Some colleagues in t own and coming over for wine - there was a request for dry Riesling and for Oregon, so I found a Chehalem 3 Valleys Riesling and also grabbed a Cristom WV Pinot Noir. We’ll see what else gets opened!
2020 Domaine Ampelhus Piquepoul noir
Garagiste is offering a new vintage, so I think it’s time to try the prior bottle and cross off another grape from the century club list.
Last night for a dinner with family that cannot make the wedding in Italy for our daughter (3rd and last wedding this year ugh) a mag of Duetz and Dethune not pictured and some other stuff.
@rjquillin Hanger is always two pieces right, one a bit larger than the other. Well this package the small piece was about the diameter of a nickel. The wine was ok, maybe just needs time. A little more fruit forward than I anticipated and seemed to get more intense as the night went on. Def lots going on though.
@FritzCat@rjquillin This was the larger piece, perhaps some camera angle but it was indeed thinner/wider, a solid 3" it was.
The dry aged ones are new, a little smaller and a little more expensive. Really tasty, I’ve been buying both.
Campo Grande pork chops, wow! With a wine I had no idea when or where I got it from pretty nice IMHO and an holed out apple with cherries and simple syurp .
@kaolis@ScottW58 That pork rack looks great! Next time you order from them can I add something on so we can try it?
That’s a nifty idea for an apple, too.
The wine is from Garagiste - a mystery offer on 22 July 2022, $20. It was titled “Deal of Deals - The #1 Mystery offer of 2022!” because of course it was.
@kaolis@klezman
Pretty sure the chops are the best I have had, I’m surprised about the wine knowing how strongly I hate mystery wines, must have been a weak moment sorry after we ate these last night we promptly ordered more!
@kaolis@klezman
I will brine the next time, good idea. I saw they had a new product ground 75% Iberico pork and 25% Wagyu beef so I got a couple pounds, sounds like the perfect meatball
Final night of our Maine vacation. We’ve had our fair share of lobster meals, tonight was for steak. Ribeye from a local farm near Freeport. The pic only shows a bit of it, before I sliced the bigger part. With grilled sourdough, and green and yellow stuff, all local products. Isn’t summer the greatest (when it doesn’t suck)?
2021 Julien Cecillon Les Graviers Syrah. We liked it at a tasting this afternoon, and we liked it with dinner too. Juicy and acidic.
@InFrom
Really nice! would have been nice to see more lobster meals I thought I might be the only one drinking Julien Cecillon Syrahs. Pretty nice IMHO and reasonably priced.
@ScottW58 Your wish is my command. Here’s yesterday’s lunch in Freeport. I think those were our third steamed lobsters of the trip, plus we enjoyed a few lobster rolls along the way. Oh, and a lobster pasta dish I make every visit. Plus fried clams, monkfish tacos, and a few other fishy winners. It’s been a good trip, foodwise. Our first time back in Maine since 2019, we tried to make the most of it.
@InFrom@ScottW58
Nice! Love the lobster food porn, haha. You have probably had more good lobster in the past week than I have had in the past decade! I might have to bribe my seafood shunning wife into a visit to Mitchell’s Fish Market. It’s a far cry from right off the boat but it’s about as good as it gets in this area for lobster.
@jmdavidson1 Teasing you. Richard Gay from Gay Fish Company, gets credit for naming that back in the day. Fact/fiction? Gay Fish is my go to shrimp dock, shrimps below I bought there yesterday and those are their boats.
Not a fancy spot
@kaolis Okay hot sauce arrived today so I had to see how yaky your palate really is so as a person who does not live far from Mexico and has spent much time south of the border I know that the true test of hot sauce or chilis is to pair it with a ripe mango or guava! Could not find a guava but I do have mango. I have to say I like this sauce because of it’s body and savoriness, is that a word? And not overly vinegar, very happy.
@ScottW58 So you’re sayin’ half a yak is better than none…I’ll take that, ha! ? But I agree with your assessment, good body, good spice, not a vinegar bomb. Mango test, interesting
@ScottW58 as I know it to be that’s the only one. I haven’t tried the cayenne from the other guy I mentioned. I’ll have to grab one. He does some good stuff.
@ScottW58 ok, my eyes were 90% shut and it was pre caffeine… I thought that was a Dujac Morey you were slumming with when I skimmed this morning. Just a baby
@klezman
It is in a nice place. A little more earth and a little less fruit than when we first drank it. But still going strong and a good pairing with beef tacos.
In-laws visiting. Lamb leg on the grill!
2019 Masottina Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Millesimato Extra Dry Rive Di Ogliano
2011 Mckinley Springs Cabernet Sauvignon Horse Heaven Hills
@chefjess@klezman
I had a couple bottles of Oltretorrente Rosso Colli Tortonesi which was 90 Barbara and 10 percent Dolcetto, I thought they were pretty good.
@klezman@ScottW58
I’m not very knowledgeable around this bottle, but as I understand, the appellation is Colli Tortonesi in Piedmont. Grape is Timarossa. Producer is Monlia. Delicious white wine. Crisp, Mineral, saline, juicy. Went down too fast.
@chefjess@ScottW58 yes, that’s what I figured out, but what confused me was that Derthona isn’t an appellation or a vineyard - it’s just a name they came up with for the style like Meritage.
2015 Iron Horse Estate Chardonnay w/
garlic herbed chicken breast tenders in white wine and balsamic reduction sauce and spaetzel w/sauteed onions. And a bowl of green stuff.
2021 Raul Perez Atalier Albarino opened a couple days ago took one glass and it was all acid little fruit. Recorked and left on the counter and today it is beautiful with some tropical fruit and lemon drop bright acidity. Will age these a couple more years very happy! Chablis is very nice too with some pizza delivered.
@ScottW58 Yeah, food was great. Lots of excellent beer selections, of course. Had some RRB Consecration, a maple brown ale, and some St. George Baller whiskey.
The frites are still top notch.
They had a pork belly dish that was also excellent in all respects.
Surprisingly busy for a Monday at the Culver/Helms location.
w/hot buttered cheesesteaks, mashed potatoes and sweet corn. I sprang (sprung?) for shaved ribeye but the mashed potatoes were powdered and the corn was frozen.
@kaolis@ScottW58
Come on. It wasn’t that bad! I’m still going to stick with it and see if anything changes over the next day or two. Maybe we just need to wait several years past disgorgement. See below for the pic. I can’t seem to add one from my phone to a reply.
Agreed that the D’Issan is a good choice!
@kaolis@ScottW58
Ha! Touché
I can’t say there’s much patience on my end nor that there wasn’t another bottle open, but no chicken yesterday for the sauce so one more night of trial. There may; however, be chicken in my future very soon
This did not have its finest moment. Tart and bubbles disappeared quicker than expected. I’m sticking with it over the next few days. Disgorged 2021. 6 years on lees. 4g/L. Maybe it needs time post-dsg similar to Egly? I’m hoping or else I was threatened that I’d have another few bottles arriving on my doorstep @ScottW58
Also day two of the rat bottle. That showed much better, although not with the Flannery NY strip
I have a good number of denegoce reds in the cellar with the intention of waiting at least 5 years post vintage. Opened this recently bottled, 2 years post vintage, arrived today, and after 30-45 minutes was a large delicious wine. I was so impressed that an emergency neighborhood was called to confirm my impression. CF: Merlot.
