@kaolis
Ribeye delicious, Charvin delicious! But maybe a bit to light/elegant for the steak but when I found it I was determined to drink it no matter what I was going to cook
@rjquillin Rhys was spot on, youthful in fact. Lost a touch day two, tonight. Was a glass or so just put back in the fridge. Turned a bit acidic/sour but nice bottle
After a great morning of golf had some homemade Rocky road ice cream, played with the beast, made some ham and cheese hand pies and drank this nice bottle. Life is good!
After two days of services and a harried afternoon of cooking yesterday, relaxing with some leftovers, Great British Bake Off, and 2018 Sandlands Zinfandel.
2017 Vigilance Rose w/ 1/2 lb. Swiss cheeseburger. The wine was a little disjointed on PnP but improved quickly with some air time and was even better on Day 2.
Flying to London, so airplane wine. United apparently started serving a canned wine called Our Wine and a bubbly from Maker that’s made by Nicole from Ser. Should be interesting.
We were too hungry for pics…
Flannery Zabuton, sous vide and grill, white Anson Mills polenta concia (not at all heart friendly!) with chanterelle sauce, grilled pineapple and green beans, caprice salad with balsamic.
2008 Sojourn Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast
2007 Tercero The Climb
Took a few bottles to Bears game yesterday. No pic 2010 Pride Reserve Cabernet. Lobster rolls, Morgan Ranch strip and ribeye, Italian beef, wings, cold smoked salmon, other misc food and beverage stuff. Caleb looked good.
@chipgreen@msten Not fancy, just upgraded chaos…ha! Bubbles and lobster for breakfast, was a great start. The cabs were all different animals. Schrader was dark and fruity tannins resolved a mouthful of To Kalon, an '11 with no troubles in my book, Bedrock earthier, more evolved, quite a bit of sediment, maybe more going on than the T6, the Pride somewhere between the two. The pinot never got a sip of. (you do get some sideways looks and a question or two when opening wine with an ah so and assorted wine paraphernalia)
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@kaolis I asked our local farmstand guy how it is that he still has t’s. He said he plants in April, June and July. The one’s now are strictly from July. Also picked up some green one’s.
2018 Long Point Zinfandel
Finger Lakes…NY
Gary makes absolutely delicious wines from California grapes, as well as local Finger Lakes wines, Reislings, Cab Franc etc. He don’t get no respect 'round these parts because of the CA grapes.
However, his wines are fantastic. I’m a big fan of his latest Barbera…yummy!
If you have a chance to visit, do. We went last weekend. Tell Russ I said Hi.
Oh, and try the latest Reserve Zin!!!
@FritzCat
We are heading to the Finger Lakes this weekend. We will be situated on the North side of Seneca Lake but might have to make the trek to Long Point. Any other wineries you would recommend on the Eastern sie of Cayuga Lake?
@chipgreen None that I would recommend. You could go through Ithaca…great Thai there. And, Long Point does some nice Italian style paninis. We always go to Sauders for our groceries.
(Yeah, the biggest problem with Long Point is its location.)
@chipgreen@FritzCat their former winemaker was great at everything. Their Riesling is top notch and comes in different styles. I’ve also enjoyed their reds - Merlot and Cab Franc. I haven’t tried the others but I’d expect their Syrah to be excellent also.
@kawichris650@rjquillin Hi Ron, not sure if I have any of this left. I’ll look and get back to you. After two consecutive cool years 2012 was back to normal with a long slow ripening. Cheers, Scott
Last night, 2003 Nicolaysen Late Harvest Pinot Blanc, Bien Nacido Vineyard, with some Aurora Borealis. Funny how much more brilliant the pics are than what we see with the naked eye. It was just a reddish haze by eye.
This otherwise useless info explains why the Northern Lights don’t appear as vivid when viewed with the naked eye.
The human eye has two types of cells that detect light.
Cone cells:
These cells are sensitive to color and are concentrated in the central area of vision. They are used for vision in daylight.
