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Kelly Walker

Tariffs are imposed to either:
Level the playing field
OR
Penalize (inflict pain) on a country for perceived unfair trading practices. The discussed tariff is the latter. Not judging the choices, but the selected tariffs must have been deemed as strategic. Let’s see how this plays out.

Kelly Walker

Tantric and platonic? Just rubbing the bottle?

I have a few of these but have yet to open one. Sounds great but needing lots of time.

Kelly Walker

Frank,
Great lineup. Perfect for Hawaii.

BTW, we lost our 13 yo sheltie, Dudley, this year. Looked exactly like your avatar. Such a great and sweet dog. Adored my wife and was a real cuddle bear.

Kelly Walker

A wine I have always found to be rather new-worldly. Delicious wine though.

Kelly Walker

Oooh I want to play but traveling next 2 weeks. I will be on the guessing end as they pop up until I can post some of my own. Great idea for us nerds.

Kelly Walker

Not sure if Heuringer start when you are there but in the Wachau, like in Weisenkirchen, look for homes with a wheat wreath and ribbon displayed. This means they welcome visitors for a home cooked meal and wine, usually in the garden for a small fee. A wonderful experience.

Kelly Walker

If similar to Singapore chili crab, riesling.

Kelly Walker

La Cagouille

Razor clams in butter, I dream of them!

Kelly Walker

Extra hot wings Reheated for breakfast. Addictive

Kelly Walker

Drank a 2017 Ramonet St. Aubin Dent de Chien last night. Wow, classic Ramonet signature. Very precise and a delight to drink. St. Aubin is rockin’ in both ‘14 and ‘17.

Kelly Walker

Actually I have. Maybe indeed you are a psychic.

Kelly Walker

Victor Hong wrote: ↑
December 5th, 2019, 4:00 pm
From a psychic perspective, that buyer may still have gotten a pure steal.

Despite how I need no more wine, and am keenly sensitive to market valuation risk, the latter dominates.

I did not realize you were a psychic....what am I thinking?

Kelly Walker

It has been a few years but I had stayed at Hotel Schloss Durnstein several times and it was very nice, perfectly situated on the Danube. Just up the river is Weisenkirchen, a very quaint little village with lots of outside dining in good weather. Krems is a very nice walking town. The Egon Schiele ...

Kelly Walker

As some have already mentioned, my first answer was Barbaresco. As I considered the question in the conrext of Barolo, examples that came to mind included Podere e Cantina's Classico, E. Grasso Chiniera, and B. Giacosa. But, it can depend on a number of factors, which means it's less consistent, fo...

Kelly Walker

B. Giacosa. Always a floral top note (rose & violet), more so in their Barbaresco but also the Baroli. Price may be an issue.

Kelly Walker

More beans than you could imagine. There is a 32 bean soup mix.

Kelly Walker

We had a ham for thanksgiving. My wife took the bone with plenty of meat attached and threw it in the IP with a 23 bean mix. Slow cooked then pressure cooked and left to warm a few more hours. Damn best ham bean soup ever! Very hearty and tasty. Beans were perfect.

Kelly Walker

The 2019 La Liste is out. As always plenty to argue about. Interesting that Japan and China top the list of highest rated restaurants above France. https://www.laliste.com/en/laliste/world I went through the list down to 81 points to see which restaurants I have dined at in the past. Kind of scared ...

Kelly Walker

I have a beautiful pool furniture set made from Ipe. Wears like steel. I wonder if someone has done wine racking using it?

Kelly Walker

Early dinner:
2008 Dom
2016 Kistler Laguna Ridge RRV Chard (mag)
2006 W-S Westside Road Neighbors PN
+ whatever our friends bring, which assuredly will be great

Kelly Walker

We (wine friends) are very lucky where we live. 99% of the restaurants we frequent are free corkage. Wait staff generally know us so they know the routine. We will always open ourselves bottles that need extra TLC/Durand treatment. We most often pour ourselves other than Champagne. Our tradition is ...

Kelly Walker

Tasted the entire lineup at Leflaive in June. Probably their best set of wines I can ever remember.

Kelly Walker

Got an e-mail today from De Long offering 20% off all maps and charts (code BUONVINO). https://www.delongwine.com/ But interestingly, they also have a cool kickstarter project for a new boxed map set. I have previously purchased their wine region maps that are very good. https://www.kickstarter.com/...