Sami Odi little #12 a blend of vintages 2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020. Don’t tell me you can’t blend vintages and make a great wine! F-me one of the best wines I have had this year IMHO. But I have the palate of a yak
@ScottW58 Ok, made me look, that’s a google wine for sure…but as you are a bubble fan multi vintage should be no great shakes but we don’t think about it generally … the yak palate is another topic
This screamed white wine but went with the RM '21…pork, grilled corn etc (and the corn was picked today, not frozen, thought about having taters but couldn’t find the correct white powder…)…ha!
Bought this bottle last week in Maine. The wine store guy recommended it for the steak dinner we were planning, but we ended up going with the one we tried at their tasting. After reading the one comment on CT, I was a little bummed, but darned if this didn’t open up to be quite nice. Excellent with potato/chorizo tacos.
@CorTot We’re just about to start talking about that…
Hope you guys ride it out easily. I know the wind and rain are supposed to be worse where you are…
@CorTot@klezman@ScottW58 We’re having chicken piccata, farmer’s market green beans, and 2021 Villa Wolf Pinot Noir Rosé. Spent the day getting/placing sand bags and taking down anything in the yard that could blow away. New sympathy for our Mates in the SE.
@CorTot@davirom@ScottW58 It’s been muggy and humid as I can ever remember for LA on our side of the hill. Glad you got a respite from the heat!
Smoking some beef ribs over here, just finished a mango cocktail and about to open a 2015 Martin Ray Merlot Stags Leap District.
2012 Pedroncelli Vintage Port Four Grapes for dessert
2017 Sandler PN Madzia’s vineyard with sushi. Was too hungry to take photos. Wine is drinking well but was a bit of a shock after tasting in the Willamette valley. CA definitely brings the fruit but it wasn’t over the top. Definitely think my palate is moving toward a more restrained, earthy style.
While waiting for the forecast wet and windy apocalypse to arrive, I really wanted a Wellington Syrah, but ended up instead finding a box of CS, so
2011 Wellington Cabernet Sauvignon Handal-Denier
and it’s doing just fine.
Morgan ranch ribeyes (only mangled remains) so no pics and roasted a head of garlic spread on a baguette, so good but Andrea told me to sleep on the couch I had to refuse because she stinks just as bad great wine after a 4 hours in the decanter!
getting boring in my old age…protein (lamb leg) starch (more fingerlings) and veggie well at least some of it is green stuff…and 'tis high fresh veggie season so all good
And most importantly seems like y’all are doing good with this storm stuff?
Day 2 of a 2014 Long Point Zinfandel
East side of Cayuga Lake, just North of Ithaca.
Some of the best Zinfandel I’ve ever had!
(Long Point gets no love from locals because they import their grapes from CA. That’s exactly why they make great wines…well, and Gary’s patience and skills as a winemaker.)
If you’re in the Finger Lakes and haven’t tried Long Point; do yourself a favor.
With leftover pizza and salad. Not a great match with the pie but delicious on its own! @winedavid49 this is one that would make me renew my membership, were it to come up again.
Finished off the 2015 Iron Horse Estate Chard from a week ago. About 1/3 bottle, simply recorked and put in fridge. Held up beautifully! Also paired very well with a breakfast casserole.
Greetings from our first evening in Rome, great hotel and meal setup by the concierge and really nice bottle. Walking home a busker in front of a church and our view from the balcony. Good times and I need some sleep!
So 2nd night we decided on a nice wine paring dinner at https://www.rimessaroscioli.com/ 10 people from strange places like Australia Norway Texas and California got together for a great tasting/meal. On the way back Andrea wanted some dried meats so found a little shop near the Panthenon that fit the bill then picked up some gelato and had a nice night ap at the hotel! Pretty sure I have packe on 5 pounds in 2 days!
@ScottW58 Dude, you are killing me! Roscioli, I’m so jelly. Not an easy place to get into! Didn’t get to do a tasting, but still had a fun time and a great meal, sitting alongside the deli counter.
And the pic of the piazza with the Pantheon, was this the place you found the salume? Had the best-ever porchetta sandwich from there. Just a little further to the right in that piazza pic.
@InFrom
Yeah I got lucky at Roscioli I made the reservation a couple months ago after a friend told me about it, the porchetta sandwich at that place is the best had that for lunch yesterday! With the long line we knew it had to be good
@chefjess Enabler! I looked up that Bordeaux, sounds tasty, just grabbed 6 bottles for $23. Unfortunately I added a few others to make it an even two cases, but mostly more value bottles. Including a few more Lilian Ladouys that @ScottW58 turned me on to.
@kaolis@ScottW58
Ha! I proudly represent that! I’ve also called Scott that many times. Now it’s your turn to be called names
It’s a 19 so still young, but was lovely on day one and singing by day three. It’s going to age nicely. They have some great deals right now and after finding out I could order and just pick up at their local retail location, which happens to be down the street from the wine storage facility, they’ve made it way too easy to taste through the region. It’s been several orders of many producers. Resistance is futile.
@chefjess@ScottW58 Where did you buy? Costco? Got mine from internetwines.com in IL. Running some good prices on Bdx right now. They have a limited ship to list and shipping is not exactly cheap. They are reliable should you check them out.
@kaolis@ScottW58
Thanks. When you said $23, I figured we were purchasing from the same place. Their retail side is Randall’s. They have a warehouse in St Louis attached to the retail store so I just pick up from that location. I agree the shipping is pricey. Fortunately for me, they refund the shipping charge, but I still have to pay IL tax and purchase from internetwines to get the sale prices as I was told they have to remain separate retailers due to state restrictions.
Unfortunately, shipping is a fact of life here; ~$65-$75/case ($35-$50 if we’re lucky and it’s a cold-chain pallet DTC from the winery) so that’s always factored into the purchasing decision. Our Costcos have hardly anything and our wine shops have very limited availability, generally with pricing that is significantly higher if there is stock. My purchases are primarily from the coasts hence my excitement over this Bordeaux sale. No shipping charges for this kind of availability happens maybe once every five years, if even that frequently, hence the multiple purchases. I’m working my way through the region, chateau by chateau. It’s going to be fun.
@chefjess@ScottW58 I mentioned Costco because Scott said they had a good sale on '19’s so thought maybe. Yeah I’ve purchased online from Randall’s for awhile. I have to ship to my daughter in IL because I don’t live there anymore and my shipping states aren’t on their list. Keeping my Bdx low key these days, too old to be waiting for expensive wines to come around in 20/30 years! Priciest wine I bought was a few '19 Lynch-Bages. Popping the value wines early I don’t feel so guilty about.
Making some ribs and molarchae wanted Pinot. Was going to grab a 2018 Rivers Marie Sonoma Coast but it was in the wrong spot, so we just opened a 2014 Sojourn Pinot Noir Rodgers Creek Vineyard Sonoma Coast that starts off brilliantly.
