Fridays always seem to sneak up on me. Another combining of reds. The previous two offers will go down as among the best values of the year to be sure.
@msten@rjquillin@Winedavid49
I wasn’t paying attention (as usual) and didn’t hear the call for help! I had to think really hard about this one! WD taxing my brain on my BDay!
@chipgreen@MarkDaSpark@msten@rjquillin@Winedavid49@klezman@InFrom
Thanks, all, for the birthday wishes!
As a special gift, today I got my second COVID vaccine. Hopefully I won’t wake up with a second head… and the beeping of the tracking device won’t be too loud.
@Winedavid49 The two golfers with 3 US opens are Tiger Woods and Hale Irwin. My best two guesses are Irwin Family Vineyards and Judson Hale Winery. Best guess is Irwin Family, as they have appeared here in the past.
@rjquillin@Winedavid49
El Corazon in Spanish, which is based on Latin. I also thought that would be a great weekend offer! I’m sad if the no was for the Corison. We haven’t seen it here in a while
@MarkDaSpark@msten@ScottW58@Winedavid49
I was pretty certain Kit had it but I almost played this game…
Donald Sterling
Donald
Donald Trump
Trump Winery!
I’ve been to the winery in VA twice, once during the Apprentice years and again in 2017. Prices were unsurprisingly jacked up by the second visit but I will say they make some really nice sparkling wines and a killer dry Rose. They even had a Cab that wasn’t half bad.
@msten@ScottW58 Thanks for noticing. I’m pretty proud that I actually guessed one of these. Usually it is @karenhynes and usually I have no ‘clue’ how she got there.
@MarkDaSpark
The correlation I found online (after the fact of course) was Piedra Creek San Floriano Vineyard Pinot Noir. But this offer is for a Zin from the Benito Dusi vineyard. So yeah… I don’t quite get the clue. However, I rarely get WD’s clues. I’m convinced karenhynes must be on the payroll.
@Winedavid49
My brain is stuck on WineSmith’s 2005 Second Fiddle Pinot Noir but there are so many reasons why that is unlikely. It’s just blocking me from coming up with something else!
@klezman@Winedavid49
That would seem more likely than the Second Fiddle but wouldn’t we all have received an email from Sandra by now? (Just one of the reasons why the Second Fiddle wasn’t going to play, pun intended.)
@chipgreen@Winedavid49 I can’t believe there’s any Second Fiddle left. That stuff is great and we still have a few bottles.
Clark has finally figured out how to send the emails about 5 minutes after the offer goes live. A year ago, though, yeah you’d be totally right.
@suzanne17
…or Baker Lane but holding out a sliver of hope for Dusted Valley. Pretty sure WD has said that was a one-time deal but man, what a deal it was!
@MarkDaSpark@Winedavid49 “ Chateau Morrisette - The Black Dog” don’t you tease me with a wine I may know, it’s table white or nothing from old CM! Love you Mark!! BM
@MarkDaSpark@Winedavid49
I’m not familiar with Ion, but I was working my way there! I’m blaming it on Clark…I drank most of a bottle of the Two Jakes Aspect on his ZOOM.
@karenhynes@MarkDaSpark@Winedavid49 I wish. 5 p.m. is walking my border collie and smooth collie. They would destroy my house if I drank wine before walking them.
@MarkDaSpark@radiolysis@Winedavid49
I’ll take a strange turn, too. How about a nice Friday (black-ish tie) Titus? Titus Labienus was Caesar’s 2nd in command…
Ok @winedavid49 don’t disappoint me and not have a St Patrick’s inspired offering for tomorrow… too late to hope for cider? Barrel aged something or 'nother? Mead? Something that goes good with stew, proper Irish breakfast or lamb?
/giphy Celebrate-The-Irish
The winery itself is an architectural icon in Napa Valley. Modeled after a Greek monastery, Sterling Vineyards was the first winery ever built with the visitor in mind and the only winery in the world with an aerial tram.
@MarkDaSpark@radiolysis@Winedavid49 Yeah, Sterling is definitely ostentatious! Not sure if it’s all that modern, though. But who decides what “modern” means/looks like?
Doh! Tesoro made me think briefly of Treasury, but I had no idea how to narrow it down from there. And I actually bought the dessert wine trio last time around!
@MarkDaSpark The brands are owned by Treasury. Tesoro = treasure = a pirate’s booty. See, we already explained it! Not very convoluted at all, by WD standards.
@Winedavid49
Hmmm…Precept wines has about 28 labels…
Canoe Ridge? Cavatappi? Battle Creek? Browne Family? The Huntsman? I think we’ve seen those here in the past.
@karenhynes@Winedavid49
Yes, Canoe Ridge, Huntsman & The Guide have been offered together previously. You beat me to it as I had to lookup the third wine that went with Canoe Ridge & Huntsman.
@karenhynes Cabana Bay Resort at Universal Studios Florida has Prell bottles and Zest bars as in-room toiletries. It’s one big nostalgic feverdream including projected advertisements and intermission cartoons in the cafeteria.
@karenhynes@Winedavid49 It’s always disappointing to see the thread list and notice that Karen has already replied to this thread. But a couple of other possibilities are Bergevin Lane Moonspell or Valley of the Moon.
@karenhynes@Winedavid49
A Harvest Moon sparkling red would be fantastic. I’ve been asking for it in the wish list since that thread began years ago. The last one we saw on WW was lovely.
This could be a sweet offer…
Didn’t realize there was any left.
@rjquillin Monkey Prize, it seems you’re thinking?
Or any gorilla…
@msten @klezman
That was my thought.