Rod cells:
These cells are concentrated around the outside of the fovea and can detect much fainter light at night. They can only see in black and white and shades of gray.
When it’s dark outside, the rods take over, allowing us to see in gray scale. This makes the human eye more sensitive to the luminance of the auroras, but it comes at the expense of seeing the colors.
Cameras don’t have this problem when taking a photograph. To compensate for the dark conditions, a camera can just take a longer exposure and collect light for longer, building up a picture of the scene and collecting colors that the rods in the human eye cannot detect.
Two nights ago, had fondue in Geneva and glasses of random Swiss wines:
Melomane - blend of Riesling, Pinot Blanc, Sylvaner
Yvorne Pre Roc - Chasselas
Point Rouge - can’t find the blend
@kawichris650
The 2015 Noceto split was delicious, with and without food. I have to say the Chef Boyardee pizza kit is just not the same as it used to be, other than the sauce. Still churned out a couple decent pies, though.
@chipgreen@kaolis@kawichris650 I remember that deal fondly. Needed to pickup in PA at Walgreens (when CM still used FedEx) but was well worth it. Sadly, drank my last bottle a while ago.
@kaolis@ScottW58 Reading the article, they used to make it with the leftover maialino – I definitely had that dish in the restaurant.
We also ordered the maialino itself, the first time we went there. We took home enough pork for a leftover or two. We used to go there on the regular, for celebratory occasions.
@InFrom@ScottW58 That’s the recipe. Easy enough to dumb down to a smaller portion even with pork country ribs or sirloin chops, cuts that will shred. If you like a little stronger fennel you can add a few fennel seeds to the veggies when you sauté them. It’s also slow cooker friendly if you sauté the veggies before adding to the cooker.
Shoulda taken pics of the pappardelle with beef ragu and the skirt steak sandwich on ciabatta with sauteed onions, mushrooms, and baby spinach, but you’ll have to content yourselves with a shot of this lovely '11 Wellington Cab.
The usual messed-up cork, and the bottle’s interior was coated with sediment, but I detected none while decanting. Could have skipped decanting entirely, as it turned out. Unlike other Wellington bottles I’ve opened in recent years, no visible sediment emerged from the bottle.
Clarity was low. No bricking. Still plenty of backbone with the tannins and acidity. Fruit is probably tamer than it was a few years ago, but still hanging in. Very nice bottle.
CT says 40% of their listed bottles of this remain in people’s cellars. I imagine this has several years on it, if properly cellared. If like me, your storage is at room temp, I’d drink w/in a year or so.
@ScottW58 Thinking about it, the food was delicious and nice to look at, but I didn’t cook a speck of it. I love posting pics of my own creations, but for take-out, I think it’d have to be something unusual.
Apologies to @infrom of course I can’t put my money where my mouth is so wine pic only same problem ordered so takeout chicken. Anyways 2012 disg 01/21 2 gl.
Made some Cacio e pepe focaccia and pasta with porchetta thrown in. Need to get back to Italy! Forget the pairing long night with my daughters first baby, just grabbed what was in front of me
@hscottk@rjquillin that brings back (bad) memories. It’s the only shipment that had every bottle be bad. It was undrinkable – vinegar acidic, thin, burned, and way way alcoholic. The-old-place did refund my money, but i’m glad that some folks got good bottles!
@ctmariner
I haven’t done inventory in quite a while, but I still have a rather generous supply of Wellingtons.
It recently occurred to me that my inventory reduction efforts are taking longer than anticipated. So now I’m debating how feasible it might be to sell off some of my wine collection.
Ok, you say pics? How’s about too many pics of one simple little thing? Back to SC…shrimp country right? so appropriate…these were swimming yesterday morn and on the dock in the afternoon…chilled a few, fried a few. The Keenan was a good match
Trying the canned wine from United. The Maker bubbly is ok. Not really my preference but it sure isn’t sweet. Nicole did a good job.
The Just Enough Cabernet is surprisingly good, even for a 2021. Not sweet at all and has some nuance and isn’t all fruit.
