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I thought '17 was the first but there is a listing and notes in CT for 2016 as well.

I try to do it once a year. I end up pulling things and not 'consuming' them in CT. I forget and then wonder where that bottle is. Or I sometimes move things and do not remember to update CT. So once a year to confirm things. I also use an offsite where I tend to bury the boxes with the stuff for ag...

I thought Home was on the floor, but FF was on Skyline which is a ridgeline maybe 1500' up? FF is down off Portola Rd, not up in the mountains. Hmm, I know that area well as a cyclist. The vineyard I presume it to be smells intensely of sulfur for large parts of the year. I didn't think that was th...

Thanks for the article, William. It distills many of my thoughts over the years in a more coherent and expressive way than I ever could. I've often been very frustrated with the tenor expressed when it comes to winemaking and "intervention" over the years. I think many lost sight of what a...

Family Farm is basically a 'valley floor' vineyard. Many of the other Rhys vineyards are mountain tops or slopes: Alpine, Horseshoe and Skyline. I don't think the Family Farm has ever really show the sort of depth or structure where I would be tempted to give it much aging.

I was surprised that the Beringer Merlot Bancroft Ranch 1993 and 1994 did not jump so much from initial pricing. I just bid for this, but another person topped me. https://www.winebid.com/BuyWine/Item/7756481/1994-Chateau-Souverain-Alexander-Valley-Cabernet-Sauvignon Wow. Somehow I missed that one....

The chances of you and I ever bidding on the same wine are pretty low, so it cannot be me. He was born in 1979. They had not yet discovered how to make my kind of wine by then, so of course I am almost enirely limited to that weak swill that you love. neener I was bidding on a 1979 Amarone, if you ...

Food fight, en route. https://www.winebid.com/BuyWine/Item/7751730/1994-Beringer-Bancroft-Ranch-Howell-Mountain-Merlo~ It is kind of odd to worry that prices are skyrocketing on gems that could formerly be had for a song and then broadcast about them on the most widely read forum about wine. Maybe ...

Thanks for the perspective Michael. I have contacted wineries in the past about this issue. But I always feel hesitant because I don't want to guilt or pressure them into acting on my behalf. TCA is part of the game and in many cases things are just not replaceable anyway. If I do have a new release...

The atypical quality and nerviness may come from the 21% carignane. The proportion can be even higher in Ridge Geyserville. I love what it brings there -- a fresh, red-fruitedness that adds complexity to the darker, richer fruit profile of zin. Yes. Buchignani is the source of the Ridge straight Ca...

I would agree your issue does not sound like TCA. It's a tough call given what you've written. The first thing that jumps out in my mind is something I usually notice as a smell first. It's caused by some sort of detergent leftover or similar from machine washing stemware. I think some machines leav...

I kept buying this unopposed for $35 until recently. I can think of many wines with very similar ratios of past and current bidding. But I do not buy DRC or Chave. Not a baller. Same. I meant wines within the realm of formerly bargain basement old CA wines. Nearly all of them are getting pumped. So...

Victor Hong wrote: ↑February 14th, 2021, 7:07 pm I kept buying this unopposed for $35 until recently.

I can think of many wines with very similar ratios of past and current bidding.

Victor Hong wrote: ↑February 14th, 2021, 6:49 pm This bottling is great drinking now.

Interesting. I've never really looked at those. I haven't had the pleasure of trying any older ones and my experiences with older BV in general has been mixed to 'meh'.

But I do eye the 90's stuff every week.

DR Congo- SOPACDI - Pygmies' Coffee Project Micro-Station Region: Mishebere and Ruhunde villages, Kalehe territory, South Kivu Farmer: 105 smallholder farmer members of SOPACDI Variety: Bourbon, grown at 1500 masl Method: Washed Notes: Rich cocoa, toffee, lemon and lemongrass flavors with tart citr...

I think it shows the great irony of him drinking a wine that is almost half f-ing merlot. That too!!! I don't think they thought that through [rofl.gif] Simple search of Cheval Blanc would have made them change the hated grape variety! I'm pretty sure using Cheval Blanc as his trophy bottle while h...

William Kelley wrote: ↑February 11th, 2021, 9:38 am Did you ever try the Kalin Cellars Sémillon from old vines in Livermore, California? I think you'd love it.

I was going to suggest this. The caveat being that I've seen strong bottle variation. When it's on it's quite good.

do you feel sad for him or happy for him? Happy. I thought it was a "good for him" moment. He stopped being so anal and neurotic, and just did what he wanted. He didn't feel obligated to go through all the expected protocol, and enjoyed his prized bottle with exactly what he felt like eat...

What would be the point of chili without beans? Don't they call that "meat sauce"?

Fedex told me it was again delayed until Monday but then they delivered today, Sunday, anyway.

I don't remember if mentioned before but Ian Brand/Petit Payson wines was a listing I looked forward to. He might be too big for us now since he was named winemaker of the year by Ester Mobley.

JDavisRoby wrote: ↑February 6th, 2021, 11:43 am Why can't there be one that is a simple, clean design without looking like a wicker or floral cradle?

I think Matt's 'loaf pan and rock' fits the bill to a tee.

