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I'm home solo so figured I would pop something solid. Went out of town today for a public hearing on an airport deal, so was a long and stressful...

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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...

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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...

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...

I thought I'd break out a new thread for this varietal, since I couldn't find one.

I've had pretty much all the Missions produced in CA (as well as...

Wondering what you all think is the best Bordeaux of 1982. The question came up for me when I 1) ran across some YouTube videos of a James Suckling...

I know this is completely subjective, but want to get some thoughts on Noel Verset Cornas. Northern Rhone is my love and Cornas and Cote Rotie are my...

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

One of the members hosted it and...

Our kids just moved back from Seattle to Wilmington, MA and are interested in “local” wine stores. Any store recommendations that have good wine...

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

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The excellent local wine writer Laura Ness wrote this article recently about vintner Scott Sisemore, who is closing down his Waxwing Wines label:...

As I slip-slide through the last months of my seventh decade, I am still learning new things. Made curious by a comment about the Kimmeridgien being...

I am reflecting a bit on my reaction to tonight’s wine, a 2018 Hartford Court Old Vine Zinfandel. We loved this. It is the most impressive Zinfandel...

The summer planning has begun ! With so much vacation time missed due to pandemic - we decided to do a big tour this summer as well as see our...

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...

I go to Los Angeles 4 or 5 times per year and admittedly I have been hyper-critical of the food scene. Keep in mind I live in NYC and dine there...

My very good friend had just come home from a prolonged and very difficult hospital stay, on comfort care/hospice. He was rapidly failing, but had a...

I returned from my afternoon walk today to find out that the UPS man had left me a care package on my front doorstep

Accordingly, I grabbed a...

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

Need to make room.
Robert Craig Appellation Cabernets
2 $60 Each 2015 Robert Craig Howell Mt Cab CT 92.3 $99 Retail
2 $55 Each 2013 Robert Craig Mt...

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...

Very reduced to begin with. After working some air into the wine, it breathes up to show notes of musk and meat. It is very much blue fruited and...

Hey Everyone,

We are hopefully moving to Columbus, Ohio next year. Any recommendations on the best wine shops in town? We primarily buy Pinot and...

Earlier this year our fellow berserker Mikko Tuomi sent me a PM telling he was visiting Finland for the first time since the pandemic and asking...

2008 Schiavenza Barolo Broglio - Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo (5/20/2022)
Slow-oxed for an hour, then decanted for an hour. Ruby red fading...

Thinking of an offline in the next couple months, any ideas on venue? I was thinking 2000-2010 premier/grand cru burg could be a fun theme.

A negative test is still required to re-enter the US at this point correct?

curious about two things:

first, anyone know if this is on the...

Yes, it is true! I have paid for a subscription to Wine Advocate - I am now a WA subscriber!

After the big breakaway nearly 14 years ago, and the...

I was down at my locker doing some organization today, and the manager showed me a sample Weinbox he had. They're stackable plastic crates designed...

No Eurovision here but was a long weekend for us!

MAINLY BORDEAUX AT SSG - (16/5/2022)

The Las Cases was the clear WOTN, all the Las Cases...

Will be staying in DC for a few days. Looking for places with good wine selection (obviously food is important as well). Staying near the National...

Hi,

I'm traveling to southern France this summer with my partner, and I was hoping to get some recommendations for places (namely vineyards) to...

I’m planning my first post-COVID trip to Napa. Bottega was always a favorite, but my last visit in late 2019 left me a bit disappointed.

I would...

The search function forced me back a decade to find a broad-based mustard discussion, and most of the photos are now bad links, so I can't tell what...

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...

Jean-Louis Chave , son of Gérard and reknowned Hermitage-producer, has been awarded the „Winemakers’ Winemaker“ award at the ProWein in Düsseldorf....

2008 Dom Perignon Rose

on opening a dazzling imperial topaz color, intense ripe strawberry on the nose, ripe apple, pears, a fine cream with a hint...

A first bottle of the 2005 Marcel Deiss Engelgarten Bergheim lacked a mid palate but the sweetness I suppose matched a foie gras appetizer adequately...

Getting towards the end of a case I bought on release and man is this good. It has some black earth, fresh cherry and violets to the aroma. The...

2012 Wittmann „Westhofener Morstein“ GG

Wittmann is back on track. After the disappointing performance of 2011 Brunnenhäuschen/Morstein/La Borne...

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...

I picked up a half case of the 1996 Potensac for a song late last year and what a bargain in was. This doesn’t wow you, but tee it up with a steak...

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...

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

Patiently waiting on my Sabelli-Frisch Gordon W Alicante Bouschet

Boutique yam'Tcha - stopped by on our first day and had buns and tea. This is in the old space and only serves buns. Fantastic.

Miznon - Nice...

I started buying Rhys about 2011 and stopped 2020 with some Alesia from then. Loved the wine when fresh and really enjoyed the tastings at the...

Hi there,

Does anyone have any experience with this outfit? They have some bottles I’m interested in, but have never purchased from them before....

I grabbed a case of this on release, I opened a bottle when it arrived and to be honest thought it was pretty average.
I was in the storage facility...

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...

Linda brought this to share at our tasting at Pig+Fig on Wed:
1. Lindemans Griffith-Padthaway Botrytis Semillon (10.0%) 1988 : Very dark rather PX...

