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Sad day. I hope for the family that this was peaceful and as easy as the hardship that death can be. A 1990 Chateau sure Clos des Ducs from way back when was among the wines I would consider to be a head turner in my early Burgundy days.

Interesting. Back in 1998 when Patty and I were at Torii Mor a deal was struck between the owners of Merryvale and Torii Mor for the former to purchase the latter. They flew Patty and me down to Napa and toured around their properties, tasted at the winery and had a BBQ with the family and relevant ...

When people talk about terroir, I get the feeling that they are thinking about oil wells or mining for gold. That is, if we just drill in the right direction we'll find a seam of terroir we can bottle. In reality most winemakers are just trying to make wines they like and that will sell well. So th...

In my experience it is not even close. Own scores of bottles of Dom Dujac (from back in the day) and one of the FP that I purchased by accident because I wasn’t paying attention.

D@vid Bu3ker wrote: ↑
January 5th, 2020, 10:14 am
No. I buy and drink Bourbon, but it has not affected my wine buying.

Bingo. Why would a life essential impact my wine purchases?

There is, relatively speaking, an ocean of sparkling wine currently in production in Oregon. My assumption is that this is going to go poorly. I think it’s a bad idea that is based upon tasting room/event business models combined with having more fruit than still wine sales capacities. I’ve seen an...

There is, relatively speaking, an ocean of sparkling wine currently in production in Oregon. My assumption is that this is going to go poorly. I think it’s a bad idea that is based upon tasting room/event business models combined with having more fruit than still wine sales capacities. I’ve seen an...

There is, relatively speaking, an ocean of sparkling wine currently in production in Oregon. My assumption is that this is going to go poorly. I think it’s a bad idea that is based upon tasting room/event business models combined with having more fruit than still wine sales capacities. I’ve seen and...

First off, I’m a huge bourbon and Scotch fan. The lions share of my everyday wardrobe says the word BOURBON on it somewhere. I enjoy a Manhattan most every day and am not adverse to a late night sipper (been favoring the very delicious Old Forester 1920 lately). I believe my brown liquor credentials...

$3.99 from 1978 is not even $16 in 2019. Pretty sure Sauzet PM is handily beating the cost of inflation. Then again pretty much anything related to wine would be doing the same. I have a friend who always tells me he used to buy 1971 and 72 La
Tache for around $20/bottle.

I have a fairly long track record with Gouges and used to buy on the regular but I still have a decent cache. The 05 Gouges are surprising. The Clos des Porrets was eminently drinkable early on and has remained so. I have t had all of the crus but the Pruliers and LSG have shown quite well, if youth...

If it’s this: https://www.fingerlakesdailynews.com/2019/06/15/burdett-winery-owner-sues-schuyler-deputy-town-of-hector-for-14-million/ Then who knows? From what little I could glean of him from his posts and our interactions this sounds like par for the course. Could be more to it but certainly read...

Great wine shop. Great people.

Todd, just want to point out that Patricia Green did not participate last year (2019)???? [cry.gif] Yes, I loved those 2013 PG pinot pacs as well [worship.gif]. So please tell Jim we will be on the look-out this January for some PG goodness [help.gif] . As a consumer of tasty pinots, I must also re...

A.R. Pepe Valtellina Nebbiolos. For sure.

Met Jayson Pahlmeyer many years ago at a tasting for international importers for a variety of countries. It was a little slow and he told me the story of how his winery went from operating out of his bedroom to a big time operation in about 18 months time. I assume most, if not everyone here knows t...

House sitter/friend...decided to dabble in Burgundy one night. Said she only pulled wines of which their were at least 2.....2001 Mugneret-Gibourg Ruchottes-Chambertin. She said it was the best wine she had ever had. You bet your sweet ass it was! Yum. My S.O. had a bottom-less "drink now" box whic...

House sitter/friend who nearly exclusively liked Italian wine decided to dabble in Burgundy one night. Said she only pulled wines of which their were at least 2. One was a village Vosne. The other...2001 Mugneret-Gibourg Ruchottes-Chambertin. She said it was the best wine she had ever had.

Easy YES. Applies to many things beyond wine as well.

Tales of Invnetory. Amidst a pallet of random bottles that are odds and ends of things I came across 8 bottles of 2014 Berserker Cuvée. One doesn’t even have a label beyond a handwritten note on it what’s more Berserker Cuvée than that!? Round it up to a case with something else and it’s yours to th...

William Segui wrote: ↑
November 4th, 2019, 6:31 pm
Love me some offsite.

Love them twice as I have 2 in different places.

alan weinberg wrote: ↑
November 4th, 2019, 5:30 pm
two greatest red Burgs of my life are Vogüé 1929 and 1945. Like 78 and 85. I didn’t like 1990, too Cabernet-like and haven’t drunk many since, as I believe they need 30+ years. Pricing has turned me off, though.

I still have a bottle of the 1990 Musigny.

Sorry if my response seemed "entitled". Perhaps it was. Entitled to communication to understand the "etiquette" is indeed the issue. Everyone is "entitled" all around to know the rules/mores/"etiquette". We were clueless. Perhaps because third parties were involved; perhaps because we are. But, as ...

By some weird quirk in the universe the Bonnes Mares I have had the most has been the 1998 Vogue. I had 2 bottles and have been places where others have opened it or brought it. I’ve had it many times and mostly randomly. I’ve had it in its relative youth (5ish years) and up to about 17 or 18 years ...

