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Anyone ever done a Virgin Island, US or British, boat charter and tried to bring their own wine? I don’t want to try and travel with a case or two to only have it taken by customs or something. Chris' link covers it pretty well. We took a case to BVI no problem full of special wines. There *was* a ...
I love Jamie's wines.......The 2014 SCM Chard is one of my all time favorite Chards from anyplace in the world, just a great wine. Agree and it was the first white he ever made... He made a comment about that wine in a big line-up against first rate burgs and said most of the burgheads pick that wi...
It'll take some time for me to get my Kutch notes up as the honey dos piled up and I'm 90% finished stoning a bathroom wall so I need to get that cleaned up. Quick takeaways - Kutch chardonnay is amazing. Pinot is incredible. The Trout gulch and Falstaff Vineyards are special, love them both. Here a...
2017 Rhys Chardonnay Alpine Vineyard - USA, California, San Francisco Bay, Santa Cruz Mountains (7/27/2019) Bam! You know immediately this is terrific. There's a matchstick aroma with a grounding of salinity. Oh, my. Yellow fruited, yellow pear and yellow apple. This is very burgundian without a do...
We had time to kill so we drove down Alpine Road to the vineyard. That is one twisty road, oye! The block at the gate is chardonnay. https://youtu.be/vAjHmuqUxTM The new planting right of the tree is a replacement of pinot due to a mudslide. The big planting on the far right is expanding Alpine with...
Just had dinner at Osteria Acquacheta tonight. That place and this town are ridiculously charming. You go to Rome and thinks it’s charming, then you come here... Mama Mia...
I also confirmed with Jeff that Rhys did graft over some of the regular Bearwallow Chardonnay to a Dijon clone that's specifically used for sparkling wine in France. Also, there will be all kinds sparklers from Rhys in the future, non vintage and vintage. Jeff rattled them off and I got blindsided "...
Hand disgorged perhaps? Thanks, corrected. Jeff showed the giant can opener they use and demonstrated the technique. It's an art. The final disgorged wine will be mechanical where the neck is frozen in super cooled glycerol (?) Looks like this https://laffort.com/wp-content/uploads/Autres/cle-degor...
Jeff shared a bottle with us today. We'll get some impressions up later. This is not a finished wine at this date. This specific bottling was part of the dosage testing. It's the same 1 g/l as the final but hand disgorged hence the cloudiness.
Sorry, been out of pocket for several days... Thanks, Gary, Barry and Michael for the recommendations and the input on Lucca and CT. I wonder if we can fit in both.... Barry - we are going the first half of Sept. Also appreciate the Nice info! Monaco is on the list! Ian and Michael - appreciate the...
Agree with the winery insights for the most part, but I would put the King Family Viognier in the oakier, more voluptuous category, at least compared to other from VA. Interesting. The 2013 which I really enjoyed wasn’t that way and probably influenced my memory. Still have one bottle and checked l...
I really liked 2015 Bearwallow Chardonnay. I was wondering if they are the same grapes in the sparkling wines? Were they picked at a different time due to the needs of sparkling wine? Oak treatment different? I’m glad to have one of the Chardonnay’s left to compare with the sparkling wine someday. ...
Oh yeah! Another PRP tasting on the resume. This time I knew what to expect. This tasting was a birthday gift for a friend from their children. Asked if we'd take one for the team. Sure, I can do that. The wines were slightly better but priced higher than the last time. The worse wine wasn't in CT a...
No way the wine is bad at 84 degrees. I have a passive cellar, hall closet really, in southern California and it gets over 80 all the time in the summer. No problem Out of curiosity, what is the temperature range you get in that closet cellar? The coolest passive place I have in my house is under t...
please do yourself a favor and never buy anything vinotemp. We bought a custom one for our garage to hold about 300 bottles in 2015. Two weeks ago, it just stopped working, completely blew out and took all of our wine with it. We were on vacation and when we opened the "frig", it was at 84. We chec...
La Spezia is definitely just a place to drop the luggage/car, day trip into Cinque Terra and Lucca via train. Don't drive Yes, Cinque Terra is very crowed because initially Rick Steves but also cruise ships stop in La Spezia now. It gets SLAMMED but it's a must see. if you're into trail hiking, CT h...
I wouldn't be surprised if those Hanzels saw 100% stem inclusion. That could explain the tannic structure and various spice and odd green (like dill) notes that can throw you off from thinking it's PN. I had a similarly mature CA PN last week that had some people commenting it didn't seem like PN (...
First time Carlisle buyer here and very much looking forward to diving in. I'll plan to buy 8-12 bottles (a few will be wished-for), preferably ones I can drink early. I'm a fan of grenache but what else should I go for? click the "Purchase Full Allocation" button and problem solved! Seriously, you...
Seems like a lot of low yields. Kept to a half case, just not a lot of storage room available. from our meeting with Mike last year barrel sampling. https://www.wineberserkers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=153042#p2547785 By popular request. Here comes Carlisle. We showed up early and Mike took us ...
I would suggest that MS laid the founding stone in Wineberserkers. neener I wonder when Todd is gonna sell us out. The bastard. PS. Todd, I have an ace team of corporate transactions lawyers when you are ready to sell. I come along free. I'll dial you up if that happens. Thus far I've had 3 offers ...
Fords is the staple in my cabinet. Great for mixing. Isle of Harris is another great bottle (UK only) which makes a killer G&T with a slice of grapefruit. I recently picked up a bottle of Hardshore Original, which is very herbal/aromatic and dials back the juniper quite a bit. Not really a G&T bott...
Wengen - cog wheel train to the Jungfrau through the face of the Eiger. Simply a must. Where you staying? Alpenrose? The food there is excellent. Murren on the other side is beautiful. Trümmelbach Falls are incredible, waterfall inside a mountain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C3%BCmmelbach_Falls ...
I wouldn't be surprised if those Hanzels saw 100% stem inclusion. That could explain the tannic structure and various spice and odd green (like dill) notes that can throw you off from thinking it's PN. I had a similarly mature CA PN last week that had some people commenting it didn't seem like PN (...
Here's Frank's bottle. Really great wine tonight and same experience two years ago with the same vintage. 2005 Domaine Huet Vouvray Sec Clos du Bourg - France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Vouvray (7/14/2019) Blind: guessed Chenin with 10-15 years of age. FMIII handed this to me "what do you think?" love...
Crushed it! [whistle.gif] 2016 K Vintners The Boy - USA, Washington (7/13/2019) Guessed Pax Grenache Wow, when this hit the glass I said "Beaujolais - got a be Gamay." because of the translucent garnet color and clarity. The palate screamed Grenache to me - the candied cherry with cinnamon. The issu...
Where'd you get those old Hanzells?? What a treat Sean bought them from my buddy that sold me the DRC for $20 each. I think he paid $25 a piece the Hanzell? Really neat stuff, I'll get my notes up. The only thing tougher than tasting blind is tasting blind with some age. I had 3 guesses and wasn't ...
Back from Sicily and was really impressed. Lovely part of Italy - very diverse and easy to get around. We ended up with the following itinerary: 2 nights in Siracusa 3 nights in Taormina 2 nights in Sciacca at Verdura 2 nights in San Vito Lo Capo 2 nights in Palermo Could have easily spent another ...