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Ryan Gilmour wrote: ↑November 20th, 2020, 3:05 pm
Jared Wagner wrote: ↑November 20th, 2020, 2:55 pm Would have liked to see Travis Allen on this list. He is crafting insanely good wines at Kobayashi!
+1

+2 - perhaps due to small production, name/brand recognition is not quite there yet, but wonderful wines and certainly on the path for redefining Washington Wine.

Ryan Gilmour wrote: ↑November 20th, 2020, 3:05 pm
Jared Wagner wrote: ↑November 20th, 2020, 2:55 pm Would have liked to see Travis Allen on this list. He is crafting insanely good wines at Kobayashi!
+1

+2 - perhaps due to small production, name/brand recognition is not quite there yet, but wonderful wines and certainly on the path for redefining Washington Wine.

...and looks like I am the first to enter the 2018 Roussanne into Cellar Tracker.

In for 6 Bolt To. Looking forward to trying them!

Order in for 2 ea '16 and '17 Cab Pfeffer and 2 '18 Graciano. Had the '17 Pfeffer and '15 Graciano over the summer and both were excellent!

Cheers,

Steve

In for the All Whites 6-pack. Love these!

Fred - agreed, great wines overall. I bought direct 09-12 and loved the wines, but thought the pricing was a bit aggressive at $85-100 per bottle and stopped buying. The pandemic wholesale pricing at $35 per bottle for the Pinots when they come up, and $28 for the Chards, is a no-brainer. Have been ...

Tom - thanks. I should have caveated "for PA residents", but also didn't realize it was special order rather than an "in stock" item. K&L is showing actual inventory, but @ $100 for the Little Wine and $180 for the Hoffman Dallwitz, which are pretty significant mark ups.

Jeremy - thanks for the preview as U.S orders won't arrive for several months. Trent - not sure what the current wait might be, but best to reach out to Fraser. He is pretty responsive and his contact email is on the web site. https://sami-odi.com/ You can also click on the bottle shots on the wine ...

Todd - love the wines. If Covid ever ends, and you get a chance to visit Cornas, reach out to Franck. Was a relatively easy visit to schedule and perhaps he will hand label a few bottles for you. He prefers visits later in the day (after 4 pm).
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx1IE-2ntNz/

Somehow haven't opened my 2017 Marsanne yet, but poured the 2018 Viognier (blind via Woozy bottles) for one of our wine group Zoom sessions a couple of months back and it was very well received. In for 3 Viognier, 2 Marsanne, 3 Sans Soufre Syrah (Score!) and a Cab Franc. Excited to try the Syrah SS ...

Appears to me that WB has jumped the shark. Time To move on.

2018 Tercero Mourvedre Rose here. Enjoyed the 2018 Tercero Rose a week ago. I assisted with bottling on that one (my first time), so may be slightly biased, but I have always enjoyed Larry's Roses. 2018 Tercero Rose (2).JPG Yesterday, opened the 2012 Vesper McCormick Ranch (San Diego County) Rose o...

Loved the 2011 Ott Qvevre shared by a friend about 18 months ago. Beautiful wine and a visit to the region is still a bucket list item. Thank you Todd for sharing the note on the 2013 and thanks T for sharing the 2011!

Mattstolz wrote: ↑May 26th, 2020, 3:42 pm oh, also a pretty big fan of the Hiyu labels

Yes - here are a few more from recent arrivals. For a moment I thought they might be "Too pretty to drink", but I will get over that soon.

Cheers,

Steve

Thanks for the note adam. I need to write more notes on Ser's wines. I haven't popped one of these yet. Coastview is a site that usually has so much structure I don't like to touch it for 5 years. Nicole doesn't make BIG wines, all of them are restrained and elegant. Will be watching for other note...

I have a bottle of the 2016 Wirz Sparkling Riesling that I haven't opened yet, but I truly enjoyed a bottle of the 2018 Orange Muscat purchased at retail last year and thought it was a bargain at $18. Didn't take notes, but we also enjoyed the 2016 Cabernet Pfeffer and 2017 Wirz Riesling at the 7% S...

Opened the 2nd of 2 2018 Rose of Pinot Noir from Berserker Day 2019 on a warm San Diego evening last night. My wife said "Wow, this is so good - do we have any more?" Told her no, but that I knew where I could get the 2019 at a great price. Green light given, order in! Isn't it nice when y...

Thanks - should have mine in hand in the next 2-3 weeks. Cheers!

Paul - thanks for the update. Haven't picked mine up yet, but glad to hear they are worth the $13!

Cheers,

Steve

Jeff - enjoyed hanging out with you at HdR 2018 and we were so looking forward to the 2020 event. Agree that the on line event was interesting and fun overall, and with the exception of one participant's audio issues, greatly exceeded my expectations. No substitute for the real thing, but easily the...

I didn't know wine could literally smell like farts until Hiyu. Their Smockshop cider is pretty good though. You haven't had much French wine I take it? Farts/brett galore. 10 bottles in, and tasted most of the current lineup back in September, and have yet to smell farts in Hiyu/Smockshop wines. A...

One of my recent favorites is the 2016 Hiyu Halo Spring Ephemeral. The description speaks to what Nate is trying to achieve in many of the wines: " This is the palest of the red wines made from the own-rooted Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris planted on the central hill at Hiyu. Four barrels were made...

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I wanna open up a discussion about Hiyu, including Smockshop and Hiyu as well. Ive had one bottling of Hiyu (the Aura released this winter), several bottles of Smockshop (some pinot, a Grenache blend, maybe one or two others). IMO these wines are fantastic. They should a very cool sense of place, e...