Hence sweet and ‘is there any left’
@klezman @msten @rjquillin
From Winesmith
Hmm, unless he made more?
@klezman @MarkDaSpark @msten @rjquillin
Still available on his site, I think.
@karenhynes @MarkDaSpark @msten @rjquillin That stuff was good. He’s right that it’s a dead ringer for a vintage Port.
@Winedavid49 Can we please have a clue?
Fridays always seem to sneak up on me. Another combining of reds. The previous two offers will go down as among the best values of the year to be sure.
i believe you’ll be once again taken by it.
@Winedavid49
Onesta?
Although the last two Andrew Murray offers were fantastic
@Winedavid49
We can haz clue?
@MarkDaSpark
that image is priceless.
Happy new year!
Hussling in a clue here. Feel like a feline with warm paws
@Winedavid49 Perfect clue for a Sundae evening.
Tin roof
@msten
Cat on a Hot Tin… Barn!
@msten
@Winedavid49
We can haz clue?
Had a winery pull out late, good thing these fine folks clutched up for a popular repeat. clutch like Shane Lowery at last years Brittish Open!
@Winedavid49
2019 Open … Royal Portrush … hmmm,
Popular repeat … hmmm,
King Estates?
Or Pedroncelli Port?
Or Scott Harvey?
@Winedavid49
Well, they played in crappy weather…
How about Windrun or Wind Gap or Fog and Wind?
@MarkDaSpark I’m flush out of Pedroncelli Port, so hope you’re right.
Vintner named britt? Hmmm
Brittan Vineyards?
Duplin Vineyards?
Using a mulligan for guess #2 just in case…
He said repeat. None of that sounds familiar to me…
Tournament was at Portrush…
What did he lift?
@Winedavid49
Donati Claret?
@karenhynes @Winedavid49 nice, clutching the Claret Jug!
@karenhynes @Winedavid49 Hmm, just drank my last bottle of that one tonight.
@Winedavid49
Caliztoga in the house!
@Winedavid49 Laura Michael Zin?
@InFrom @Winedavid49 Gotta be. Or the Cabernet.
@InFrom @Winedavid49
Laura Michael (Zahtila) Cab!
Edit: Great minds …
@InFrom @MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49 I am hoping for the zin.
@Winedavid49 … Clue?
@markdaspark ya’ll know my pallette is VERY Western US centric. tonight is a departure. Will Smith comes to mind with the name if not the region.
@Winedavid49 Palate!!!
@Winedavid49
Hmmmm…I’ll start with Luc Belaire Rosé.
@klezman @Winedavid49
Yeah…or is that a colorful part of the clue??
@klezman ugh. NOT part of the clue. (sorry baseball player education)
@Winedavid49 I just beat ddeuddeg to it
A Canadian can hope you procured something from Prince Edward County, ON?
@Winedavid49
If you hadn’t said it was a departure, I would have said Royal Prince Wines from Solvang.
@klezman Alas he said the name, not the region.
@karenhynes @Winedavid49 You were so close!
@klezman @Winedavid49
LOL! I forgot to keep searching. I’m very easily distracted these days.
@Winedavid49
like a song title if the Commodore’s were a country band.
@Winedavid49 Not finding a Three Toms [a Lady] Winery.
@Winedavid49
Brick Barn?
@Winedavid49
Klinker Brick?
@Winedavid49
Lady Hill Winery
@karenhynes @Winedavid49 winner. ( Brick Barn)
clue? what the old guy said to his wife after hitting a “good” shot.
@Winedavid49
Fore?
@chipgreen @Winedavid49 I know I’ve heard that one, but I just can’t summon the punchline.
@chipgreen think caddy shack
@chipgreen @Winedavid49
I knew you’d used the old couple before! Just couldn’t remember it was from Caddy Shack!
Karen, you’re needed.
@msten @karenhynes
@karenhynes @msten @rjquillin
/giphy Bat signal
@msten @rjquillin @winedavid49
Peachy Canyon???
@karenhynes @msten @Winedavid49
Well done!
@msten @rjquillin @Winedavid49
I wasn’t paying attention (as usual) and didn’t hear the call for help! I had to think really hard about this one! WD taxing my brain on my BDay!
@karenhynes @msten @rjquillin @Winedavid49 happy birthday!
How the hell do you do it?!
@karenhynes @msten @Winedavid49
And a happy B-day to you then as well.
And WD should comp you an order of this…
@karenhynes @msten @rjquillin @Winedavid49 Happy bday!
@klezman @msten @rjquillin @Winedavid49
I can’t possibly explain the inner workings of my mind. It’s a scary place sometimes.
@karenhynes @msten @rjquillin @Winedavid49
Happy Birthday, Karen!
Great guess, too! Did the Caddy Shack reference help you figure it out? I don’t remember that specifically but assume it was a Ted Knight-ism.
@chipgreen @msten @rjquillin @Winedavid49
Thanks!
I didn’t see the a Caddy Shack reference until after I posted.
@chipgreen @karenhynes @msten @rjquillin @Winedavid49
Nope, it was the older couple hitting. I almost think the Ted Knight “We’re Waiting” is from before it.
And Happy Birthday Karen!
@chipgreen @karenhynes @msten @rjquillin @Winedavid49
/youtube IhknFgI8tJY
@chipgreen @karenhynes @MarkDaSpark @msten @rjquillin LOL. Happy Bday Karenhynes!! “brilliant” minds think alike!
@chipgreen @karenhynes @MarkDaSpark @rjquillin @Winedavid49 I’ve played with him in Tuesday night league.