So a new Harris Teeter opened up nearby. familiar with, never been in one. A Kroger store and I kind of like what they do. Anyways they are dry aging beef, 21-30 days, their version of choice I guess. Never had it. Not crazy expensive to begin with, but they had a bunch on the sale bin. Hell what’s not to like with more age right? Quite tasty, there are more than a few in my freezer.
@kaolis@rjquillin@ScottW58 GO is my go to for whites and roses, Candace isn’t real picky. For reds i’m very picky, and don’t find much worth even the heavy discounted price. It used to be better.
@kaolis@ScottW58 Doing well, needed about an hour of air to show its stuff. My dad got that as a gift at work 11 years ago from a vendor and doesn’t really drink red wine so i’ve been sitting on it. I have very little in that price range in the cellar.
@chipgreen Bold move hanging on to that for 10 years? (not that this was, but reminds me I have more than a few bottles a little long in the tooth that need to go)
@kaolis
It’ll be even bolder 5 years from now, haha. We will never catch up to all the wine in our cellar before some of it goes bad, but it’ll be fun trying.
Bottle from Thursday night: 2018 Pedroncelli Rose. This is even better with age.
Bottle from last night: 2012 Two Jakes Cab Franc, Roman Reserve. As odd as it sounds, it was the best immediately on pop-n-pour. After a few hours it got very thin, with lots of raw wood and nose of old bouquet of flowers. I still have a splash in the bottle “for science”, but the last bottle did not not improve with air either.
@hscottk@klezman
It was the 2018 offered here very recently.
My original plan was to open this at home and ponder it over a quiet evening of laundry (try not to be jealous!). As luck would have it, someone in my building decided to install some new shelving in their unit and drilled into the hot water main line feeding my part of the building so, no water for much of the evening. Soooo…I trekked my unshowered self across the street to have dinner and socialize with my local restaurant pals. As such, I didn’t give the bottle the attention I had intended but I will say it’s very yummy. A really nice mix of fruity, earthy, and floral notes on the nose. Smooth, has some tannin but not grippy. Fruit leans to the dark red/blue range. El Jefe called the floral note violet…I’ll agree with that. I often sense violet in pinot noir. I can’t specify the earthy range. I’ll probably open another this coming up weekend. There’s a pretty short window to impress folks with the fabulousness of the bottle!
@hscottk@kaolis@rjquillin@ScottW58 Yes. It showed up on FB years ago. Turns out they made delicious reds. Then, it seemed just as quickly, the owner decided to retire and closed the business. The wines were sold at a nice discount.
@hscottk@jmdavidson1@kaolis@rjquillin
Yup made Coombsville cabs and they were great and when he sold everything off for $30 or $35 a bottle I bought a lot! I didn’t know living in South Carolina was living under a rock
@jmdavidson1
I have a few of the '09 Cabs left. If you ever restart your Fall wine party, I will bring you a bottle. Or if you are ever in the Akron area, would be happy to open one!
@chipgreen
Naw, same one from a few weeks ago. Ar is a wonderful thing; hadn’t changed even a smidge from when it was opened 9/29 and just what you’d hope for. Most of those CT notes and drink by dates are pure fantasy. Two more in the cellar from a $25 'tso purchase delivered 11/28/2011
Ok, so once again I’m easily influenced. Kelley Fox lite, bs thighs rolled/stuffed with parm, fresh herbs, lemon, a few toasted pine nuts wrapped in prosciutto.
@kaolis thighs look great. Last years Berserker Day had a “Dinner Special “ of a Chard, a PN,and a vermouth. Been holding it back for a special family/ friends dinner.
