@klezman@ScottW58 old school fried chicken is not what you think it is. Lightly breaded, cooked in a small amount of oil. Perfection. Forget that heavily breaded KFC style stuff!
@CorTot@ScottW58 So you’re saying it’s shallow-fried rather than deep-fried? So many bazillions of recipes and methods out there…
Honey’s Kettle in Culver City is solid…everything was juicy and crispy.
@klezman@ScottW58 si senor, Candace’s grandmother (89) still makes birthday dinners for the family and grandmas fried chicken and dumplings is about as old school as it can get.
@CorTot@klezman@KNmeh7
Yup shallow fry in cast iron is the way to go although sometimes I do both when doing corn fritters. Need to try the Barberton recipe soon. Nice Cory that you still have someone around to do it old school
@ScottW58 For one still finding it difficult to like the Aussie style, pretty damn good. Seems an '04 under a screwcap ages pretty slowly; think of those '08 BV PN’s.
It doesn’t taste young, nor like a 15 year old either.
Dark fruit still lively, but showing secondary notes, tannins pretty much resolved, still has some acid. For me it could go for another 10 years.
@InFrom yes, it is still holding up nicely! I intended to revisit the bottle last night but sleep won. I’ll try it again tonight to see if it’s changed since I opened it up on Saturday afternoon.
@klezman I am no expert but I think its was good - a nice pairing with an excellent steak - certainly better than the other bottle which I drank a year or so ago. I think it will probably improve further but I am now out of it! FYI - some of the other black tie cab offers that I really liked on the old site were from Charnu, Corison, Ladera and Tara Bella
@rjquillin it was amazing, yes. It was poured via coravin so it needed time to open. At every point during its short life the flavors and aroma were great. The tannins seemed to come out after maybe 30 minutes as it was impressively lacking before that. It occasionally goes on sale during the TWE sale, right?
2009 Wellington Victory
2010 Ty Caton Tytanium
2013 Twisted Oak Syrah
From the freezer some custom Flannery burger blend, damn fun night with a couple of friends.
Some good drinking going on in June! We are enjoying a variety of wines while chilling in myrtle beach this week. So far we polished off a 2009 Juan Gil Monastrell Jumilla and had most of a 2007 Tor del Colle Montepulciano with pizza last night. This morning made mimosas with a 2015 La Tordera Prosecco de Valdobbiadene Brut Brunei, now sipping on some 2013 Jana Rose of Pinot Noir on the lawn area between the hotel and the beach.
Since the last post we have polished off the rest of the montepulciano and prosecco as well as a 2007 R Merlo Family Estates Syrah, a 2009 Iron Horse Brut X and a 2007 Renwood Viognier. All 2007s and 2009s so far in SC except the Jana Rose we had the other day.
2016 Markus Molitor Hays Klosterberg Reisling and 2014 Ty Caton Petite Sirah tonight with grilled New York Strip, Asian inspired grilled chicken thighs, Asian slaw salad, corn and broccoli. The food and wine were exceptional!
@gersingcellars it was fantastic! We took some of Chris’s recommendations and kept some of our original plans eventually going to Johan, Left Coast, Brooks, and Anne Amie.
2010 Kendric Pinot Noir
Much better than the last bottle - no signs of being over the hill. A fair amount of bottle variation with Stew’s wines it seems.
@rjquillin Yeah. Airport in PDX again, this time on my way out. They are pretty good. And I’m sure with more bottle age they’d be awesome. Time to start saving for more fancy bottles.
@ScottW58 It needs more time or a long decant. We didn’t give it that, and it was very tight. Went fine with our meal but didn’t blow me away. Lucky, I have 5 more bottles to experiment with!
Breitenbach Wine Cellars Roadhouse Red (a semi-sweet Ohio wine) at a wedding, because… it was the only wine on the menu! Of course I could have gone with beer - they had both Bud and Bud Lite!
@chipgreen I was at a wedding last night and all of the wines were Sutter Home splits. A lot of New Glarus Spotted Cow was being consumed (but not by me).
@hscottk Drinking wonderfully, lot of black fruit, good acid with long finish. No rush to drink up but if you have multiples it’s time to start enjoying periodically.
My first Moroccan wine!
2017 La Ferme Rouge La Petite Ferme
Apparently it’s Cabernet, Carignan, and Marselan. Or maybe Merlot and Marselan. Depends on which source I look at.
But it’s tasty! Light, fruity, floral, but with something else interesting going on behind the scenes. I bet Rimmerman would love this one!
My note in paticular…And that score was WAY too high
70 Points
Not sure what the hell I was thinking when I bought this sour mess…should force myself to drink the whole bottle so as not to make this mistake again.
Iron Horse Cuvee. The Blues won the Stanley Cup! After 52 years and going from last place in January to winning the Cup, it’s all about the bubbles tonight.
2013 Keller Estate Rotie. My tasting is not in synq with those on the offering’s thread. I found this to be young, even at 5 y/o, in need of cellaring, tart and not complex. It was almost pinot-like. I got this with the 2011-2012-2013 casemates offer from earlier this year. Paired with a wedge salad and leftover ribeye.
