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@Nola Palomar thanks for asking. My Uncle cared a lot about working people, and food and wine. One thing he was very mindful of right now are all the restaurant workers who have lost their jobs because of pandemic closures. I know that some people are making donations in his honor to the Restaurant...

Beautiful story, Brian. To me, generosity is the true spirit of wine. And one kind deed inspires another, as we see. Bravo WB!

How awful. RIP, Frank and condolences to your family.

Loved it: 2019 Domaine de la Pépière Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine Sur Lie Vieilles Vignes Briords - France, Loire Valley, Pays Nantais, Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine (9/11/2020) *** Lemon and chalk, citrus and mineral, lots of other structure and flavors. Light and delicate, but somehow robust all the sa...

I had one 2016 that was very good, another not so much (perhaps there is bottle variation, the CT TNs for the '16 vintage seem to vary a lot).

The three 2018s I've had were all excellent.

See CT for my TNs.

Cooking Wine It's obvious that here we have a wine for tourists. Well, my one Dornfelder data point is a glass I had at a restaurant in Bonn about 15 yrs ago. I'd never had that, so I thought I'd try, despite the menu description: "Dornfelder is...Dornfelder". As you might guess, it was a...

Yes, I have two '15s downstairs but given all the TNs indicating they are OK but too young, I intend to wait some time until I open one.

. . . WsOTY: Felettig Morey St. Denis VV '14 Felettig Chamb-Mus VV '14 Pépière Muscadet Briords '09 Volpaia Chianti Class '18 Lignier Morey St Denis 1er Ormes '14 Collestefano Verdicchio di M '19 Pépière Muscadet Briords '19 Bêcheur PN '14 Virage '07 Ampeau Volnay 1er Santenots '99 I see that you l...

D@vid Bu3ker wrote: ↑December 29th, 2020, 2:07 pm
Brian S t o t t e r wrote: ↑December 29th, 2020, 12:12 pm
D@vid Bu3ker wrote: ↑December 29th, 2020, 12:09 pm

It would not have mattered. We don’t like rules.
Welcome to 'Wine Berserkers', where the users are opinionated and the rules don't matter!
And all the children are above average.

And you can forget about adults--we don't have any!

Only one I've had is a '17, which IMO is much too young to drink now: 2017 Fontodi Chianti Classico - Italy, Tuscany, Chianti, Chianti Classico DOCG (11/15/2020) * (or so--hard to judge at this stage) Too young and tannic for my tastes. Gives sense of something really interesting to come, but that w...

I'm in

Haven't had goose in ages, but somehow this recipe makes me think of a Dirty & Rowdy Semillon (the '18 should do fine). On the savory side of Semillon.

OK, tell me this is crazy

try this (sans breadcrumbs, of course) from Ottolenghi. Very good. You can use different kinds of cheese, we did it last night with tilsit and tallegio, really tasty.

https://vegeyum.wordpress.com/2016/04/28/endive/

Hey Dan, I thanked you for the thanks!

Yes, I agree. Thanks, Rodrigo. Fun and helps keep us sane (or what passes for it on WB :-) ) To celebrate what would have been a 9th night of Hanukkah [wink.gif] , I drank 2 parts Rye with 1 part Vermouth. Thanks for the tip Peter Kleban. Hope to see everyone next time. dh Zay gesunt, Dan! Glad you...

Yes, I agree. Thanks, Rodrigo. Fun and helps keep us sane (or what passes for it on WB

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I'm up for it.

If I can jump in, I found out about this from Michael Terrien, one of whose brands is Bêcheur, and the other Terrien. Been interested in his wines for some years, starting with an '07 Chard, bought off a wine list in a Maine restaurant, that was exceptional. If I'm reading the description right, the...

I am with Mike K. I have had many years to think about this topic and perfect preservation, here is what developed. Pull the cork, gently pour two glasses not modestly and immediately inject canned nitrogen and recork. You then have the option of pouring again with barely oxygenated wine, or puttin...

Been through several steps here. 1. Tried Argon for a while. IIRC it didn't work very well, but that was a long time ago and I might have forgotten. 2. Then half (or one third) bottles. The problem there is that you invariably end up with too much or too little for the small bottle, so some of it ge...

Thanks. Hadn't heard of it before. Looks like it's mainly (or only) found in Europe.

It was great to share, laugh and talk!!! Thank you Rodrigo for putting this together. Oh and the restaurant in Madrid that Peter was talking about is El Cisne Azul (The Blue Swan) the menu is looks ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!! It would be fun to attempt to recreate some of their mushroom dishes. Hey Nola, ...

[soap.gif] It was great to share, laugh and talk!!! Thank you Rodrigo for putting this together. Oh and the restaurant in Madrid that Peter was talking about is El Cisne Azul (The Blue Swan) the menu is looks ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!! It would be fun to attempt to recreate some of their mushroom dishes....

