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Is there somewhere good in the area to ship wine home?

There was some really good place we ate at a few years ago in Lompoc. It was on Highway-1 about at College. Can't find it on the map or remember the name, so maybe not around any more. Several wineries all recommended we eat there. There have been a number of places that have closed. Might have bee...

There was some really good place we ate at a few years ago in Lompoc. It was on Highway-1 about at College. Can't find it on the map or remember the name, so maybe not around any more. Several wineries all recommended we eat there.

larry schaffer wrote: ↑April 6th, 2021, 10:31 pm Please reach out to me directly offline - more than happy to offer advice, etc

Cheers!

Email sent.

I may need to think about this. I didn't get the tubes, and I need something safe to keep them in from getting banged.

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. Thanks. I did reach out, and he is sending to me next week. Appreciated. Got my wine tod...

Tom, As a newcomer to our wines, I do recommend opening these wines early just to get the feel- A 60-90 min decant usually does the trick. The Barbera is the lightest and highest acid in your order, the MSG is the mid-weight, and the Enz is the darkest. All of the 19 wines are light and bright. Pau...

Anyone receive their wines yet or know when they're shipping? Hi Paul, I'll reach out to you via e-mail. I have started shipping to the midwest and east coast recently, but it's possible your e-mail wasn't on the main distro list. Thanks for speaking up! Cheers, Jason Got them. Thanks for the quick...

Michael Martin wrote: ↑April 9th, 2021, 11:43 am The only breakage I think I have ever had was in styrofoam. The box was hit on the side and styrofoam broke, knocking out two bottles.

I've only had breakage in styrofoam, and when I opened the box, it looked like the styrofoam had dissolved into bits.

Hit 80 in Chicago today. Thawed out a wheat dough crust. Paired with Sandlands Red Wine.

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Only two days left before ordering...the excitement mounts as I reread Hardy's amazing descriptions. The 2020 Brousseau Blanc makes the hair on my neck get up and dance. Thank you. The Brosseau Blanc might be my fav. D&R white of all time. It is my fav. 2020 for sure (Pre-Release this Thurs and...

Will Clements wrote: ↑April 4th, 2021, 3:37 pm Wasn’t that the Mollydooker method?

The Mollydooker Shake

Take a partial bottle, put the cork back in it, and shake the bottle.

brigcampbell wrote: ↑April 2nd, 2021, 12:40 pm
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.

Thanks. I did reach out, and he is sending to me next week. Appreciated.

It's up-and-down. A little flaky. But I got my wines entered.

Anyone receive their wines yet or know when they're shipping?

Anyone receive their wines yet or know when they're shipping?

Glenn P. wrote: ↑April 1st, 2021, 2:37 pm I was just trying to log some new wines...don't realize how much you need it until its gone.

Same. About to add some wines, and got an error message. Oh well.

So you’re saying putting these in the dishwasher is the preferred way?

Has anyone been to Linne Calodo recently?

We're looking into a trip the end of May. Want to hit this area and also Paso. Will definitely try to swing by Tercero again.

Good notes. We're thinking about a trip there the end of May.

Tom, As a newcomer to our wines, I do recommend opening these wines early just to get the feel- A 60-90 min decant usually does the trick. The Barbera is the lightest and highest acid in your order, the MSG is the mid-weight, and the Enz is the darkest. All of the 19 wines are light and bright. Pau...

Nice note. I really enjoy Sagrantino, but you just don’t see much of it.

I popped a Barbera. HUGE mistake. I don’t think the wine was “bad,” but it was NOT in a good place. No amount of decant was going to coax it out. I Coravined the bottle. A week later, still half left. I don’t think it’s going to improve. I hope my second bottle is better. Going to let it sit. Weird...

I popped a Barbera. HUGE mistake. I don’t think the wine was “bad,” but it was NOT in a good place. No amount of decant was going to coax it out. I Coravined the bottle. A week later, still half left. I don’t think it’s going to improve. I hope my second bottle is better. Going to let it sit.

How many did you drink?

Yeppers

Got mine yesterday!

Acanto on Michigan Avenue near the museum. The Gage is also pretty good, and the restaurant under the Bean is not bad. Those are options if you really don’t want to venture very far.

Pedialyte Advanced+

I like the boxes and packaging

I still prefer Burt Wolf for format and Anthony Bourdain for snark & attitude.

Got mine today. Whoa! These babies are light! My wife is freaked out.

2019 Bedrock, Zin, Noma Vineyard, Lodi
Lots of raspberry on the nose and palate. Raspberry, mocha, white pepper flavors.
I think I killed a baby.

And UPS just delivered my Grasl glasses

Forgot to mention, but for the first time in a long time, the delivery man asked for my name, AND he actually made me sign!

My Bedrock, scheduled for Saturday, changed to Monday, just unexpectedly arrived!

I prefer UPS, both because the Track My Deliver feature, and because my driver is great - we've had a lot of quick chats, and he knows me so well that when he's busy he'll just ring the bell and leave my wine there without making me sign (my gf and I both work from home, so no danger of it sitting ...

When I lived in Dallas, I had a Texas dessert wine that was "aged" in pecan. Was disgusting.

I like the metal/marble racks.

The wood - are those drawers?

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My wife and I also did the 4oz bottles. Popped and poured. Hard to top David's notes, and I don't disagree with them. Just a few casual observations: 2020 Clairette Blanche - For me too, this was the first time I have ever had the varietal on its own, and Larry did a good job of discussing it. Very ...

Got my 4-pack the other day, and I just sat down to add into CT and to store the bottles. First, thanks to whoever created the profiles in CT, but more importantly, thanks Adam for the descriptors up front. Helps tremendously deciding where and how to store.

Alinea and Hopleaf both announced that they are soon to reopen.

Definitely agree with Trimach. I just cracked open a 2011 Cuvee des Seigneurs de Ribeaupierre about two weeks ago with some spicy Asian crab and it was fabulous. The wine, at 10 years old, was at its absolute best! Trimbach is usually our go-to. Tercero Outlier tends to pair well. Also, some whites...

Slightly off topic, but Nicholas Kristof, the New York Times journalist, posted on social media today that they found truffles on his family farm in Oregon. I’ve been roaming the forests here in Yamhill County, Oregon, all my life — and I discover only now that they’re loaded with truffles. We went ...

Got my UPS update. If they're in Naperville, maybe I can get them by Wednesday in Chicago so I can use on Larry's Tercero tasting that night.

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