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Wine impressions 5-26-22

2020 Louis Michel, Chablis - classic village wine with just a hint of reduction; 3-6 months should make it perfect. And at...

Ridge's Monte Bello is my favorite wine, and I've owned them all the way back to 1964 (from the cellar of one of founders). Heck, my email address...

Long story short, I recently drank the last bottle a 20 case purchase of great pop and pour wine (was a great deal and I purchased every case that...

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

Got last week my new DCV VSP shipment. It included these 4 wines, 2 whites & 2 reds:
1. DryCreekVnyd SauvBlanc DCV3/Estate/DryCreekVlly (13.1%;...

Hello everyone. Happy New Year.
*0740 AM CST, webpage still locked, final photos going up, we will be ready in an hour.

WB Day Sale Link

Grassl...

Anyone interested in getting together the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend (May 29)? I have been talking with Mike Lindauer (a part time resident of...

Masa has just raised it’s prices, so you will soon be paying $1000 per person. Shock, horror and outrage on my Facebook page. I have always wondered...

In reviewing the 2020 Monte Bello, Antonio said the following and declined to score the wine. I do have concerns about some of the 2020’s, including...

2013 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco Riserva Ovello - Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco (5/25/2022)
Testing out one of these in the name of...

Nothing in the wine world fascinates me like California’s heritage vineyards. These vineyards have it all – history, romance and most of all, they...

I recently reorganized my cellar and therefore have some extra weinboxes I no longer need. I have 15 of them available. These sell for $24/box +...

Email from Crush today. The Mugneret-Gibourg pricing made me do a spit take
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My wife and I will be in Toronto for one evening with no plans. We are staying in Yorkville. What are the most interesting restaurants in Toronto...

Will be in Florence early June. Always looking for local wine stores that folks have had positive experiences with. Will be staying at the St Regis...

2019 Thiriet Bourgogne Les Blanches - France, Burgundy, Bourgogne (5/25/2022)
An incredible wine by a very talented winemaker. These are hard to...

2008 Roses de Jeanne / Cédric Bouchard Pinot Blanc Champagne Blanc de Blancs La Bolorée - France, Champagne (5/24/2022)
WOW...what a bowl full of...

Super easy transaction with Chris. Deal with total confidence

Our small group is planning a trip to Anderson Valley, mostly focusing on wine tasting and dining, in that order, and am fishing for recommendations...

What 2016 Brunellos will you be buying this year?

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...

If you have 250 or more btls in your cellar, why are u not on CT??? Or at least have a reliable spreadsheet of your own???

I organize a local...

An interesting article indicating one direction hybrids may be heading is towards sparkling. I've had many hybrid sparklers I've enjoyed, but still...

Tried these two last night @ Pig+Fig:
1. Solminer Blaufrankisch DeLandaVnyd/LosOlivosDist (11.0%; 12 brls; U/U) 2020 : Dark color; strong...

2005 Carl Schmitt-Wagner Longuicher Maximiner Herrenberg Riesling Auslese - Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer (4/20/2022)
-- popped and poured --
-- tasted...

I have no idea if the Left Coast is doing this sort of thing again (hell, I don’t know if my coast is either).

My wife and I are visiting close...

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...

We had this dessert wine last night at Pig+Fig:
1. NavarroVnyds GWT AndersonVlly/MendoCnty ClusterSelect LateHrvst Sweet (10.2%; SaH: 37.5%; RS:...

Our Monday night dinner group enjoyed another fine night at our dedicated venue, Ca Dario Montecito. We typically blind taste the red theme and...

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...

Got a notice last night that someone shipped me wine. Everything I’ve purchased for the past month I have specifically but on notes to “hold for...

Dramatic increase in Krug prices lately, specifically 02 and 08. Hope 04 goes up like that too.

Is an online copy available of Mr Joe Nugent's 2012 documentary From Obscurity to Excellence : The Story of Grapes and Wine in the Russian River...

2016 Sandlands Mataro Contra Costa County. Youthful ruby-violet, on the dark side and clear, shines well in the glass. The nose has a fluffy texture...