Just a little hole in the wall tonight with some beer near some place Andrea had to get a couple leather purses made long drive tomorrow to Casa Olivi
Treia near Ancona. Will report back if I don’t kill myself driving
@ScottW58 You should be sleeping if my computation is correct. I did drive IN Tuscany, Sienna to Florence. So, depending on where you go, maybe not so bad. Very jealous, ntl.
Enjoying a glass of canned Rosé on the lawn at Tanglewood. Our last event of the season. The weather’s kind of iffy, but we’re prepared with tarps and umbrellas. Hoping for the best, and wondering why we picked this one concert to sit outside this year.
@chefjess@jmdavidson1 A lot of wineries would be in trouble if Napa started enforcing the same rules as Oregon. (i.e. that you have to make the wine in-state to use the AVA)
@klezman
It is cooking up some pasta and dried meats now, looking forward to hitting up this pool tonight, it’s f’ing hot here! Will find some Florentine steaks to grill up tomorrow.
@ScottW58 Ok, getting tired of your fabulous adventure. All I can say is, after attending lawnmower races here in Wisconsin today, is that you suck! ha!!!
@kaolis
Ha! Hey I’ve always said I love the way you Midwestern/Southern people cook and eat. Not so sure about your stupid games really lawnmower races?
Scott’s adventure had us thinking Italian tonight. A nice Chianti, no fava beans in sight. Never mind that the menu listed it as 2019. It was enjoyable with pizza and pasta.
Finishing off the Sandlands Cinsault, cooking a home dry aged rib steak, and then opening a 2006 Bell Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Clone 6 because you only live once, right?
@kaolis Truly not hard if you have an old half-working freezer. Or a spare fridge. You won’t get the kind of funk that Flannery does but you’ll get the rest - tenderness and flavour concentration.
@jmdavidson1 Haven’t opened the Bell yet. Didn’t get the Sandlands reopened until about 6:30, unfortunately. I blame the kids. I’ve got a couple 2007s also and this will help inform when I want to drink those.
@jmdavidson1 Finally opened it. This is rocking and rolling from the get go. As long as it doesn’t firm up and go dead or fall apart this is in a great window.
So doing some grilling, onions and something I found in the market which looked like meat wrapped in meat and now some cheese is oozing out this has gotta be good! Steaks up next. But even better I found a small cellar/fridge in the pantry that had this beauty disgorged 01/2015, has some age on it. They have a price list and only 55 euros about the same price of a current bottle! A wine mini bar you might say
@chefjess@ScottW58 That all looks great!
I need to get some of that Woodside Vineyards stuff…I stopped by a few times when I lived in the Bay Area and they were always great.
@chipgreen It was great. No need to sleep on it - seemed fully mature to me and the bubbles were getting weak. Actually in a nice spot all around as far as I’m concerned. And one hell of a steal.
Can’t remember where I purchased as it was a while back. This is the ‘rare’, which appears to be a special edition of the millesime for the 2010 vintage. Delicious. Dsg Nov 20, 2018. Dosage g/L is not listed but, the bottle does state it was added. Just lovely.
NV Champagne Paul Goerg Rosé Premier Cru. Worked great against takeaway pizza and salad. It was a night to celebrate some small victories so a small victory wine was in order!
Last night drove up to Macerata a beautiful mountain top town for a great dinner with the kids, couple bottles of Bruno Paillard champagne and a local red suggested by the somm. Mostly plant based dishes but all really good! This afternoon went back to see the town in the light and of course I had to eat at a Porchetteria really Porchetteria?! Loved it!
Many thanks to the old site (and my buying habits).
Tonight drinking a 2013 Bonny Doon Le Cigare Volant,
and I didn’t like it when it was young, but now it’s very good and very interesting. Might even be changing my mind on GSMs. It would be a travesty to drink only young wines.
Night 2, still very good. I thought it was a little harsher tonight. With Chicken Chili Tacos…I made pickled onions and peppers, with home-grown tomatoes and a medium salsa I picked up at a Supermercado. It was delicious and my glasses steamed up.
Made from perpetual reserve blanc from 2003 and rose 2019. Disgorged 2021. 2.5g/L dosage. Strawberry, raspberry, lemon oil. Lovely for a warm summer evening.
@chefjess I’ve really turned into a bubbly-at-any-chance kinda person. I love my still wines, but if i’m having any sort of quandary of what to open, i’ll slide over to the bubbles and be happy.
Got to pick out the Florentine steaks we wanted they cooked them up and we ate the wedding dinner under the blue moon. Almost felt bad for the vegetarians, almost
@ScottW58 Those are pretty! How much age on them? You picked out your own steaks for the wedding dinner?? This seems like a great way to have a party.
And €70/kg is not even that expensive. Did they leave a bit of shortloin on the rib in that second photo?
Nicely done, and mazal tov!
What’d you drink with that beef?
@ScottW58
That is a nice turnout for a destination wedding! I like that all the men (with the exception of a couple holdouts at the middle table) have given their jackets to the ladies to wear in the chill of the evening.
@klezman
I would say less than 50 days cause I really liked them but did not ask, bunch of chianti and a few super tuscans, was not paying much attention in that situation but all were nice. Huge 3 to 4 inch steaks tender and delicious.
2011 Trinchero Meritage w/hot buttered cheesesteaks (yeah, we make them pretty regularly) and sliced potatoes w/onions fried in bacon grease and doused with paprika and about 6 other spices. But mostly paprika.
2011 Clayhouse white w/ linguine and Buffalo cauliflower in bacon Alfredo sauce.
@chipgreen How did that hold up? I still have a jeroboam of 2013 Clayhouse cab I need to pop one of these days….
@hscottk
It was a little bit oxidized, as the bottom third of the cork was completely saturated and broke upon opening. Otherwise quite good.
Something we picked up from the winemaker when we were there in 2019: 2017 Robert Faller & Fils Muscat Cuvée Augustin, Alsace
Did a little rose tasting with @chefjess and you know I had to make that Mississippi chicken
put it on a bun with some coleslaw, damn good!
@ScottW58 Went back for seconds did ya?
@rjquillin
Ha! And a crappy picture
Some colleagues in t own and coming over for wine - there was a request for dry Riesling and for Oregon, so I found a Chehalem 3 Valleys Riesling and also grabbed a Cristom WV Pinot Noir. We’ll see what else gets opened!
@klezman classy choice! With such tasty options, I bet the wine party will be a hit
15 year anniversary dinner
Sanford brut cuvée 2015
@CorTot
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!
CHEERS!!
@CorTot Congrats.
What, you got nothing from '08 to pull a cork on…?
@rjquillin if candace liked red wine I would absolutely have pulled a corison but she does not….
@CorTot
Happy anniversary!
@CorTot Mazal tov!
Taking a bottle of NV Remy Massin & Fils Champagne Tradition Blanc de Noirs Brut to a Korean fusion tasting menu restaurant tonight. Should be good!
'20 SH Zin.
2020 Domaine Ampelhus Piquepoul noir
Garagiste is offering a new vintage, so I think it’s time to try the prior bottle and cross off another grape from the century club list.
Urgency zin. Delicious.
Was supposed to be a bit more green stuff under them bones but I guess the garlic chives will have to suffice
@kaolis yum
@kaolis that looks awesome!