2015 Casa Vinicola Bennati Piemonte Barbera
at a little Italian restaurant with arancini, lasagna and penne arrabiata. I had brought a bottle of 2008 Enos Girasole to drink as this place was advertised as BYOB but upon arrival we were informed that is no longer the case and they made us put our bottle in a bag and stick it under the table.
2007 Kunde Estate Zinfandel Sonoma Valley
I think I purchased this based on a suggestion from @rpm on one of the tours and it has done well with it’s additional 7 years post purchase in the cellar.
Not suggesting drink up, but it currently is in a very happy place.
Need to check out some Mother Clone soon.
@chipgreen hasn’t progressed much either way since my last bottle nine months ago. I’m gonna hold back a glass for science and try it tomorrow. It’s very bright with mostly cranberry / high raspberry notes. Not a strong, rich cab by any stretch. I’m hoping with the extra air it might present something deeper.
Grilled oysters (butter, lemon, garlic, topped with parm.)
Farfalle pasta in a tomato creme sauce with grilled calamari, sauted sweet peas and topped with crispy pancetta (parm over the top).
2004 Locker Corte Pavone BdM
@jmdavidson1
Ha! Personally I’m kinda sad we don’t live closer what kind of scale are you talking about? The only scale I own weighs out the dry ingredients for my bisquets
On the way home from work, I stopped at Costco to pick up a rotisserie chicken (no time to cook tonight). Checked to see what uninteresting wines they had. We don’t get the nice variety like the folks in CA get. But, I picked up these two:
2017 Route Stock Chardonnay, Carneros $15)
2014 Sinergis CS from Spain ($10)
Both of these were very, very good with excellent QPR; i.e. buy’em and try’em.
Spent the last week+ drinking fantastic wine with fantastic food all over Luxmbourg, Alsace, and Lausanne. Several new-to-us varieties, lots of tasting local wines. Swiss wines are awesome, both red and white, Alsatian Pinot Noir is very hit and miss, and Luxembourgish wine is very similar to Mosel wines, not surprising since they share the river.
@jmdavidson1 The food was super. I’m surprised that the best sauerkraut I’ve ever had was in Strasbourg, not anywhere in Germany. Charcroute garnie is shockingly good. Baekoeff is another Alsatian speciality that lived up to its billing.
Then there was the fondue. And the meat fondue. And the horse steak. And the rösti, especially with melted cheese on it.
Wines: Gewurtztraminer, Riesling, Chasselas, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Garanoir, Gamaret, Oeil de Perdrix (direct press rosé), Petite Arvine, Gamay, and a few other varieties I can’t remember.
Both regions are highly recommended for a slightly-off-the-beaten-path vacation.
@jmdavidson1@ScottW58
I’ll show you the photo of our horse steak tomorrow. I don’t really know how to post photos here and I don’t use any of the photo-sharing sites.
Shabbat dinner with the kiddo since I wasn’t working all day!
Homemade challah with everything bagel topping
Pan roasted zucchini
Home dry aged rib steak
2009 Laurel Glen Cabernet
We polished off the remainder of a North by Northwest Rosé from the other night, then we opened (and also polished off) a 2013 Denier-Handal Syrah Rosé. With sous-vided then pan-finished salmon fillet, and roasted cauliflower. Damn, I do love my own cooking!
Looks like I last opened one of the D-H two years ago. I didn’t even realize I had this one lurking. Seemed like there had been some extra fermentation when we first opened it, it was just a tiny bit fizzy, but that settled out by the second pour. Very intense Rosé.
2013 Juslyn Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Spring Mountain District
2014 Chad Cabernet Sauvignon Private Reserve Napa Valley
Dry rubbed Tri-Tip & various sides with a couple of my drinking buddies.
@jmdavidson1 Great QPR, wonderful nose of dark red fruits a little blueberry. Nice structure very smooth with a medium finish. Long life ahead for this, have a few more but at the price it was wish I had grabbed more.
CR Graybehl Dry Creek Valley Grenache @chipgreen, when (hopefully) this makes a return appearance here I won’t be bothering you for a split, I’ll want my own case. Love it.
2012 Joseph Phelps Pinot Noir, Pastorale Vineyard (Sonoma Coast) with salad (with Club Lago’s pucker up house dressing) and trout livornese. A very good night, indeed.
@klezman
Not sure I heard it’s kind of an upgrade of American waygu? So technically beef bacon and friggin delicious! Also got a few of the flat iron steaks.
@klezman@Mark_L@rjquillin
The flat irons are not expensive, 1 fed me quite well, so $20 bones a head is not bad. Not to mention I had it side by side with a hanger and I liked it better, but both are great in their own way.
2011 Provenance P-Wave with (Costco) Steakhouse Marinated Tri-Tip, roasted over a bed of (Costco) funky colored carrots. I don’t often cook beef much larger than a strip steak, and I couldn’t find my meat thermometer, so I overshot my preferred medium rare a bit, but it was still tender and quite tasty. I shall procure a new thermometer and repeat again in the foreseeable future.
@karenhynes You could do a lot worse than Thermoworks The link is to a post about steak temps, it seemed timely. I got one of their thermometers when I got started with sous vide, it’s excellent.
