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Will - I happened to find some 2018 Anderson Valley at my local shop today. Anything you can share about this wine from tasting notes or drinking window? I can't seem to find much about it. We only made a few barrels (3-4 as I recall) and there was already a super allocated bottle in that release (...

‘‘twas a good one Haven’t tried one of those yet, store pick or otherwise. But the 107 is so solid how different could the Full Proof be? There are so many Weller products now. I think all of them have a regular OTS release (blend of barrels) & a SB release. Full proof in this case is 114, which wa...

‘‘twas a good one

GregP wrote: ↑
September 6th, 2020, 5:28 pm

0.5, nothing higher. Hate to do it to growers, but we also need to protect ourselves.

.5 is the detectable threshold for ETS is it not?

Thanks Will! Just ordered two 4pks to pick-up at the Napa Oxbow location. Its going to be a Green Cheek, Treehouse and Fieldworks DIPA weekend. Not familiar with Green Cheek but I'd put DDH Pulp up against anything from Treehouse, which I love. Enjoy the weekend, I know I will! And if you have room...

For CA residents,DDH Pulp is up on Fieldwork. Thanks for the recommendation. They opened a tap room down the street from me last year. Will pick up a growler, going to good beer drinking weather here this weekend. It's a truly special beer. You should grab a 4-pk as well, if you still can (pun inte...

For CA residents,DDH Pulp is up on Fieldwork.

I got to know Tom a bit. No one loved baseball more than he did. Amazing story teller. How often do you get to hear stories about Yogi Berra and the All-Star Game?

I feel so unsafe

Grabbed some of each, looking forward to seeing what Erin & Massimo were able to do in a great vintage like this.

Chrissy Tiegen cooking Flannery.

Interesting that the Napa Cab was offered by Firstbottle before the official release......... If you look at the production numbers on the Napa, its pretty big (relatively speaking). The 2017 did really well and the placements that we worked hard to get were asking for more, so we took the 18 out o...

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August 28th, 2020, 4:18 pm

blarmston wrote: ↑
August 28th, 2020, 4:01 pm
Thanks Will. That Cemetery bottling has got me FIRED UP!
Same.

Will, where is the the vineyard located?

It is near Las Piedras, St. Helena west of 29

Thomas finished up the mailer this morning, so here you go, Berserker-exclusive. Can confirm there is a new SVD (Cemetery) and it is very good. Summer 2020 It is really hard to come up with a good name. That premise partially defines where Caterwaul came from. It’s a word I’ve loved for a long time....

Phil M wrote: ↑
August 27th, 2020, 1:47 pm
I don't know whether this is a Power Hour, but there certainly seems to be a theme (Justice, Vigilante, Tin Star)...just waiting for Rawhide Red....

I think these are/were all labels affiliated with the Bounty Hunter.

Smoke has been hanging out at elevation. Air quality in Napa has been better than Sacramento & San Francisco. Duration & wind direction will ultimately dictate how this goes but incredibly premature at this point to be drawing any conclusions.

08 Cristal is special

I hope your experience with 82 Salon is better than mine. Small sample size (2 btls, same lot) but both were heavily oxidized and to my palate (and those at the table) undrinkable.

the 10 day just took a step up, here we go.

I drive past Mumm every day on my way to work, they are rolling already. My IG feed already has some SB picks on it, looks like we are off and running.

Make sure you keep an eye on the temp, though. My experience with the NYs is that they can cook fast and dry out; I’ve done it a couple of times and, at $50-$60 a steak, wanted to kick myself in the ass. Amen to that. I hate cooking Flannery for get-togethers because I can easily get distracted and...

Most of you were able to see the TN's through the RM website last week. Here is tomorrow's mailer today. -- will The Vintage Thank goodness for 2018, a year of addition and in some cases, multiplication. After a lean 2017, we found and welcomed the opportunity to add blocks from almost every vineyar...

I often buy Saxum off the CC while I wait on the waitlist

Private pic Weller FP absolutely exists

I buy from them regularly. Cameron Hobel is the proprietor, great guy & friend. Buy with confidence

Vince L. wrote: ↑
July 14th, 2020, 1:35 pm
What's the typical shipping charges and can you only buy one or two bottles? this will be my first RM allocation.

3 bottle minimum, shipping included.