@chipgreen @MarkDaSpark @msten @rjquillin @Winedavid49 @klezman @InFrom
Thanks, all, for the birthday wishes!
As a special gift, today I got my second COVID vaccine. Hopefully I won’t wake up with a second head… and the beeping of the tracking device won’t be too loud.
@InFrom @karenhynes @klezman @MarkDaSpark @msten @rjquillin @Winedavid49
You belong to Bill Gates now.
@Winedavid49
We can haz clue?
AKA forbidden. comes from the era of Capone.
@Winedavid49
Prohibido?
@karenhynes @Winedavid49
Something to entertain us for awhile since that took all of 2 minutes. WTG, Karen!
@chipgreen @Winedavid49
Dang! I haven’t heard that in…decades!
@chipgreen @karenhynes love it!
@chipgreen @karenhynes @Winedavid49
Yup nice pull Chip!
@Winedavid49 @MarkDaSpark I think a clue cue is overdue.
@Mark_L Nicely put.
@Mark_L. Feel free to ask for a clue … oh wait!
@Winedavid49
Sorry about the last clue. An afternoon golf game turned into a drink fest.
Speaking of golf. 3 US opens …
@Winedavid49 The two golfers with 3 US opens are Tiger Woods and Hale Irwin. My best two guesses are Irwin Family Vineyards and Judson Hale Winery. Best guess is Irwin Family, as they have appeared here in the past.
@Winedavid49
I like that about golf
@Winedavid49
@MarkDaSpark The Royal Slope just keeps giving…
@MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49
Gard?
@karenhynes @Winedavid49
Probably, unless WD scored Frenchman Hills or Stillwater Creek?
@Winedavid49 … we can haz clue?
@MarkDaSpark about this time every year. Sweet!
@MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49 Pedroncelli Port time?
@klezman @MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49 Yep!
@klezman
@Winedavid49 … Clue?
i think it stands for “the heart” in a certain Latin language.
@Winedavid49
Corison
@Winedavid49 You get the Le Caramel pic?
Chatted with the cook, if that’s the correct term.
And for others that like caramels, check out the old site!
@chefjess um, no…
@chefjess @Winedavid49
pic or Corison, but that would be a great weekend offer.
@rjquillin @Winedavid49
El Corazon in Spanish, which is based on Latin. I also thought that would be a great weekend offer! I’m sad if the no was for the Corison. We haven’t seen it here in a while
@Winedavid49
Inima is a Greek wine, and is a loose translation of “the heart”in Romanian.
@Winedavid49
Coeur de Terre Vineyard
More likely, Core Mixed Reds
@Winedavid49
Or Coeur à Coeur from Peter Michael Winery in Sonoma. “Couer” is French.
@pseudogourmet98 @Winedavid49
Or the 2017 HALL Coeur Cabernet Sauvignon
@MarkDaSpark @pseudogourmet98 @Winedavid49
Just to guess something different;
Caora (by Mangels Vineyards)
@chipgreen @pseudogourmet98 @Winedavid49
So do we think WD is trolling for new wineries or asleep?
Haven’t seen him like one yet, and no second hint.
@pseudogourmet98 “coeur”
El Corazon…
Hart’s Desire
None of us thought, “Italian”, go figure!
@InFrom
You can’t spell Italian without “latin”?
@MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49
It’s getting to be about that time…
sorry, watching football. And i don’t know, some times i just don’t think i “fit in”. Example?
@Winedavid49
Attune?
@Winedavid49
Au Contraire?
Cult?
@Winedavid49
Epiphany Wine Company
Outlander? Outlier?
@Winedavid49 Clue?
My clue is this: a wine that was supposed to be ratted in my house this evening, but is unfortunately on a brown truck somewhere in FL.
@pseudogourmet98
So my pic was of you then …
labratting is such an imprecise (yet beautiful) endeavor. we’ll get you another shot soon. apologies.
tonight’s brand is not widely known. but the parent company shares the same name as a lite beer.
@Winedavid49 J. Wilkes or Ballard Lane. Gonna just take a stab on this and say J. Wilkes Chardonnay.
@Winedavid49
Miller Wine Works?
@radiolysis @Winedavid49
O, I C. There is another, bigger Miller in town.
@radiolysis @Winedavid49
So close!!!
@Winedavid49 … we can haz clue?
This winery must be in a part of the boot that is well up wind.
@Winedavid49
Il Donato
@MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49
You had the Puglia part right…
@chipgreen @Winedavid49
Vineyard says it’s in the heel area … not the part you’d think of as “up wind”!
@Winedavid49 … We can haz clue?
@MarkDaSpark @winedavid49
Fridays can be tough.
Any games on…?
@MarkDaSpark @rjquillin i wish i was playing poker. but never seem to win with these…
@MarkDaSpark @rjquillin @Winedavid49 two jakes of diamonds?
@KitMarlot @MarkDaSpark @rjquillin @Winedavid49 yep, that should be it. Perhaps some Las Vegas themed wine that is available since traffic in Las Vegas is down.
@KitMarlot here’s hoping not. Ha. I’ve had a big case of FOMO lately as it is.
Jacks or Jax?
@Winedavid49
What’s the clue you have in mind for tonight’s offer?
@kawichris650 clue? yer gonna toot the whistle with this deal in time for Valentines day!
@kawichris650 @Winedavid49
Whitman Express The Conductor
@kawichris650 @SippinSantiagos @Winedavid49
Does that come with a box of Whitman’s chocolates?
@chipgreen @kawichris650 @SippinSantiagos nope. aka locomotive. Magnum too baby!