@karenhynes I love that Steakhouse Tri-Tip! I tried one (my wife and I got 4 meals out of it), then later bought the largest one I could find for when the family gets together for the “4th” on the 5th.
2017 Pacific Rim J Riesling. Very enjoyable at a local Thai restaurant. I never bit when WD sold Pacific Rim products, tempted as I was. I could never tell just how sweet it would be, and I was afraid to chance it. This one was labeled “medium dry”, which turned out to mean off-dry, not cloying, slightly but not overly sweet.
@winedavid49, I’d welcome the return of something from Pacific Rim, especially in the “medium dry” or dryer category.
Grilled up some Costco Copper river salmon with a Kelley Fox Pinot Gris. Used Ded…um the gentleman from Buffalo’s glaze on the Salmon. Outstanding love that glaze!
@ScottW58 I’ve eyed that salmon at Costco (but not had an occasion where the size of the package can be justified). I’m curious about the glaze – can you provide any details? Although I suspect that it will have too much carbs (such as sugar, honey, syrup) for me to utilize it.
@Mark_L@ScottW58
That looks mighty good! I forgot to look for salmon when I was at Costco last weekend. I got distracted by muffins, or chickens, or wine.
@karenhynes@Mark_L@ScottW58
I am from Alaska (now live in Denver), and used to fish the Copper River every summer, for sockeye (Red) and king (Chinook) salmon. Nice to see them getting branding a PREMIUM down here in the Lower 48…because they are! Looks like sockeye on your grill - I am jealous!
@Mark_L
Sorry for the late reply, 3 tbl brown sugar, 1 tbl soy, 4 tbl mustard. Paint it on and cook, add 1 tsp Rice wine vinegar to the remaining and drizzle on after cooking. It’s delicious!
zomg butter tarts. I made them for the first time today and damn they’re good. Almost enough sugar for @ScottW58
A few bottles vanished:
2018 version of Trader Joe’s Brut Rose
2017 Woodbridge Vermentino
2016 Dry Creek Fume Blanc
2016 Meh Zin
2016 Levesque Vineyards Vidal Icewine
Finally someone eating and drinking properly
watcha think??
@ScottW58 We’ll find out in a few when the chicken arrives…
@klezman
Chicken arrives?? You lost me at you didn’t make it yourself
@ScottW58 I don’t even know where to begin to make it myself. I also can’t imagine using that much oil in one go. Maybe one of these days…
@klezman @ScottW58 old school fried chicken is not what you think it is. Lightly breaded, cooked in a small amount of oil. Perfection. Forget that heavily breaded KFC style stuff!
@CorTot @ScottW58 So you’re saying it’s shallow-fried rather than deep-fried? So many bazillions of recipes and methods out there…
Honey’s Kettle in Culver City is solid…everything was juicy and crispy.
@CorTot @klezman @ScottW58 CorTot is on the right path, but replace the little oil with good bit of lard and you’ve got Barberton Chicken, my favorite.
Although I think it should be shallow fried in cast iron, it appears they mostly deep fry it these days.
@klezman @ScottW58 si senor, Candace’s grandmother (89) still makes birthday dinners for the family and grandmas fried chicken and dumplings is about as old school as it can get.
@CorTot @klezman @KNmeh7
Yup shallow fry in cast iron is the way to go although sometimes I do both when doing corn fritters. Need to try the Barberton recipe soon. Nice Cory that you still have someone around to do it old school
@CorTot @KNmeh7 @ScottW58 One of these days I’m going to do it…
@CorTot @klezman @KNmeh7 @ScottW58
Barberton style chicken is the shizzit!
2011 Castello di Bolgheri Superiore Bolgheri
2014 Aril Syrah Walker Vine Hill Vineyard
2004 Kay Brothers Shiraz Hillside Amery Vineyards
@rjquillin
How was this? I know I have a 12 Kay Brothers block 6 and it was fantastic.
@ScottW58 For one still finding it difficult to like the Aussie style, pretty damn good. Seems an '04 under a screwcap ages pretty slowly; think of those '08 BV PN’s.
It doesn’t taste young, nor like a 15 year old either.
Dark fruit still lively, but showing secondary notes, tannins pretty much resolved, still has some acid. For me it could go for another 10 years.
Flying dog dead rise
@jml326 Nice grub, and nice photo! Is that a cork I spy?
@InFrom
@jml326 Behind the beer, on the left? Probably so.
2012 Keller Estate Pinot Gris.
2003 Wellington Cabernet Sauvignon Handal-Denier
@nathanbsmith Mmm, drool. My favorite of his Cabs. Still holding up?
@InFrom yes, it is still holding up nicely! I intended to revisit the bottle last night but sleep won. I’ll try it again tonight to see if it’s changed since I opened it up on Saturday afternoon.
@InFrom I polished off the last glass tonight JUNE 4th 3 days later and it was even better on day 3!
Bell Wine Cellars Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 (purchased from the old site) with filet mignon and baked potato
@ctmariner How’s that coming along? I figured I wouldn’t even think of opening a bottle until around now.