Last night my friend from Iowa called and said he was in San Diego for business/fishing and wanted to know if he could come by and cook up some fresh tuna belly how could I say no after he hosted us last month!? Let the party begin ha. Anyways I rounded up a leg of lamb, his friend cooked up some roasted chicken, mushrooms, and confit carrots and we popped some pretty great bottles. I’m getting too old for this shit
Ok, last of these halves from casemates (has been in my travel bag for a couple of weeks next to sweaty laundry so hey why not)…and pot roast weather never coming so had to go for it anyway. Maybe @Winedavid49 or @Winedavid59 or whoever he is can come up with a good half bottle offer again
@karenhynes We have a diverse group with varied cellars so it’s always interesting. The wines change according to the menu and the attendees’ cellars. Our dinner this week was a steakhouse so big reds were on the menu. We always start every dinner with champagne and have a white for apps/salad. It’s a lot of fun. Lots of wow moments over the years.
Clearing out leftovers from the past week+ or so meals;
hangars, polenta & shrooms, green stuff, and this from a local winery I found in the back of the cellar that I picked up 9 years ago for $5 from an abandoned locker where I store some of my ‘overflow’. Totally saturated cork, but the Durand pulled it in one piece. Really lite color saturation, like a PN and just 13.4% AbV
Faded, but still fully intact, with no off notes at all.
Going to a rock star themed Halloween party. Had to throw in the Ghost Signs. Dressing up as Axl Rose. OK, more like Fat Axl, haha. There will be NOT be pics.
@davirom We were in Canada last weekend and I tasted all the Pillitteri Estates wines including the $100 Cdn and Appassimento wines. They were not to my liking.
@davirom@FritzCat that’s a shame. I’ve enjoyed many bottles of Pillitteri over the years, including their icewine. I haven’t had their table wines in a long time though same I’d be sad to hear they’ve not kept the quality up.
Wings and baked beans while hopefully watching the dodgers win another one against the hated Yankees! No offense intended. Have not been watching much sports in my old age but wanted to know how the Yankees got there. Hey @chipgreen when the hell did the Indians become the commanders?!?! And why the hell would you do that?
@ScottW58
It was more about the Chief Wahoo logo than the name “Indians” but the vocal minority got their way and the team owners decided to make the change to Guardians which refers to a Guardian figure incorporated into a bridge in Cleveland.
@ScottW58 Ah, looking again…
I see it’s bottle ### of ### and not mag # of #
The number follows the bottle and not mag text.
Guess I’m just not as used to those fancy numbered bottles, as others are.
Still saying if it were a mag it would have been…
@rjquillin@ScottW58 You won’t offend my sensibilities! Just tell me when and where and what to bring! It actually should be in a great late-youth window right now.
@klezman@rjquillin
Lol will do, oh and I stumbled across this quote today, I would imagine it would apply to old men too
“Appreciating old wine is like making love to a very old lady. It is possible. It can even be enjoyable. But it requires a bit of imagination.”
Okay if you want me to drink old crap I will! Not sure what I’m eating yet? Bottle is doing well maybe the acid is starting to overwhelm the fruit. Bottle in perfect condition.
Woot Cellars Emergencier Holiday Provisions (I know I have at least 1 bottle of the original EHP…maybe 2 somewhere) No year on the bottle but it is still holding it’s own although it’s mellowed a bit since the last time I had some. Still have several bottles left.
2015 Graton Ridge Petit Sirah Dessert Wine - coming in hot at 18.3% but with some time to breathe it cools off
Garbage salad in a plastic bowl…whilst watching World Series rooting for LA, however this old man on the east coast fell asleep at the end of 7… oh well it happens
2014 Cazadero Winery Cabernet Sauvignon, Bei Ranch, Sonoma Coast
K&L was blowing these out and I’m sad I only got 3. Excellent over two nights. Might not be fruity enough for some but I’m enjoying it.
Taco night
Winesmith Unicorn
Upchurch LTL Merlot
@msten day 2 Unicorn is singing with Shepherds Pie.
Charvin steak and fries/tots work for me
@ScottW58 Ribeye? Charvin tasty?
@kaolis
Ribeye delicious, Charvin delicious! But maybe a bit to light/elegant for the steak but when I found it I was determined to drink it no matter what I was going to cook
Now that I can taste again…
@klezman
That’s truly great to hear! I’m glad your senses are back. Or you’ve come back to your senses!
@kawichris650 @klezman yay!
