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Tried these two new arrivals last night:
1. Carlisle Syrah JamesBerryVnyd/WillowCreekDist/PasoRobles (15.1%; 165 cs; 28% new Fr.oak; U/U; Drk:...

The pizza threads seemed to disappear around here lately. I must not let that happen.
Homemade dough
sliced mozzarella
homemade San Marzano sauce...

OPEN NOW !

2019 Myriad Cellars Beckstoffer Georges III Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley 750ml

2019 Myriad Cellars Beckstoffer Vineyard Georges III...

I think it would be interesting to see what others are buying these days.

This week, I found 2 bottles of Hanzell Chardonnay from 1997 and a 3 pack...

Frank Murray invited me to his 'book club' gathering, as it was finally once again in person, and it was glorious to be out with a collective of 7...

I was recently given this tin of sardines, and I’m not sure if they are any good. Perhaps someone here can help. I have unhappy memories of tinned...

...I want nice graphite dryness, not too sweet...firm tannins yet silky...varietal correct, yet showing some terroir complexity and uniqueness from...

Quite a few things I’ve browsed and would love to try, but the prices Always seem inflated to just take a trial plunge. I’m sure to due shipping and...

If you didn’t get a chance to participate yesterday, we’re happy to honor BD XII pricing through Friday night. Thanks again everyone for making this...

Need a crispy white to pull the enamel off your teeth this summer? Enjoy carbon monoxide from the exhaust pipe of a Peugeot 405? Do you relish the...

Seems like this might be a good thread for the bubbleheads here.

I'll start it with three

2004 Jacquesson Champ Cain - love this, deep Chardonnay...

We’re Seattle bound in May. Are there any wineries or tasting rooms downtown Seattle?

We plan on day tripping to Snoqualmie Falls. Is there a...

We are back...and with more toys...

This year we are focusing on the brand this board helped launch. Grassl Glass.

I am phasing out of the Zalto...

Just received an email that due to a challenging harvest and my tenure as a Monte Bello Collector I won't be allowed any '20 futures as per my...

Like many of you I suspect, my cellar is overflowing. I bought rather a lot of Crus Bourgeois in 2015, so I tried some this week with a view to...

Leave for Maui next weekend, but unfortunately I tore up my ankle last week and now in a walking boot.

Had some great things planned including...

In early January me and two of my friends got together for computer-related stuff. As we all were also more or less wine geeks, everyone brought a...

I typically find Forey wines up and down the spectrum to be very unforgiving without sufficient bottle age. But this was a treat with just a pop n...

We are going to Pittsburgh soon to meet friends for the weekend. We'll go to the Carnegie art museum but have no other plans. Any hotel,restaurant,...

2013 chardonnay allocation.....

Curious if anyone has heard anything?
Thanks.

which vineyards would you put on the list?

I get that this is a complicated question. for lots of reasons. lots of monopoles, not as much history...

Someone else started on the last Berserker forum, so I figured I'd get it going over here....

Anyone biting on the 2004 Le Ragnaie Brunello di...

I list my few on-hand bottles of American Chardonnay below. I am looking for suggestions on which of these might impress a French guest who loves...

There are a lot of Patricia Green Cellars notes on this board. And Jim Anderson is a standup guy. So, I thought I'd create a topic where we could...

My oldest daughter and my sister-in-law visited for Easter yesterday, so I grilled up some Salmon, and started with a bunch of cheese & smoked...

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Ok we (well, the old farts among us) talk about owning too much wine, stopping buying, reducing our holdings, etc. So i challenge those of us to post...

This is frightening:

Just when we were recovering from the elimination of the Mosel-Sahr-Ruwer designation.

It seems that geschützter...

After a work-induced hiatus from wine that lasted several years, I'm back. I went nearly a decade without subscribing to eBob, Tanzer (now Vinous...

Tried this last night:
1. ArbeGarbe RRV WW SonomaCnty (14%; www.ArbeGarbeWines.com; 55% Catie'sCorner Malvasia Bianca/
30% Tanya'sVnyd Ribolla...

Inspired by Brian Stotter's post on a recent bottle of Montecillo and his query on the next release I sent word up to the Mountain.

Word came...

I got a newsletter from K&L today, offering 2019 Faiveley Clos de Beze for $400.

However, on wine-searcher, older vintages are WIDELY available in...

Our dinner group recently celebrated our 22nd annual Millennium dinner typically held in December of each year, but postponed last year due to COVID...