[popcorn.gif] Wishing there was more but feeling like I’m at the Marvel movie wondering if there is another teaser trailer buried in the credits. How much does a BH The Shallows cost?!?!??? Someone may need to alert a certain winery here in Oregon if the answer is...I don’t know, way more than I wou...

Montrachet. Cold and windy in early March but sunny. 2000 Drouhin MdL Monty. Pretty sweet. Have done it here in Oregon at probably every vineyard we get fruit from. Still, worse days can be had than that.

We use pulp. If people request styro we use that. I would prefer not to for a million reasons. Vast majority goes in pulp.

Good luck there. I’m sure many folks here can tell you about mixed results. Not trying to throw water on a hopefully wonderful night, just saying. One of the best meals of my life was there. Another time...

What's the best 3-ring binder? What's the best Applebees? What's the best traffic cone? What's the best canned peas?

These burning questions somehow tower over "What's the best Pinot Gris?"

Whatever one isn't in your glass.

Jim, How do those Pinot's break down between DTC and distribution? Love the commitment to showing diversity of Oregon....and that is only the # of Pinot's you produce. We have wines that are gettable out in the wide world of distribution. They are: Reserve Balcombe Estate Estate Old Vine Freedom Hi...

Don’t doubt it, know it. 27 Pinot Noir bottlings in 2017 and 2018 with 22 and 23 single vineyard bottlings respectively. Rare is the person beyond the staff that tries them all. Crazy in Oregon, but nothing I guess in comparison to Drouhin, Bouchard, or Jadot in Burgundy. And some of your own favor...

Thanks, Diane, PG is one of my favorite Oregon producers and Balcombe probably my favorite of their single vineyard bottlings, though at this point I doubt that I have tried them all. Inundated as I tend to be with Burgundy, among other things, I just don't have an opportunity to drink them that of...

Last (discounting one thing that’s weird) pick is tomorrow. I’ve been in “go time” mode for about 10 days. From the outside looking at weather reports it would seem “rainy vintage, dilute wines.” Now that I have picked 200 tons across nearly every nested AVA in the WV I think I finally get it. This ...

Huge fan. Every time I open an older bottle I feel like I’m getting exactly what I want from a very subtle Burgundian producer. Have not had wines since the change in 2011 (2012?). 2000-2002 drink like crazy right now. You do have to like spice and raspberries.

I see you on our calendar for
Thursday morning. We will be at it hard that day but I will come up and say hi. Sorry, hard to make promises beyond that. Literally the largest (potential) harvest day ever at PGC with a combination of white and Pinot adding up to over 30 tons.

At this point more annoying than problematic. Hate to be the old guy that’s all, “yeah, I’ve seen worse so everyone don’t get your panties in a twist quite yet.” But if I don’t Todd will, so there’s that. We’re just ready to go is all. I have a person up from CA, another in from VA and we’ve picked...

At this point more annoying than problematic. Hate to be the old guy that’s all, “yeah, I’ve seen worse so everyone don’t get your panties in a twist quite yet.” But if I don’t Todd will, so there’s that. We’re just ready to go is all. I have a person up from CA, another in from VA and we’ve picked ...

I would agree here. I think that the coffee filter can be useful if you're nervous about decanting your nicely stood up bottle and at the last second having the collected sediment drop into the decanter thereby somewhat nullifying the effort you have gone through. That's about the only use though, k...

Years ago I was in Providence and bought 6 bottles from a wine shop in the Italian part of town (or what it seemed to be to me as a first timer there in 2004) and one of them was that exact Conterno Barolo. Wines never showed up. They accused me of lying about it. They apparently “sent them” USPS an...

1987 Columbia Merlot. Yep.

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August 30th, 2019, 8:48 am

Jim Anderson wrote: ↑
August 30th, 2019, 8:41 am
........When he fees like he’s properly brought up to date he will proceed...........

Oops.

Update: I have, through this site, a CT based attorney that has looked into stuff for us and is in contact with our Oregon attorney at present. When he fees like he’s properly brought up to date he will proceed. Every option is on the table as far as I am concerned. We shall see where we go from her...

NED VALOIS wrote: ↑
August 29th, 2019, 10:21 pm
Yo,
I know dis guy......

That’s Option #2!

Taking a shot in the dark. Our former distributor in CT has stopped paying us on a $15k debt. Actually the debt is well over 2 years old and their feeble payments stopped over a year ago. I retained an attorney here in Oregon and today we got a judgment filed against them. I now need a CT based atto...

Todd, I first had the PG FH Dijon from 2012 and loved it as well. It really stared off medium weight and tart and willed out nicely over 2 hours. PG also makes a FH Pommard Clone and FH Koury Clone (my favorite) that are also excellent and priced somewhat reasonably. [cheers.gif] PS- we missed PG a...

rfelthoven wrote: ↑
August 21st, 2019, 9:18 am
Thanks to everyone who chimed in. Sounds like another year with decent conditions.

It’s always the last 45 days. We’re on like Day 1.

Cooler than the last few years. Muggy, some folks have battled powdery mildew. Set is slightly less than previous recent vintages. Harvest looks like late September... +1 The PM situation is quite real. It’s a battle we have not had to fight at this intensity in quite some time. Beyond that though ...

PeterH wrote: ↑
August 15th, 2019, 5:31 pm
What would be great is for a number of WV winemakers who participate in Berserker Day to put together a BD sampler case. I bet it would sell out quickly.

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