Travis - what an awesome surprise for the b-day boy I'm sure. Some of the SD crew will be doing a share on Friday, no doubt inspired by the Fu'ster's IG posts as well. Still kicking myself for not visiting Priorat when we were in Barcelona last year, but have picked up a few bottles of Nit de Nin Ca...

Wax is the most misunderstood seal. Stick your corkscrew though the top and pull. If you chip or cut it, you don’t know what you’re doing. I open(ed) bottles for a living and even a 1% chance of the wax chipping off and falling into the wine is too often for my liking. Plus, you can't flip the cork...

Will try to get home from work in time, but either day would work for me.

I grabbed a 6-pk tonight as well. I’ve only had a Meroi Chard, but that impressed me enough to take a flyer on the Dominin Merlot at a pretty risk free price. I see that IWR gave the wine a glowing 95pt review in 2016 and put the drinking window out to 2034. I don’t see much else on it.

Ha! No offense to Mike, but I am not a Pobega kind of guy. They’ll get a proper rest.

BD Sampler Pack Arrived. Looking forward to giving one a try after a suitable resting period!

I do admit that I occasionally roll my eyes after hitting Post 10 in a thread before realizing the posts are from 2015...that said, I am all for thread dredging to see the original perspectives on the thread, followed by the new. Nice for dredged tasting notes as well, to see how a wine may have cha...

Robert R wrote: ↑January 7th, 2020, 11:14 am Sami-Odi!

+1 !

2015 Christian Tschida Himmel Auf Erden Red (Austria/Burgenland). A little hoobastank on the nose initially, which seems to go along with the NSFW art work on the label. Nose cleans up to some spicy fruit in time. A bit tart as expected, but light-medium bodied expression of cherry and strawberry fr...

Strange how little information in email and on website. I'll wait for letter to arrive beFore pulling the trigger Im curious if anyone got the email that didn't get last year? I.e. Has production increased? I just received an offer for the first time: 5 bottles (1 box) of 2016 The Third Twin NUESTR...

I just got the email - but for some reason the allocations didn't show up for me as of yet on the website. Funny - when I checked the email on my phone earlier I showed an allocation for 2016/2017 Rosé, but no Syrah or Mourvedre. Thought that was pretty odd. When I logged in on my PC just now, I ha...

Interesting to see that Wayfarer was not included in the sale. Perhaps not a big enough brand yet for Gallo, or perhaps Jayson was selling his legacy portion of the business and leaving Wayfarer for Cleo to continue building her own.

Cheers,

Steve

Now an additional 10% off (technically 19% off original price).

Brian Glas wrote: ↑October 4th, 2019, 7:34 pm The Bonny Doon sale.

^This
Plus
6x 2013 Beta Montecillo and Vare
1x 1966 and 1970 Gruaud Larose Mags (via Mark Golodetz/Heritage Auction)
2 x 2017 Pierre Gonon St. Joseph Blanc Les Oliviers (via Envoyer)
plus a nice handful of N.Rhones from the Fass Pre-ship sale.

Cheers!

Steve

Ian H wrote: ↑October 7th, 2019, 4:24 pm Bad take by Ross. Newark is actually pretty good as far as airports go. Certainly better than LGA and I'd argue better than most of JFK.

Umm..it is a bit of an old joke. The earliest reference I see is 2007, so perhaps some improvement since then.

Cheers!

I don't need any more wine, have no room for any more wine, but...ended up with a mixed case of X-block and Bonbonne.

Jeff, Appreciate the preview as I have both the Kobayashi Viognier and Andremily, but have yet to open either. Had a tasting pour of the Kobayashi at the release party in December and recall the great acidity and minerality, but will be nice to sit with a bottle over a few hours to take it all in. W...

(Edit - just saw that Roger beat me to it, but yes, that was the original release email. Mine includes the short intro sentence.) From the release email in 2015: Greetings Enlightened One, It is with immense satisfaction that I offer this singular bottling of the 2009 Agharta Black Label. After spen...

Not sure what the deal is with K but I just got a local offer for their newest releases and was shocked how low the prices were compared to what I have paid in prior years. This is a crazy deal. Must not be moving. Have seen several K Vintners cuvees in a few of our local SoCal Costcos over the pas...

Dave - good point for those allocated multiple wines. In my case I was not granted an additional wish listed 3-pack over the three years, so had to keep buying the initial Cailloux allocation to stay active and be able to wishlist other wines each release. I grew tired of that so gave up my spot on ...

Absolutely loved the '17 Semillon! Interesting that the '16 is being released a year late (or is it two years?), but will likely trust Matt's judgement and take a flyer. Haven't had the Grenache, and not a fan of the grape in general, so still on the fence on that. When I logged in, I saw that the 2...

JP - Could be at least three years, maybe longer. I waited 6 years on the list only to be offered a wine I wasn't particularly interested in (Cailloux). A very good wine, but also the highest production and most available on the secondary market. I was hoping for Impulsivo, En Cerise, En Chamberlin,...

Tom, thanks for the update. What an interesting story!

Nice batch of late summer cellar defenders from the close out bin at Krisp San Diego (@ $5.99 each) 2014 La Clarine Petit Manseng 2014 Scholium VLV Reserve Verhelho 2014 Tatomer Gruner Veltliner Paragon 2014 Birichino Malvasia Krisp SD.jpg Also: 2014 Radikon Oslavje (500 ml) 2018 Denavolo Catavela 2...

Just saw that Sean beat me to the link!

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