Immediately bright and energetic, with cherry fruits and purple flowers the first things to reveal. It is light on its feet but deep and as the wine...

I just opened a bottle of 2005 Lazy Creek Pinot that I bought at auction recently. My CT note is posted below. When I pulled the cork, I noticed that...

I don’t know about others here but the ”solar” 2018 vintage has got me worried and as such I am very hesitant with my purchases. That said when you...

Forgive me for starting a new thread on this if this topic has already been discussed. But one of the strangest aspects of biodynamics to me is the...

Only $120 case for Napa fruit plus shipping? I'm in for a case...not much risk....

Our dinner group recently celebrated our 22nd annual Millennium dinner typically held in December of each year, but postponed last year due to COVID...

All gone, thanks

Is there any designation on an Overture bottle that tell's you what year it was released?

I did a search and a thread didn’t come up, but I did see a few posts where a few of you have mentioned being on the Keto diet.

Ive been thinking...

2005 Williams-Selyem Westside Road Neighbors PN - 14.3% alcohol
W-S certainly had their share of hits from this fine vintage. This is one of them....

Our dinner group recently celebrated our 22nd annual Millennium dinner typically held in December of each year, but postponed last year due to COVID...

Our dinner group recently celebrated our 22nd annual Millennium dinner typically held in December of each year, but postponed last year due to COVID...

Intentionally funning with my thread title, but I'll explain in a bit. Had some of the regular suspects over for pizza and wine last night as we...

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If you can, please post as much as you are willing about the background of the # wine you are drinking. Most don't know what the #s are so...

Impressions 4-21-21

2019 Dirty & Rowdy, Mourvèdre Evangelho Vineyard - Hardy says to decant this for awhile or wait a couple years - I can’t fault...

Spent the day at a friend's apartment in Praia da Barra, near Aveiro - in the beautiful long peninsula of Costa Nova - and I tried to make up for his...

I have been nominated by my five friends to put together a trip to Napa this Fall. Since none of us have ever been to Napa, this is proving to be a...

So I opened a 2012 Cab Franc on Saturday, and it was simply amazing. It had the great gravelly component that I love about MACDONALD, and had...

I was driving to a closing yesterday (first in person closing in in over a year) and I saw this place on the side of the road in Spring Valley just...

A friend was recently admitted to the hospital and will be there for the next 3-4 weeks undergoing treatment. I am putting together a gift basket and...

A few weeks ago, I took a turn hosting a blind Zoom tasting with three others, pouring wines into 5 oz screw top bottles for the others in the...

A gorgeous $15 wine. Still there on Winebid tonight.

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SOME NORTHERN MICHIGAN WINE NOTES - Old Mission and Leelanau Peninsulas (4/15/2021-4/20/2021)

My wife and I spent a long weekend in the Traverse...

2019 Goodfellow Berserkers Cuvée - just awesome. I declared last year was my 'year of Chardonnay' and I've taken it perhaps a bit too far, thanks...

In the last 48 hours I have confirmed from multiple sources that Rudy Kurniawan is once again offering millions of dollars worth of wine for auction...

I just started with wine as a hobby. I am trying a lot of different wines to figure out what I like, to start developing my tasting ability, and...

I'm under no illusions that the world will go back to normal anytime soon but I'm REALLY hoping maybe this summer there might be a little flexibility...

Another couple has invited us to join them Maui annually for years. Last year, our March visit was shortened when the world tried to end. This is our...

Happy Wednesday everyone!
I really didn't know what to open this evening so i closed my eyes ( after I was in my cellar) and blindly pulled out a...

Did any Nicholas Faure Aloxe-Corton 2019 come to the US market? I found the Domaine Nicolas Faure Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Herbues 2019 along with the...

EDIT: For those new to this post — my use of the word criminal is hyperbolic. While I didn’t imagine that would require clarification, I don’t want...

There seems to be a lot of love for Bedrock wine on this board that i figured we could probably start a thread devoted to which one you opened...

Greetings!

I collect wine corks with bird-related themes (long story... I love wine, and birds, and I have a 33-year-old companion parrot).

I have...

99-100 a magnificent wine. I will search for it, and if available, and I can still pay the mortgage, I will buy it.
94-98 A really great wine. I...

I bought a couple 5 Liter etched bottles of 1998 Liparita cab/red on winebid a year ago, and it's been in their storage ever since. I don't have a...

I think this is purchased fruit, but don't quote me.

