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Al Osterheld

Tequila is a bit like bourbon, roughly 10 times as many brands as producers although some of the better producers use different techniques for their various brands to produce signature differences.

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The two brands I buy more frequently are Fortaleza and Pasote, mostly the blanco and reposado.

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Off the top of my head, 1985 Chave Hermitage Blanc, motivated in part by a thread on white Rhones.

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Some people buy particular wines in most vintages because they follow the house and are interested in the vintage variations, then buy more of certain vintages.

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Yes, very sad. I haven't seen her in a few years, but one of my favorite people in the wine business.

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So, Berezovka is a village about 90 km north of Odessa in the Ananyev district. Throw in what looks like a Polish spelling and that seems like a match. Berezivka in the current Ukrainian transliteration.

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Some years ago, I helped a few folks locate the part of Russia (or FSU) where their now passed parent or grandparent or an adopted child was born (inquiries were related to a website I maintained). One challenge for birthplaces of older folks was that ethnic villages often had two names, the one the...

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Curious, do you recall the town?

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Charles Smith started off the seminar well by providing grower Champagne for everyone. It then took a turn to a one-man multimedia show with a moderator from a magazine targeted at millennials and dropped the comment about an assistant when there were technical issues. I think HdR was trying to appe...

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This board started out unmoderated. As it grew and the participation evolved, that didn't work as well and I also think the vision for the board changed. I consider it to now be lightly moderated. The thing about moderation or even lack of moderation is that some people will not be 100% happy about ...

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Can I say that I don't buy Pinot Noir in heavy bottles a third covered with red wax? But that's not a boycott, it's a response to an affection in the packaging that causes me to question the contents.

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The wife of one of my co-workers participated in a knitting forum (professional, just liked knitting as a hobby). They created a second forum called something like knit-flame where they moved the contentious discussions. Another wine forum created a sub-forum called something like Black Hole where a...

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Nice write-up. I love the Chateau Simone red and rose wines and find the blanc interesting, although don't buy it as often. I did enjoy a bottle of the 2013 a couple years ago. I don't recall seeing the Bonnaud wines locally.

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Mel Knox wrote: ↑
June 17th, 2020, 11:03 am
Al,

You got me. I haven't read the Bible since 1963.

It's been a while for me, too. Didn't get you, it does have the passage you cited, and others in a somewhat different vein.

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Personally, I buy wine I want to drink. So far as I can recall, I have never overtly boycotted a winery. But, there are many factors that influence what I want to drink, including personal interactions and other aspects like actions taken by owners or winemakers. BTW, I think the title of the Polans...

Al Osterheld

There is a good wine shop in Pojoaque, NM (Kokoman), near Santa Fe. Extra points if you can pronounce the name of the town.

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The Pax email had a short statement, links to an album, some books, and a podcast they felt had inspired them on the topic, and links to some other resources.

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Sounds similar to the 2017, I also enjoyed it.

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Gary Westby, the Champagne buyer at K&L, claims Champagne needs rest when shipped from France. As I recall, he also thinks Blanc de Blancs recover more quickly.

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Yes, that wine showed very well on release.

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I like Bereche Brut Reserve. Need to explore some of their other bottlings.

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Robert.A.Jr. wrote: ↑
June 6th, 2020, 4:10 pm

Al Osterheld wrote: ↑
June 6th, 2020, 4:09 pm
He even likes Ovid as I recall.

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That’s slander, Big AL!!!

Ah, maybe it was the wife's influence.

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He even likes Ovid as I recall.

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The other Jamet is pretty good.

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Truffle season! As long as you don't lose your sense of smell.

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There are good wineries owned by celebrities. They tend to be wineries that most folks don't realize are owned by celebrities.

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I think Yukon river is even better, but pretty scarce.

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I didn't know you were a priority creditor, but thought you might be when you received the offer. The two posts in the thread just before yours indicated the 30% payoff for the priority claims like yours.

