flawed bottles are par for the Thomas course. The highs can put them near the top of the OR heap. On average, they're on par with a fairly large group of producers that I consider to be the "usual suspects". You'll also encounter appreciably more duds. John Thomas is eccentric, fairly reclusive and...

Searching the Berserker site for mentions of Thomas Pinot, I saw this. I bought a case of the 2014 and interestingly I also noted the spritz/tang (not the usual nomenclature to describe wine, but apt!). I thought this made the wine very unique and that it actually had a positive contribution toward...

I was a big fan at one time and my enthusiasm has waned. I have a lot of FH and I'm drinking them up except for the Tennebrink Pet. They are hit and miss, IMO, particularly the whites. I have always liked Matthew Rorick's grenache and carignan. His small lot offerings and handwritten thank you notes...

TN; '17 Biale Party Line North Coast Zin; medium dark, big black fruited fresh fruit nose bordering on primary, slightly sweet and viscous, full bodied but a bit simple, slight kick of tannic grip and acid on the finish. Stayed the same over four hours. Fun to drink and solid for the price point but...

Good to hear that the 2002 Resonance has finally turned the corner! Like Mitch, I've found it short in the finish. I was kicking myself every time I opened one as I was committing infanticide. 2002 was one of our great vintages here in Oregon (like 1999 and 2008), and like those vintages, the wines...

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