@kaolis @kawichris650 it’s going in and out, but not up to full capacity. We’ll see what happens over the next few days.
Happy Wednesday!
@jmdavidson1
Missed out, frequently looked on BD, but never quite pulled the trigger…
@rjquillin This is Black Cat, not EMH Black Cat, which is on BD.
@jmdavidson1 @rjquillin Ah, I was confused too. Looks delish by the way
A little homemade Duroc pork fennel sausage burgers, sauteed peppers…catching end of summer maters and corn, kind of sad
@kaolis Looks tasty and those tomatoes, yumm!
Well this doesn’t look tasty but it was…pork tenderloin medallions, green peppercorn mustard sauce
@kaolis oh, yes it does. The Rhys was…?
@kaolis @rjquillin
Hell yeah it does! Eat it with your eyes closed might even taste better
@rjquillin Rhys was spot on, youthful in fact. Lost a touch day two, tonight. Was a glass or so just put back in the fridge. Turned a bit acidic/sour but nice bottle
@rjquillin @ScottW58 See no evil…
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with skillet pizza, delicious (the wine)
After a great morning of golf had some homemade Rocky road ice cream, played with the beast, made some ham and cheese hand pies and drank this nice bottle. Life is good!
@ScottW58 looks like a great day!
@jmdavidson1 I’ve thought about getting that a couple times. Sounds like it might be worth it?
@klezman This one is very good. Told +1 that we’ll open one each month. Fun project.
After two days of services and a harried afternoon of cooking yesterday, relaxing with some leftovers, Great British Bake Off, and 2018 Sandlands Zinfandel.
I can now reveal tonight’s wine. I just posted the Lab Rat review.
Dinner was fondue. Dippers were sweet peppers, baby bella mushrooms, and garlic knots. It was absolutely delicious.
@kawichris650 Which was delicious, dinner, wine, both?
@jmdavidson1
The food and the wine.
2017 Vigilance Rose w/ 1/2 lb. Swiss cheeseburger. The wine was a little disjointed on PnP but improved quickly with some air time and was even better on Day 2.
Sometimes after dinner and a walk, a chocolate and a little Bogle Petite Sirah Port is appropriate.
@FritzCat
I need to start doing that. I have so many ports and dessert wines, and SWMBO will not drink them.
@chipgreen @FritzCat Then bring some to California or Toronto and let’s enjoy some together! Also, how can somebody not like those wines??
@chipgreen @FritzCat @klezman Sorry, I. I’m with Chip’s better half.
@davirom @FritzCat @klezman
No dark chocolates in the house, so had to settle for some homemade Cocoa Krispies treats.
@chipgreen @davirom @klezman Yum. I’ve got some old ~2000 late harvest zins. I hit one occasionally…some are good.
Flying to London, so airplane wine. United apparently started serving a canned wine called Our Wine and a bubbly from Maker that’s made by Nicole from Ser. Should be interesting.
And apparently they lied. Random $3 SB and CS. Meh.
@klezman Wrong service class…
@klezman
2009 Gary Farrell Pinot Noir w/ hot buttered cheesesteaks, roasted potatoes and unpictured green stuff.
@chipgreen Looks delicious. We just got an air fryer and made potatoes in it. Amazing.
@klezman
I parboiled these before roasting them in the oven but we do love our air fryer.
We were too hungry for pics…
Flannery Zabuton, sous vide and grill, white Anson Mills polenta concia (not at all heart friendly!) with chanterelle sauce, grilled pineapple and green beans, caprice salad with balsamic.
2008 Sojourn Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast
2007 Tercero The Climb
@rjquillin don’t think I’ve had the concia…hmmm
@kaolis quite tasty, assuming you like butter, cream and cheese and have no other issues
@kaolis @rjquillin I gotta put that recipe in my rotation. Thanks for surfacing it.
@jmdavidson1 @kaolis
https://electricbluefood.com/polenta-concia-chanterelle-sauce/
We used gorgonzola and asiago, with fine white from A-M
@kaolis @rjquillin The gorgonzola, asiago and chanterelles make this especially intriguing.