POKER! JOKER! NOT MEDIOCRE! AWESOME!
@kaolis
Those grits look fantastic!
@kaolis
Oooh, nice!
Trying one of the great Costco deals on 19 Bourdoux.
@ScottW58 Palmer right? A deal? Ok duh it says Palmer right on the label
@kaolis
Well it is the 2nd wine but Costco had remarkable deals for a lot of the 19’s earlier this year!
@pedroncellifarm
With all the recent Ped love…
2016 Pedroncelli Cabernet Franc Barrel Select
@rjquillin
Same here. Finishing this off tonight (3 days after opening) and it’s better than on night one.
@kawichris650 Time is the true tale. These need time, and hold up when open. Need no-cost storage to make them work.
Lamb rack and roasted cauliflower and corn and 2003 Chateau Musar
The VA needed a bit of time to blow off, but after that it was fantastic.
de Negoce Lot 300 2019 Howell Mountain Cabernet
with my local meat guy’s dry aged Porterhouses.
@FritzCat Nice looking steaks! And those tomatoes are rather funny props, imo
@klezman Yeah, I thought it needed some color, so I picked some tomatoes off the vines.
Still feelin’ some Canadian kind of way…
@chipgreen They changed the packaging!
@klezman
Yes and it’s been so long since I’ve had a Moosehead that I don’t know if they changed it 10 years ago or 10 days ago!
@chipgreen Same here!
@chipgreen flashback 40 years for a Moosehead.
Juicy for brut nature. 18 base. Disgorged 2020. May need a few years to really shine.
2017 Kelby James Russell Dry Rosé
2021 Bedrock Wine Co. Syrah California
Making some Sichuan-inflected Cantonese chow mein, if that makes sense.
Last night for a dinner with family that cannot make the wedding in Italy for our daughter (3rd and last wedding this year ugh) a mag of Duetz and Dethune not pictured and some other stuff.
@ScottW58 Nice…Italy, now that’s a destination wedding…congrats!
2019 WineSmith Tannat Clarksberg
with some Med inspired rub on Morgan tips on a stick
@rjquillin need to buy some of them tips
Flannery dry aged hanger
@kaolis That is one fat/wide hanger. How’s the PV?
@rjquillin Hanger is always two pieces right, one a bit larger than the other. Well this package the small piece was about the diameter of a nickel. The wine was ok, maybe just needs time. A little more fruit forward than I anticipated and seemed to get more intense as the night went on. Def lots going on though.
@kaolis
Must be the lens, that hulk looks to be 3~4" wide!
@kaolis I didn’t know Flannery dry-aged Hangers. I’ve bought a lot, and the non-aged ones are just fine.
@FritzCat @rjquillin This was the larger piece, perhaps some camera angle but it was indeed thinner/wider, a solid 3" it was.
The dry aged ones are new, a little smaller and a little more expensive. Really tasty, I’ve been buying both.
@FritzCat @rjquillin after all … size matters
Over the weekend while at the lake. Quite a bit of beer, and then a Justin Rose and a Precision wine Co. Bound red blend 2020.
mag of Araujo, and kudos to whoever started the Mississipi crockpot trend here
@kaolis
Oh yeah breaking out the big boy for mississippi pot roast
@ScottW58 I missed a p…so to speak…
2012 Iron Horse Vineyards Unoaked Chardonnay
And then finishing a 2021 Bedrock California Syrah. That’s some serious QPR at SRP of $25 or so.
This 2012 Unoaked Chardonnay is fantastic!
Campo Grande pork chops, wow! With a wine I had no idea when or where I got it from pretty nice IMHO and an holed out apple with cherries and simple syurp .
@ScottW58 that chop rack is delish, it’s my lovely bride’s fave of what we’ve tried so far.And those apples look tasty
@kaolis @ScottW58 That pork rack looks great! Next time you order from them can I add something on so we can try it?
That’s a nifty idea for an apple, too.
The wine is from Garagiste - a mystery offer on 22 July 2022, $20. It was titled “Deal of Deals - The #1 Mystery offer of 2022!” because of course it was.
@kaolis @klezman
sorry after we ate these last night we promptly ordered more!
Pretty sure the chops are the best I have had, I’m surprised about the wine knowing how strongly I hate mystery wines, must have been a weak moment
@klezman @ScottW58 don’t be afraid to brine those, if you are so inclined. Handles a short brine well.
@kaolis @ScottW58 I’m in no rush… Next order works just as well
@kaolis @klezman
I will brine the next time, good idea. I saw they had a new product ground 75% Iberico pork and 25% Wagyu beef so I got a couple pounds, sounds like the perfect meatball
2019 The Prisoner with pork back ribs. Actually opened the wine Saturday to go with rib eye steaks, but it was much better tonight.
Final night of our Maine vacation. We’ve had our fair share of lobster meals, tonight was for steak. Ribeye from a local farm near Freeport. The pic only shows a bit of it, before I sliced the bigger part. With grilled sourdough, and green and yellow stuff, all local products. Isn’t summer the greatest (when it doesn’t suck)?
2021 Julien Cecillon Les Graviers Syrah. We liked it at a tasting this afternoon, and we liked it with dinner too. Juicy and acidic.
@InFrom
I thought I might be the only one drinking Julien Cecillon Syrahs. Pretty nice IMHO and reasonably priced.
Really nice! would have been nice to see more lobster meals
@ScottW58 Your wish is my command. Here’s yesterday’s lunch in Freeport. I think those were our third steamed lobsters of the trip, plus we enjoyed a few lobster rolls along the way. Oh, and a lobster pasta dish I make every visit. Plus fried clams, monkfish tacos, and a few other fishy winners. It’s been a good trip, foodwise. Our first time back in Maine since 2019, we tried to make the most of it.
@InFrom
Oh man so great to see everyone getting back to it after the world shut down! Looks like a great trip and the food looks great! Nicely done
@InFrom @ScottW58
Nice! Love the lobster food porn, haha. You have probably had more good lobster in the past week than I have had in the past decade! I might have to bribe my seafood shunning wife into a visit to Mitchell’s Fish Market. It’s a far cry from right off the boat but it’s about as good as it gets in this area for lobster.
Basically a Gochujang and miso baked chicken thighs with Carolina gold rice and a Louis Michael Chablis.
With sloppy joe sliders on grilled pretzel buns and corn on the cob.
@jmdavidson1 Hey get it right sir, it’s called Frogmore stew…
@kaolis Yes, original name but I figured no one would get that.
@jmdavidson1 Teasing you. Richard Gay from Gay Fish Company, gets credit for naming that back in the day. Fact/fiction? Gay Fish is my go to shrimp dock, shrimps below I bought there yesterday and those are their boats.
Not a fancy spot
More shrimps, more Flannery dry aged hanger, a fried grit cake hiding in there
Cooking up a whole duck!
2002 Arcadian Pinot Noir Sleepy Hollow Vineyard
@kaolis Okay hot sauce arrived today so I had to see how yaky your palate really is
so as a person who does not live far from Mexico and has spent much time south of the border I know that the true test of hot sauce or chilis is to pair it with a ripe mango or guava! Could not find a guava but I do have mango. I have to say I like this sauce because of it’s body and savoriness, is that a word? And not overly vinegar, very happy.