@kawichris650 @SippinSantiagos @Winedavid49
Iron Horse?!?!?!?
@chipgreen @kawichris650 @SippinSantiagos @Winedavid49 I’m gonna need a custom rack if this keeps up. Naw, already need it.
@Winedavid49 … They can haz clue?
Oops, sorry kid soccer practice driving and then a plea for Chipotle caused the delay.
clue? Can’t keep a good man down! Covid be damned!
Good grief. Scott Harvey right after Iron Horse? Why are you murdering my wallet?
@jakezim. Because he can?
@jakezim mooohoooooaaahhhhh!
@jakezim @Winedavid49
Geeze WD, SH club orders are next week…
And this is just following BD.
Get a grip on offer timing!
@jakezim @rjquillin point taken!
@Winedavid49
So, what’s up tonight ? Corison?
@MarkDaSpark
@karenhynes @MarkDaSpark
Bout time
@karenhynes @MarkDaSpark @ScottW58 Cathy has been politely declining of late, Dudamel!
@karenhynes @MarkDaSpark @ScottW58 @Winedavid49 If Dudamel is the clue, how about Gustavo Wine?
@karenhynes @ScottW58 @Winedavid49
Ooohhhh … Maestro
had to grab this next vintage. not the Seychelles.
@Winedavid49 Another vintage of Chateau de Bel-Air?
@Winedavid49
Chateau St. Jean?
We might need another clue …
@Winedavid49
Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru “Ile des Vergelesses” - Maison Louis Latour
Superbowl Sunday Sunday Sunday!
@Winedavid49. … We can haz Clue?
/giphy Superbowl 2021
@MarkDaSpark Pats fan here, are you commenting on the PSI in the football?
I suppose that’s one way someone might interpret that haha. But Sparky didn’t select the GIF. It was randomly generated.
/giphy random
Well, deflate gate or not, if Tommy wins this one, there’s no question he will be this (IMHO).
here’s to a great game!
@Winedavid49
Flying Goat?
@karenhynes LOL. It’s a better guess than answer!!
@Winedavid49
The GOAT Wine?
@Winedavid49
If not Flying Goat, how about Standing Goat?
@karenhynes @Winedavid49
ANOTHER Maestro offer?!?!?
Better, Fossil Point.
@karenhynes @MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49 super Hero but we already had Scott Harvey a few days ago
@ctmariner @karenhynes @Winedavid49
Could be …
@ctmariner @karenhynes @MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49
Tom Brady has left the building…
Goats do Roam?
@Winedavid49
We can haz Clue?
/giphy Clue-Game-Tim-Curry
Midnight show sophomore year in college. just sayin’.
clue?
Ballmer predecessor.
@Winedavid49 sterling?
@Winedavid49
Floodgate wines by Alysian Wines?
Or going Kosher with Four Gates Winery?
@Winedavid49 Isn’t the winemaker for Expressions named Bill? That’d be a nice offer…
@Winedavid49
Ram’s Gate Winery?
Or a MonksGate Vineyard Pinot?
@Winedavid49 Bill Gates was Msft ceo 1999. Ballmer 2000.
@klezman no, but noted.
Sterling preceded Baller at the clippers
@ScottW58 great guess . Great wine. Creepy clue
@msten
Actually kitmarlot had it first
@msten @ScottW58 @Winedavid49
Why I was going with Gates, since Sterling was already mentioned.
@MarkDaSpark @msten @ScottW58 @Winedavid49
I was pretty certain Kit had it but I almost played this game…
Donald Sterling
Donald
Donald Trump
Trump Winery!
I’ve been to the winery in VA twice, once during the Apprentice years and again in 2017. Prices were unsurprisingly jacked up by the second visit but I will say they make some really nice sparkling wines and a killer dry Rose. They even had a Cab that wasn’t half bad.
@msten @ScottW58 Thanks for noticing. I’m pretty proud that I actually guessed one of these. Usually it is @karenhynes and usually I have no ‘clue’ how she got there.
@karenhynes @KitMarlot @msten
yeah I was actually just trying to provide backup to your guess, good work
@Winedavid49 Can we please have a clue?
This person needs no introduction. back by popular demand. he has definitely "left the building ".
@Winedavid49 stillman brown
@msten @Winedavid49 this could be interesting.
Bonus points to whoever asks him about impeachment!
@Winedavid49
Floriano.
@Winedavid49 sounds Italian.
@msten @Winedavid49
Italian Footballer, town/district in Brazil, horse in dressage, or a novel.
Take your pick!
@msten @Winedavid49
Although there is Villa Floriano Pinot Grigio delle Venezie IGT
But I doubt WD will make it that easy.
@MarkDaSpark @msten @Winedavid49 Rocca Pagliara Appassimento Rosso?
@Winedavid49
@MarkDaSpark
The correlation I found online (after the fact of course) was Piedra Creek San Floriano Vineyard Pinot Noir. But this offer is for a Zin from the Benito Dusi vineyard. So yeah… I don’t quite get the clue. However, I rarely get WD’s clues. I’m convinced karenhynes must be on the payroll.
@kawichris650 @MarkDaSpark
Nope, not on the payroll! I wish!
I started to investigate this clue but I dozed off (rough day).
@karenhynes Yes it was
@karenhynes @kawichris650 @MarkDaSpark You’re entitled to a nap! But now that you’re refreshed, can you explain this one to us?
@InFrom @kawichris650 @MarkDaSpark
Not really
@kawichris650
Your explanation is probably all we will get!
@Winedavid49
@MarkDaSpark Happy Valentine’s Day.
Clue? Steve Stevie.
@MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49
Martin Ray?