@kaolis @rjquillin Already thinking about this polenta, some fried green t’s and some type of chicken. Tbanks Ron.
@jmdavidson1 @kaolis @rjquillin I love chanterelle season at Costco…
Took a few bottles to Bears game yesterday. No pic 2010 Pride Reserve Cabernet. Lobster rolls, Morgan Ranch strip and ribeye, Italian beef, wings, cold smoked salmon, other misc food and beverage stuff. Caleb looked good.
@kaolis
Impressive lineup (and impressive performance by the Bears)! That is some fancy tailgating. How was the lobster roll w/champs pairing?
@kaolis those are a couple “big boy” wines. Good for you and your friends. Enjoy. WOTN?
@kaolis Da Bears! Nice menu. Lobster rolls fan.
@kaolis
Nice spread of everything, it’s good to enjoy life!
@chipgreen @msten Not fancy, just upgraded chaos…ha! Bubbles and lobster for breakfast, was a great start. The cabs were all different animals. Schrader was dark and fruity tannins resolved a mouthful of To Kalon, an '11 with no troubles in my book, Bedrock earthier, more evolved, quite a bit of sediment, maybe more going on than the T6, the Pride somewhere between the two. The pinot never got a sip of. (you do get some sideways looks and a question or two when opening wine with an ah so and assorted wine paraphernalia)
2019 Vintners Lawrence Estate Wines Cabernet Sauvignon. Tri tip.
@buffaloroam wait…have pics… how do I add photos!?
@buffaloroam
You have to enable the screen rotation setting on your phone. Then hold your phone sideways. Then you will see this icon, which enables you to upload photos directly into your post.
@kawichris650
@buffaloroam yum
@jmdavidson1 Sounds like a nice lighter-side meal, enjoy them maters…going going…
@kaolis I asked our local farmstand guy how it is that he still has t’s. He said he plants in April, June and July. The one’s now are strictly from July. Also picked up some green one’s.
@jmdavidson1 I buy and pick green or pink, they ripen nicely off the vine, or often do
The AFWE can just skip this…
2018 Long Point Zinfandel
Finger Lakes…NY
Gary makes absolutely delicious wines from California grapes, as well as local Finger Lakes wines, Reislings, Cab Franc etc. He don’t get no respect 'round these parts because of the CA grapes.
However, his wines are fantastic. I’m a big fan of his latest Barbera…yummy!
If you have a chance to visit, do. We went last weekend. Tell Russ I said Hi.
Oh, and try the latest Reserve Zin!!!
@FritzCat
We are heading to the Finger Lakes this weekend. We will be situated on the North side of Seneca Lake but might have to make the trek to Long Point. Any other wineries you would recommend on the Eastern sie of Cayuga Lake?
@chipgreen None that I would recommend. You could go through Ithaca…great Thai there. And, Long Point does some nice Italian style paninis. We always go to Sauders for our groceries.
(Yeah, the biggest problem with Long Point is its location.)
@chipgreen @FritzCat I forget if it’s the right lake, but Red Newt is excellent.
@chipgreen @klezman Thanks, I’ll have to try them. They’re on the East side of Seneca Lake. What do you like there?
@chipgreen @FritzCat their former winemaker was great at everything. Their Riesling is top notch and comes in different styles. I’ve also enjoyed their reds - Merlot and Cab Franc. I haven’t tried the others but I’d expect their Syrah to be excellent also.
With salmon and rice.
@msten full pull?
@rjquillin
Yes
With smash burgers. Really nice.
@kawichris650 so, still good beyond the CT '23 drink-by date?
@rjquillin
Yes, I think it’s drinking beautifully.
I remember Scott suggesting it would be best to drink it by 2024, but perhaps he underestimated the lifespan of the wine?
It would be interesting to have @ScottHarveyWine try this wine and chime in with his thoughts on how it’s doing.
@kawichris650 @rjquillin Hi Ron, not sure if I have any of this left. I’ll look and get back to you. After two consecutive cool years 2012 was back to normal with a long slow ripening. Cheers, Scott
Last night had some Swiss Riesling and Garanoir. And Japanese whisky. Yum.
