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Haven't yet tried the 2014, but my experience is that Pierre Paillard does pretty well as far providing adequate richness to balance the low dosage.

-Al

I don't use them standalone, but you can combine with a waiter's corkscrew to make a poor man's Durand.

-Al

Buy the one from Monopol. I'm talking about the Ah So pullers on Amazon.

-Al

Added it here since it's the master thread.

-Al

"John Fox, who ran the world’s largest wine Ponzi scheme from his Berkeley store, gets out of prison"

https://www.berkeleyside.com/2021/02/22 ... -of-prison

-Al

Touraine is a good appellation for low cost, delicious SB. There is a communal producer (Oisly Thesee) that some vintages puts out a nice wine at sub $10. Domaine du Vissoux (Chermette) has some nice entry level Beaujolais that may still be under the threshold.

-Al

Dude, I was referring to the nekkid part.

-Al

Casey is that in part do to how so many wineries dealt with smoke taint issues last year and saw how AV was able to deliver clean fruit in 2020? Dude, I'm thinking it's about my amazing skillz as a grape grower! Seriously people are looking ahead and have a need for product. I will admit that Naked...

I loved shopping at Liquor Barn stores. In the early days, the selection was enormous and I was stunned and overjoyed the first time I walked into one. Man, this looks like it's the size of a Safeway and it's nearly all wine, beer, and liquor (with lots of higher end labels, imported as well as dome...

Mich@el Ch@ng wrote: ↑February 15th, 2021, 7:51 am
Tom G l a s g o w wrote: ↑February 15th, 2021, 6:21 am
Mich@el Ch@ng wrote: ↑February 14th, 2021, 8:20 pm

I posted pics. You’d probably like the ribeyes more like the one I posted then
Isn’t the strip on the left?
Yes you’re correct, sorry.

If you click on the photo, the expanded version is rotated and strip is on left (I also did a double-take).

-Al

It's particularly bad for the Anderson Valley since the wineries rely on local water, rather than sources fed by snow melt in the Sierras.

-Al

Wes Barton wrote: ↑February 12th, 2021, 3:00 pm
Bdklein wrote: ↑February 12th, 2021, 11:47 am ^^ Anybody have any details , insight , etc ?
There's a long thread.

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=176630

-Al

There are people who claim they detect a minor change in perceived acidity after tartrates have fallen out. But, I've always considered that partly the power of suggestion and partly an immoderate confidence in their own palate. The effect is generally minor, and smaller than actual cold stabilizati...

maureen nelson wrote: ↑February 12th, 2021, 5:11 am
Al Osterheld wrote: ↑February 11th, 2021, 7:32 pm Naw, Truchot.

-Al
I’ll bring the Truchot, you bring the DRC.

I imagine you have more Truchot than I have DRC, maybe a Rousseau Chambertin.

-Al

Naw, Truchot.

-Al

mostly because I was running around the house in a panic wondering how I lost a case and a half of Rhys (“honey did you THROW AWAY the Rhys?!”)...thankfully they didn’t ship it. Seems like a common theme. I thought I lost half a case of 2016 Horseshoe Syrah some time last year, turns out it hasn't ...

If the cork seal is fine, the wine is fine. Yes, there may be some tartrate crystals that precipitate. Some wineries, particularly large wineries, cold stabilize wine before bottling by lowering the temperature to cause some of tartrates to precipitate. Same process, if it damages the wine then cold...

Trusted producers can mess up with things like brett and other issues, as well, nothing unique to smoke. With smoke, at least they know what they are looking for and it is their reputation backing their wines.

Buy from people you trust, I'm fine with the risk.

-Al

I've opened all of the single vineyard Pinots, thought Lewman was the most approachable at this point, Temperance Hill the tightest. Haven't tried any of the 2018 block or Heritage bottlings, and put the 2017s away some time ago without opening very many of them (only a Durant of the Pinots). As a (...

If people are scared of smoke taint in 2020 and bypass the vintage, that’s ok too. It’s just how it will be. Although I believe that I am not the only person with a personal relationship to Whistling Ridge, Temperance Hill, and Durant(and I wish I had Lewman in 2020 as well), so I suspect that if w...

Yes, it's definitely built for the long haul but still capable of being quite enjoyable with air. I got a few of Vincent's wines and am opening them to get a sense of the style and the vineyards (haven't tried his wines before). I haven't tried one of Marcus' 2017 Temperance Hill Pinots but did open...

With some of the farming changes taking hold in our Chardonnay blocks, the numbers and flavors(IMO) for possibly producing a really good Blanc de Blanc have become a reality. With the 2019 vintage we produced our first base wines. Much of the 2020 fruit should be very well suited to base wine or st...