@karenhynes @MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49 There ya go! Martin Wonder and Martin Nicks got me nowhere.
@InFrom @MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49
True confessions…I tried the Stevie Nicks angle first, too. I didn’t get very far.
Good evening.
clue? Katherine and David’s.
@Winedavid49
DeSante?
@Winedavid49
Clue?
the true birthplace of sparkling? not sure. not my specialty.
@Winedavid49 Bocelli Prosecco?
@Winedavid49
Crémant de Limoux?
Tonight’s wine offer is coincidental. it’s name reminds me of how many offers we are running tonight.
@Winedavid49
Coincidental …
So another offer on Meh too?
@Winedavid49
Urgency by Shannon Ridge?
People’s Wine Revolution?
@Winedavid49
Pedroncelli Friends
Or Daou? (Like Duo?)
@Winedavid49
My brain is stuck on WineSmith’s 2005 Second Fiddle Pinot Noir but there are so many reasons why that is unlikely. It’s just blocking me from coming up with something else!
@Winedavid49 Two Jakes?
@klezman @Winedavid49
That would seem more likely than the Second Fiddle but wouldn’t we all have received an email from Sandra by now? (Just one of the reasons why the Second Fiddle wasn’t going to play, pun intended.)
@chipgreen @Winedavid49 I can’t believe there’s any Second Fiddle left. That stuff is great and we still have a few bottles.
Clark has finally figured out how to send the emails about 5 minutes after the offer goes live. A year ago, though, yeah you’d be totally right.
@klezman @Winedavid49
Yeah, we have some of the Second Fiddle left as well. Really nice although the 2007 RRV Pinot is still my favorite.
@Winedavid49
Clue?
Sci Fi -2
@Winedavid49
First guess…Pacific Rim?
@karenhynes @Winedavid49 First guess, probably wrong, Sarahs Vineyard?
@Winedavid49
Martian Ranch? Been a looong time
@Winedavid49
(Psycho)Synthesis from Martin Ray
Or Slingshot?
@Winedavid49
Ah. . District 9 … minus 2
@Winedavid49. Clue?
MLB Player then Coach:
L.A , SF, Cincy, DC, Houston (among his stops)
@Winedavid49 The Cubs had a few years of required toothpicks stocked in the dugout.
Baker Family wines? Dusted Valley?
@suzanne17
…or Baker Lane but holding out a sliver of hope for Dusted Valley. Pretty sure WD has said that was a one-time deal but man, what a deal it was!
@Winedavid49
Less than 2 hours!
pardon the delay. i’m quite excited about this offer.
it’s a large concern offering it, but the wine is pretty obscure.
But i think you’ll snatch it up like a rabid mutt dog!
@Winedavid49 Is Fess Parker involved?
@Winedavid49 boneshaker zin
@Mark_L @Winedavid49
Forgot he was in Old Yeller!
Epiphany is also under Fess Parker Winery and Vineyards
@Winedavid49 David Coffaro
@Winedavid49
Stray Dog Wine?
Chateau Morrisette - The Black Dog
@Winedavid49 I was thinking you meant Treasury, but didn’t have the time to look up their brands!
@Winedavid49
Should have known it included “Mongrel”
@Mark_L @MarkDaSpark btw, that was a hell of a good guess.
@MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49 “ Chateau Morrisette - The Black Dog” don’t you tease me with a wine I may know, it’s table white or nothing from old CM! Love you Mark!! BM
@Winedavid49 Can we please have a clue?
Damn , it didn’t take!! Uggg.
@Winedavid49 So what is it? Inquiring minds need to know.
@danandlisa That’s the clue! I just don’t know what to do with it! If @karenhynes is done with the Clark happy hour maybe she can help…
@danandlisa @klezman
uhhhhmm…nope!
@danandlisa @klezman @winedavid49
St Innocent?
My clue was- because electron winery was taken.
@Winedavid49 you are getting me after cider and merlot with @winesmith , sorry no quality guesses here…
@Winedavid49
The Atom Wines?
@Winedavid49. C.G. DiArie?
@Winedavid49
Ion! I was working my way there…
Ran out of time!
@karenhynes @Winedavid49
Thought about Proton, forgot Ion.
@MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49
I’m not familiar with Ion, but I was working my way there! I’m blaming it on Clark…I drank most of a bottle of the Two Jakes Aspect on his ZOOM.
@karenhynes @MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49 Lucky girl.
@danandlisa @MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49
You should join in next week!
@karenhynes @MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49 I wish. 5 p.m. is walking my border collie and smooth collie. They would destroy my house if I drank wine before walking them.
Snapshot
@Winedavid49
We can haz Clue?
@MarkDaSpark Well what do you know, a second “Lane” in one week!
@Winedavid49
Whitehall Lane?
Or Ballard or Bergevin?
@MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49 Lanes (besides Baker) that we have traveled in the past: Bergevin, Whitehall, Bridge, Ballard.
@Mark_L @Winedavid49
Of course, WD could throw in a new “Lane” as well :
Benton-Lane (OR) or Limerick Lane (Sonoma)
@MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49 There are dozens of possible Lanes to consider.
@Mark_L @MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49
I’m guessing Bergevin but would be very happy if it was Star Lane
@Mark_L @MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49 I’m going to go with limerick lane, just hoping not being realistic here.
@Winedavid49
We can haz clue?
Dino the dog.
@Winedavid49
Another Mathis Barbera from Bedrock Vineyard?
Or something from Hanna Winery?
@Winedavid49
Well, Pedroncelli has a blog called Vino in my Dino
So @msten noted an obscure Pedroncelli reference, but wasn’t sure that was a guess?
