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I recently ordered from Empire with no issues at all. It came highly recommended from others on this board. To be honest I order outside my state only to get wines I cannot get through my local retailers. In many cases I have found my local retailers will work with me on pricing.

Love both wines but to my mind they are apples and oranges. Is Dunn still using reverse osmosis to keep the alcohol level down?... https://www.wine-searcher.com/m/2015/08 ... and-dusted

A September CT Exp Ag Station press release mentions a population at the other end of my state in Greenwich....Yikes ! I do look for them on vineyard posts and vines. Still have a few "Tree of Heaven" saplings to get rid of. It's not a matter of "if" and more a matter of "wh...

Just to cycle back around I did try 2 of the pinot noir offerings from Agathe Bursin and found them to be absolutely delicious. Right balance of fruit, acidity, and finish. My spouse blogged about the Bursin wines we had this past year ...... https://enoviti-hanumangirl.blogspot.co ... h?q=bursin .

1995 Sylvain Cathiard Romanee St Vivant - Went beautifully with duck breast(med-rare) bathed in balsamic berry sauce , a side earthy mushrooms, tomatoes, and garbanzo beans, and a side of green beans. The RSV is at it's peak and will be there for a good while.

B. Buzzini wrote: ↑November 10th, 2020, 7:37 pm Fuzzy’s favorite time of the year...

Ha ! Fuzzy and Tiger are best buddies.

M.Kaplan wrote: ↑November 10th, 2020, 1:14 pm We recently purchased a new Miele dishwasher with the wine stem rack option. Works like a charm. The first time I've used a dishwasher to wash fine stems in 40 years.

Mark - What do you use as a detergent and wash cycles?

I find the Ultramarine label very attractive and simple.

Chenin blanc ! So versatile with many different styles possible that match up well with all kinds of foods. Chardonnay is my second choice but I think a really good wine from this grape is difficult to make.....hence so much in the marketplace that is forgettable.

Seems like this short documentary on the Glass Fire was just released. Pretty much gives the perspective from wineries in the area.

Locally there isn't a whole lot to choose from which make's Cask n Keg in Mystic,CT a nice standout. Kevin the owner has been fantastic at acquiring new esoteric or low allocation wines for winelovers in the region. He has always handled my wine enquiries with interest. We figured out it was easier ...

Have had nothing but great experiences with MacArthurs(Bassins).

RSA then Greece. Decent to superb reds in each country and terrific whites(chenin blanc and assyrtiko, respectively).

First snow of Fall today. Unusually early for us along coastal southern New England. Had to scramble to get my sprayer winterized in the snow before tonights temps go below freezing. The winery that we make our wine at is having an outdoor tent wedding tonight. While doing punchdowns late today I s...

First snow of Fall today. Unusually early for us along coastal southern New England. Had to scramble to get my sprayer winterized in the snow before tonights temps go below freezing. The winery that we make our wine at is having an outdoor tent wedding tonight. While doing punchdowns late today I sa...

The stories of compromised grapes to those of you on the west coast is sad news for us growers on the east coast as well. We can lose harvests from hurricanes/tropical storms after a full year's worth of hard work to raise a crop. Hope more of you get good results following fermentation and can salv...

KenL. wrote: ↑September 12th, 2020, 11:50 am Lunch-Bagels

That came from Lynch Bages ? Wow.

Spouse did a bit of ground work to understand the St. Laurent grape a bit more. ....https://enoviti-hanumangirl.blogspot.co ... stery.html ....She's clearly a bigger wine nerd than me.

We had a casual outdoor socially distanced dinner in two parts that highlighted the Cruse Wine Company offerings. In the first part we watched Michael lead us through a dosage tasting, on video, of one of his base wines with discussion and tasting quiz from 4 small bottles. That was good fun and my ...

Saw the article and it reminded me of an even more extreme growing method than they use in Greece on Santorini. Nice article.

Recently I hot smoked some prime porterhouse steaks to a medium rare doneness. Wood was a combination of apple and hickory. Opened a 1991 Lopez de Heredia Bosconia Gran Reserva to partner with the meat. In the glass the wine was clear medium bodied garnet with a touch of orange. Turns out this wine ...

Informals at 23B this morning. Fruit looks and tastes great (just ask the resident birds). Will do a real sample pull (200 berries) on Tuesday morning and a full lab panel. We are finding out again that the Baltimore Orioles can find the higher brix grapes in a bunch up and down the 5 rows we have ...

Have not yet seen any in my neck of the woods.....knock on wood. Was really worried that tropical storm Isaias would blow some in our way.....not that I have detected yet. One of these storms from the south will most certainly blow some in at some point in the future.

Wes Barton wrote: ↑August 7th, 2020, 4:57 pm Found it, but most of the photos are unavailable. It was way back in 2006. http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.p ... php?t=1593

Wonder what it felt like for the hornworm to drop down the slide?

Your story Wes has me laughing. We do find the green and red species of the hornworm occasionally on our vines and they do eat a massive amount of foliage. If they are parasitized and on a larger plant we let it be. If on smaller younger plants we move them along to another location.

Leslie - Every year we find a lot of interesting insects and their eggs since we do not nuke the vineyard of insects. The other fun fact for the trophic eggs is that they have some type of ant repellant in them and are deposited like a whirling fence line. Last year we found some polyphemus moth(lar...

To me Chenin Blanc is a rather delicate and "transparent" grape variety that can't take much new oak as it quickly loses varietal character and starts to taste just oaky. This has been my experience for my likes in chenin. It seems to me that blending chenin blanc fermented in large aged ...