@ScottW58 So you’re sayin’ half a yak is better than none…I’ll take that, ha! ? But I agree with your assessment, good body, good spice, not a vinegar bomb. Mango test, interesting
@kaolis
do they make a hotter one?
No yak you done good hey spicy heat/peppery/Mango is where it’s at man get with it
@ScottW58 as I know it to be that’s the only one. I haven’t tried the cayenne from the other guy I mentioned. I’ll have to grab one. He does some good stuff.
Found some Flannery singles in the freezer and decided to spice them up instead of just salt and a little pepper.
@ScottW58 ok, my eyes were 90% shut and it was pre caffeine… I thought that was a Dujac Morey you were slumming with when I skimmed this morning. Just a baby
@kaolis
indeed it is a baby but I got such a good price from Thatcher’s I had to try one
With wagyu rib steak and salmon off the smoker.
2007 Cabot Confluence for Fajita Friday. The fajitas were actually tacos but, you know, alliteration.
@chipgreen how’s that Cabot? I think I have one.
@chipgreen @klezman
Likewise; but ‘having’ and ‘finding’ likely diverge.
@chipgreen @rjquillin I have one. In the cabinet, slot 7-7. Drank my first of two back in 2016. CellarTracker is great, eh?
@klezman
It is in a nice place. A little more earth and a little less fruit than when we first drank it. But still going strong and a good pairing with beef tacos.
In-laws visiting. Lamb leg on the grill!
2019 Masottina Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Millesimato Extra Dry Rive Di Ogliano
2011 Mckinley Springs Cabernet Sauvignon Horse Heaven Hills
Catching up from this week.
@chefjess OK, this led me down a bit of a rabbit hole to figure out what Derthona was since I saw I have a bottle of that from a different producer.
@chefjess @klezman
I had a couple bottles of Oltretorrente Rosso Colli Tortonesi which was 90 Barbara and 10 percent Dolcetto, I thought they were pretty good.
@klezman @ScottW58
I’m not very knowledgeable around this bottle, but as I understand, the appellation is Colli Tortonesi in Piedmont. Grape is Timarossa. Producer is Monlia. Delicious white wine. Crisp, Mineral, saline, juicy. Went down too fast.
@chefjess @ScottW58 yes, that’s what I figured out, but what confused me was that Derthona isn’t an appellation or a vineyard - it’s just a name they came up with for the style like Meritage.
2018 Domaine du Salvard Cheverny Blanc
NV Enter Sake Heiwa Junmai
Ordering some sushi soon…
Forte by Scott Harvey.
Excellent.
Last night white pesto pasta, who knew?
@ScottW58
That’s interesting. What is in the white pesto?
@chefjess
https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/white-pesto-pasta
@chefjess @ScottW58 that just looks like cream sauce!
Edit: saw the link. That’s similar to a ricotta pasta sauce I make, but more oil and less cheese.
Homemade pizza, Neapolitan style
2015 Iron Horse Estate Chardonnay w/
garlic herbed chicken breast tenders in white wine and balsamic reduction sauce and spaetzel w/sauteed onions. And a bowl of green stuff.
2021 Raul Perez Atalier Albarino opened a couple days ago took one glass and it was all acid little fruit. Recorked and left on the counter and today it is beautiful with some tropical fruit and lemon drop bright acidity. Will age these a couple more years very happy! Chablis is very nice too with some pizza delivered.
Father’s Office, beer, and whiskey.
@klezman
Been a long time since I went to father’s office! Still good? And crowded as hell?
@ScottW58 Yeah, food was great. Lots of excellent beer selections, of course. Had some RRB Consecration, a maple brown ale, and some St. George Baller whiskey.
The frites are still top notch.
They had a pork belly dish that was also excellent in all respects.
Surprisingly busy for a Monday at the Culver/Helms location.
Just lovely
@chefjess
Yup I agree! What’s this you open what looks to be a mag?
@ScottW58
Just a little ‘ol 750. The mags haven’t arrived yet…
@msten How have their wines been of late? It’s been a long while since I got anything new from them.
Porch time.
Daughter’s 30th…couple of tasty bottles, nothing crazy
2000 Ridge Late Harvest Zin. Yum! Just Perfect.
And tube steaks on the grill, life is good! I’m a simple man
Porch time. Merlot tonight.
2021 Bedrock Wine Co. Gewürztraminer Alta Vista Vineyard
You guys are rocking it…nothing like simple people…
@kaolis I dunno… Those lamb short ribs are far from simple folk food!
@klezman They are so good,think you’re the one who mentioned them, had never seen them before
w/hot buttered cheesesteaks, mashed potatoes and sweet corn. I sprang (sprung?) for shaved ribeye but the mashed potatoes were powdered and the corn was frozen.
Needed some comfort food after a crappy champagne so chicken vesuvio and Bordeaux
@ScottW58 nice…a d’Issan fan I am
@kaolis @ScottW58
Come on. It wasn’t that bad! I’m still going to stick with it and see if anything changes over the next day or two. Maybe we just need to wait several years past disgorgement. See below for the pic. I can’t seem to add one from my phone to a reply.
Agreed that the D’Issan is a good choice!
@chefjess @ScottW58 I see how this was played, gosh forbid it was HIS crappy bottle…ha!
@chefjess @kaolis
Lol maybe I’m not as forgiving as some people but the bottle sucked and…
@kaolis @ScottW58
Ha! Touché
I can’t say there’s much patience on my end nor that there wasn’t another bottle open, but no chicken yesterday for the sauce so one more night of trial. There may; however, be chicken in my future very soon
@karenhynes It’s Friday, usually a 2 bottle night. So?
@jmdavidson1
Haha! That was last night. Tonight I am doing laundry, cleaning, and packing…sans vino (so far).
This did not have its finest moment. Tart and bubbles disappeared quicker than expected. I’m sticking with it over the next few days. Disgorged 2021. 6 years on lees. 4g/L. Maybe it needs time post-dsg similar to Egly? I’m hoping or else I was threatened that I’d have another few bottles arriving on my doorstep @ScottW58
Also day two of the rat bottle. That showed much better, although not with the Flannery NY strip
I have a good number of denegoce reds in the cellar with the intention of waiting at least 5 years post vintage. Opened this recently bottled, 2 years post vintage, arrived today, and after 30-45 minutes was a large delicious wine. I was so impressed that an emergency neighborhood was called to confirm my impression. CF: Merlot.
Sami Odi little #12 a blend of vintages 2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020. Don’t tell me you can’t blend vintages and make a great wine! F-me one of the best wines I have had this year IMHO. But I have the palate of a yak
@ScottW58 Ok, made me look, that’s a google wine for sure…but as you are a bubble fan multi vintage should be no great shakes but we don’t think about it generally … the yak palate is another topic
@kaolis
Yeah I had to hound a distributor for 2 years just to get 4 bottles and glad I did
This screamed white wine but went with the RM '21…pork, grilled corn etc (and the corn was picked today, not frozen, thought about having taters but couldn’t find the correct white powder…)…ha!
@kaolis
Lol looks fantastic!