So a possible Pedroncelli Zin.
@Winedavid49
Of course, it could be simpler … Simoni Family Vineyards “Dino’s Pinot”, Yamhill-Carlton Pinot Noir
I keep looking, but I haven’t found a winery dog named Dino.
@MarkDaSpark @msten @Winedavid49 I’m with Sparky here
Some riff on Hanna, Barbera, Flintsones or some obscure Pedroncelli reference
@msten The Ped Rosé just shipped. Another one this soon?
@msten @rjquillin Guess so!
@InFrom @msten Not one, two.
@Winedavid49
We can haz clue?
Even more passionate than Mathis on this stuff!
@Winedavid49
CR Graybehl Mathis Vineyard?
@Winedavid49
CR Graybehl
Darn it! 4 minutes too late
Ooh, ooh … Brick Barn
@Winedavid49
Well, no “Likes” from WD yet …
Halcòn or Broken Earth?
Or McLaren Vale Grenache
@MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49
Don’t taunt the Mistress…
@MarkDaSpark The oracle has spoken. Or starrred.
clue? Well, we are moving warehouses, but doubt we’ll rent a truck.
@Winedavid49
Not a truck? Red Car?
@MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49 Oh damn, that’s a great idea sparky!
@Winedavid49 no “Like” from WD yet. 🥺🥺
So just in case … Gård?
Or improbably, Iron Horse?
Or hmmm, moving warehouses, like a Super Hero InZinerator perhaps? (Last guess)
@MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49
Ahhh Ryder truck rentals…
Hindsight is 20/20 haha.
@kawichris650 @Winedavid49
Except it was
Indicating it wasn’t a truck or rental!
Shenanigans I say!
Is it red?
@rjquillin
If so… could it be Red Truck Winery?
(Note that I’m not very good at deciphering WD’s clues.)
So, @Winedavid49 … will it a normal clue this time, or a Bizarro one?
@MarkDaSpark yea. not my best…
@Winedavid49
Now if it had been BizarroWinedavid49 posting it …
(Which you should totally do, btw!)
@Winedavid49
Less than 2 hours!
Sorry, i’m stuck, can’t come up with it, pen to paper just can’t seem to happen…
@Winedavid49
So, this is the clue, or a capitulation?
@Winedavid49
Writer’s Block?
@Winedavid49
That’s a guess…not a diagnosis.
@karenhynes @Winedavid49
And…
Yet again!
I still think @Winedavid49 should create @BizarroWinedavid49 for when he wants the clue to be opposite!
On, and … we can haz clue please?
@Winedavid49 … real writer’s block this time?
@markdaspark
ah! i am a dummkopf!
i couldn’t even become a cook for a minor league hockey team!
@Winedavid49 I have no idea where to begin with that…Schug?
@klezman @Winedavid49 but hockey is your wheelhouse.
@rjquillin @Winedavid49 yes, sort of. But hockey teams don’t usually have a chef…
@klezman @rjquillin @Winedavid49
Soooo…maybe a Danny Boome reference??
@klezman @rjquillin @Winedavid49
Boome’s Farm
@karenhynes @rjquillin @Winedavid49 so I just learned that Wolfgang Puck has a wine label…
Think cook= chef
@Winedavid49
Good clue.
@Winedavid49
Ah…it’s so clear now.
Ooh, Wolfgang Puck … clever
@Winedavid49 … we can haz clue?
1:
@MarkDaSpark Sorry, prolonged soccer kid pick up.
Clue?? um, 2nd string Caesar???
@MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49 St. Augustus from Australia?
@MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49 I doubt that it would be Mark Anthony, but I can wish.
@klezman @MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49
…or Augustus Forum from Spain?
@MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49 I’m taking a hard left turn and going with something from Gård.
Lawrence Welk (Lawrence Estate Vineyard) from Sid Caesar.
@MarkDaSpark @radiolysis @Winedavid49
I’ll take a strange turn, too. How about a nice Friday (black-ish tie) Titus? Titus Labienus was Caesar’s 2nd in command…
@MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49
Great clue!
@MarkDaSpark @rjquillin @Winedavid49 yeah, I’m not following…
@klezman @MarkDaSpark @rjquillin @Winedavid49
Call up the Reserves!
@klezman “reserve” like Army Reserve. The back-up group.
@karenhynes @radiolysis @Winedavid49
I looked at Tiberius (heir to Augustus, didn’t rate Godhood on death, so definitely 2nd rate), nothing popped up.
Looked at Maximus (Gladiator), but didn’t think it was Bennett Lane or the one in Australia.
Kind of thought about WineSmith due to his St. Laurent, but didn’t follow up. DOH!
@Winedavid49
Clue?
@MarkDaSpark i need to frame that pic!
what another Ballard sighting? not Lane though.
@MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49
Stolpman?
@karenhynes @MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49 Tercero also makes a few from Larner Vineyard in Ballard Canyon.
I doubt it’s Jonata
@Winedavid49.
Need to edit it to say “Wineaux” instead of Wooters!
@karenhynes @Winedavid49
Probably.
But in cases … Metal Bender Syrah (Ballard Canyon)?
Or Larner Winery
Or Rusack Ballard Canyon Estate Syrah ?
@karenhynes @MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49 Beckmen!
@karenhynes
Well done!
Just a reminder to Spring Forward tonight!
Hmmm … I still seem to need to beg for clues from @Winedavid49 in the future!
Et tu Hopland??
@Winedavid49
Brutocao?
