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- February 16th, 2019, 5:23 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Ray Walker's New New Bourbon Company - Saint Cloud Kentucky Bourbon
- Replies: 209
- Views: 7540
- February 16th, 2019, 4:49 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: TN: NV Eric Rodez Champagne Grand Cru Cuvée des Grands Vintages
- Replies: 0
- Views: 21
TN: NV Eric Rodez Champagne Grand Cru Cuvée des Grands Vintages
NV Eric Rodez Champagne Grand Cru Cuvée des Grands Vintages - France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru (2/16/2019) November 2017 disgorgement. Very winey, with deep red fruit, woodsy, earthy tones, and a lifted, bright finish. It reminds me more than a little of Krug, but with more fruit, but not qui...
- February 16th, 2019, 4:21 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Ray Walker's New New Bourbon Company - Saint Cloud Kentucky Bourbon
- Replies: 209
- Views: 7540
Re: Ray Walker's New New Bourbon Company - Saint Cloud Kentucky Bourbon
Good luck Ray. Walk away from this cesspool.
- February 16th, 2019, 4:09 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: TN: 2016 Idlewild The Bird Red (USA, California, North Coast, Mendocino County)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 149
Re: TN: 2016 Idlewild The Bird Red (USA, California, North Coast, Mendocino County)
The 2015 is still my favorite.
- February 16th, 2019, 4:08 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: TN: 2016 Idlewild The Bird Red (USA, California, North Coast, Mendocino County)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 149
Re: TN: 2016 Idlewild The Bird Red (USA, California, North Coast, Mendocino County)
Totally explains my reaction to the 2017, as being leaner, and more structured.
- February 16th, 2019, 1:55 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Heck with it- TN- 2016 Meo Camuzet Echezeaux, 2016 Charvin CdP, 2016 Pernot Puligny Montrachet Folatieres
- Replies: 4
- Views: 178
Re: Heck with it- TN- 2016 Meo Camuzet Echezeaux, 2016 Charvin CdP, 2016 Pernot Puligny Montrachet Folatieres
Still love Charvin.
Thanks for the Meo note. I was offered (and took) one bottle, so it’s good to get a preview.
Thanks for the Meo note. I was offered (and took) one bottle, so it’s good to get a preview.
- February 16th, 2019, 10:46 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Most consistent non first growth boardeax?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 610
Re: Most consistent non first growth boardeax?
Leoville Barton
- February 15th, 2019, 6:31 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: TN: 2016 Idlewild The Bird Red (USA, California, North Coast, Mendocino County)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 149
Re: TN: 2016 Idlewild The Bird Red (USA, California, North Coast, Mendocino County)
Tom D,
If you get the chance I would be curious about the blend specifics for the last few vintages of Bird. Seems like 2015 was deeper/richer, implying more Barbera than in 2016 and especially 2017.
If you get the chance I would be curious about the blend specifics for the last few vintages of Bird. Seems like 2015 was deeper/richer, implying more Barbera than in 2016 and especially 2017.
- February 15th, 2019, 5:17 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: TN: 2016 Idlewild The Bird Red (USA, California, North Coast, Mendocino County)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 149
TN: 2016 Idlewild The Bird Red (USA, California, North Coast, Mendocino County)
2016 Idlewild The Bird Red - USA, California, North Coast, Mendocino County (2/15/2019) What to have when having pizza. Fresh red fruit, bright acidity, grippy tannins that are calmed by the cheese and pepperoni, The Bird is year after year the perfect wine for pizza. A couple of years in bottle, a...
- February 15th, 2019, 1:42 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Diam corks?
- Replies: 126
- Views: 2103
Re: Diam corks?
Just now on Facebook, Stefan Steinmetz (Mosel Producer) said, accompanying a photo of a DIAM5, that he picks up a “typically DIAM taste” that he can’t stand.
I asked if he picks it up blind, and if he can describe it.
I asked if he picks it up blind, and if he can describe it.
- February 15th, 2019, 9:39 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Bob Lindquisst Leaves Qupe - And 'Starts' Own Brand . . .