Mid-cap stir fry w/spring rolls and salad.
F me this is delicious while I wait for a shitload of tacos to show up
@ScottW58
Yes, this and the Howell Mtn were very enjoyable.
@msten @ScottW58 Yeah, those are great. Glad you convinced me to get in on thoe WTSO deals.
@klezman @msten @ScottW58 Looks they are down to two bottlings in stock, they had a sh*tload
Last night, 2003 Nicolaysen Late Harvest Pinot Blanc, Bien Nacido Vineyard, with some Aurora Borealis. Funny how much more brilliant the pics are than what we see with the naked eye. It was just a reddish haze by eye.
@chipgreen
Great photo Chip!
This otherwise useless info explains why the Northern Lights don’t appear as vivid when viewed with the naked eye.
The human eye has two types of cells that detect light.
Cone cells:
These cells are sensitive to color and are concentrated in the central area of vision. They are used for vision in daylight.
Rod cells:
These cells are concentrated around the outside of the fovea and can detect much fainter light at night. They can only see in black and white and shades of gray.
When it’s dark outside, the rods take over, allowing us to see in gray scale. This makes the human eye more sensitive to the luminance of the auroras, but it comes at the expense of seeing the colors.
Cameras don’t have this problem when taking a photograph. To compensate for the dark conditions, a camera can just take a longer exposure and collect light for longer, building up a picture of the scene and collecting colors that the rods in the human eye cannot detect.
@kawichris650
Thanks for the education!
Two nights ago, had fondue in Geneva and glasses of random Swiss wines:
Melomane - blend of Riesling, Pinot Blanc, Sylvaner
Yvorne Pre Roc - Chasselas
Point Rouge - can’t find the blend
Reliving my childhood. With the pizza, not the wine.
@chipgreen
Please let us know how the Sangiovese is holding up. I’ve not had a Noceto in quite some time.
@kawichris650
The 2015 Noceto split was delicious, with and without food. I have to say the Chef Boyardee pizza kit is just not the same as it used to be, other than the sauce. Still churned out a couple decent pies, though.
@chipgreen @kawichris650 Such a thing as bad pizza? Well yes but those look tasty enough
@chipgreen @kaolis @kawichris650 I remember that deal fondly. Needed to pickup in PA at Walgreens (when CM still used FedEx) but was well worth it. Sadly, drank my last bottle a while ago.
@hscottk @kaolis @kawichris650
Only 12 years ago!
Pork Ragu al Maialino…it was kind of screaming white wine but I wasn’t listening
@kaolis al Maialino, as in Maialino restaurant in nyc? Bc it looks like something I’ve had there.
Looking forward to that place reopening next year.
@kaolis I found a recipe in the NYT, was this it?
@InFrom @kaolis
Oh I’m making this for sure! With pics
@kaolis @ScottW58 Reading the article, they used to make it with the leftover maialino – I definitely had that dish in the restaurant.
We also ordered the maialino itself, the first time we went there. We took home enough pork for a leftover or two. We used to go there on the regular, for celebratory occasions.
@InFrom @ScottW58 That’s the recipe. Easy enough to dumb down to a smaller portion even with pork country ribs or sirloin chops, cuts that will shred. If you like a little stronger fennel you can add a few fennel seeds to the veggies when you sauté them. It’s also slow cooker friendly if you sauté the veggies before adding to the cooker.
Shoulda taken pics of the pappardelle with beef ragu and the skirt steak sandwich on ciabatta with sauteed onions, mushrooms, and baby spinach, but you’ll have to content yourselves with a shot of this lovely '11 Wellington Cab.
The usual messed-up cork, and the bottle’s interior was coated with sediment, but I detected none while decanting. Could have skipped decanting entirely, as it turned out. Unlike other Wellington bottles I’ve opened in recent years, no visible sediment emerged from the bottle.