Kelly Walker

Excellent and poignant post as always Francois. I have not yet had the privilege to taste the 2008 Salon. If I do it will likely be from the generosity of others. However, I have tasted most vintages over the years and have a very well defined profile stored in my tasting memory. So I feel like I ca...

Kelly Walker

I had my cellar done with unfinished cypress heartwood. One of the most moisture resistant, dimensionally stable woods. Really durable. Looks great.

Kelly Walker

Anton D wrote: ↑
November 23rd, 2019, 10:50 am
Has anyone tried the '93 lately? I wonder how it matured.

Sagging

Kelly Walker

Thanks for the note on the '96 Dom. Understand your melancholy about drinking your last bottle. I still 4 or 5 in abeyance. Such a great bottle. Fortunately you have the 2008 to look forward to. You cannot buy enough '08. Otherwise all you will have is regrets.

Kelly Walker

Mel Knox wrote: ↑
November 21st, 2019, 12:53 pm
When the moon hits your eye
Like a big pizza pie
That s LaMorra!

An old diving ditty:

When you put in your hand
And pull out a stump
Thats a morey

Kelly Walker

What I am much more concerned about is the alarming amount of Glyphosate founds in our processed foods and our produce. The levels detected are way above what most scientific organizations deem safe. They should ban it, but Bayer is too powerful a company for that to happen. 🍂 American homeowners a...

Kelly Walker

I hate when people make money! *old man screams at cloud* This. Sentiment of some seems to be, "I want you (winery) to be successful and make money, just not TOO successful and make TOO much money....as defined by me!" What's wrong with....if you like the wines when they were "small", and you still...

Kelly Walker

The attribution of Fukashima as a source of Cs-137 in CA wine is ludicrous. 2 times baseline is not statistically relevant at these levels. It would be more likely due to improved detection capability. But it makes for a good headline.

Kelly Walker

Wow, the big guys are on a tear, buying up everybody. There are [meta-] Darwinian aspects to this behavior which are pretty damned horrifying. Lately I've been reading a lot about the history of bidness, and I don't know what the hell these families are thinking when they sell out to Evil Inc, alth...

Kelly Walker

2014 Meursault Perrieres is outstanding.

Kelly Walker

No, just some peoples tastes are better educated and refined than others.

Kelly Walker

I have been drinking FX Pichler for over 20 years. Awesome producer. The Unendlich I often find a bit over done (extended hang time) relative to their other Smaragd wines. For me the Kellerberg is their best offering.

Kelly Walker

c c c c c cool!!! Had not seen anything from Sadat X in a while. DMC...ballin'

Kelly Walker

Barbera d’Alba. Much of the barbera is planted at the top of vineyards not suitable for nebbiolo. The barbera tended to be difficult to ripen. Now these upper areas ripening on a more consistent basis. I always preferred Barbera d’Asti because the grapes were planted at better elevation. That is cha...

Kelly Walker

Of course. Its obvious that anyone would kill for a Popeye's chicken sandwich or someone getting in the way of having one. Chick-fil-A has to be wondering if God does not love them anymore.

Kelly Walker

Who'd thunk Popeye's chicken sandwiches would be such a craze! The end of civilization is surely at hand.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... -side.html

Kelly Walker

Funny post Dan. I really feel bad about the impact on your company and others in your position. My best friend is a major importer and its a cataclysmic event.

Thankfully my epoisse has been spared.

Kelly Walker

How did France escape the cheese tariffs?

Kelly Walker

Global warming has reduced gains in knowledge? Is there anything not affected?

Kelly Walker

Rare has sold antique decanters for years. A 57th st must.

Kelly Walker

Chris Seiber wrote: ↑
October 28th, 2019, 3:41 pm
He is the standard by which future Cornas winemakers will be juged.

Nice play on words.

Sad to hear.

Kelly Walker

That would be nice

Kelly Walker

Great notes as always. I have read your use of the term “paw-paw” before. Please describe.

Kelly Walker

Does pissing in the vineyard after consuming a bottle count? The circle of life.

Kelly Walker

Was pleasantly surprised by the more than serviceable wines for self pour:

Champagne:
Jeeper rose
Canard-Duchene Charles VII bdb

Whites:
Robert Hall viognier
Pascal Jolivet pouilly fume

reds:
Ch. de Fieuzal
Ch. Barde-Haut

Kelly Walker

Who new. 121 BC was the first recorded vintage of the millennial.

Kelly Walker

Talking with a retail friend. He expects distributors will jack prices even on existing stocks due to replacement cost.

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