The Mike Smith Palooza looks like it will be delayed until next year so no more piggybacking for me. Let’s do this.

First off let’s see who is...

Did some searching and saw very little about them. Last weekend I went to a wine festival at the Aviara Grand Hyatt near my house. It was a bunch of...

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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...

have Raveneau and other burgs, white and red. Just need 2-3 bottles.

Hey all-

Selling some good burgundy and Champagne that is overflowing; all held in professional storage in Chicago.

Prices are per bottle, and...

White and red.

For me:

White:
PYCM: I’ve opened close to 100 bottles in the last 6 months and haven’t had a dud.

Vincent Dancer:
Every time I open...

Patiently waiting on my Sabelli-Frisch Gordon W Alicante Bouschet

Just posted some info here, with a poll

Feel free to give your thoughts when you can, and let me know via the poll if you (likely) plan to attend

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...

Hello and I have the following wines for sale -

Ever since my dad's medical diagnosis, my love and desire for some certain wines has dropped. I'm...

So, in other words, last fall we had a Fattoria dei Barbi Brunello di Montalcino vertical with bottles ranging from 2010 all the way down to the late...

Looking to book restaurants for my upcoming trip to Lyon (Fri pm / Sat / Sun / Mon am). Just now realizing many restaurants are closed on Sat/Sun,...

I'll be in the Normandy area (Bayeux) and then Paris in November. Would like to come back with some interesting Armagnac and maybe Cognac and other...

Weve all come to accept it as an amusing little minor frustration with a super reliable store.

My question is simply why? Why do they take 6 months...

First, I’m in the wrong business. I should have been an EDC server and just get tips.

Check these tabs out....

It's been far too long I usually find myself saying that, or something close to that when I make it back down into the greater Boston area to see...

Had this tonight. Just great. I'm far from a Nebbiolo expert. I drink maybe 50 bottles a year, but with it's deep rich spiced cherry fruit, this has...

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It's my second time drinking Domain Tempier Rouge - this time a 2018, and, much like my first experience, I don't love it. Tons of game, a bit of...

Shrimp specifically.

Italian wines are not my greatest strength. It's nearly summer and the brown shrimp are in season. What are your favorite...

I just finished off a plate of oven-baked salmon in a soy/honey/lime glaze, pan-seared asparagus cooked in butter, and pilaf rice with my second...

I have probably only tasted a dozen or so 2020 Chablis wines thus far, but in all of them I pick up a cut hay/straw note that is quite distinctive....

Very young. Perhaps too young. But I was in the mood for something racy, and boy did this deliver. Very pale yellow in the glass. Super aromatic nose...

Seattle
Purple Cafe - no corkage on 1st bottle if you buy a bottle off the list.
Wild Ginger - $25
Lola $15
Boat Street Cafe $20, 2 bottle...

All prices are lower than current Wine-Searcher Pro low or most recent low retail sales price. Standard title transfer terms apply. Strong preference...

Hi guys. Just a few thoughts on a few days here dining in Beaune. Things are rocking now. LOTS of people. If you want to dine on specific nights,...

If you received cash of of $450-$600 to be spent on wine, what would you buy?

Note: I am not a Burg nut nor claim to be, my interests are Bordeaux...

I just received a fascinating e mail from Jean Marc Quarin, who has just finished tasting 200 samples. I am not sure I can legally copy it, but I can...

I tried a few searches but 🤷

Are there any?

Any one on the forum use, or know about, the Sentia Wine Analyzer sold by Enartis? It performs free SO2 analysis on white or red wines in 1 min using...

Thought Marcus' wines deserved a thread similar to Bedrock and other CA board favs and wanted to end the thread drift I helped contribute to in the...

We sent out an offer today - an assortment of Chateaux - From 1st Growth to Right Bank Gems,
Pavie, Canon, Ausone, Latour Margaux, La Mission,...

The offering letter says that there wasn’t any smoke taint, and I believe them, but is this just a vintage to pass on? Thanks for any thoughts…

Are there any existing threads discussing typical pedestrian wines that most wine consumers love, but members of this board disdain? The kind of...

