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[DougS]

A.J., if your wife doesn’t prefer the lighter ripeness wines, she might really enjoy a visit to Merry Edwards. I think comments about style can too easily come off as comments about quality or enjoyment, which are not necessarily related.

[Jim_Hartten]

On the restrained pinot front, I have recently been impressed with the QPR value many Oregon pinots offer. I am a big Rhys fan and have been on the mailing list for 6 years, but the SVD prices range between $60-$100. For mid-$30s you can buy Oregon pinots like Patricia Green (Freedom Hill Dijon Clone), St Innocent (Temperance Hill), Domaine Drouhin that provide restraint and seem more “Burg-like” to me than most CA pinots I have tried. In addition, the 2012 OR vintage is a little riper style and getting strong reviews I just finished buying 3 cases or OR pinots from SEC and others!

[R_M_Kriete]

@Jim Hartten

On the restrained pinot front, I have recently been impressed with the QPR value many Oregon pinots offer. I am a big Rhys fan and have been on the mailing list for 6 years, but the SVD prices range between $60-$100. For mid-$30s you can buy Oregon pinots like Patricia Green (Freedom Hill Dijon Clone), St Innocent (Temperance Hill), Domaine Drouhin that provide restraint and seem more “Burg-like” to me than most CA pinots I have tried.

Bingo!

[A.J_O_Connor]

We live in Portland, so we have lots of Oregon Pinot in the cellar including lots of Patricia Green. Haven’t really had a a whole lot of California Pinot, hence the original questions.

[Craig_G]

@jcoley3

Both wineries would be deemed Enemies Of The People.

You may not think that’s so funny when you’re eating raw potatoes and drinking off-vintage Chinon in the Gulag.

[George_Chadwick]

@George Chadwick

Both at one point to me were among the most Burgundian of Calif pinots. But Sonoma Coast pinots and real Burgundies made them eventually seem very California in comparison. Two great stories, the winery that almost died until Parker made an offhand comment, and the winemaker who makes the truest wine she can without tarting it up. Changing the subject the Merry E SB is mind blowing when you are in the meal - in - a - glass mood. Its’ surprisingly a blend and makes me wonder if her talent exceeds her sources.

OK egg on my face. I should have said, “:The impression I had in the late 1990’s, without tasting their wines, was that these both were wineries that made sort of crisp not too oaky pinots.” I’ve had Patz and Hall, not too over-spoofed, and have not had a Merry Edwards pinot, although I just got outbid on her 30 year old blend on K and L Auctions Online. I do love her totally hedonistic SB.

[George_Chadwick]

@Craig Gleason

@jcoley3

Both wineries would be deemed Enemies Of The People.

You may not think that’s so funny when you’re eating raw potatoes and drinking off-vintage Chinon in the Gulag.

Kinda bleak. Now we are all either depressed or abruptly transformed into existentialists. Thanks buddy. Now I have to go buy some absinthe.

[Scott_Brunson]

@Craig Gleason

@jcoley3

Both wineries would be deemed Enemies Of The People.

You may not think that’s so funny when you’re eating raw potatoes and drinking off-vintage Chinon in the Gulag.