- Replies: 16
- Views: 925
Re: Bob Lindquisst Leaves Qupe - And 'Starts' Own Brand . . .
"...the VWE corporate winemaking team..."
Shudder...
Shudder...
- February 15th, 2019, 9:32 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Falltacular 2019...a thank you in advance/thread for TNs and comments
- Replies: 17
- Views: 512
Re: Falltacular 2019...a thank you in advance/thread for TNs and comments
Wow. That's a heck of a list!
- February 15th, 2019, 8:28 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Diam corks?
- Replies: 126
- Views: 2103
Re: Diam corks?
How far back do they go? I have only seen them the last year or two.
- February 15th, 2019, 7:16 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Some Wineries Get It...And Some Don't...(Part 27)
- Replies: 86
- Views: 2895
Re: Some Wineries Get It...And Some Don't...(Part 27)
Your “and some don’t” in the title messes up your premise.
- February 15th, 2019, 3:12 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Diam corks?
- Replies: 126
- Views: 2103
Re: Diam corks?
My “green” comment is because corks are such a minor part of the overall wine carbon footprint. The green argument for sugarcane corks becomes meaningless to me. Tack on that I am not at all sure I trust them as closures and I am out.
- February 14th, 2019, 6:53 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Some Wineries Get It...And Some Don't...(Part 27)
- Replies: 86
- Views: 2895
Re: Some Wineries Get It...And Some Don't...(Part 27)
Clearly the wineries that don’t send free stuff don’t get it.
- February 14th, 2019, 6:05 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: OTBN--Anyone playing along?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1072
Re: OTBN--Anyone playing along?
It’s always the last Saturday in February.
Sort of like how “buy those bottles day” is always January 27.
Sort of like how “buy those bottles day” is always January 27.

- February 14th, 2019, 4:12 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: TN: 2016 Produttori del Barbaresco Langhe Nebbiolo (Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Langhe DOC)
- Replies: 125
- Views: 6324
Re: TN: 2016 Produttori del Barbaresco Langhe Nebbiolo (Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Langhe DOC)
Opened a bottle tonight, and I think it has shut down. There is no way in hell the wine is past peak, given the raw materials.
- February 14th, 2019, 4:10 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: TN: 2005 Cap de Faugeres - lends new meaning to "spoofification"
- Replies: 10
- Views: 385
Re: TN: 2005 Cap de Faugeres - lends new meaning to "spoofification"
No matter who is right, spoofy still works.
So does undrinkable.
So does undrinkable.
- February 14th, 2019, 9:57 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Diam corks?
- Replies: 126
- Views: 2103
Re: Diam corks?
Don't forget winery contamination. 1989 Ducru-Beaucaillou anyone...
And I am no fan of the sugar corks. I have dramatically cut back on purchases from producers who use them, despite the (overstated IMO) "green" claims.
And I am no fan of the sugar corks. I have dramatically cut back on purchases from producers who use them, despite the (overstated IMO) "green" claims.
- February 14th, 2019, 8:22 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Neal Martin have “121 mutual friends including Christ”
- Replies: 11
- Views: 949
Re: Neal Martin have “121 mutual friends including Christ”
Are you a star on CBS?
- February 14th, 2019, 7:57 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: TN: 2005 Cap de Faugeres - lends new meaning to "spoofification"
- Replies: 10
- Views: 385
Re: TN: 2005 Cap de Faugeres - lends new meaning to "spoofification"
I thought it was "spoofiliation."
But CdF has been spoofy for a while...back to around 2000.
But CdF has been spoofy for a while...back to around 2000.
- February 14th, 2019, 6:12 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Does anybody buy Pride Wines anymore?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 1620
Re: Does anybody buy Pride Wines anymore?
The Cab is often available at my local retail shop. It's very good, and yes, reasonably priced in the world of Napa/Sonoma Cab.