Attractive aroma of lemon oil, a bit of lime, and almond skin on the nose. Perhaps a bit of sea...

2001 Château Smith Haut Lafitte - France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan (3/13/2019)
Another wine served blind, and decanted about 3 hours prior...

diggin' out something a little old tonight. Color is fantastic, just a little bricking at the edge. Nose is all Pinot, all day, rhubarb, spice, along...

Our dinner group recently celebrated our 22nd annual Millennium dinner typically held in December of each year, but postponed last year due to COVID...

Something odd happened last night to one of my bids I have never seen before. I put in bids on a two-bottle lot with a max bid of $150 (first bid was...

Got together with some friends Saturday night and had lots of wine. It was our first get together in over a year and was occasioned by the last of...

A Spanish wine with a French slant to its name! This is the Village blend of Grenache and Carignan. They do produce single vineyard wines in vin de...

Please help me out with some Grenache Blanc or Grenache Blanc blend. Looking for something <<$30 to open anytime.

Our dinner group recently celebrated our 22nd annual Millennium dinner typically held in December of each year, but postponed last year due to COVID...

2018 Jean-Claude Ramonet Chassagne-Montrachet: This is really lovely. There's a gentle, sun kissed quality of the vintage but it is also really...

Have had a couple new varieties (for me) recently that are awesome.

I started buying Sumo oranges-they are great .
And I then purchased a Cara Cara...

Here comes an absolute German classic Spargelcremesuppe . Traditionally asparagus is served with olive oil and parmesan at casa Zwick, just pure and...

Drinking wonderfully well. The nose is fresh and elegant with notes of pure white peach, spearmint, flint and lemon. It has such great volume in the...

With the new round of restrictions in Seattle, I am needing to free up some cash.

Prefer local deal (Seattle) but will ship (buyer takes usual...

2017 Rhys Syrah Horseshoe Vineyard - USA, California, San Francisco Bay, Santa Cruz Mountains (4/21/2021)
The Horseshoe Syrah has always been one of...

So I've come to the conclusion that I have a reasonably large void in my cellar in regard to Châteauneuf-du-Pape (CdP) Every time I read tasting...

A big welcome to the new year!

The cover crop is thriving due to intermittent rains and sunny days. Temperatures are in the 50s during the day, and...

2017 Saxum Syrah Booker Vineyard - USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles Willow Creek District (4/21/2021)
15.8% abv. 76% Syrah, 24% Mataro....

WTSO and Last Bottle have their threads, so time to put one up for Costco. Varies from location to location and in SF we are lucky to have the Mtn...

Just got back from a few days in the Willamette Valley. Stopped by Crowley, J Craw, Goodfellow, Denison, Brooks (lunch), Championship Bottle,...

In efforts to help keep the Advanced Search button from overload, I would like there to be a thread devoted to the unique winemaking and grape...

2018 Suzor Sunflower Chardonnay

On the richer side for Oregon, opulent but still with precise acidity, some white peach, and great focus and...

I read two reports that 2020 vintage will be high quality and prices might be similar to 2019 or fall further. This is what I thought might happen...

This offer was inspired by the post on wine talk about what people are paying for Overnoy Poulsard. I have 5 bottles of the 07 Overnoy Poulsard. I am...

A couple years a go I snagged 3 of these at a pretty decent price ($115 I think) and never having a Rostaing of any kind before, I was excited about...

I have a wine delivery in WestVlly City, UT this morning. Scheduled delivery?? Yesterday To LosAlamos by 9:00pm!!
Tom

Last Friday, Greg O'Byrne held a Zoom tasting w/ JoelPeterson/O&F and Morgan Twain-Peterson/Bedrock at CHOMP, the new SantaFe food hall. In addition...

all of us occasionally pass on “deals” and sometimes post them. Let’s have a thread that does so . . . JJ Buckley has a Bitouzet-Prieur Volnay...

There have been several lastbottlewines.com threads, so I thought it would be good to create one overall thread for discussion about the...

I'll be hosting a dinner for about 10 visitors to Miami in late March. Is there a restaurant on South Beach, or perhaps across the causeway close to...

This funest curfew (before a new lockdown ?) however allows some discoveries at home …

U Stiliccionu Antica sciaccarello 2017 : 15,5/20 – 29/1/2021...

Was supposed to take the family to Maui for Spring Break last March and called it off last minute due to COVID explosion and the uncertainty at the...