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The standard release price is $98 for most bottlings, including JBV. This includes shipping, you pay your state sales tax. In Ohio, it' s $106 a bottle delivered to my door. newer wines tend to price higher, but in this release the four hearts and JB white are $98. Bone Rock took a big leap to $148...

Robert, you’ve inspired me to have a 2018 Dolinsek on deck I suggest you hold the '18's. They are not like previous vintages. They need time. Learned that the hard way with the Dolinsek. Lots more structure than in 2017 or even 2016. Much better on day 2. Still have two bottles left. I was surprise...

Brian S t o t t e r wrote: ↑
January 10th, 2020, 4:08 am
Robert, you’ve inspired me to have a 2018 Dolinsek on deck

I suggest you hold the '18's. They are not like previous vintages. They need time.

Went with the Grenache heavy wines. I think that is where Saxum shines.

If we’re naming individual wines, Jaffurs Santa Barbara County Syrah, year in, year out. $22 ish.

After years of drinking more and more narrow and ending up with a cellar of California Zins, blends and over priced cabs, I want to drink more broadly. Too much good wine in the world.
Also want to procure more locally. Time to give the locals guys my business.

I voted for Rhône’s. While the Zins are good, they don’t stand out like some of the better Rhône producers. When I can buy an unbelievable $30-$40 Syrah, that strikes me as a great deal compared to a nice Zin at $20-$30.

Ok, thanks ;-) And what about the wine himself ? ;-) How is this Grenache ? Are we close to the Chateauneuf du Pape Grenache ? ;-) Thx I love southern Rhone Grenache and Santa Barbara County Grenache, but I wouldn't say the two are close. I would expect less mineral and earth on the Ojai and potent...

Ok, just opened the Estate Pinot from Qutori. We actually like this better than the double gold Syrah.
We will be making a return visit to these folks.

I open good stuff because who better to share the good stuff with other than family and friends.
Later most usually comment about how they love my wines.

Drove over to Paonia in the West Elks wine region yesterday. A cute granola arty kind of town with some good restaurants. The main purpose was to find the Governor’s Cup Double Gold winning Qutori Syrah.... Nice! Are you based out of Colorado? Im new to the forum and in Boulder. Yes, main home on t...

Drove over to Paonia in the West Elks wine region yesterday. A cute granola arty kind of town with some good restaurants. The main purpose was to find the Governor’s Cup Double Gold winning Qutori Syrah. The winery is so new there is no tasting room, but the winemaker’s mother runs a fun little eate...

Thanks Morgan for the non styrofoam shipper. I LOVE the egg crate style and it does not go unnoticed. The wines arrived today. Can’t wait to enjoy them.

Anyone seen the Kirkland Gigondas yet? Loved last years. heads up: this showed up at my store today, along with the next vintage of the Chablis Premier Cru Thanks for the heads up! I picked up some of the 2017 Kirkland Gigondas at $14.99 and I noticed that also had the 2017 Domaine Saint-Damien Gig...

Didn't someone post about 6 months ago that John Z had a run-in with the law? I could be mistaken, but that is what I remember. There was even a link to an article about it.

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Michael Martin wrote: ↑
October 1st, 2019, 8:35 pm
Anyone seen the Kirkland Gigondas yet? Loved last years.
heads up: this showed up at my store today, along with the next vintage of the Chablis Premier Cru

Thanks for the heads up!

Barcelona in March through Costco Travel. 6 nights at the Barcelona Podium, airport transfers, breakfast, United from Denver. All in for 2, $2433. We’ll also get 2% back with our Executive membership.

2016 Domaine de la Janasse Côtes du Rhône Les Garrigues - France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Côtes du Rhône (12/5/2019) Had to change my note twice as this wine evolves. Starts with bright raspberry and cranberry, white pepper and mint, but evolves into a black fruited beauty with anise, black tea and ...

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Paul Miller wrote: ↑
December 1st, 2019, 5:21 pm
How are you getting it for free?
Miles
Miles are not really "free", as there is a cost and value to them, usually between 1-2 cents per mile.

If they are about to expire and the airline offers you magazines instead of them going into the waste can, that’s free.

Paul Miller wrote: ↑
December 1st, 2019, 5:21 pm
How are you getting it for free?

Miles

Free here too. There has also been many posts regarding this same topic over the years and people either hate it, get it for free or read it at their dentist’s office.

30% off a case at West of Temperance.

I’ve had a couple bottles of the 2005 Bacchanal and I loved them. $30 on Winebid. As good as any other Napa Cab I’ve had.

Stopped in Palisade yesterday and had lunch at the Palisade Cafe, which I highly recommend, but they also carry wines from every maker in the Grand Valley. Might be hard to see in my photo, but behind the bar are bottles of at least one offering from every local winery. Great one stop tasting option...

