TN: More Bottom Feeding @ Total Wine...(short/boring)

[Chris_Seiber]

Rombauer is no longer that kind of Chard. The current Rombauer Carneros Chard is not that at all.
I suggest you buy a btl (around $35…a bit pricey) and try it with an open mind. I think you’ll find it does not fit that above description at all.
It’s actually a pretty darned good Chard.
Tom

This is the first I’ve heard of that opinion, and it would be quite surprising, given the smashing commercial success of their trademark style. But maybe it’s true anyway. Has anyone else heard or observed this? From what vintage forward is this change occurring?

One thing that was curious about Rombauer was that their chardonnay and zinfandel were in the maximum over the top sticky sweet style, but then their merlot and cabernet were relatively old school compared to where their contemporaries are these days. I think they were making 14.1% type cab and merlot. Interesting disparity in style.

[Al_Osterheld]

In a large gated community in Danville with mansions and a golf course, called Blackhawk, there are two place to buy wine - a bottle shop and a Safeway.

Draeger’s. May not be the greatest prices, but better selection than the Safeway and probably the bottle shop (haven’t been in years since wasn’t that interesting).

-Al

[Craig_G]

You have to scroll down to the bottom of the Smilies box and click on View More Smilies.

OMG. This is actually the most important thing I have ever read on this board. If only we had a search function I might have known this long ago.

[John_Morris]

If you’d watched my posts closely over the years, you’d have realized that there were more smilies behind the curtain.
[suicide.gif]

[Oliver_McCrum]

BUTTERCREAM CHARDONNAY 750ml
California - Tastes like silken butter dripped over a fresh croissant. A decadent Chardonnay perfect for enjoying on the dock of the bay, the backyard, with friends, or really anywhere! Vegan

It would be fun if a natural wine marketed itself and embraced its stereotypes so confidently.

“Evocative aromas of a homeless encampment on a humid summer day. This wine is alive, like the biological containers in Prometheus. The wine tastes of stagnant pond water on an autumn early Sunday morning in Amsterdam, with decaying leaves, cigarette butts, and old fruit rinds. The perfect wine for enjoying at Burning Man, in a rent-controlled Brooklyn studio, or really anywhere! Artisanal"

You’re singing my tune, my next business is going to be called THE HAIR SHIRT WINE COMPANY.

[Chris_Seiber]

You’re singing my tune, my next business is going to be called THE HAIR SHIRT WINE COMPANY.

Looking forward to it on Berserker Day. I’m in for a three pack of the Merde Chinon.

[Matthew_King]

If you’d watched my posts closely over the years, you’d have realized that there were more smilies behind the curtain.
[suicide.gif]

Not picking on you John but I hate that suicide simile. I wish Todd or mods would remove it.

My family has been shattered by gun-related suicide, so I find it revolting.

Hate to sound like a triggered snowflake, but so be it …

[ToddFrench]

If you’d watched my posts closely over the years, you’d have realized that there were more smilies behind the curtain.
[suicide.gif]

Not picking on you John but I hate that suicide simile. I wish Todd or mods would remove it.

My family has been shattered by gun-related suicide, so I find it revolting.

Hate to sound like a triggered snowflake, but so be it …

I removed it

[TomHill]

If you’d watched my posts closely over the years, you’d have realized that there were more smilies behind the curtain.
[suicide.gif]

Not picking on you John but I hate that suicide simile. I wish Todd or mods would remove it.

My family has been shattered by gun-related suicide, so I find it revolting.

Hate to sound like a triggered snowflake, but so be it …

I removed it

Good, Todd. You are such a sensitive/new-age/millennial kind of guy, Todd. I though it a bit inappropriate myself, as well.
Tom

[Matthew_King]

If you’d watched my posts closely over the years, you’d have realized that there were more smilies behind the curtain.
[suicide.gif]

Not picking on you John but I hate that suicide simile. I wish Todd or mods would remove it.

My family has been shattered by gun-related suicide, so I find it revolting.

Hate to sound like a triggered snowflake, but so be it …

I removed it

Thank you, Todd.

[David_Mc]

Thread drift - has anyone seen the 20% off coupons recently? Every week they have the winery direct coupons but it’s been a while since I’ve seen the 20% off any wine. I use that to buy Bordeaux.

I have to give the McLean VA TW props - I was in there earlier this year to buy some everyday Bordeaux. I was shocked by the price increases for some of the wines I had just bought the previous year ($32 to $48) and mentioned that to the wine consultant and also asked about the 20% coupon. He told me to just tell the clerk to apply the 20% off any wine coupon at checkout - I did and saved over $40!

[John_Morris]

If you’d watched my posts closely over the years, you’d have realized that there were more smilies behind the curtain.
[suicide.gif]

Not picking on you John but I hate that suicide simile. I wish Todd or mods would remove it.

My family has been shattered by gun-related suicide, so I find it revolting.

Hate to sound like a triggered snowflake, but so be it …

I removed it

I concur. I’m not keen on suicide humor and even hesitated to use it. I shouldn’t have.

[James_Billy]

Well done, Todd.

[Jason_T]

“Crafted by multi-talented winemaker, Allison Crowe for Plata Wine Partners, she has crafted a long-term relationship with the vineyards to craft wines that are unique to its appellations.” - Buttercream Chardonnay | Total Wine & More

OMG that sentence is quite possibly worse than the wine itself.

How would you craft it to make it read better… er… craftier?