Yes that’s the place! They had a constantly changing menu depending on what the foragers brought in. neener Great to “see” everybody. And thanks to Rodrigo for organizing things. But I still want to know which shoes Betty was wearing neener newhere Peter, I bought the Vermouth that you suggested. P...

Yes that’s the place! They had a constantly changing menu depending on what the foragers brought in.

Great to “see” everybody. And thanks to Rodrigo for organizing things.

But I still want to know which shoes Betty was wearing

Yeah, all we need now is some chicken soup! Or maybe better a glezele vayn.

Hey Dan, that'll make tsvay yidn!

Sounds good to me! Should be fun.

D@vid Bu3ker wrote: ↑October 10th, 2020, 2:50 pm
Peter Kleban wrote: ↑October 10th, 2020, 1:51 pm
D@vid Bu3ker wrote: ↑October 10th, 2020, 12:14 pm

Way too soon for a 2006, unless you have a bunch.
Thanks. There's only one, so I'll try to be patient. Any idea when it might be ready?
2006? Maybe 2106.

Happy to wait for that long if you can guarantee I'll still be alive.

So glad you and your place escaped, Merrill. But what a disaster for others.

D@vid Bu3ker wrote: ↑October 10th, 2020, 12:14 pm
Peter Kleban wrote: ↑October 10th, 2020, 9:42 am What a great TN! Thanks, David. I have an '06 downstairs, I'm tempted...
Way too soon for a 2006, unless you have a bunch.

Thanks. There's only one, so I'll try to be patient. Any idea when it might be ready?

What a great TN! Thanks, David. I have an '06 downstairs, I'm tempted...

So glad you're safe in SF, Emily. Hope your life goes as well as possible, given the circumstances. Do continue to keep us posted.

Put in an order, as mentioned. In your honor, we opened a '07 Virage tonight. Very nice juice!

Next thing you know, coming from the land of Guiness, they'll be going after Miller Lite.

OK, order in. Best to Emily and thanks for setting this up, Todd. Make me proud to be a Berserker.

Huge and terrible news. I've learned Emily Richer (Virage) has lost her home to the fire. This is so devastating, I can't imagine. I'd like us to put something together like we did for the Stonekings, and I'll reach out to Emily and see how things are for her, what she suggests. Here are the before...

Just opened another one. It was so good that I updated my CT TN (and moved it up in my WOTY list). 2014 Bêcheur Pinot Noir - USA, California, San Francisco Bay, Santa Cruz Mountains (6/7/2020) *** N: reticent C: pretty ruby red. P: At first sip, it seems to waft by with almost no presence. What's go...

Wine and song? OK, I can't resist

Every time Envoyer says they are offering the only bottles in the USA of a wine I already bought from a US retailer. Happens every couple of weeks. It just means you bought the last of them! Parker licensed every writer and retail to declaim the wine they are hawking "the [this] of [that].&quo...

All fingers crossed for those of you out there. May you come through this unscathed.

But...but...but... Just imagine the drama, the uncertainty, the anxious scrutiny of the color in every unopened bottle for signs of premox. You'd miss all that with screw cap! Why life would become downright boring. (Not to mention cheaper, especially if you're into high end white Burgs.) Who in his...

Pretty much blown away by this wine, a speculative buy on B-Day from a producer with whom I was totally unfamiliar. The QPR meter melted on this one. Very happy to have more. 2015 Terrien Wines Chardonnay - USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Valley (2/13/2020) First experience with this produce...

You could try MCF Rare Wines (on 13th St). Small collection, but carefully chosen and they deliver in Manhattan in a day or two. If you call, you'll probably get Matt (the owner) on the line, he's very nice to talk with.

Buzz, Robert and Jen: Sorry to hear you had it, but glad it's (mostly) past and wasn't super serious. One person in the family who went through it was in bed for about 4-5 days, had anosmia, but IIRC no fever. Not sure how long the anosmia lasted--some weeks I think. It also took some weeks before h...

I just ordered 6. Won’t ship until fall because I live in Minnesota, unfortunately. But better than risking cooking the wine... Honestly you don't want to drink this now anyway. It needs a lot of time in the bottle. Same here (NJ)--much too hot to ship now. I have 3 six packs of Bêcheur on order, C...

This question makes me think of the meals I've enjoyed most in my life. They are often quite simple, with very fresh ingredients, carefully prepared. One that really sticks in my memory, after many many years, was on Curaçao. We were with two friends, he being a paleontologist who studied fossil sna...

So you're saying the 100% tariff on EU wines will happen, it's only a question of exactly when? Or did I miss something?

I see the formation of a "where did this Becheur wine come from?" WB detective squad.

Thanks, Kevin. Quite a lineup. Wish I had more like that!

Did you take any Covid precautions beyond being only six and on a porch? Just curious.

Just ordered a six-pack (to complement the six-pack of PN I ordered yesterday). I've had five different cuvées or vintages of his wines so far. Really liked them all. Subtle but interesting.

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