@klezman I am no expert but I think its was good - a nice pairing with an excellent steak - certainly better than the other bottle which I drank a year or so ago. I think it will probably improve further but I am now out of it! FYI - some of the other black tie cab offers that I really liked on the old site were from Charnu, Corison, Ladera and Tara Bella
2018 Doffo Rosario
(my porch pounder)
@Cerridwyn nice backyard you have there.
@rjquillin
that’s their official picture
Made some Chimichurri sauce but have not put everything together yet
Should be a good night!
@ScottW58 is it possible to have too much Congruence?
Hanger Steak.
Both YUM.
@rjquillin
Obviously I don’t think so
@ScottW58 if you have a good chimichurri recipe I’d love to try it out. Please send.
@CorTot
sent
@CorTot
And I use an extra clove or two of garlic
2015 BV George de Latours
2017 Soter Vineyards North Valley Pinot Noir
@radiolysis A '15 BV GdL!? Infanticide.
@rjquillin airport bar. Totally worth it.
@radiolysis every time I stick my nose in one of those, I shudder.
Understandable transgression.
@rjquillin it was amazing, yes. It was poured via coravin so it needed time to open. At every point during its short life the flavors and aroma were great. The tannins seemed to come out after maybe 30 minutes as it was impressively lacking before that. It occasionally goes on sale during the TWE sale, right?
more of that 2004 Kay Brothers, and some
2013 WineSmith Meritage
2009 Wellington Victory
2010 Ty Caton Tytanium
2013 Twisted Oak Syrah
From the freezer some custom Flannery burger blend, damn fun night with a couple of friends.
Some good drinking going on in June! We are enjoying a variety of wines while chilling in myrtle beach this week. So far we polished off a 2009 Juan Gil Monastrell Jumilla and had most of a 2007 Tor del Colle Montepulciano with pizza last night. This morning made mimosas with a 2015 La Tordera Prosecco de Valdobbiadene Brut Brunei, now sipping on some 2013 Jana Rose of Pinot Noir on the lawn area between the hotel and the beach.
Cass Winery Backbone Syrah 2014
2002 Igneous CS (1.5L) with friends.
2014 Anderson’s Conn Valley Right Bank
@ScottW58
With a really good lemon butter chicken.
Since the last post we have polished off the rest of the montepulciano and prosecco as well as a 2007 R Merlo Family Estates Syrah, a 2009 Iron Horse Brut X and a 2007 Renwood Viognier. All 2007s and 2009s so far in SC except the Jana Rose we had the other day.
Oops, the Prosecco was 2015…
2012 Black Cat Cab Franc
2013 Giesen Sauvignon Blanc The Brothers Late Harvest (A Costco purchase last year…outstanding.)
2009 Congruence Cab
Yum
2016 Markus Molitor Hays Klosterberg Reisling and 2014 Ty Caton Petite Sirah tonight with grilled New York Strip, Asian inspired grilled chicken thighs, Asian slaw salad, corn and broccoli. The food and wine were exceptional!
2014 Engracia Pinot Noir
Wellington The Duke: No other markings? Is it the first vintage? Very good on Pop-N-Pour.
@FritzCat 2nd night is fabulous. After reading Cellartracker reviews, I was afraid it would be flat.
Still wondering when it was made.
Second half of that 2009 Congruence Cab
Don’t drink a lot of pinot gris but I enjoyed it.
@ScottW58 That’s a DARK Pinot Gris!
@klezman
Had some skin contact!
2011 St. Supery Sauv Blanc, 2016 Clarence Dillon Wines Bordeaux Rose Clarendelle, 2017 OTP Rose.
Last night met up with @gersingcellars and had:
2015 Gersing Pinot Noir
2016, 2017 Gersing “Sextet” Pinot Noir
2017 Gersing “Brio” Nebbiolo
2017 Gersing “Sesquialtera” Cabernet Sauvignon
2017 Gersing Syrah (barrel sample)
Along with:
2018 Division-Villages “l’Avioron” Rosé of Gamay
2017 Loop de Loop Pinot Noir
NV Pampleau “Vin de Pamplemousse”
Fantastic time and I hope we see more of his wines! Especially that syrah, it’s looking real good.
@radiolysis So glad we were able to connect at the Collective. Hope you enjoyed the rest of your time in Portland and in the Willamette Valley!
@gersingcellars it was fantastic! We took some of Chris’s recommendations and kept some of our original plans eventually going to Johan, Left Coast, Brooks, and Anne Amie.
2009 Sonoris Burney’s Blend
Story 2015 estate zin Shenandoah valley Alitia vineyard
This was undrinkable
Next up Shannon ridge 2017 dalliance
This was not good either but I’m drinking it…
2010 Kendric Pinot Noir
Much better than the last bottle - no signs of being over the hill. A fair amount of bottle variation with Stew’s wines it seems.
Another 2015 BV GdL, @rjquillin.
@radiolysis Traveling again & living the high life?
I hope these aren’t ‘your’ bottles.
@rjquillin Yeah. Airport in PDX again, this time on my way out. They are pretty good. And I’m sure with more bottle age they’d be awesome. Time to start saving for more fancy bottles.
MEALS! DEALS! EELS! AWESOME!