@Will Any insight on number of bottles from each vineyard? This is the allocation model I'm currently working with 4 - Napa 5 - Calistoga 6 - Panek 3 - Lore 3 - Herb Lamb Appreciate it! Looking forward to the release, will tasting notes be posted soon? I *should* have that by end of the week (Frida...

JohnP wrote: ↑
July 14th, 2020, 9:49 am
@Will Any insight on number of bottles from each vineyard?

This is the allocation model I'm currently working with

4 - Napa
5 - Calistoga
6 - Panek
3 - Lore
3 - Herb Lamb

Oops -- that Calistoga is a typo. It is $95/btl.

There is more Herb Lamb this year v. 2016, I suspect it will last a little longer. The one that will see the most pressure is the Lore.

I'm pretty sure this is just a small first wave of folks. Roy has had a lot on his plate of late and having been fortunate to try the 18 out of barrel a few times, he's smart to release slowly as I'm sure the demand is greater than the supply.

https://napavalleyregister.com/news/loc ... a76e3.html

Starting to see a few offers on this but very few and even less discussion. Anyone tried it?

Pretty disappointed that there are so few contributors to this thread. Don't know if there are some lurkers who don't care or others that don't see a monetary payout for posting. When I jumped in many years ago I seemed to see an opening that many wine geeks were wanting to hear about the daily lif...

If you don't absolutely need it, don't ship it. The network is better than it was in March/April, but still nowhere near what it 'used to be'.

There are so many great Zins but I’d just send my $1k to Mike Officer and happily take everything I received in return

Fieldwork Brewing Co. DDH Pulp IPA, 6.9% ABV. hopped entirely with Citra hops. The good old regular Pulp could very well be my favorite single hopped IPA. I have heard stories of this in DDH form but it has always eluded me. Thanks to Will Segui who kindly gave me the heads up that this was going t...

a few drops here in northeast Napa. didn't even get the entire patio wet.

I have no idea but I’d guess it is a pretty big operation with their own bottling line. 14 people is a lot for any winery but right now under SIP, that’s an army

blarmston wrote: ↑
May 28th, 2020, 11:53 am
Hey Will, any new vineyards for the Cabernet portfolio?

There are some new things on the way but nothing in 2018. Just the welcomed return of a few favorites we weren't able to bottle from 2017.

Is this the cab release? Is this more allocated than the pinot and chardonnay releases? Just joined the list in the last year and picked up both the pinot and chardonnay but didn’t get any email today. Given the unusual circumstances around COVID & SIP, there were a few things earmarked for distrib...

For CA residents that like hoppy & hazy, this is (for me) as good as it gets - Fieldwork DDH Pulp. Move quick as I suspect these will be gone by the AM.

https://shop.fieldworkbrewing.com/colle ... t-shipping

Has anyone tried the tri-tip? Can a Flannery tri-tip possibly be any better/different than a Prime from elsewhere?

I just labeled my 12 cases this weekend and they are going to storage for at least 6 months before tasting again. My guess it's a 'Pinot thing' and just at a dumb phase now. Drank a bottle from my last case of '16 last night and it rocked. 11 bottles left [oops.gif] we bottle Pinot in August and ev...

Will, just curious, what is the 10% you are "missing" with Cookshack? I was actually quoting someone from another board, so I can't take full credit/blame. I've never been able to get pro-level bark on my briskets, nor do I get to sit outside and drink beer for 14 hours with a 'got to watch the tem...

I have a BGE but no time. I grabbed a Cookshack off CL a few years ago and it has been great. 90% of the result for 10% of the effort. Will, just curious, what is the 10% you are "missing" with Cookshack? I was actually quoting someone from another board, so I can't take full credit/blame. I've nev...

MitchTallan wrote: ↑
April 24th, 2020, 12:51 pm
Awww Will.....

I have a BGE but no time. I grabbed a Cookshack off CL a few years ago and it has been great. 90% of the result for 10% of the effort.

cookshack

2017 Rosella's. Didn't give much night one, but was spot on last night.

Mattstolz wrote: ↑
April 11th, 2020, 12:06 pm
Rare wine co also has a 1971 Mascarello Barolo that fits the price range...

Was fortunate to have a bottle of this sourced through Manny @ Rare Wine last year, might have been the best bottle I had last year.

For those in CA - Kern River has canned Citra and is shipping.

https://www.kernriverbrewing.com/produc ... double-ipa

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