- February 14th, 2019, 4:41 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: TN: 2012 Rhys Horseshoe Chardonnay
- Replies: 2
- Views: 197
Re: TN: 2012 Rhys Horseshoe Chardonnay
- February 14th, 2019, 3:43 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Edmunds St John - 2019 Cellar Offering
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1248
Re: Edmunds St John - 2019 Cellar Offering
Steve Edmunds wrote: ↑February 13th, 2019, 11:05 pmEdmunds St John actually did make Syrah in 2015, and when the 2014 is sold, the '15 will be out there.

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- February 14th, 2019, 3:10 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Diam corks?
- Replies: 126
- Views: 2103
Re: Diam corks?
I have never, ever seen one of those in use. Pierre Peters uses Mytik, no? This is what I recall although it has been a year or two since I last opened one, but here is from the UK forum: "There's definitely been some discussion about wines not developing in the same way with DIAM. Some are saying ...
- February 13th, 2019, 4:48 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Edmunds St John - 2019 Cellar Offering
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1248
Re: Edmunds St John - 2019 Cellar Offering
This was my third opportunity at library wines. I had previously loaded up on a bit more than 2 cases, so left this one for you guys.
Right now ESJ is #3 in my cellar, after Dönnhoff and Prüm. I remain very happy about that.
Right now ESJ is #3 in my cellar, after Dönnhoff and Prüm. I remain very happy about that.
- February 13th, 2019, 4:41 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Diam corks?
- Replies: 126
- Views: 2103
Re: Diam corks?
I have never, ever seen one of those in use.
- February 13th, 2019, 10:26 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Diam corks?
- Replies: 126
- Views: 2103
Re: Diam corks?
Fevre has been working with Diam since ~2003...initially internal test (some bottles from their entire line up under Diam). The diam in production on chablis and petit chablis (I think this started in 2004). Then 1er cru in 2007. Then grand cru in 2010. I can't think of a more transparent wine (to ...
- February 13th, 2019, 10:10 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Burgundy: Morey
- Replies: 28
- Views: 987
Re: Burgundy: Morey
Yeah, the few bottles of Duband wine I have had did little for me.
- February 13th, 2019, 10:01 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Diam corks?
- Replies: 126
- Views: 2103
Re: Diam corks?
But was that Champagne cork the same construction? I ask because I have never, ever seen a DIAM Champagne cork.
- February 13th, 2019, 9:57 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Diam corks?
- Replies: 126
- Views: 2103
Re: Diam corks?
So what specific wine have you had that was ruined by DIAM?
- February 13th, 2019, 9:37 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Burgundy: Morey
- Replies: 28
- Views: 987
Re: Burgundy: Morey
Love Truchot as well, though at this point, with no more production, it's a sad sort of love.
- February 13th, 2019, 9:34 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Diam corks?
- Replies: 126
- Views: 2103
Re: Diam corks?
Larry - you keep turning things back around so that there are no answers. While I get that exact comparison options are problematic (though I would argue that David Ramey's Hyde Chard has such a long track record that it might be a useful benchmark), I get frustrated that you never have an answer, o...
- February 13th, 2019, 9:24 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: IDTT: Joel Peterson
- Replies: 7
- Views: 536
Re: IDTT: Joel Peterson
Keep a bottle of Ravenswood (or Once & Future) handy. You'll be thirsty!
- February 13th, 2019, 9:24 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Diam corks?
- Replies: 126
- Views: 2103
Re: Diam corks?
From the production side the complaints I have heard about DIAM are all about the "glue" used to hold the cork together, not the actual closures themselves, which are supposed to be quite good. I have not bottled a wine under DIAM personally, but I have done group tests where we soaked different cl...
- February 13th, 2019, 7:37 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Diam corks?
- Replies: 126
- Views: 2103
Re: Diam corks?
I don't know, but he's a pretty responsive guy.
- February 13th, 2019, 7:28 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Diam corks?
- Replies: 126
- Views: 2103
Re: Diam corks?
Got me by one year...I have had a 2008 Ramey Chard recently that was under DIAM - it was very fine, although David Ramey himself said he would drink up based on the wine (not the closure).