The Pinot Project, 2013 PN, Santa Lucia Highlands
2013 Chester’s Anvil Hattori Hanzo
@hscottk
How was this? Always was hoping to try one but have not.
@ScottW58 It needs more time or a long decant. We didn’t give it that, and it was very tight. Went fine with our meal but didn’t blow me away. Lucky, I have 5 more bottles to experiment with!
That Sadie Cinsault was a great wine!
@ScottW58
With Flannery hangers duck fat roasted potatoes and some green stuff
2004 Astrale e Terra Merlot
@rjquillin how’s that one holdin up?
@CorTot Excellently so far, if last night is any indication.
I’ll know more tonight after it’s been open the extra day.
@rjquillin good to hear, I still have a couple of the ‘10 Arcturus
@CorTot
Sorting…
I just ran across those as well; should pull a cork.
Had one lately?
@rjquillin nope, looking to change that though. Grabbed one from my parents cellar to try out.
2010 Santa Cruz de Alpera Verdejo
2016 randyzin
Breitenbach Wine Cellars Roadhouse Red (a semi-sweet Ohio wine) at a wedding, because… it was the only wine on the menu! Of course I could have gone with beer - they had both Bud and Bud Lite!
@chipgreen I was at a wedding last night and all of the wines were Sutter Home splits.
A lot of New Glarus Spotted Cow was being consumed (but not by me).
Last night,
2006 Delectus Syrah, Spring Mtn
2014 Jemrose Syrah, Cardiac Hill
Tonight,
2009 Wellington Victory
2015 Proper Wines Estate Syrah, Walla Walla
@rc70 How is the 09 Victory doing?
@rc70 Big Jemrose fan here. Have not opened my 2014 yet.
@jmdavidson1 Have multiples,thought I should check. No rush long life ahead.
@hscottk Drinking wonderfully, lot of black fruit, good acid with long finish. No rush to drink up but if you have multiples it’s time to start enjoying periodically.
2003 Juslyn Perry’s Blend
2014 Trinitas Chardonnay
Was at BOA Steakhouse with a 2003 La Gerla Brunello
@klezman
Good to have dad around eh?
@ScottW58 Damn right
Although we were going to have dry aged steak regardless. Just a question of who aged it!
Celler Cecilio Black Slate Gratallops 2015 - Priorat
2011 Hunnicut CS NV. 2011? A bad year? Not for this winery and this wine. Fabulous. Paired with grilled lamb chops, mushroom risotto and broccoli.
Starting with this: 2017 Marrenon Luberon Rosefine
Not sure what we’ll have later with our truffle pasta.
Last night…I had such high hopes annnnd blech. Way to bitter on the finish.
My first Moroccan wine!
2017 La Ferme Rouge La Petite Ferme
Apparently it’s Cabernet, Carignan, and Marselan. Or maybe Merlot and Marselan. Depends on which source I look at.
But it’s tasty! Light, fruity, floral, but with something else interesting going on behind the scenes. I bet Rimmerman would love this one!
@klezman
Sounds great! but sorry Rimmerman liked this one too.
https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=1835072&searchId=2424BAB4%23selected%3DW1835072_1_Kf360ebf0c94ad7fb4659b7df7af1cb93
My note in paticular…And that score was WAY too high
70 Points
Not sure what the hell I was thinking when I bought this sour mess…should force myself to drink the whole bottle so as not to make this mistake again.
@klezman @ScottW58 You too?
I really should find the remaining I have and pay someone to take them to make room.
@rjquillin @ScottW58 Well, win some lose some. My hit rate with Rimmerman is high. Never had anything I thought was terrible.
2008 Fourteen Appellations with a grilled rib eye, grilled romaine and baby potatoes.
@jmdavidson1
That’s a blast from the past! I don’t remember which vintage I had but I liked it a lot. How was it?
@ScottW58 Well made, very tasty juice, which was great with the steak. Thanks for asking.
Through a couple of emails RJQ got me thinking about this wine so I popped an 11. Really great!
@ScottW58 But I was looking at the '10.
Price went up too…
Iron Horse Cuvee. The Blues won the Stanley Cup! After 52 years and going from last place in January to winning the Cup, it’s all about the bubbles tonight.
2013 Keller Estate Rotie. My tasting is not in synq with those on the offering’s thread. I found this to be young, even at 5 y/o, in need of cellaring, tart and not complex. It was almost pinot-like. I got this with the 2011-2012-2013 casemates offer from earlier this year. Paired with a wedge salad and leftover ribeye.
@jmdavidson1
Maybe the salad dressing killed it?
2015 Rotie Cellars Northern Blend
Damn!!!
2010 Colossus by Stillman Brown.
Wow! 17% Delicious. Smooth, Rich, Vanilla. Just Wow!
@FritzCat Can’t even spell…17% “Colossus”
@FritzCat
Love that wine! Still have 1 left.
@FritzCat It must have improved tremendously with time. I recall it being good but not wow.
@FritzCat @jmdavidson1
We drank a bottle with smoked ribs on 09/03/18 and it was singing…
@FritzCat Colossus. Maybe I just couldn’t read?