Other than Blake Brown nobody mentions Wms Selyem or Au Bon Climat, two wineries that have influenced many. I have never seen a mention of Saintsbury. Or anybody else in Carneros for that matter. Morgan is a very successful winery....have never seen them discussed. I second Au Bon Climat. Great Pin...

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November 25th, 2019, 1:27 pm
Working on getting some additional players to participate. Have confirmation from one today that will be awesome.

Should be a WB crowd pleaser.
The one we've been emailing today? If so, yeah, that one will be a big time crowd pleaser

Financial planning from Victor all in one blind link.

Michael Fess wrote: ↑
November 23rd, 2019, 7:15 am
Not blaming the restaurants. Maybe its time to change that law. Last time I was at CRU downtown just wish I was able to bring my own. Food was good, wine list was meh....

I agree. Would love to bring my own too.

Michael Fess wrote: ↑
November 23rd, 2019, 7:05 am
Lets hope someday we can get restaurants to allow us to bring our own with a modest corkage fee. If you can walk around Denver high on mushrooms, is bringing your own bottle too much to ask?

It’s not the restaurant’s fault, it’s the state law.

I agree on Carboy. Industrial wines. This is the impression I walked away with, but they've cultivated a nice night time atmosphere. I'll be holding on to all of the recommendations in here for our next trip out. Matt, We seem to be picking up a few more wine centric spots in Denver recently. We've...

Creekside makes really decent wines. Great antipasto platter as well, which the wines work well with. I only recommend Balistreri Vineyards as you can taste all 20 wines they make for free. Think we tried 13 or so and settled on the Malbec which was probably the best to me, plus after the many pour...

My in-laws live in Evergreen and talk highly of Creekside. I don't know if I've had their wines though. Bookcliff is good. Infinite Monkey is decent enough and a fun spot. Not something I would buy for home consumption but OK as a restaurant house wine option. I've had Carboy at their Littleton win...

The quality level of Colorado wines has in my opinion really gone up. If you had a Colorado wine 5-10 years ago, most were what I would call "tourist" wines. Today, there are some strong contenders that I would put up against wines from more established states like OR, WA or CA. Creekside is always ...

Cool climate Syrah. Bedrock Griffins Lair. Jaffurs Bien Nacido.
I would never put Gigondas in this class. More red fruited.

I thought based on the title this was going to be another open letter to the WB community.

I just unwrapped these. May have to pop one tonight.

But is it a good QPR?

This winery was featured in this weekend’s Wall Street Journal.

I’ve had two bottles as well. Love it.

Seems like a lot of folks are skipping the Schmiedt Road...while I know Zinfandel isn't exactly known as the poster child for elegance, anyone on the list who appreciates a more floral, elegant wine should consider buying some. According to Morgan's release, it includes grapes from Kirschenmann, wh...

My experience is time heals the wounds of the winemaker and in many cases vintage.

Anyone cracked one of the 2017 Bien Nacido X-Block's yet? I opened one up just a few weeks after they arrived with the rest of that offer and it was great. its got a long life ahead and was a baby but yum Thanks Matt and Michael. I've had syrahs from this fruit from Bonny Doon, but hadn't dared to ...

AD Northup wrote: ↑
October 31st, 2019, 1:40 pm
Anyone cracked one of the 2017 Bien Nacido X-Block's yet?

Yes, buy it.

Bien Nacido, Pato, Dolinsek and Schmiedt will top my list.

I was up in Dry Creek Valley tasting this past weekend (until I was evacuated) and wasn't enjoying the Zinfandels. Go figure, since they make up a good portion of my cellar. My palate has really been liking the tastes of Grenache and Carignane lately and that is what I ended up buying a lot of this...

I like posts like this. They are always fun to read.

Justin cabs and blends have always underwhelmed me and I see pallets of them at Costco which always makes me wonder. Of course its right next to the pallet of the Prisoner. LOL.

For me it depends on the bottle. Some of my favorite producers had some so so years. Then I open another bottle and wow. I plan to stay the course.

The Douro Valley

Just did this trip last Fall. Loved Gordes, St Remy, Bonnieux, Isle sur la Sorgue and Avignon. It depends on how big or how small of a city you want to stay in and what else you plan to do.

I agree that my preference would be for styrofoam especially when I hear someone like Morgan worry about heat issues with the alternatives. I get plenty of shipments in styrofoam that are not filled with little pieces. Ship in the right weather, and styro does not matter. Ship in the wrong weather,...

I just wish they told me I wasn’t getting an allocation vs reading others did. Have been buying Saxum since 04. If I remember correctly, there was an original email from Justin that then required you to sign up for the Downstream allocation. If you missed the first one, you would not have gotten an...

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