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Ah, I suppose that's the source of talking past each other. Note the original post was five and a half years ago, by OP I meant the one that restarted the thread two days ago.

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Physics is everything! Even chemistry is physics, although it didn't go well when I tried to convince my father (chemistry professor). Quality of the cork is hugely important. But, another significant factor is just the fill on the bottle. This is because wine is much less compressible than air. It ...

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I also would not lose a wink of sleep over 3F variation over a day. What Carl was getting at was temperature fluctuations that drive pressure fluctuations that make fluids (wine or air) want to move out of or into the bottle when the internal pressure is higher, then lower, than atmospheric pressure...

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If you blow into a balloon, we understand why it expands without needing to understand Onsager which is more about relating different flows. Yes, pressure gradient makes a force that moves material. The original post asked about concern of 3F or less daily variation in temperature. For 20F, I suspec...

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You don't need to invoke Onsager to understand temperature pushing a cork in wine left in a hot car. That's just the good old equation of state, no fluxes required to understand it. But a 2F or 3F temperature periodic change over hours? Why do you think that's important? What about 0.5F? What are th...

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Dan, I've had a few bottles of the 2006 Heredia Tondonia Reserva recently because one of the supermarkets where I shop has it in stock. Nice wine.

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I'd definitely bite on the 1997 Salon.

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Probably oxidized.

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It must have been 2003. I think that was the year Peter Cargasacchi slept it off under the truck after the hotel backyard party. That was our third and last trip. In '01 my wife came out with me and I behaved. In '02 if I have my years right I got myself into one fiasco after another including a dr...

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Love Brovia. Their straight Nebbiolo d'Alba wines I've tried were labeled Valmaggione (vineyard). I think the sandy soils tend to produce a more approachable wine. The Nebbiolo d’Alba Valmaggione doesn't see any oak.

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Has anyone tried the Grassl Champagne stems?

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Springbank 10 or 12 was one of the first three single malts I bought, back around 1980 or 1981 (at the time, I was fond of a woman whose last name was Campbell). One of the others was an Oban, and I don't recall the third. The Springbank was my favorite, then it went through a period when it was dif...

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2016 Domaine Les Champs de Themis (Xavier Moissenet) Mercurey Les Bosebuts. I didn't buy this specifically as a daily drinker, but it's available in one of my supermarkets and I've drunk several bottles during the shelter in place. It's lighter, with crunchy red berry fruit, a bit of spice, and is a...

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I've only had a single bottle of the 2016, but like Sarah I tend to drink this wine young because I love the beautiful and pure expression of Nebbiolo fruit and I don't mind the structure. That's what I like about it. For aging, I buy the other Produttori wines including the normale aka Torre. The N...

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Personally, I have no idea what law enforcement would do in your thought experiment because the decisions generally depend on details. I also have no insight into why prosecutors did not pursue additional charges. It certainly seems like they could have, don't know whether they had good reasons to n...

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It was certainly massive fraud and a significant crime, and Rudy was justly punished. Jeff briefly mentioned something slightly different. Given a fixed set of resources, how far should the authorities pursue people who might have helped him, or must have known, or should have known? I'm pretty sure...

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Agree that the 2012 Horseshoe is excellent and drinking quite well at present (opened a bottle yesterday).

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The 2017 Alesia SCM Pinot Noir is quite nice and fairly approachable.

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I think slower also allows the air to escape, avoiding the bubbles.

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Capsules can also be a PITA on the bottling line.

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Eric Lundblad (Ladd Cellars) made a very nice Syrah from Las Madres his first vintage. He told us that on one of his trips to pour wines for a wine shop, the owner or manager said "Syrah? Well, I think two bottles of Syrah were sold in Marin county last year".

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Agree with others above. No capsule, definitely no wax, put logo on ends of corks.

I understand the tradition, but not worth the hassle when producers get away from them, and definitely not worth the new terms.

-Al

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