2007 Sequoia Grove Estate Rsv CS Rutherford. Fantastic!
2010 Ca‘ Rozzeria Barbaresco Neive with Penne pasta & red sauce meatballs and spicy sausage
2015 Casa Vinicola Bennati Piemonte Barbera
at a little Italian restaurant with arancini, lasagna and penne arrabiata. I had brought a bottle of 2008 Enos Girasole to drink as this place was advertised as BYOB but upon arrival we were informed that is no longer the case and they made us put our bottle in a bag and stick it under the table.
@chipgreen And corkage wasn’t even available?
@rjquillin
Sadly, no.
2008 Breckenridge Napa cab Jen Mar vineyard with sous vide bone in USDA prime ribeye.
2007 Kunde Estate Zinfandel Sonoma Valley
I think I purchased this based on a suggestion from @rpm on one of the tours and it has done well with it’s additional 7 years post purchase in the cellar.
Not suggesting drink up, but it currently is in a very happy place.
Need to check out some Mother Clone soon.
Cowboy cut ribeye with an ‘08 Wellington victory
2004 Nicholas Cole Reserve. Nothing more to be said.
@jmdavidson1
Ahhh a real nice father’s day gift to yourself
2007 Moran Manor “Anagram”.
@radiolysis
How is it?
@chipgreen hasn’t progressed much either way since my last bottle nine months ago. I’m gonna hold back a glass for science and try it tomorrow. It’s very bright with mostly cranberry / high raspberry notes. Not a strong, rich cab by any stretch. I’m hoping with the extra air it might present something deeper.
@radiolysis
Thanks!
With Crab and Ricotta Cannelloni, it worked
@ScottW58 You had me at crab and ricotta cannelloni.
@jmdavidson1
Yeah it was so good I could have had a Pepsi and would have been happy
2014 Meeker Zin Barrel Select (see today’s offering).
2012 JanKris Viognier followed by the 2008 Enos Girasole I attempted to bring to dinner a few nights ago.
Grilled oysters (butter, lemon, garlic, topped with parm.)
Farfalle pasta in a tomato creme sauce with grilled calamari, sauted sweet peas and topped with crispy pancetta (parm over the top).
2004 Locker Corte Pavone BdM
@jmdavidson1
Damn nice dinner!! My invitation must have got stuck in my spam folder
@ScottW58 Yea, like you don’t eat/drink well. Lucky for the two of us we don’t live near each other. I’d be throwing my scale away.
@jmdavidson1
what kind of scale are you talking about? The only scale I own weighs out the dry ingredients for my bisquets 
Ha! Personally I’m kinda sad we don’t live closer
@jmdavidson1 @ScottW58 You guys both keep us on our toes. Gotta try to keep up! Need more time to cook!
2013 Esterlina Riesling Cole Ranch
2017 Nervi Gattinara Vino Rosato followed by…
2007 Wellington Cabernet Franc
On the way home from work, I stopped at Costco to pick up a rotisserie chicken (no time to cook tonight). Checked to see what uninteresting wines they had. We don’t get the nice variety like the folks in CA get. But, I picked up these two:
2017 Route Stock Chardonnay, Carneros $15)
2014 Sinergis CS from Spain ($10)
Both of these were very, very good with excellent QPR; i.e. buy’em and try’em.
2012 M Cellars Riesling Grand River Valley
Ohio can make some very good Rieslings and this is a perfect example which has held up beautifully.
Picked this up in 2013 while visiting the winery with Clark Smith @winesmith and Arnie Esterer (from Markko Vineyards in Conneaut, OH).
cleaning up
2011 The Crusher Pinot Noir Rosé Merwin Vineyard
@rjquillin
Woof old rose, was it brown yet? Or give it another 10 years?
2017 d’Arenberg The Hermit Crab (84% Viognier, 16% Marsanne), with Orange Roughy Piccata and Risotto
2014 Bernardus Winery Pinot Noir - SLH
Spent the last week+ drinking fantastic wine with fantastic food all over Luxmbourg, Alsace, and Lausanne. Several new-to-us varieties, lots of tasting local wines. Swiss wines are awesome, both red and white, Alsatian Pinot Noir is very hit and miss, and Luxembourgish wine is very similar to Mosel wines, not surprising since they share the river.
WORKER BEES! HERCULES! TURKEY GREASE! AWESOME!
@klezman Sounds like a great time. The food angle, in particular, tweaks my interest.
@jmdavidson1 The food was super. I’m surprised that the best sauerkraut I’ve ever had was in Strasbourg, not anywhere in Germany. Charcroute garnie is shockingly good. Baekoeff is another Alsatian speciality that lived up to its billing.
Then there was the fondue. And the meat fondue. And the horse steak. And the rösti, especially with melted cheese on it.
Wines: Gewurtztraminer, Riesling, Chasselas, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Garanoir, Gamaret, Oeil de Perdrix (direct press rosé), Petite Arvine, Gamay, and a few other varieties I can’t remember.
Both regions are highly recommended for a slightly-off-the-beaten-path vacation.
@jmdavidson1 @klezman
Pics or it didn’t happen!