I thought I would start a thread dedicated to NYC restaurants.

2013 has been the best year for restaurant openings since 2004. And this expansion...

The DC chapter of the German Wine Society held its annual 2020 vintage tasting at the beautiful Colonnades condo. Phil Bernstein from Bassins led the...

Jorges, ribeyes, skirt steaks and hangars are on sale. Not sure if I missed anything else

With a concurrent burgundy thread, would be good to hear general rules of thumb, and perspectives on adjustments for Oregon Pinot Noir vintages,...

I know there is a lot of Ooni discussion in the pizza thread, but I thought I would start a separate dedicated discussion. I received my Ooni Fyra...

A very interesting article by Matthias Neske in TRINK on returning ancient German grape varieties to respect:
TRINK: Historic German Varieties

and...

If memory serves me right had the bottle since release. Color is a shade daker side of gold. I was happy to hear a pop! sound when removing the cork....

Hi folks,

Despite this opinion piece being in French, I thought this would still be of interest given the many threads or posts lately on Burgundy...

2009 - Mugneret-Gibourg - Vosne Romanee - blackberries & strawberries on the nose. Rich, soft, concentrated complex flavors.
Great length. What a...

Hey gang

Does anyone know a source for finding this wine in the US?

I am looking for 1999, 2005, 2009, 2010, and 2015.

It seems there isn't even a...

Cool article about a group of people who seem to have made a breakthrough. Previous to them the largest producing farm in North America was 25 lbs at...

I admit to being a huge fan of Eisele Cab, but doubt that I can afford both. Anyone with opinions would be greatly appreciated...TIA! (Sorry, was...

Does anyone have any thoughts on the DC Int'l wine and food society? Is it a good group? Alternatively, are there better wine clubs/groups in the DC...

The occasion warranted some nice wines so after some thought we came up with these two. Was looking forward to the Pavese Spumante since it was new...

I'm out in LV for a conference next week.....has anyone been to any great spots preferably on the strip recently? I'll be entertaining clients....

Caribou Maine is a sad potato town. I wanted to find things to like, had a hard time. I didn’t get a vintage on the
Chateau Sainte Michelle Rose:...

wow. I’ve only had a smattering of Laherte wines but, wow, that’s gonna change. This wine is just gorgeous, lovely density of fresh orchard fruit and...

I will be traveling alone to Paris for 4 nights in a few months. Recognizing the challenges of dining/drinking solo does anyone have any...

Perhaps redundant knowing there are other threads regarding this Champagne, but this is meant to be comprehensive regarding how much you are or are...

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...

It's finally warmed up (and dried up) a little in the Pacific Northwest, after a mostly no-show Spring.
Tonight, we opened a 2018 Domaine Hauvette...

Tried these two at dinner last night:
1. Solminer SunHoney SantaBarbaraCnty (12.5%; 55% GrunerVeltliner/30% Riesling/15% Viognier; cofrmtd on skins)...

Words from IG post below. I think the broader theme of Burgundian Varietals in Germany needs more attention. Especially with the scarcity and ever...

I admit to not typically being wowed by rosé wines, but I just had an eye opening wine encounter with Kapscandy 2021 Rapszodia rosé.

It's mostly cab...

I made the decision to by all of my Champagne locally about 5 years ago. Until about 2 years ago, just about anything in which I was interested was...

A local tasting group recently held an event featuring champagne and the special inclusion of significant others.

One of the members hosted it and...

2016 Wind Gap Wines Pinot Noir - USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast (11/4/2018)
Very well put together, young Pinot Noir, with cherry...

Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW launches ‘fiercely independent’ wine publication

Lots of interesting details here, but this stood out:

.... Speaking to db...

I have not had anything to drink for 6 weeks for medical reasons not involving alcohol, and I have been cleared to reenter the fray, although I am...

Dîner à l’Equilibre (Balma) – 13/5/2022 :

De Sousa Champagne cuvée des caudalies BdB extra brut GC Avize : 17,5/20
Bulle très agréable, sapide,...