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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.

Victor Hong wrote: ↑
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.

Steve Blake came to the winery and bought a case of wine once. That was a long time ago. Rumor has it, although no one here seems to have seen this so it's hotly debated, Neil Young was at the winery over Memorial Day Weekend. He was in Portland for a concert. I don't recall seeing him. Pretty sure ...

That said: Five Whole Cluster producers to try: Every one on this list has been doing this since at least 2002, whether working at a winery or at their own winery. Cristom-Benchmark but bigger style these days Goodfellow-my wines, but we do a good job Kelley Fox Biggio-Hamina Brick House Five Great...

That said: Five Whole Cluster producers to try: Every one on this list has been doing this since at least 2002, whether working at a winery or at their own winery. Cristom-Benchmark but bigger style these days Goodfellow-my wines, but we do a good job Kelley Fox Biggio-Hamina Brick House Five Great...

You should consider sampling on BerserkerDay as many of my favorites are usually on offer (marked with an asterisk). I like: Goodfellow* (very high toned fruits) Biggio Hamina* (you must like whole cluster) Patricia Green* (loads of SVD offerings) Eyrie (their top wines are more than you want to sp...

I have one more problem that might rear it's ugly head: You have a mailing list. They get early releases, discount, all that good stuff we talked about. But in the beginning, you're new, you want as many to sign up as possible. If you now offer an a la carte solution (which we agreed was probably t...

EB?

Erica Orr Makes a fantastic old vines Chenin in Washington. Lots of old world characteristics like smelly socks and mushroom. It runs about $25 and is worth every penny. The bottle I had was lovely acid driven and pure, but without the mushroom and smelly socks(lactobacillus issue?). It’s exception...

it hasn't been mentioned yet (although absolutely I would second visits with Jim at Patty Green and Marcus at Goodfellow, along with Walter Scott), but I had an incredibly enjoyable time with Kelley Fox and her wines are beautiful as well. Also, if you stop at Patty Green, you literally drive by Ke...

Interesting notes, especially as I don’t think I’ve drank any 2012s since release. Think I’ll continue to sit on mine, not that I have much. Went deep in 2013. Curious that PGC was not included, esp considering the high praise Jim had for the vintage upon release. I had a similar thought, and also ...

Be happy to have you come by and we can crack open some 2004 Burgs!

Todd Hamina wrote: ↑
July 25th, 2019, 9:26 am
I fart in your general direction.

Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.

Todd Hamina wrote: ↑
July 25th, 2019, 6:55 am

Jim Anderson wrote: ↑
July 24th, 2019, 9:51 pm
Marcus and Todd are notorious hot heads in these parts.
Your mother.

K John Joseph wrote: ↑
July 24th, 2019, 11:31 am
I kept waiting for someone to respond "Your mother" which would have been a sick burn.

You got your wish!

Marcus and Todd are notorious hot heads in these parts.

Someone else is taking credit for this:

http://www.empowergraphics.net/about-us ... xcessible/

Todd Hamina wrote: ↑
July 23rd, 2019, 9:48 am
I ate it... in my defense, having lived in the third world had taught me to be a polite eater.

Yeah. They can be weird. I remember a course of Dill Pickle Soup once. Wow. Smelly fish is all too common as well.

Paying bills, 401k plan set up, figuring out health insurance, filling out anything to do with OSHA and anything with the word “audit” in it. I’ve climbed into yellow jacket swarmed dumpsters to fish out dropped pomace bins. That’s not super sexy. Cleaning out the catches in drains after lots of bar...

As long as I only pay sales tax in one state! I am waiting for the situation in which both the shipping and receiving states claim the right to tax. Well, get it all shipped from Oregon then because we don’t have a sales tax and, given the historical record on attempting to implement one here, I im...

How does it work from states that have smaller, or no sales tax? In theory, you might think those states will have some small competitive advantage. Will we see retailers in low/no sales tax states ramping up internet sales efforts? As a winery that’s as compliant as can be I know that we have to, ...

I tasted this wine early on in it's life and bought a case and a half. It a bruiser for a Volnay but as a wine, it is excellent. Structure, power, depth, earth, and still on the young side with the dark '99 vintage color. Looking forward to these over the next several years. I was interested in thi...

Patricia Green Cellars for the 2019 vintage. Looking for harvest help. Sorting fruit, pigeage and cleaning up. Seeking two full-time and possibly one part-time/on-call person. We are a medium large-sized producer of around 20,000 cases consisting mostly of Pinot Noir. We have a very non-descript bui...

I’m predicting dabbling in all 3 groups (spirits as well). Had a John Daly whilst cleaning up and prepping food. I’m sure a beer is in the near offing. Certainly expect wines running the gamut from pink to red. Covering the bases and what’s more American than baseball?

If you dine at the Red Hills Kitchen in the Hotel Atticus they are running my 14 Youngberg Hill PN btg. -shameless plug, I know. About 20 years ago and likely several owners ago of YHB&B the owner at the time approached us about the vineyard. We thought he was talking about us buying some fruit. Tu...

15 day forecast here in Newberg, OR is mostly 75-85 and other than one day of scattered showers is dry and likely with very low/no humidity. Oh, and we don’t really have mosquitos either.

Scott Tallman wrote: ↑
June 23rd, 2019, 11:46 am
Great notes and I need to drink my Patty Greens.

One comment though, 2011 was not a warm vintage, which is reflected in your note “more light-medium bodied than the others...”

I think he has the 2011 2013 wines switched up.

Markus S wrote: ↑
June 18th, 2019, 7:32 am

Jim Anderson wrote: ↑
June 18th, 2019, 7:03 am
...I also have come to dread these threads about them as it has tended to bring out, let’s say, not the most admirable sides of some folk.

If you look back on some of these threads there has been some remarkable “so what, they’re fat cat winery and vineyard owners.”

I feel, of course, horribly for the farmers and wineries impacted by this seemingly increasingly frequent sort of freak storm. I also have come to dread these threads about them as it has tended to bring out, let’s say, not the most admirable sides of some folk.

I’m always happy to see any Oregon Pinot, let alone ours, have a TN posted on the board. Fairly uncommon. So, thanks for taking the time to share your opinions. Our Estate Vineyard is, well, complicated. We have multiple bottlings from the site based on several factors. Our Estate designate is basic...

There is 1 review in Cellartracker for it:

"Tej samej klasy co Saint Michele."

My Czech is a little rusty these days. 2 different Google translators came up with this:

"The same ears as Saint Michele."

That's what I am going with.

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