That's was great. Thanks to everyone who showed up. Nice to see old friends and put faces to some of you. Plus, it's just nice to be social at all given the current world.

"For the record":
2012 Huré Frères Champagne L'Instantanée
2016 Halcon Vineyards Pinot Noir Bearwallow Vineyard

Good stores. Strong service. Pricing is strong on some things but less strong on others. The selections can be pretty good at times. Definitely someone I can trust and buy from. Not exclusively but as good as anyone in California I've found. We have several good retailers and K&L is one of them.

Mel Hill wrote: ↑February 5th, 2021, 6:36 pm CE586A31-8512-4169-A5C6-39697F48A36C.jpeg

On the zoom now, super fun!

That looks way less impressive than I expected.

Going to fire up two of these fatty ribeyes this weekend. Thanks again!

Brian G r a f s t r o m wrote: ↑February 5th, 2021, 2:14 pm
ybarselah wrote: ↑February 5th, 2021, 2:05 pm this is what you want

https://www.kogodwine.com/products/port ... adle-black
$337!?!

They should call it the iCradle.

Yeah. Mine got stuck in Kansas too.

I get the feeling this thread got a bit out of topic. The question was which region can deliver the same heights as Bordeaux and Burgundy for a fraction of the price, not which regions in the $20-25 range offer the best value. In this sense, I think Germany's case is hard to ignore: Mosel (JJ Prum,...

I found the Lytton to be the more forward, ripe classic Zin in profile of the two. The Geyserville that drinks more like an older school balanced wine. It will benefit from age more than the Lytton in my estimation. Drinks fine now but I would decant first.

I'll pencil it in.

Chuck Miller wrote: ↑February 3rd, 2021, 2:26 pm This ‘groundhog day’ thread was posted a day late.

Scores are eternally useless.

Definitely didn’t see Repour and even a few others I purchased on the list during preview day. Maybe I was careless newhere I missed it first pass while I was compiling order. Read someone mention them and went back in to see if they had an offer....and still missed it. I'm fine for the year likely...

My Flannery has always shipped unfrozen. But it's also tightly packed in a small container with frozen ice packs.

Chris, why do you think that? Whatever exposure and intake of air into the solution happens during the first decant, will happen again during the second decant back into the original bottle, no? If the wine has already been saturated with air during the first decant, then you would be right, but I ...

The funniest part to me is that they still have it. Did it get lost behind things? Did they source these wines to complete your order? Hilarious given the stories we see about recent orders not being fulfilled, etc.

I've always thought the 'double' was a really bad use of the term. The decanting is done with the first pour. You don't get double the effect by putting back in the bottle. Chris, why do you think that? Whatever exposure and intake of air into the solution happens during the first decant, will happ...

I've always thought the 'double' was a really bad use of the term. The decanting is done with the first pour. You don't get double the effect by putting back in the bottle. So it's confusing if you haven't run across the term before. As others have mentioned I will return a wine to it's bottle for ...

Places like Germany and the Loire are certainly leaders in this sort of category.

To a lesser extent there are famous regions where if you drop just below the top labels you can get some tremendous values. I'm thinking of things places like Chablis, Rioja, S Rhone and Sauternes/Barsac.

I've always thought the 'double' was a really bad use of the term. The decanting is done with the first pour. You don't get double the effect by putting back in the bottle. So it's confusing if you haven't run across the term before. As others have mentioned I will return a wine to it's bottle for t...

Oak, acid and vanilla equals Kola. The oak provides the vanilla and spice, acid provides the “citrus”. I realize that you don’t need high acid for this aroma but any acid will help provide it. Add in some very ripe fruit and kola aromas emerge. That is one thing I remember from reading about cola r...

If there was a Berserker Bonus I neglected to mention it on my order. So hopefully you see this before it's shipped. No biggie if missed. I've got you down...only, there is a chance we'll run out of the Berserker Bonus by Wednesday. pileon [truce.gif] You guys have been great! [berserker.gif] group...

Got mine today. I like the level of spice and the way it lingers a bit. Just enough to make you notice but not enough to distract. Thanks again!

One upshot of the event being in January is that you can actually have your wines shipped to your fairly quickly. If you have the event in July that means waiting a minimum of three months but more realistically four to six months.

Have the numbers outlived their usefulness? If applied the way Jeb did, probably. I'm not a subscriber, but if what was written here is true...that he had 70 wines scoring between 99-100, then how is that any different than just putting out a really good vintage chart. I had a thought along these l...

The problem with these types of comments against high-scores, or the number of wines hitting 100 is that most people commenting here do not score a lot of wine. Plus, I am willing to bet not one person making these comments has tasted the 30 wines in question. That is not to say anyone would, or wo...

If there was a Berserker Bonus I neglected to mention it on my order. So hopefully you see this before it's shipped. No biggie if missed.

Maybe request that anyone that needs a special code entered put it in large bright red lettering? Reading through the Morgan Ranch thread it sometimes felt like I was the only person who remembered to enter the code :). Uh, oh. There was a code? Crud! No code, they asked people to identify themselv...

Fired up some hangers tonight I had frozen from whenever I bought last, in anticipation of this weeks delivery. Juicy, flavorful and tender as ever. Delish.

Thanks again for the great offer team Flannery!

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