@karenhynes @Winedavid49
Probably (et tu, Brutus), but in case not …
Wind Gap Wines - Fox Hill Vineyard Red Blend (Italian blends)
or
People’s Wine Revolution offer
Both also around Hopland.
@karenhynes @MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49 Could we be seeing the return of Briceland?
Ok @winedavid49 don’t disappoint me and not have a St Patrick’s inspired offering for tomorrow… too late to hope for cider? Barrel aged something or 'nother? Mead? Something that goes good with stew, proper Irish breakfast or lamb?
/giphy Celebrate-The-Irish
@bunnymasseuse @Winedavid49 Guess David is celebrating early, tick tock.
@bunnymasseuse @danandlisa @Winedavid49
Or he’s not used to others asking for clues!
yikes. my bad. got caught up in some stuff.
I bet W.C celebrated Saint Patrick’s Day.
@Winedavid49
Hitching Post?
@Winedavid49
Seems too obvious, but… Fields Family Wines?
@Winedavid49 I see Scheid is in Greenfield… beyond that I got nothing.
Better get a clue in before i get lost in March Madness! (that’s not part of the clue).
winery with the most modern architecture (IMO).
@Winedavid49 The barn at Corison is a pinnacle of modernity, right? Right??
More seriously…tell me it’s Martin’s Lane from the Okanagan in BC!
@Winedavid49 But it’s probably Hall.
@Winedavid49 Dominus?
@klezman @Winedavid49
Probably the most ostentatious.
Maybe St. Supéry?
Or did WD get Sokol Blosser from the Wish List?
@radiolysis @klezman @Winedavid49
Sterling Vineyards!
Write up:
@MarkDaSpark @radiolysis @Winedavid49 Yeah, Sterling is definitely ostentatious! Not sure if it’s all that modern, though. But who decides what “modern” means/looks like?
@klezman @MarkDaSpark @radiolysis @Winedavid49 What, you implying a Greek monastery isn’t thoroughly modern?
@klezman @radiolysis @Winedavid49
I meant your guess of Hall was the most ostentatious!
NO “Likes” from WD yet.
Wonder what it will be that we didn’t name?
Kunde?
Apparently this is the place?
am i wrong?
@Winedavid49
Nope
Happy March Madness. how about Oral Robert’s ! sorry buckeye fans.
clue? AKA rock, comprende?
@Winedavid49 Piedra
@ctmariner @Winedavid49
Piedra sounds about right.
I’ll throw in a random guess just for giggles…Rocca?
@ctmariner @karenhynes @Winedavid49
If not either of those 2 …
Carr Paredon Vineyard Grenache?
@Winedavid49 I work at OSU, so way to go Beavers! Sorry Tennessee.
@ctmariner @karenhynes @MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49 Piedra Creek for sure
Rocca Family Vineyards?
@Winedavid49. Before you get lost in March Madness …
No burying these booty wines. another run of these 3 and at a better case price!
@Winedavid49 Muscardini Tesoro
@Winedavid49 You need to ring that “Sold out, there are no more” bell again; you’re well overdue.
@Winedavid49
King Estate Mixed Pinot Gris?
@Winedavid49 I’ll guess twisted oak because they’re the only winery I know who dress like pirates
@chipgreen @Winedavid49 that’s a better option
@CruelMelody @Winedavid49
Seconded on TO.
ARRR!
@CruelMelody @MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49 Twisted Oak was my first thought too
@CruelMelody @klezman @MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49
And we were all wrong. . .
@klezman @MarkDaSpark @rjquillin @Winedavid49 case price is the same?
@Winedavid49 @wccwinegirl
From you clue we were expecting a lower (better) case price, but it’s the same as the first offer.
Is there something we didn’t correctly understand?
@rjquillin @WCCWineGirl i’m fixing this now.
@Winedavid49 oof, those were some mighty swings and misses.
Doh! Tesoro made me think briefly of Treasury, but I had no idea how to narrow it down from there. And I actually bought the dessert wine trio last time around!
@InFrom @Winedavid49
Well, IIRC, the proper terminology is “pound sterling”, aka British Pound. So, “booty” makes sense for ONE of the wines.
But youse got some 'splaining to do WD on the other two!
@MarkDaSpark The brands are owned by Treasury. Tesoro = treasure = a pirate’s booty. See, we already explained it! Not very convoluted at all, by WD standards.
@InFrom. Well blow me down!
Didn’t realize BV was owned by them.
@Winedavid49
@MarkDaSpark i’m sorry but i McCant.
@MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49 Or maybe he could McCay?!?!
@klezman @MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49
Perhaps some old Zin futures?
@klezman @MarkDaSpark nary a call back i’m afraid.
@Winedavid49
McConnell Estates?
@klezman @Winedavid49
Cain Vineyards?
Or was that not a clue hint, but about McCay?
@MarkDaSpark Guess we know now why @karenhynes was mia in guesses.
@karenhynes @MarkDaSpark @rjquillin conspicuous absence explained
@MarkDaSpark @msten @rjquillin
Maybe you McCant or maybe you McKahn
@Winedavid49
We can haz clue?
Funny, a Canadian Gehry was the architect.
@Winedavid49
Marqués de Riscal ?
@karenhynes @Winedavid49 Unless WD is branching out to Canada with Le Clos Jordan, or another possibility is Hall Winery in Napa.
@karenhynes @Winedavid49 she’s back!
@karenhynes @Winedavid49
Well, the first ones were good, pretty amazing actually.
Which shall it be this time?
@karenhynes
Well done!
Happy Friday.
one of the few multi label offers we run here consistently. Very Preceptive of us.