- February 13th, 2019, 4:36 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Edmunds St John - 2019 Cellar Offering
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1248
Re: Edmunds St John - 2019 Cellar Offering
Steve has done a few of these cellar offerings in recent years. I went deep on a couple of them. I can tell you that the wines are all in tip-top shape in terms of storage treatment! A recent bottle of 1993 Les Cotes Sauvages (https://www.wineberserkers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=158424&p=2673679...
- February 13th, 2019, 2:26 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: TN: 2011 Weingut Josef Leitz Rüdesheimer Berg Roseneck Riesling Spätlese
- Replies: 7
- Views: 165
Re: TN: 2011 Weingut Josef Leitz Rüdesheimer Berg Roseneck Riesling Spätlese
The 2014 had issues. I know that.
- February 12th, 2019, 6:42 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Diam corks?
- Replies: 126
- Views: 2103
Re: Diam corks?
- February 12th, 2019, 6:22 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Burgundy: Vosne
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1640
Re: Burgundy: Vosne
Arnoux, Mugneret-Gibourg...
All the thread just feel like pumping the board for info versus being part of the conversations.
And yeah, we have a search function here.
All the thread just feel like pumping the board for info versus being part of the conversations.
And yeah, we have a search function here.
- February 12th, 2019, 6:20 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Diam corks?
- Replies: 126
- Views: 2103
Re: Diam corks?
Diam corks have a low oxygen transfer, at the low end of natural corks...one reason they are popular with White Burg producers. Low oxygen transfer means the wine is more prone to reduction in the bottle. On top of that, diam corks have very tight tolerances (i.e. high consistency between corks) of...
- February 12th, 2019, 6:20 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Diam corks?
- Replies: 126
- Views: 2103
Re: Diam corks?
I love stelvin closures based on personal experience and i'm definitely suspicious of Diam based on the horrible performance of neocork. Maybe that is not rational considering they are different, but, as a consumer, I don't have to be rational. Having said that, I hope Diam performs like a dream be...
- February 12th, 2019, 6:16 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Rhys offer
- Replies: 46
- Views: 2708
Re: Rhys offer
I don’t find the Rhys Chardonnays to be overpriced, but they are a touch more (about $15) than Ramey (my favorite).
- February 12th, 2019, 5:17 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: TN: 2011 Weingut Josef Leitz Rüdesheimer Berg Roseneck Riesling Spätlese
- Replies: 7
- Views: 165
Re: TN: 2011 Weingut Josef Leitz Rüdesheimer Berg Roseneck Riesling Spätlese
Didn’t make one? Not imported?
- February 12th, 2019, 4:45 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: TN: 2011 Weingut Josef Leitz Rüdesheimer Berg Roseneck Riesling Spätlese
- Replies: 7
- Views: 165
Re: TN: 2011 Weingut Josef Leitz Rüdesheimer Berg Roseneck Riesling Spätlese
It’s my wife’s favorite wine, period.
- February 12th, 2019, 4:28 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: TN: 2011 Weingut Josef Leitz Rüdesheimer Berg Roseneck Riesling Spätlese
- Replies: 7
- Views: 165
TN: 2011 Weingut Josef Leitz Rüdesheimer Berg Roseneck Riesling Spätlese
2011 Weingut Josef Leitz Rüdesheimer Berg Roseneck Riesling Spätlese - Germany, Rheingau (2/12/2019) In a word, luscious. Rich tropical fruit, accented by lime zest. Acidity that was once buried by massive fruit is now an equal player, making the wine both exciting and refreshing. It’s still very y...
- February 12th, 2019, 2:13 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Diam corks?
- Replies: 126
- Views: 2103
Re: Diam corks?
Someone find a perfect natural cork please.
I submit that there is no such thing.
I submit that there is no such thing.
- February 12th, 2019, 12:44 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Rhys offer
- Replies: 46
- Views: 2708
Re: Rhys offer
Anywhere from $59 (Family Farm Pinot) to $109 (Swan Terrace Pinot). There are also wines for $79 and $89 in the offering.