2020 Château Thivin Côte de Brouilly Le Clos Bertrand - France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Côte de Brouilly (5/20/2022)
Normally when I have a Thivin...

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

Came across the 2018 Andremily Grenache release post on the Andremily IG page.

I've been fortunate to have an allocation for the Syrah and...

2021 Kelley Fox Wines Chardonnay Freedom Hill 'Young Vines' - USA, Oregon (5/20/2022)
I bought this at Vinopolis before KF launched it yesterday, so...

TIA-I received my first offer today and have never had. I will say that I'm a big TRB fan, though I'm a bit frustrated by CA tax. Any way, was just...

I wanted to update a note on a wine that a few of us around here enjoy. I was able to enjoy another bottle of this last night and this is such a...

Prompted by the nice offer from Envoyer yesterday, I checked in on this one last night.
Those of you who like the style and reloaded yesterday will...

For sous vide-like control of a smoker or conventional oven, Chris Young (ex-Fat Duck, coauthor of Modernist Cuisine & creator of the ChefSteps Joule...

2017 Schloss Gobelsburg Riesling 1ÖTW Ried Heiligenstein - Austria, Niederösterreich, Kamptal (5/19/2022)
Every once in a while I have a wine that...

Has anyone been popping any BerserkerDay wines? With the holiday approaching, I've been trying to make an effort to open some wines produced by past,...

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

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...

I thought it made sense to have a catchall thread to post about interesting restaurants in town, whether or not they BYO.

Speaking of...

I was able...

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...

We included this rarity in our Syrah tasting at Pig+Fig on Wed:
1. SineQuaNon Raven #3 Calif Syrah (15.5%; 5% Grenache, 2% Viognier) 2006 : Very dark...

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…

£660/6 IB in the UK. Reasonable compared to where the 08 was released and now trades.

Putting aside the thoughts on some of his scoring, my Wife and i have attended a couple of similarly themed Suckling event in NY (both times it was...

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 was very lucky to be invited again to dine at one of our forum’s very best chefs’ home for dinner last night for an evening of magnificent seafood...

I know a lot of southern california folks here....
My kids want to visit Disneyland and Universal in August. Figure we spend the rest of the time...

Last night we enjoyed a bottle of Pertois-Lebrun l'extravertie, and I had the most unique quality on the palate, considering this is made of...

curious on the current state of affairs. haven't been in a while and it seem to be getting much better.

what are the top 5 place for real wine?

I've decided it might be smart to have a thread dedicated to many/most of the offers that are available only to Monopole Crü members (via their...

Article by Dave McIntyre in today's WashPost on clean wines:

Bout time.
Tom

~Cafe Mangal - Wellesley, MA
Turkish-American cuisine
$0 Corkage, functional stemware on site, bring glasses

~Yama - Wellesley, MA
Japanese cuisine...

Interesting article by David Kermode:
Pineau d'Aunis

on the Pineau d'Aunis grape of the LoireVlly.
I've only had maybe 4-5 from the Loire & liked...

William Kelley joins Wine Berserkers again for an online Zoom Q&A session, fresh after En Primeur, on Friday May 6th at 11 am Pacific, 2pm Eastern...

For sale: 1x Cayuse Bionic Frog Syrah - $285, includes domestic ground shipping. Average WineSearcher price is $322.

Purchased direct from mailing...

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...

After reading the Pinot noir, in a warmer world thread in which a publicist places some excellent drivel into Bloomberg I wondered what about the...

Hi All!

I know there are several other threads on here about travel to California wine country, but if there is one specific to this topic please...

After much debate I have decided that my wine storage project will be passive rather than active. I have the space for it on a slope, access to an...

I've had a half dozen or so pinot noirs from Walter Scott over the years and always enjoyed them. Well balanced, well made, complex, good wines....

After multiple canceled trips to Paris and Burgundy the last two and a half years, we have booked Paris for an April/May trip. (Burgundy will be in...

Couple weeks behind on this. This was my first time in Oregon. Nice little weekend getaway for my birthday. We stayed 2 nights at the Setting Inn....

Hi everyone,

5 of us are travelling to Bordeaux in May. Between us, we've done wine trips to Napa, Piedmont, Tuscany, Burgundy and the Northern...

My wife and I will be visiting 12/8-12/12. We have our winery visits planned but haven’t put much thought into dining. We’re staying in McMinnville....

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...

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...

It was quite hot in Berlin yesterday with 29 C, even at 20:00 still 27 C. So, time for a salad. It’s asparagus season in Germany and after so many...

Okay, so I can't find a 2019 bordeaux thread. Even though it is probably buried deep in the ocean of topics I have very little interest in, I feel a...

2019 TJ's Paso Robles Syrah 'Reserve', Lot 100
Yes, many of us of been BURNED on a plethora of TJ 'selections'...

Finally....This one... is a good...

Four night examination begins tonight, with broiled prime rib cap & pineapple. Somehow a bottle of this is missing, suspect numero uno is wife.

This...

1000 points if you can guess the varietal, or wine, or even where it is from

A friend in northern suburbs of Chicago bought a house with walk in cellar. He needs a company/expert to inspect and make sure cooling unit is...