@Winedavid49
Hmmm…Precept wines has about 28 labels…
Canoe Ridge? Cavatappi? Battle Creek? Browne Family? The Huntsman? I think we’ve seen those here in the past.
@karenhynes @Winedavid49
Yes, Canoe Ridge, Huntsman & The Guide have been offered together previously. You beat me to it as I had to lookup the third wine that went with Canoe Ridge & Huntsman.
@chipgreen @Winedavid49
We could come up with a lot of random combinations of 28 labels.
@chipgreen @karenhynes this is the time where i should quote Meatloaf for Chipgreen’s guess.
Browne Family would be nice to see again!
@Winedavid49
We can haz clue?
@MarkDaSpark Inconceivable!
a new winery launching tonight. it took many moons to secure them. How many suns?
@Winedavid49 One hundred? If so, looks interesting!
@Winedavid49
Nine Suns?
@chipgreen @Winedavid49
Nice! Likely a bit cost prohibitive though, unless WD twisted an arm so hard it fell off.
@chipgreen @Winedavid49 With bottle prices of $260 on wine-searcher, I certainly hope not!
@Winedavid49
Soleńa Estate
or
Sunstone
This new winery is "“stuck in…”
@Winedavid49
Desert Sun. Middle of country
@Winedavid49 Stuck in…side of Mobile with the Memphis blues again?
@Winedavid49… Lodi again
@davirom @Winedavid49 Markus Wine Sol Red?
@davirom @InFrom @Winedavid49 Markus was good…
@Winedavid49
2Sons?
@Winedavid49
We can haz clue?
Elite 8 man. in between games is about right for me
.
besides, i usually take the night off when this one comes up…
@Winedavid49 So, Clark, but not on a Friday?
Or Scott…
@Winedavid49
Sounds like WineSmith but I didn’t get an email? (Or a rat bottle, haha)
@chipgreen @Winedavid49
Seems she’s been directed to not send them out 'till rollover.
Clue? it is opening day baseball. any shortstops gonna hit over 200??
@Winedavid49 something Argentine. Beats me which one.
@Winedavid49
A repeat of …
Durigutti Malbec Reserva
or
Malacara Argentinian Malbec ???
Or Bodegas Salentein?
Mendoza line retreaded clue.
@msten i know. i suck at imported wine clues.
Clue? No, tonight’s winery does not provide Geotechnical solutions.
@Winedavid49 Ahh, the old soil mechanics and rock mechanics clue.
@Winedavid49 Terroir Wines.
@Winedavid49
Broken Earth Winery?
@Winedavid49 Clayhouse?
@Winedavid49
Will tonight’s wine provide geothermal solutions?
no, but apparently it’s also a shampoo brand.
@Winedavid49
Feeling French? LaRoche-Posay?
Or maybe Roche?
@Winedavid49
Method? (Precision Wine Co)
@Winedavid49
But wait, there’s more!
Quantum Wine Cellar?
Beringer Quantum?
Apparently there are a lot of shared shampoo/wine names…
@Winedavid49
Where is everyone tonight?
There’s the whole Nex(x)us conglomerate.
@Winedavid49
Anyone for VO5?
Frizz-ease?
Head and Shoulders?
@karenhynes @Winedavid49 Prell? Garnier Fructis? Herbal Essence?
@Mark_L @Winedavid49
Prell! Now that’s a Flashback!
@karenhynes @Winedavid49
@Winedavid49
Body on Tap? Oh wait, that’s beer shampoo.
Kim Basinger? Lol
@Winedavid49
Gee, Your Hair Smells Terrific?
@karenhynes Cabana Bay Resort at Universal Studios Florida has Prell bottles and Zest bars as in-room toiletries. It’s one big nostalgic feverdream including projected advertisements and intermission cartoons in the cafeteria.
@Winedavid49
Saints &`Sinners
@Winedavid49 onesta hair care, how about that.
@msten not the best clue. funny how all these brands with both wine and hair care propped up! cracks me up!
Domaine Laroche, as kh has offered.
Good evening. no basketball so here’s a clue a little earlier.
This one is for Mary.
@Winedavid49 there is a Silverbell Winery opening in Washington.
@Winedavid49
St. Anne’s Crossing Zinfandel Hail Mary?
@Winedavid49 Vines on the Marycrest?
Buen intento
Maryhill winery?
Looks like I’m stumping err stolping you!
@Winedavid49 Stolpman Para Maria
@Winedavid49
Stoplman Para Maria?
Black Sheep Winery?
@Winedavid49
So, latest 24 hour wonder?
It’s been a few lunar events since we last ran this.
@Winedavid49
Harvest Moon?
@karenhynes @Winedavid49 It’s always disappointing to see the thread list and notice that Karen has already replied to this thread.
But a couple of other possibilities are Bergevin Lane Moonspell or Valley of the Moon.
@karenhynes @Winedavid49
A Harvest Moon sparkling red would be fantastic. I’ve been asking for it in the wish list since that thread began years ago. The last one we saw on WW was lovely.
@chefjess @karenhynes @Winedavid49 Oh those sparkling Pinots and Zins are great…
@Winedavid49 Harvest Moon for sure since Klez is a rat. This is rigged!
musical calisthenics
@Winedavid49 scales & arpeggios. Or a Washington Scales red.
@msten @Winedavid49 OK, I never in a million years would have guessed that was a wine name.
@klezman @msten @Winedavid49
Apparently there’s an Arpeggio Winery here in Illinois. Who knew??
@klezman @msten @Winedavid49
If we’re talking vocal exercises, Staccato would be another possibility. Ah, the memories of voice training.