@kaolis
The correct powder has butter and bacon flavors built in.
(Unless you were looking for some other white powder).
@chipgreen Hey…can’t go wrong with powdered bacon and butter! And some days are lonnnngggggg gone
@kaolis
Yeah, it was the '80s. Everyone was doing it!
The Twisted Oak offer and @ElJefeTwisted’s admonishment made me want to open one. So I am!
2012 Twisted Oak The Spaniard
Bought this bottle last week in Maine. The wine store guy recommended it for the steak dinner we were planning, but we ended up going with the one we tried at their tasting. After reading the one comment on CT, I was a little bummed, but darned if this didn’t open up to be quite nice. Excellent with potato/chorizo tacos.
What are we all drinking this weekend while riding out socals first tropical storm in 80+ years?
I’m cooking up some NYs and probably pull something heavier.
@CorTot We’re just about to start talking about that…
Hope you guys ride it out easily. I know the wind and rain are supposed to be worse where you are…
@CorTot @klezman
Good call I think I will grill up some ribeyes and find a big ol Cali cab. Doesn’t feel like a tropical storm here it’s nice and cool.
@CorTot @klezman @ScottW58 Stay safe, y’all!
@CorTot @hscottk @klezman @ScottW58 be careful all
@CorTot @hscottk @kaolis @klezman @ScottW58 Yeah, hunker down safely, y’all. And stay off the roads!
@CorTot @klezman @ScottW58 We’re having chicken piccata, farmer’s market green beans, and 2021 Villa Wolf Pinot Noir Rosé. Spent the day getting/placing sand bags and taking down anything in the yard that could blow away. New sympathy for our Mates in the SE.
@CorTot @davirom @ScottW58 It’s been muggy and humid as I can ever remember for LA on our side of the hill. Glad you got a respite from the heat!
Smoking some beef ribs over here, just finished a mango cocktail and about to open a 2015 Martin Ray Merlot Stags Leap District.
2012 Pedroncelli Vintage Port Four Grapes for dessert
2017 Sandler PN Madzia’s vineyard with sushi. Was too hungry to take photos. Wine is drinking well but was a bit of a shock after tasting in the Willamette valley. CA definitely brings the fruit but it wasn’t over the top. Definitely think my palate is moving toward a more restrained, earthy style.
blt although you’d never know by looking at it…and fingerlings…probably not good when you have to explain
@kaolis
I think the bacon looks excellent ha
@ScottW58 simple guy…take what I can get
While waiting for the forecast wet and windy apocalypse to arrive, I really wanted a Wellington Syrah, but ended up instead finding a box of CS, so
2011 Wellington Cabernet Sauvignon Handal-Denier
and it’s doing just fine.
@rjquillin yeah, supposed to be worse down by you.
Want some visitors this week? We may be headed down there in your direction…
Morgan ranch ribeyes (only mangled remains) so no pics and roasted a head of garlic spread on a baguette, so good but Andrea told me to sleep on the couch I had to refuse because she stinks just as bad
great wine after a 4 hours in the decanter!
Storm and earthquake not too bad here with some of Nola’s tuna and Mackerel, life is good!
just ordered some more Nola olive oil…
getting boring in my old age…protein (lamb leg) starch (more fingerlings) and veggie well at least some of it is green stuff…and 'tis high fresh veggie season so all good
And most importantly seems like y’all are doing good with this storm stuff?
@kaolis
Sometimes boring is good and yeah, really glad that it appears everyone ended up ok after Hilary. Well, except for Bill.
Burgers and 2012 confidences de prieuré lichine
Last night, with sausage/pepperoni pizza
Day 2 of a 2014 Long Point Zinfandel
East side of Cayuga Lake, just North of Ithaca.
Some of the best Zinfandel I’ve ever had!
(Long Point gets no love from locals because they import their grapes from CA. That’s exactly why they make great wines…well, and Gary’s patience and skills as a winemaker.)
If you’re in the Finger Lakes and haven’t tried Long Point; do yourself a favor.
@FritzCat this winery has come up before… Do they also make wine from local grapes and vineyards?
@klezman Yes they do. Whites and Cab Franc, which do grow well in the Finger Lakes are made from local grapes, and they’re good.
@msten
Not good enough to gather the neighbors, or TOO good to gather the neighbors?
@chipgreen equally as good, different neighbors.
With leftover pizza and salad. Not a great match with the pie but delicious on its own! @winedavid49 this is one that would make me renew my membership, were it to come up again.
@chipgreen I remember those fondly. Long gone from my cellar.
This is delicious. Brioche, lemon, touch of ginger. 6 g/L. 100% Chard. No dsg listed. Just lovely. Going down way too quickly in this heat.
@chefjess
Good to hear can’t wait to get mine later this year!
@chefjess @ScottW58 I’ve got one bottle of the 2006 waiting to try…
With tacos.
Finished off the 2015 Iron Horse Estate Chard from a week ago. About 1/3 bottle, simply recorked and put in fridge. Held up beautifully! Also paired very well with a breakfast casserole.
Greetings from our first evening in Rome, great hotel and meal setup by the concierge and really nice bottle. Walking home a busker in front of a church and our view from the balcony. Good times and I need some sleep!
@ScottW58 very nice! And mazal tov!
@ScottW58
Looks wonderful, enjoy!
@ScottW58 Lovely, keep those dispatches coming. And congrats.
Interesting. Everyone enjoyed it.
Celebrating our eldest heading off to college tomorrow with a 2016 Veuve Doussot champagne.
!
So 2nd night we decided on a nice wine paring dinner at https://www.rimessaroscioli.com/ 10 people from strange places like Australia Norway Texas and California got together for a great tasting/meal. On the way back Andrea wanted some dried meats so found a little shop near the Panthenon that fit the bill
then picked up some gelato and had a nice night ap at the hotel! Pretty sure I have packe on 5 pounds in 2 days!
@ScottW58
That looks fantastic and so much fun!
I mentioned 10 minimum so it’s good to see you are well on you way to gastronomical bliss
Mangia Bene!
@ScottW58 The window of hanging meat…wow
@ScottW58 Dude, you are killing me! Roscioli, I’m so jelly. Not an easy place to get into! Didn’t get to do a tasting, but still had a fun time and a great meal, sitting alongside the deli counter.
And the pic of the piazza with the Pantheon, was this the place you found the salume? Had the best-ever porchetta sandwich from there. Just a little further to the right in that piazza pic.
@ScottW58 Amazing pix and stories. Divertirvi.
@InFrom
Yeah I got lucky at Roscioli I made the reservation a couple months ago after a friend told me about it, the porchetta sandwich at that place is the best had that for lunch yesterday! With the long line we knew it had to be good
@InFrom
Oh the salume etc was a little shop just off the square down a little alley.
@ScottW58 Having fun! If you’re needing sleep day one I’m thinking you’re comatose when you get back home
@ScottW58
Great pics!!
Beautiful Bordeaux, but I’m going back to bubbles in this heat. Tinned fish and bubbles make for a nice pairing when it’s 112.
@chefjess Enabler! I looked up that Bordeaux, sounds tasty, just grabbed 6 bottles for $23. Unfortunately I added a few others to make it an even two cases, but mostly more value bottles. Including a few more Lilian Ladouys that @ScottW58 turned me on to.