Welcome Nestor - This is a good place to start. Lots of discussion and interest around all things wine & food. Participate to connect with others. The coronavirus will not magically disappear but the situation will become better in 2021. So I would participate here and discuss wine with others a...

Like RSA chenin blancs but love Loire chenin blancs more. Need to try a few more that need to be hunted out. Would like to try some of the Sadie Family chenins but are difficult to find and require a bit of cash. For many years my standard table chenin was the Ken Forrester 'Petit Chenin' . At $8-10...

Well my better half figured it out. Turns out both of these objects come from one insect......the owlfly. The owlfly adult looks like a small dragonfly but is in the same order with other 'net-winged' insects like antlions, lacewings, and others. They are good guys and eat other insects. What you se...

Just thought I would share something a bit unusual I noticed in the vineyard today. While working in a section of the young chenin blanc block I noticed something unusual on one of the top catch wires. One thing looked familiar to me as insect disc eggs from something similar, but smaller, than the ...

The folks at Liquid Farm do a nice job to get balance early on in their chardonnays. What I have found interesting, as others have noticed, is that sometimes tasting on day 2 makes the wine really sing.

My experience in making and tasting a few pet-nats is that not all varieties & yeast combinations make a good pet-nat. Thus far I would say that chenin blanc and, separately, auxerrois provides a good platform for terrific pet-nats. On the other hand I would say that chardonnay, at least in my h...

Stewart - My experience with Oxidate-2 is that is not very effective as a fungal spray on grapevines. Only marginal activity on powdery mildew found on foliage but sun exposure takes care of that for the most part. I have not found it effective for powdery mildew on fruit. That being said I do find ...

Kevin - If I recall conventional vineyard electrostatic spraying was/is pretty susceptible to wind drift because of the small droplets. In my experience I have not seen electrostatic spraying catch on for vineyard use in the northeast region. Truth be told I have not seen recent results of a vineyar...

I'm on the lookout for them but as of yet have not seen any. For us it's a matter of time before they show up. Frequent cruising in the vineyard is a must. What worries me about them showing up is that it becomes the new normal and yet another pest to deal with. In this case the pest really creates ...

We have been fortunate to learn from others many many years ago to purchase good quality red burgundies and let them age. The other night we smoked(cherry & pecan wood) a couple of NY strip steaks that had good but not great fat marbling. None the less the smoke made its way into the steak durin...

Earlier this week I pan fried some venison chops using the SFGate recipe .... https://healthyeating.sfgate.com/cook-venison-chops-butter-garlic-4845.html . As sides I made baked garlic fries and a small green salad. A little dry lambrusco chased it all down. The venison showed the terroir found on m...

Yes, in the vineyard. I'm surrounded by creeks, woodlands and pasture, so maybe I get more than in areas that are more vineyard adjacent. I also don't usually cultivate much, so there is often more grass for them to live in. I'll say that I never quite appreciated just how many there were until I g...

Nice little spot on Patricia Green Cellars in a recent episode of PBS's Tastemakers on Jacobsen Salt Co. in Oregon..... https://www.watchtastemakers.com/213-jacobsen-salt-co . This style of show where they highlight food producers and their partnerships I enjoy watching. The Moveable Feast , also on...

Well it's taken us a significant period of time to pull out the 2016 Domaine de Moor Bourboulenc for a taste. Never have tasted this grape wine before so we were in a new tasting space. Was partially waiting for the right food to have it with. Every week we have FaceTime dinners with another couple ...

Would love to see more Greek wines available in the US. One thing I have noticed is that their pricing seems to be marching upward at a pretty good clip. That being said I had a Greek salad tonight(tomatoes, olives, cucumber, red onion, lemon, olive oil, oregano, and sheep feta) with a homemade foca...

Really nice Alan. Not sure my derriere would fit when trying to reach the bottom shelf in the 23inch aisle. That said I'm willing to try pulling a La Tache from the bottom shelf if willing to share said bottle.

His wines at times can be stellar(2012s) but at other times they are severely under ripe(2013s). Still have a few of the wines from 2013 that I'm letting ride to see if they finally mellow out. One other thing I'm seeing in the marketplace with Boudignon wines is that they are getting very pricey fo...

Hi Tom - Thanks for opening up this discussion. Last year the state of Connecticut passed legislation to allow people within the state purchase from out of state retailers. The tug of war for that law began years ago but as you know really hit the legislator's desks the last 2 years. Over that 2 yea...

Love this kind of thread exposing under appreciated viticultural and winery regions. Did watch the video and enjoyed the the people profiled. Next time I'm in CO will have to do a trip to a couple of the wineries. Thanks for sharing.

David - Sounds like you have a great place. When we visit LA in early March we will certainly stop by. Thanks for bringing your place to my attention.

Brian - Yep. One full bunch of rainbow swiss chard and one bag of small spinach for 6 people. One of the group went back for more and there was not any greens left but plenty of mashed potatoes and short ribs. I would say that depending on the size of the short ribs it's safe to predict 1.5 ribs/per...

Hi All - For those in the NYC-Boston corridor there is a dinner event happening locally that is fast approaching that centers on Pappy Van Winkle bourbon. It is held in an older farm house on Stone Acres Farm in Stonington, CT. Last I looked there were still tix ...... https://www.85thdayllc.com/eve...

Brian - Thank you for the recipe. I think we came close to your prototype picture. Pictures below for proof. A good friend went out of her way to make a caramel apple upside down pie for dessert. The wine of the night for the ribs portion was a 1993 Ridge Monte Bello. Absolutely fantastic for the me...

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