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Quick reply here to everyone that loves Palisades Vineyard. In 2015 we bought the vineyard from the Carver Sutro family and have continued to sell our old vine Petite Sirah (now listed as a Historic Vineyard with the Historic Vineyard Society) to Carlisle, Robert Biale Vineyards, Once and Future an...

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We had pizza!

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I've been to the vineyard and gave pictures. I'll dig them up.

They're every interesting, mini zin head trained.

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Emily is family.

I'll ping her

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here's CT list https://www.cellartracker.com/list.asp?Table=Producer&iUserOverride=0&MasterVarietal=Touriga+Nacional&Region=California Arnot-Roberts 39.0% Bottles (1,799) Next of Kyn 14.5% Bottles (669) Gandona 5.4% Bottles (247) Jeff Runquist 5.2% Bottles (239) Kenneth Volk 3.8% Bottles...

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Seems like a post from a totally reasonable and sane person

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CNN : 'It's a tragedy.' French winemakers face devastation after worst weather in 30 years.
http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_us/~3/EpS ... index.html

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By the way, for those of you who'd like to know what's really behind the earth's changing climate, here's where to find the best analyses: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHSoxioQtwZcqdt3LK6d66tMreI4gqIC- To make your way through this playlist will take some investment of your time, but I re...

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Brig, that’s an interesting idea at some level. I was thinking the same thing and given the lengths people go for frost protection I wonder if a temporary green house might be possible for at the the most valuable of plots. Let’s not ask if it’s natural. I've seen places covered in bird netting whe...

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Wind machines work under certain circumstances but this year?? Build pup tents over the vines?? With central heating?? for a "reasonable" cost you could cover a fairly large area with a hot air balloon type material and anchor/weight down around the perimeter and then blow in warm air cre...

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There's a ton of very good, if you like the acid driven grapefruit, tropical, SB style from NZ at Trader Joe's for dirty cheap. Oyster Bay, Te Mata, and Craggy.

It's a great summer wine and very refreshing. My only knock on NZ SB is I get palate fatigue.

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I'm new to frost damage in wine, but given where we rae in the season, is this unrecoverable? It’s a good question. Vines and other plants have suppressed buds that will eventually take off and keep the plant alive. But flowering and fruiting will be delayed to such an extent that any possibility o...

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AAgrawal wrote: ↑April 12th, 2021, 4:36 pm
Eric Ifune wrote: ↑April 12th, 2021, 3:56 pm NS_frost042219_1600.jpg
Holy moly. That's an incredible picture.

That's a lot of "haves" and "have nots" in one picture

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I only stumbled on this forum this year after Berserker day, and am kicking myself for it! Based on what I'm hearing about the Stellareese, I'll be more than ready next BD! This gives you time to get more credit cards for next year, brilliant! Drained a Biggio Hamina this weekend, the Noel. Really ...

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Have any of you ever noticed that whenever somebody holds a big wine competition the winners can really surprise you. For example, the SF Chronicle gave a double gold to the Trump Sparkling wine. People usually respond by saying, Well, that's wine competitions and the judges must have been tired. B...

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Armand Heitz's point of view: https://armandheitz.com/blogs/le-carnet/lutter-contre-la-nature That is well-reasoned. One thing that no one wants to contemplate, however, is that the Beaufort Gyre in the Arctic is now impounding an enormous amount of very cold fresh water, more than the long-term av...

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Went to Silver Decoy this afternoon to try some of their wines. The whites did not thrill me, the only o e approachable was the Riesling. The reds on the other hand have a lot going for them with the Cabernet Franc the stand out with a long finish. If tasted blind, I would put this up against many ...

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Sean S y d n e y wrote: ↑April 9th, 2021, 1:57 pm
HenryB wrote: ↑April 9th, 2021, 1:32 pm I'm new to frost damage in wine, but given where we rae in the season, is this unrecoverable?
If budburst has taken place (as a result of warming temperatures early in the growing season) and those nascent buds are destroyed by frost, then they are toast for the year.

and young shoots too

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Kent Comley wrote: ↑April 9th, 2021, 12:19 am
William Kelley wrote: ↑April 8th, 2021, 11:40 pm Just heard from a friend in Chambolle that the temperature hit -8 C in the low-lying regional appellations...
That's tragic news - hard to imagine any buds surviving those kinds of temperatures, irrespective of frost mittigation methods employed.

-8C is 18F

That's crushing

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In for a case of chard. I’ve actually bought more Oregon chard than white burg this year. that made me laugh because over the last two berserkerday events my cellar is now gladly loaded with Oregon wines and when we get together my buddy always says "let me guess, you brought an Oregon wine?&q...

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Been a very long time since I've bought any stateside pinot or chard, but based on the Goodfellow love on WB I felt compelled to dip my toe back in with their Spring release. Was not even aware of this producer before reconnecting here recently but I'm excited to try these. Went for the Richard's C...

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It's just a question of demand. The fine wine market is geared towards lower alcohol, lower ripeness and less weight wines. Central Californian wines do not belong in that catgory. Same for me, while I admire the occasional young Napa or Central Cali wine for its technical abilities, the complexity...

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Why don't they install frost fans? Or frost irrigation? Some have I think. Claudine Gaunoux (who runs Francois Gaunoux) posted a video from a wind turbine to her IG feed. But I’m not sure with low temps for two nights in a row it will make much difference. Maybe. Work well in Oz with temps down to ...

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Temps look bad for a couple of days next week too. Damn.