@jmdavidson1 @ScottW58
I’ll show you the photo of our horse steak tomorrow. I don’t really know how to post photos here and I don’t use any of the photo-sharing sites.
2017 Willamette Valley Vineyards Whole Cluster Pinot Noir
…with my date for the evening, Mr June, and meal that has yet to be decided.
Dang it! Maybe Ron will wander by and fix my link.
@karenhynes
Well this certainly happened!
@ScottW58
Steamed mussels in a tomato/chorizo broth, topped with cilantro. Served with a side of sour dough. 2011 Mark Herold Acha (100% tempranillo).
Shabbat dinner with the kiddo since I wasn’t working all day!
Homemade challah with everything bagel topping
Pan roasted zucchini
Home dry aged rib steak
2009 Laurel Glen Cabernet
Great pairing! This is a solid find from WD!
@klezman Shabbat shalom!
We polished off the remainder of a North by Northwest Rosé from the other night, then we opened (and also polished off) a 2013 Denier-Handal Syrah Rosé. With sous-vided then pan-finished salmon fillet, and roasted cauliflower. Damn, I do love my own cooking!
Looks like I last opened one of the D-H two years ago. I didn’t even realize I had this one lurking. Seemed like there had been some extra fermentation when we first opened it, it was just a tiny bit fizzy, but that settled out by the second pour. Very intense Rosé.
2010 Liquid Sky Cab Sauv
2010 Ty Caton Cabernet Sauvignon Winemaker’s Cuvée Caton Vineyard
pretty drinkable now at vintage +9
Last night:
2013 Gruet Reserve Blanc de Noirs
2012 Tercero Verbiage Rouge
2013 Laura Michael Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon
2013 WineSmith Meritage
All were drinking well, but the LM lacked pizzazz.
2014 inspiration vineyards Syrah DCV
Excellent!
Why has Jon not appeared on casemates?!
@CorTot good question.
2009 Hourglass Merlot Blueline Vyd
Last night…
NV Van Ruiten Brut Rose
2016 Vigilance Rose
2013 Blakeslee Vineyard Estate Pinot Noir Estate Reserve
2012 Wellington Vineyards Zinfandel Meeks Hilltop Ranch
2010 Ty Caton Cabernet Sauvignon Caton Vineyard
2004 Château de Suronde Quarts de Chaume
with some Flannery Wagyu rib cap, mushroom risotto, celery root & prosciutto gratin and other trimmings.
@rjquillin I thought I was living the good life, but you just humbled me with that lineup
@AjRod27 Clearly the Flannery, not the bottles.
It’s nice to have out of town relatives visiting.
2013 Scott Harvey Barbera red label. Went very well with pizza.
2015 De Ricci Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
2013 Scott Harvey Barbera Mtn.Selection
Continuing on a 2014 Tercero C5 Vineyard Albrino and opening a 2012 Ridge Zinfandel, York Creek Vineyard, Mill Block
2016 Pedroncelli Pinot Noir Signature Selection
With some lemon butter chicken.
2017 The Atom Cabernet
Didn’t specify “God Particle” or “Dark Matter” on the bottle.
Recommended by my wine guy.
QPR up the wazoo.
@FritzCat Pix of front labels on CT indicate which is which.
Mine has the same basic label, but no verbiage to indicate which it is, and their website doesn’t explain either.
@jmdavidson1 OK, guy at the winery says that somebody else had “Dark Matter” on their label, so they removed it from theirs.
2013 Juslyn Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Spring Mountain District
2014 Chad Cabernet Sauvignon Private Reserve Napa Valley
Dry rubbed Tri-Tip & various sides with a couple of my drinking buddies.
@rc70 Curious about your eval of the Chad. I picked up various bottlings from Wineaccess, but have yet to open any.
@rc70
And I’m curious about the 13 Juslyn
@jmdavidson1 Great QPR, wonderful nose of dark red fruits a little blueberry. Nice structure very smooth with a medium finish. Long life ahead for this, have a few more but at the price it was wish I had grabbed more.
@ScottW58 Very drinkable with a long life ahead,think it will only get better. Dark fruits forward,moderate tannins with a nice long finish.
CR Graybehl Dry Creek Valley Grenache
@chipgreen, when (hopefully) this makes a return appearance here I won’t be bothering you for a split, I’ll want my own case. Love it.
2013 Wellington Syrah Estate
2009 Capture CS Revelation
2011 Parallel Cab Sauv First Temptation Estate
Wow, this is seriously good.
2010 Virage Vineyards
@rjquillin
How did you like the 10?
@ScottW58 Need another night with it, after a few days open. Dead tired and thirsty yesterday was PnP of a recent arrival.
2012 Joseph Phelps Pinot Noir, Pastorale Vineyard (Sonoma Coast) with salad (with Club Lago’s pucker up house dressing) and trout livornese. A very good night, indeed.
Bacon burgers with Akaushi bacon, holy crap THIS is real bacon
@ScottW58 Isn’t Akaushi an American/Wagyu crossbred cow?
@klezman @ScottW58 Akaushi means, literally, red cow.
@klezman
Not sure I heard it’s kind of an upgrade of American waygu? So technically beef bacon and friggin delicious! Also got a few of the flat iron steaks.