@kaolis @ScottW58
Ha! I proudly represent that! I’ve also called Scott that many times. Now it’s your turn to be called names
It’s a 19 so still young, but was lovely on day one and singing by day three. It’s going to age nicely. They have some great deals right now and after finding out I could order and just pick up at their local retail location, which happens to be down the street from the wine storage facility, they’ve made it way too easy to taste through the region. It’s been several orders of many producers. Resistance is futile.
@chefjess @ScottW58 Where did you buy? Costco? Got mine from internetwines.com in IL. Running some good prices on Bdx right now. They have a limited ship to list and shipping is not exactly cheap. They are reliable should you check them out.
@chefjess @kaolis @ScottW58 The last thing I need is another place to buy wine!
@kaolis @ScottW58
Thanks. When you said $23, I figured we were purchasing from the same place. Their retail side is Randall’s. They have a warehouse in St Louis attached to the retail store so I just pick up from that location. I agree the shipping is pricey. Fortunately for me, they refund the shipping charge, but I still have to pay IL tax and purchase from internetwines to get the sale prices as I was told they have to remain separate retailers due to state restrictions.
Unfortunately, shipping is a fact of life here; ~$65-$75/case ($35-$50 if we’re lucky and it’s a cold-chain pallet DTC from the winery) so that’s always factored into the purchasing decision. Our Costcos have hardly anything and our wine shops have very limited availability, generally with pricing that is significantly higher if there is stock. My purchases are primarily from the coasts hence my excitement over this Bordeaux sale. No shipping charges for this kind of availability happens maybe once every five years, if even that frequently, hence the multiple purchases. I’m working my way through the region, chateau by chateau. It’s going to be fun.
@chefjess @ScottW58 I mentioned Costco because Scott said they had a good sale on '19’s so thought maybe. Yeah I’ve purchased online from Randall’s for awhile. I have to ship to my daughter in IL because I don’t live there anymore and my shipping states aren’t on their list. Keeping my Bdx low key these days, too old to be waiting for expensive wines to come around in 20/30 years! Priciest wine I bought was a few '19 Lynch-Bages. Popping the value wines early I don’t feel so guilty about.
Making some ribs and molarchae wanted Pinot. Was going to grab a 2018 Rivers Marie Sonoma Coast but it was in the wrong spot, so we just opened a 2014 Sojourn Pinot Noir Rodgers Creek Vineyard Sonoma Coast that starts off brilliantly.
Last night w/ fish n chips, despite…
Eww. The wine tasted fine. Very good, in fact!
@chipgreen I’ve never seen that
@chipgreen @kaolis Maybe it’s the winery’s way of telling you to drink the bottles sooner!
Just a little hole in the wall tonight with some beer near some place Andrea had to get a couple leather purses made
long drive tomorrow to Casa Olivi
Treia near Ancona. Will report back if I don’t kill myself driving
@ScottW58 What, she didn’t like the ready-made ones the guys were selling in the Piazza last night?
Have fun drive, and stay safe!
@ScottW58
Those local hole-in-the-wall places are usually hidden gems and a lot of fun. Enjoy! Safe travels
@ScottW58 You’re driving? Pazzo!
@jmdavidson1
Thanks for the encouragement JM
@chefjess
They did make a killer carbonara
@InFrom
Lol! Oh she bought a couple of those too, she’s an enigma but my enigma
@ScottW58 You should be sleeping if my computation is correct. I did drive IN Tuscany, Sienna to Florence. So, depending on where you go, maybe not so bad. Very jealous, ntl.
@jmdavidson1
7:40am here and I’m an early riser, sitting here on our balcony looking at the Sistine chapple sucking down a lot of coffee )
@jmdavidson1 @ScottW58 Terrible…just terrible!
Enjoying a glass of canned Rosé on the lawn at Tanglewood. Our last event of the season. The weather’s kind of iffy, but we’re prepared with tarps and umbrellas. Hoping for the best, and wondering why we picked this one concert to sit outside this year.
@InFrom
Fun! Hope you didn’t get dumped on!
@ScottW58 Not a drop! It figures, we had two tarps and two umbrellas in the wagon. The concert was excellent.
@InFrom Beautiful venue; been decades since we played there.
@InFrom @ScottW58 That is quite the lineup.
@davirom @InFrom @ScottW58 Seriously!
We tried to get tickets last minute to the Queen tribute tonight in Arcadia but it was sold out.
@klezman Sorry to hear that. We would have enjoyed your company.
2020 Sandlands Cinsault (Bechtholt Vineyard)
@jmdavidson1
Yum.
The bottle says Napa, but the winery is in WI?
@jmdavidson1
I spent this afternoon on a beach in Bailey’s Harbor staring at the lake.
@chefjess @jmdavidson1 A lot of wineries would be in trouble if Napa started enforcing the same rules as Oregon. (i.e. that you have to make the wine in-state to use the AVA)
@karenhynes You need to check out this winery! We did the premium tasting. Welll worth it.
@chefjess They source their grapes from various places, including Napa. It was one of the best merlots we’ve had.
@jmdavidson1
Heading back home tomorrow.🫤 I’ll add it to next year’s agenda.
@karenhynes You could stop en route. Hope you had a nice vacation.
Okay pretty easy drive thanks to the awesomeness of Waze! Looks like I will be doing some grilling and chillin. Need to find a meat store
@ScottW58 Looks lovely! Hope you can find a spot to relax there!
@ScottW58 Is that where you’re spending the rest of the trip and having the wedding? Looks great!
@klezman
It is cooking up some pasta and dried meats now, looking forward to hitting up this pool tonight, it’s f’ing hot here! Will find some Florentine steaks to grill up tomorrow.
@ScottW58
Wow. Spectacular!
@ScottW58 Looks like you’re in the right place for grilling…
The people of Marche eat more meat per person than anywhere else in Italy, and they’re particularly fond of grilling it alla brace – over burning wood
https://www.greatitalianchefs.com/features/marche-food-guide-cuisine
@ScottW58 Ok, getting tired of your fabulous adventure. All I can say is, after attending lawnmower races here in Wisconsin today, is that you suck! ha!!!
@klezman @ScottW58
That is a heckuva party waiting to happen…
@InFrom
Thanks for the attachment I will try to find it all! Tonight I will be grilling and tomorrow got a reservation at this place https://www.morenocedroni.it/la-madonnina-del-pescatore/ and btw tomatoes here are all so good
@kaolis
really lawnmower races?
Ha! Hey I’ve always said I love the way you Midwestern/Southern people cook and eat. Not so sure about your stupid games
@chipgreen @klezman
Yes it will!
@ScottW58 Well while you were traipsing around Europe this was my day yesterday, brats and Bud Light included!
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Eevqu9gMLSY
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vGp1AEQQQtY
@kaolis
Lol awesome!
POPSOCKETS! COURT DOCKETS! FOLK ROCK HITS! AWESOME!
Scott’s adventure had us thinking Italian tonight. A nice Chianti, no fava beans in sight. Never mind that the menu listed it as 2019. It was enjoyable with pizza and pasta.
