2026 (it's about time!) Clue...

@MarkDaSpark good evening. this winery really likes the term “tusque”. go figure.

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Sanglier Cellars would be a new offering, I believe.

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Thacher Winery & Vineyard

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Polyphonic … Medieval music?

Castello di Montegiove?

@MarkDaSpark @Winedavid59 Madrigal ?

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Better!

@MarkDaSpark good evening. clue? a standout winery for us with two first names.

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Scott Harvey
Laura Michael

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Agree with Sparky…but a few others off the top of my head:
Michael David?
Anne Amie?
Two Jakes??

@Winedavid59 I thought there surely cannot be a sugar beet winery. I stand corrected.

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Well, they were the lessor of 2 WeEVILS!

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Martin Ray?
or Legend Vineyard Exclusive

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You’ll be howling for this offer and be in angui-sh if don’t get it. Bravo!

@MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49 Raised by Wolves?

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Ok, I “get” the Howell (Howling) part. And the Bravo part. But the “angui-sh” part is still obscure!

@MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49 based in Anguin, CA. but i get it…

@MarkDaSpark good evening.

this 8th street icon is a favorite of mine. metal building and all.

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Tin Barn Vineyards

@Winedavid59 MIchel-Schlumberger

@MarkDaSpark wow indiana hoosiers. wow.

clue? largely sunken near the border of Napa and Sonoma.

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B.R. Cohn Winery?

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Or Trefethen Family Vineyards?

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I thought that might be it, but a stretch. Still a clever clue.

@MarkDaSpark pardon the delay, i’m blaming it on microsoft.

clue? aromotized and fortiified !!!

a first for Woo errr casemates!

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Didn’t we have a 3 vermouth offer on WW years ago? A Martini&Rossi 150th anniversary offer, IIRC.

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I remember a Quady Winery Sweet Sampler - 4 pack on Gourmet in Nov 2011

@MarkDaSpark good evening!

happy to have this winery join casemates! i count the proprietor as a friend and contemporary. he is known to be a mover and shaker in these parts. Bloom, early free flow. welcome!

@MarkDaSpark @Winedavid59 “Early free flow” and the local Sonoma references make me guess Kivelstadt?

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Andrew Murray?

@karenhynes
You had my hopes up

@MarkDaSpark clue?

Nuestro ________ en medio de nuestra calle

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Casa Wines by Keller Estate

@Winedavid59 Thanks for the earworm (not)!

@MarkDaSpark @Winedavid59 Only other Casa I can find in past offerings is Riccitelli Tinto de la Casa .

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Leoni

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Going down a rabbit hole (pun intended)…
Scott Harvey??

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Yes

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I was thinking him as well, but that’s a Griffin, not a lion.

@MarkDaSpark @msten @Winedavid59
But a griffin is 1/2 lion…

@InFrom Here’s the image you requested for “half a lion”

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Desert Wind

@MarkDaSpark @Winedavid59 I think it was Rutherford Ranch last time this clue appeared.

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Rutherford Ranch.

Once again, as someone noted the last time:
Ranch =/= Farm

@MarkDaSpark @Winedavid59 Or ≠ or <>.

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The first looks like a there’s a speck on your screen on the equal sign! Thought that when @rjquillin used it for last year’s clue.

Forgot about the second. Does it really matter Dude?

@MarkDaSpark @rjquillin @Winedavid59 Nah…just my 54-year-old math degree (what’s left of it) kicking in.

@MarkDaSpark damn, meant to give the clue before i got on the plane. my bad.

clue? i want to be the only one, for miles and miles…except for maybe you and your simple smile…

@MarkDaSpark @Winedavid59 el vaquero

@MarkDaSpark @Winedavid59 Bluebonnet white wine blend?

@MarkDaSpark thrilled to have this esteemed winery come to casemates. the first to produce single vineyard pinot’s. for fifty years now.

@MarkDaSpark @Winedavid59 Davis Bynum?

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This might actually tempt into a purchase.

@MarkDaSpark clue? Chubby Checkers would like this wine en espanol !

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Curii Uvas y Vinos?

@MarkDaSpark @Winedavid59 A couple of wild guesses: Giró Ribot or Giró del Gorner?

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in Italian is stands for “Torch”. but i may have all this wrong.

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El Pino Club?

@Winedavid59 Any Torcido still floating around?

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Twisted Oak Tempranillo or The Spaniard? Is there still some left?

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Trinitas Cellars
Elkhorn Peak Cellars
Etude Wines

Thinking American Canyon

Or maybe something related to Lee Greenwood … (“Proud to be an American”) …

Vincent Arroyo Petite Sirah, Greenwood Ranch
or Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars ARTEMIS Cabernet Sauvignon (Ste. Michelle Wine Estates purchased the 56-acre Greenwood Vineyards).

@Winedavid59 And yet we didn’t get it!

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Maybe because it ISN’T a literal translation? Even the write-up says so.

“TORCIA means ‘Torch,’ lighting the pathway of our senses and the search for excellence.

flashlight in American English or torch in British English

@MarkDaSpark a new one! this clue may be very vague for many. but, Winegirl use to work there.

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Hmmmm…I want to say Ty Caton??
But that doesn’t sound quite right…

@karenhynes @MarkDaSpark @Winedavid59 she did work there IIRC. Maybe Muscardini also.