@klezman @ScottW58 Asking the resident native sisters, collectively they offer no additional opinion or information.
What was the source, and for the flat iron?
@klezman @rjquillin
Heartland beef
@klezman @rjquillin @ScottW58 I think you mean HeartBrand Beef
@klezman @Mark_L @rjquillin
Yes!
@Mark_L @rjquillin @ScottW58 That where Holy Grail gets their Akaushi also?
Damn it’s expensive.
@klezman @Mark_L @rjquillin
The flat irons are not expensive, 1 fed me quite well, so $20 bones a head is not bad. Not to mention I had it side by side with a hanger and I liked it better, but both are great in their own way.
2008 Baer Ursa
Last night, 2015 Vino Noceto Sangiovese at our local Italian place.
2011 Provenance P-Wave with (Costco) Steakhouse Marinated Tri-Tip, roasted over a bed of (Costco) funky colored carrots. I don’t often cook beef much larger than a strip steak, and I couldn’t find my meat thermometer, so I overshot my preferred medium rare a bit, but it was still tender and quite tasty. I shall procure a new thermometer and repeat again in the foreseeable future.
@karenhynes You could do a lot worse than Thermoworks The link is to a post about steak temps, it seemed timely. I got one of their thermometers when I got started with sous vide, it’s excellent.
@InFrom @karenhynes
Yup the thermo pen is what I use.
@karenhynes I love that Steakhouse Tri-Tip! I tried one (my wife and I got 4 meals out of it), then later bought the largest one I could find for when the family gets together for the “4th” on the 5th.
2017 Pacific Rim J Riesling. Very enjoyable at a local Thai restaurant. I never bit when WD sold Pacific Rim products, tempted as I was. I could never tell just how sweet it would be, and I was afraid to chance it. This one was labeled “medium dry”, which turned out to mean off-dry, not cloying, slightly but not overly sweet.
@winedavid49, I’d welcome the return of something from Pacific Rim, especially in the “medium dry” or dryer category.
A few bottle ends, and a few new cork pulls for a family gathering as our company from Virginia are returning Monday.
Kind of an Independence Day Celebration, a bit early.
2014 Iron Horse Vineyards Chardonnay Estate
2014 St. Supéry Moscato
2016 markus wine company Kerner Nativo Mokelumne Glen Vineyards
Vino Noceto Rosso Lot 2
2015 Gérard Bertrand Languedoc Syrah/Grenache
2013 Blakeslee Vineyard Estate Pinot Noir Estate Reserve
2013 Wellington Vineyards Malbec
2010 Virage Vineyards
2010 Ty Caton Cabernet Sauvignon Winemaker’s Cuvée Caton Vineyard
2012 Wellington Vineyards Zinfandel Meeks Hilltop Ranch
2006 Wellington Vineyards Victory Reserve (seven hour decant and it is still improving after 10…)
2008 Tokaj Classic Tokaji Aszú 3 Puttonyos
2003 Domaine des Baumard Quarts de Chaume
And there are still leftovers…
@rc70
Nice! Your camera is too good
Grilled up some Costco Copper river salmon with a Kelley Fox Pinot Gris. Used Ded…um the gentleman from Buffalo’s glaze on the Salmon. Outstanding love that glaze!
@ScottW58 I’ve eyed that salmon at Costco (but not had an occasion where the size of the package can be justified). I’m curious about the glaze – can you provide any details? Although I suspect that it will have too much carbs (such as sugar, honey, syrup) for me to utilize it.
@Mark_L @ScottW58
That looks mighty good! I forgot to look for salmon when I was at Costco last weekend. I got distracted by muffins, or chickens, or wine.
@karenhynes @Mark_L @ScottW58
I am from Alaska (now live in Denver), and used to fish the Copper River every summer, for sockeye (Red) and king (Chinook) salmon. Nice to see them getting branding a PREMIUM down here in the Lower 48…because they are! Looks like sockeye on your grill - I am jealous!
@Mark_L @ScottW58 Paging @ddeuddeg, someone here wants a recipe!
I’ll leave a link here for a favorite in my house, however given that it starts with honey, it may not be the kind of thing you’re looking for.
@Mark_L
Sorry for the late reply, 3 tbl brown sugar, 1 tbl soy, 4 tbl mustard. Paint it on and cook, add 1 tsp Rice wine vinegar to the remaining and drizzle on after cooking. It’s delicious!
@Mark_L @ScottW58
You should have come for Canada Day bbq today!
2016 chalk hill red blend while watching the office
@CorTot
That’s what she said.
2018 Division-Villages “l’Avoiron” Rosé of Gamay Noir
Wilson Estate Dorothy’s Syrah, 2012
Last night…very good.
Tonight…even gooder.
2003 Serpico Dei Feudi di San Gregorio
zomg butter tarts. I made them for the first time today and damn they’re good. Almost enough sugar for @ScottW58
A few bottles vanished:
2018 version of Trader Joe’s Brut Rose
2017 Woodbridge Vermentino
2016 Dry Creek Fume Blanc
2016 Meh Zin
2016 Levesque Vineyards Vidal Icewine