@InFrom And now we know how the word “meme” looks in Braille…
Finishing off the Sandlands Cinsault, cooking a home dry aged rib steak, and then opening a 2006 Bell Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Clone 6 because you only live once, right?
@klezman one of these days I’ll tackle home aged meat…maybe
@klezman How has that aged? I have a few from other years.
@kaolis Truly not hard if you have an old half-working freezer. Or a spare fridge. You won’t get the kind of funk that Flannery does but you’ll get the rest - tenderness and flavour concentration.
@jmdavidson1 Haven’t opened the Bell yet. Didn’t get the Sandlands reopened until about 6:30, unfortunately. I blame the kids. I’ve got a couple 2007s also and this will help inform when I want to drink those.
@jmdavidson1 Finally opened it. This is rocking and rolling from the get go. As long as it doesn’t firm up and go dead or fall apart this is in a great window.
meh…a couple not to get excited about De Negoce lately, Cartograph Pinot, Bedrock OVZ, Annick Bachelet Fleurie…
tonight a step up with Flannery hanger kabobs
@kaolis yumm. Those look delicious!
So doing some grilling, onions and something I found in the market which looked like meat wrapped in meat and now some cheese is oozing out this has gotta be good! Steaks up next. But even better I found a small cellar/fridge in the pantry that had this beauty
disgorged 01/2015, has some age on it. They have a price list and only 55 euros about the same price of a current bottle! A wine mini bar you might say 
@ScottW58
Nice!! Oozing cheese is a good sign. How are those bubbles?
@chefjess
It all came together well bubbles were really good.
@chefjess @ScottW58 That all looks great!
I need to get some of that Woodside Vineyards stuff…I stopped by a few times when I lived in the Bay Area and they were always great.
@chefjess @klezman @ScottW58 Uncle uncle! Ok, I admit it, that looks better than lawnmower racing!
@chefjess @kaolis @klezman
I think just the stores with hanging meat and these for a bite and a beer is keeping me going while the women shop
@chefjess @kaolis @ScottW58 It’s those sorts of places that make me love Europe. And they’re not expensive like similar places here.
Wasn’t sure where to post this but if anyone is interested Noceto has their mystery cases for sale.
@dawnlac
Deals
https://casemates.com/forum/topics/deals-2023
@rjquillin Thank you! I just posted there.
@jmdavidson1 yum
2002 Robert Hunter Brut de Noir
@klezman
How is that doing? I have 2 left. Been almost 6 years since the last bottle we drank but I remember it was delicious.
@chipgreen It was great. No need to sleep on it - seemed fully mature to me and the bubbles were getting weak. Actually in a nice spot all around as far as I’m concerned. And one hell of a steal.
@chipgreen @klezman
You made me look, and darned if I don’t have a couple of those up there from our split!
Can’t remember where I purchased as it was a while back. This is the ‘rare’, which appears to be a special edition of the millesime for the 2010 vintage. Delicious. Dsg Nov 20, 2018. Dosage g/L is not listed but, the bottle does state it was added. Just lovely.
NV Champagne Paul Goerg Rosé Premier Cru. Worked great against takeaway pizza and salad. It was a night to celebrate some small victories so a small victory wine was in order!
@radiolysis Congrats!
Last night drove up to Macerata a beautiful mountain top town for a great dinner with the kids, couple bottles of Bruno Paillard champagne and a local red suggested by the somm. Mostly plant based dishes but all really good! This afternoon went back to see the town in the light and of course I had to eat at a Porchetteria
really Porchetteria?! Loved it!
@ScottW58
@ScottW58
What a great presentation. That looks beautiful and yummy. Porchetteria! Wow. That’s awesome. How was the Rosso?
@chefjess @ScottW58 wow is right, keep it going
@ScottW58
Porchetteria!
@chipgreen
The two hardest things I will have to come to grips with when I get back is there will be no more Lasagneria’s or Porchetteria’s
@chefjess it was nice and it paired well with the food, what else could I ask for?
Many thanks to the old site (and my buying habits).
Tonight drinking a 2013 Bonny Doon Le Cigare Volant,
and I didn’t like it when it was young, but now it’s very good and very interesting. Might even be changing my mind on GSMs. It would be a travesty to drink only young wines.
Night 2, still very good. I thought it was a little harsher tonight. With Chicken Chili Tacos…I made pickled onions and peppers, with home-grown tomatoes and a medium salsa I picked up at a Supermercado. It was delicious and my glasses steamed up.
channeling a little @jmdavidson1 with the cab…whilst paying attention to Idalia
more Flannery hanger with stuff, for reasons beyond my control I have a few more to deal with…
@kaolis FWIW, that cab’s not on my pay scale. The plate looks great.
Made from perpetual reserve blanc from 2003 and rose 2019. Disgorged 2021. 2.5g/L dosage. Strawberry, raspberry, lemon oil. Lovely for a warm summer evening.
@chefjess I’ve really turned into a bubbly-at-any-chance kinda person. I love my still wines, but if i’m having any sort of quandary of what to open, i’ll slide over to the bubbles and be happy.
@chefjess @radiolysis maybe we do a bubbly gathering soon?
@chefjess @klezman I think you’ve nailed the theme of the next meetup!
Got to pick out the Florentine steaks we wanted they cooked them up and we ate the wedding dinner under the blue moon. Almost felt bad for the vegetarians, almost
@ScottW58 Those are pretty! How much age on them? You picked out your own steaks for the wedding dinner?? This seems like a great way to have a party.
And €70/kg is not even that expensive. Did they leave a bit of shortloin on the rib in that second photo?
Nicely done, and mazal tov!
What’d you drink with that beef?
@ScottW58
Spectacular!
@ScottW58
That is awesome!! Congrats.
LEGOS! EGGOS! STRATEGO! AWESOME!
@ScottW58 It’s Italy. Enough said!
@ScottW58 Looks like a memorable night. Congrats.
@InFrom @ScottW58 Man, you guys are doing it right!
@ScottW58
That is a nice turnout for a destination wedding! I like that all the men (with the exception of a couple holdouts at the middle table) have given their jackets to the ladies to wear in the chill of the evening.
@chipgreen
Ha I liked that too, good kids.
@klezman
I would say less than 50 days cause I really liked them but did not ask, bunch of chianti and a few super tuscans, was not paying much attention in that situation but all were nice. Huge 3 to 4 inch steaks tender and delicious.
2011 Trinchero Meritage w/hot buttered cheesesteaks (yeah, we make them pretty regularly) and sliced potatoes w/onions fried in bacon grease and doused with paprika and about 6 other spices. But mostly paprika.
@chipgreen I’d eat that. Looks delicious.
@klezman
Just let me know when you’ll be here!
Burgers/sweet corn/maters…finishing up a Justin Girardin 2018 Beauregard Santenay from last night, working on a De Negoce 69, both babies
2013 Halcon Syrah
Damn this is good
@klezman Which one?
@hscottk @klezman I have a lone mag of '12 Alturas left. Keep looking at it but trying to let it sleep
@hscottk @kaolis I have one of those too, along with one 750. I’ll probably have the 750 in a couple years and the mag 5+ out.