Marcus, is the sparkling wine for commercial release? First bubbly you've made?

-Al

Haven't had his wines before and he has a pre-release offer out for the 2019s, so I'm trying to check out a few. Yeah, that's the reason.

-Al

Takes a while for a new card to learn your afflictions.

- Al

2017 Vincent Pinot Noir Temperance Hill This is one of the wines I purchased on Berserker Day and I think deserve a little credit for waiting a few days to open it. Medium to slightly lighter red, fragrant nose of cherry and raspberry, with some savory underbrush and spice, and medium edging to sli...

For those in the SF Bay Area, Four Star Seafood & Provisions is a great source. I have a friend who is probably their best customer (at least, she has been while restaurants were/are closed or limited).

-Al

john stimson wrote: ↑February 2nd, 2021, 7:05 pm I sure hope we don't have to do this whole thread all over again.

It is groundhog day.

-Al

"For you" is definitely key. One of of the reasons that food/diet studies are all over the map is that the outcomes vary a lot across people and appear to be partly related to gut bacteria. FWIW, the two people I know who swear by intermittent fasting are both women, one mid 50s and the ot...

Mine, too. Just hope Megan got some (well-deserved) sleep.

-Al

Of their two Estate white blends, the Cotes de Tablas Blanc always has Viognier as the lead grape (except maybe one year when there were issues with set) and the Esprit de Tablas Blanc is Roussanne dominant.

-Al

My Russian colleague's borshch recipe was easy to remember: "Just you use everything that you have, only it's necessary two things, beets and potatoes".

-Al

Mine hasn't come through yet, but sure it will. Two person operation and a storm of orders. -Al You hit the nail on the head! Megan is running some now, but will probably have to call it a night soon. She’s wiped out. We appreciate the patience! Love the wine and the interactions. Don't want Megan ...

Out of balance? Not a borsch fan, I gather.

-Al

Not that hard to find an offer, after all we have a search function. Personally, I think it works pretty well. The winery I've purchased from most often doesn't even have a website to submit orders. One of the others I bought this year also doesn't. I was slammed with work the preview day and pretty...

Mine hasn't come through yet, but sure it will. Two person operation and a storm of orders.

-Al

Everyone should work a harvest to understand the true romance behind the wine industry.

-Al

Some parts of California got quite a lot of rain. Tablas Creek reported 11+ inches at their vineyard. Their soils and underlying rock are such that most of it is absorbed rather than running off and making a mess. Parts of Monterey, SLO, Santa Cruz and Santa Clara counties also got large amounts of ...

Did you tell him that he's officially cute?

- Al

Yes, a challenge for Sky to recover and good to support them. Agree that the Scherrer Zins are a different style, but still in a style I also like. I think a lot of the difference is just Mount Veeder vs Alexander Valley, both a great examples from their appellations.

-Al

You and I like the same SCM Cab vineyards, I love Mount Eden and Montebello and have had Cabs from Peter Martin Ray (next door to Mount Eden) that I quite like although not the Birichino. The Sandar & Hem Bates Ranch Cab and Mindego Ridge Pinot were a couple of wines I really wanted to try. I'm ...

To be honest, if the discussion leads you to think it's your kinda wine, it probably is. And, I'm relieved that Todd has a decent palate . -Al This made me LOL This is one of the most enjoyable Zinfandels I've had in some time, and it saddens me that the winery is no more As the preceding discussio...

I've already tried the single vineyard Chardonnays, and both are great. Bates Ranch is one of the top SCM Cabernet sites, and Mindego Ridge is a great, up and coming, source for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.

-Al

To be honest, if the discussion leads you to think it's your kinda wine, it probably is. And, I'm relieved that Todd has a decent palate.

-Al

brigcampbell wrote: ↑January 27th, 2021, 10:39 am In for the Aromatic Reds. Buy without fear from Harrington and the bonus is you'll learn something along the way, Brian is a wizard.

I've learned a lot from Bryan, but he made me promise not to tell.

A lot of memories in those offers.

-Al

I've been wanting to try your wines for quite a while, just sent an order of one each of the two Pinot Noir 6-packs.

Thanks,

-Al

We had intense rain, but less than expected and the same for the Santa Cruz mountains. That's great news for the SCM burned areas, they received 2.5-3 inches which undoubtedly caused issues, but the prediction was for as many as 10-12". The system moved to the south, mostly over Monterey county...

I ordered a red and white 4-pack and added a couple of bottles.

-Al

Also worried about Santa Cruz Mountains (and also other areas). They had some pretty big fires and are expecting biblical levels of rain as mentioned above.

-Al

If not sold out, I'd love to get a "The Scott Tallman" six pack and a Berserker Day XII Chardonnay 12-pack.

-Al

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