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Here's a fuller story from Reuters : CHABLIS, France (Reuters) - French winemakers have lit candles and burned bales of straw to try to protect their vineyards from sharp spring frosts, with the forecast of more cold nights this week raising fears of serious damage and lost production. Temperatures...

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Tercero does a very nice Grenache. Drunk a few with some age on them and even noted "baby rayas".

Larry's stuff is more structured and dark fruited than say the more widely available bright cherry / candy style which sometimes can be fun.

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OK, so today we are currently down. It is a database locking issue. We are actively troubleshooting. Not that this is related to the current situation but I always thought that CT would be a very good candidate to use SELECT WITH NOLOCK for many of the SELECT when querying things like "recent ...

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Richard Albert wrote: ↑April 5th, 2021, 1:49 pm Hey, who is up for putting a Petrus, Screaming Eagle, or La Tache to the test?

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I'm just not going to put any of my wine in a blender. Not going to do it. Nope. Why not? Any evidence that it doesn’t work? Why not try it? This is not a novel technique, by the way. Modernist Cuisine described it 10 years ago. They say they actually did the science (A-B taste tests) that support ...

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FMIII just gave me a bottle of lh. It was on deck for easter but got bumped.

I'll try next week

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Hyperdecanting was originally from nathan myhrvold, the former CTO for microsoft.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... -a-blender

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I emailed Emily and she'll jump in here.

She's had it bad. A tree fell on her house in 2017 then lost everything in the napa fires.

It's a test and she'll pass!,

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Wow, drinking a Harrington Sagratino. Excellent wine.

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Paul Miller wrote: ↑April 1st, 2021, 2:56 pm Anyone receive their wines yet or know when they're shipping?

Better ping Bryan because he shipped to me immediately in SoCal and then a gift package to the east coast a week or so later.

I'll pm you his email.

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I hand wash ours every day-I’ve never broken one washing or drying. I have broken 2 or 3 in other ways that were completely my fault. Generally involves trying to balance a decanter upside down on a soft drying mat. I wouldn’t suggest doing this. Pro tip: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/ima...

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Markus S wrote: ↑March 31st, 2021, 6:09 pm Not everybody loves dolcetto, but pushing a 50 year old one down the gullet might not help.

That made me laugh.

Regardless of the bottle condition I'd be worried about the acid levels with dolcetto to age like this.

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I liked the sangiovese back in the day. Haven't had anything from them since the 2007 vintage and the cabs were heading into the over the top area for me.

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Well? Which one is it? He set up a clearing market for noodles, buying up unused noodles from other noodle shops and then finding buyers for them and delivering them. Unfortunately, some of the noodle traders were over-leveraged and didn't survive their margin calls from Goldman and Morgan Stanley....

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Obviously, Russ won't be sharing the results from the "You asked for it, you got it." feature with the WB crowd but this change has to raise the sale price for items with more than a couple of motivated bidders which is the goal. For items that sell for less that "market price" ...

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Obviously, Russ won't be sharing the results from the "You asked for it, you got it." feature with the WB crowd but this change has to raise the sale price for items with more than a couple of motivated bidders which is the goal. For items that sell for less that "market price" b...

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Buyers' remorse is all part of the berserkerday experience

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the 2012 are stupid good 2012 Vilmart & Cie Champagne Premier Cru Coeur de Cuvée - France, Champagne, Champagne Premier Cru (3/26/2021) Sean's Best Book Club Ever : Light oxidation. Lemon and apple. Has a richness, depth, and mouthfeel that just says "things don't get much better than this&...

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Yo big daddy! first - I got pinged from a few people asking about when you are shipping so can you update. second - did you get my payment? I used paypal and wasn't sure I did it correctly... I'm a venmo guy... let us know. I make Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from West Sonoma Coast, Sebastopol and the ...

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Next choice would probably be Costco in Carlsbad, they seems to have the widest selection among the other Costco stores in SD. The Carlsbad location is probably the best Costco in all of SD and OC I have 5 Costco within 15 minutes of my house in OC and when I hit Carlsbad it's "damn, why can't...

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2017 Scherrer Old Vine and Mature Zinfandel.

Super wine.

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2008 Congruence Cabernet Sauvignon. Originally had this pulled out to drink during NCAA Wrestling Championships which of course never happen. I’m sure Steve would have been there. We did go to the B1G tournament. Was not going to see college wrestling in a football stadium, though. [soap.gif] Shoul...

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Very fond memories of Sea Smoke. My friend brought an 03 southing to my house after release for a diner. He purchased it at a Bristol Farms on a recommendation from the kid working there. I was like "WTF is this"? I was fortunate enough to taste the first botella vintage, 2001, at a Celler...

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Can't you just use the UPC barcode on the bottle? You can use the UPC code to find the wine but not track the bottle or the vintage in CT. UPC is not unique, a number of products/wines share a UPC code. Every bottle of SilverOak Cab has the same UPC regardless of vintage what if you had 12 bottles ...

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I have only done one complete reconciliation in 13 years. I did a partial reconciliation before/after I moved 3 pallets of wine to Switzerland with me and then returned with 1 pallet . This seems like a missed opportunity . . . . It was, it was. My plan was to self-import about a pallet of Swiss wi...

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Air freight is a mess too because the reduced international travel. Fewer flights between the US/EU means a "COVID surcharge" and it's not trivial, as much as an additional $1,200 per pallet. IMHO it doesn't look like air travel to Europe/Asia is returning to normal for the rest of the yea...

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