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She worked for both. First for Ty at their shared tasting room close to where Wellington was located, then Muscardini hired her away.

Then WD got her to work for him!

@karenhynes @klezman @MarkDaSpark @Winedavid59 it’s a winery new to casemates?

@CruelMelody I think WD was referring to the new meme.

@MarkDaSpark Or a half(-time) clue?

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Must be some sort of sports thingy holding him up…

@karenhynes @MarkDaSpark Lame excuse. We’re watching!

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ok, ok.

Van Gogh did this often. “Wheatfield under thunder” clouds is an example.

Seattle looking to take it home. (not a clue)

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The name of the painting suggests chiaroscuro. But there appear to be multiple wines with that name.

The game has turned into a laugher. The commercials were so-so. The halftime show rocked!

@karenhynes @Mark_L @MarkDaSpark @Winedavid59 I did think it was nice of Jason Kelce to give free advertising to meh.

@InFrom @karenhynes @MarkDaSpark @Winedavid59 And for a guess, how about Texture Wines?

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Capital Call Wheatfield Vines Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
Or
Panorama Vineyard

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Nah. Halftime show was the worst I’ve ever seen.

@MarkDaSpark You were watching Kid Rock?

@InFrom @MarkDaSpark Mark if you watched the halftime show, why do object? I don’t speak Spanish but i understood the thought behind this. It is , in it essence, that this nation is melting pot and we can arise above hate. That is what I got out of it.

@karenhynes @Mark_L @MarkDaSpark @Winedavid59 He Painted Fields? Oy.

@InFrom @MarkDaSpark Dare I ask why you thought it was so bad?

@danandlisa @InFrom @klezman

Not the Spanish singing. We’ve had Spanish singing at halftime before. And Ricky Martin was terrific!

No, it was Bad Bunny’s singing (if you could call it that) and “dancing”. We’ve had much better shows in the past! The choreography was atrocious. My granddaughters dance better!

As for the “melting pot”??? That’s the NFL trying to expand their audience to Central & South America! I heard they’re trying to get an expansion team in Mexico.

InFrom, wait, I could have watched Kid Rock instead? Now you tell me!

Klez, dare I ask why you thought it was so good?

@danandlisa @InFrom @MarkDaSpark Sparky, you’re assuming I thought it was “so good”. I merely asked a question and you inferred an opinion. That’s illogical

I didn’t much enjoy it. I didn’t really have much reaction to it at all. Not my sort of thing, along with 95%+ of the music created in the last 15 years. And I couldn’t care less what language music is sung in because lyrics barely register with me. I’d heard somebody describe him as a reggaeton artist and that didn’t show through to me. I most enjoyed the salsa section.

I also couldn’t care less about dancing and what people think is appropriate. Who am I to judge the value of a different part of the culture?

@danandlisa @InFrom @klezman

Sorry, but from your comments, "Dare I ask why you … ", I inferred (incorrectly) that you were with InFrom in enjoying it, since you added the Dare part. That seemed slightly (mostly?) insulting to me. You probably didn’t mean it that way, but that’s the way it sounded to me. I apologize if you didn’t mean it that way, but that’s how it sounded to me. Internetz is not the best place for tone.

Dance should be able to transcend language and inspire the audience. Flopping around is not “Dancing”. It’s why people can enjoy Ballet or any other actual dancing with music. And you’re the one bringing up “appropriate” …

Breakdancing is still dancing, albeit with body parts not just feet. And again, it’s not what Bad Bunny was singing, it was his horrible voice. I wish Ricky Martin had been the headliner!

@InFrom @klezman @MarkDaSpark Again, I don’t like Bad Bunny. I don’t like his music. I do however understand his message and for me that is enough. We are a mess, complicated nation made of messy parts. We need to celebrate this. We need to as Bunny says, let not hate win. We need to let light and love win.

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We need to as Bunny says, let not hate win. We need to let light and love win.

This

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as promised, early clue!

a highly regarded RR pinot house. it’s all hydraulics these days!

@danandlisa @InFrom @klezman @MarkDaSpark @Winedavid59 Perhaps Iron Horse?

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Sounds like an excellent guess!

@karenhynes I thought you would approve!

@karenhynes @Mark_L good guess, but no.

@danandlisa @InFrom @karenhynes @klezman @MarkDaSpark @Winedavid59 How about Cable Zero?

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Well, Gary Farrell Vineyards & Winery has been here before.

Merry Edwards Winery has been mentioned.

@danandlisa @InFrom @karenhynes @klezman @Mark_L @MarkDaSpark ok, this clue may have been rushed. just to keep us on track. :0

there is a company, that focuses on hydrolics that possesses the same name.

long live jessica.

@danandlisa @InFrom @karenhynes @klezman @MarkDaSpark @Winedavid59 I see Victor Hydraulics and Victor Hill Wines.

@danandlisa @InFrom @karenhynes @klezman @Mark_L @MarkDaSpark ironically, this wine is not made in Germany.

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Mark McKenna, who currently serves as the Founding Winemaker and Former? General Manager for Andis Wines?

or Tim Milos?

@MarkDaSpark evening. very small producer up north. French creek area. not many grenache producers.