Clarity was low. No bricking. Still plenty of backbone with the tannins and acidity. Fruit is probably tamer than it was a few years ago, but still hanging in. Very nice bottle.
CT says 40% of their listed bottles of this remain in people’s cellars. I imagine this has several years on it, if properly cellared. If like me, your storage is at room temp, I’d drink w/in a year or so.
@InFrom
Wine pics are fine food picks are better
@ScottW58 You are so right! I’d tell you it was our break-fast and we were starving, but I’d be lying.
@InFrom lol
@ScottW58 Thinking about it, the food was delicious and nice to look at, but I didn’t cook a speck of it. I love posting pics of my own creations, but for take-out, I think it’d have to be something unusual.
@InFrom @ScottW58 we had the traditional smoked salmon break fast, plus 2020 Stars and Dust Grenache Rosé.
With homemade red beans and rice.
More Morgan Ranch ribeye
@kaolis good for you, enjoy!
Apologies to @infrom of course I can’t put my money where my mouth is so wine pic only
same problem ordered so takeout chicken. Anyways 2012 disg 
01/21 2 gl.
@CorTot
Is no one else curious about the $4 and $5 dollar bottles?
@msten < $8 is generally from grocery outlet
@CorTot @msten
Absolutely when it is reported as a good bottle,
luv a good bottom fed find.
Champagne R&L Legras Blanc de Blancs brut grand cru
Smaller kid’s birthday dinner where the request was pasta and tomato sauce.
Whisky.
Magnum of the '21 Pedroncelli Zin. Absolutely too young, but i needed to pull a magnum, and this was it.
@radiolysis that would have been a great bottle in 15~20 years!
@rjquillin agreed.
2013 Woot Cellars Consumerus - still holding up well!
Molarchae not feeling great so I’m having beer and hot wings.
@klezman
Hopefully she feels better soon!
Made some Cacio e pepe focaccia and pasta with porchetta thrown in. Need to get back to Italy! Forget the pairing long night with my daughters first baby, just grabbed what was in front of me
@ScottW58 Excellent choice!
Have fun with the baby! Congrats!
@karenhynes @ScottW58
The two of you seem to be consistently pulling corks on those bottles.
@karenhynes @rjquillin
I’m a firm believer in if you love them drink them! “Wine is not furniture drink em” I saw that somewhere
@karenhynes @rjquillin @ScottW58 there’s a baby?!?! How did you forget to mention that when we last saw you??
Mazal tov!
@karenhynes @klezman @rjquillin @ScottW58 Looks great to me…and congrats!!
@ScottW58 Congrats!
2012 Dusted Valley Vintners Cabernet Sauvignon
@rjquillin Mine are long gone, but remember really enjoying them.
@hscottk @rjquillin that brings back (bad) memories. It’s the only shipment that had every bottle be bad. It was undrinkable – vinegar acidic, thin, burned, and way way alcoholic. The-old-place did refund my money, but i’m glad that some folks got good bottles!
Pretty good. Very aromatic. Plenty of fruit. Full body. Long finish. Held up over 3 nights. Who could ask for more.
Happy Wednesday!
@kawichris650 How many more Wellington Wednesdays do you think you will be able to do? I am envious!
@ctmariner
I haven’t done inventory in quite a while, but I still have a rather generous supply of Wellingtons.
It recently occurred to me that my inventory reduction efforts are taking longer than anticipated. So now I’m debating how feasible it might be to sell off some of my wine collection.
Ok, you say pics? How’s about too many pics of one simple little thing? Back to SC…shrimp country right? so appropriate…these were swimming yesterday morn and on the dock in the afternoon…chilled a few, fried a few. The Keenan was a good match
I would have accepted a couple more pics of the food
nice pairing!
@ScottW58
@kaolis
2007 Cline Cellars Pinot Noir
Alaska Gold smoked salmon bellies (broiled) and other Japanese kinda stuff
Trying the canned wine from United. The Maker bubbly is ok. Not really my preference but it sure isn’t sweet. Nicole did a good job.
The Just Enough Cabernet is surprisingly good, even for a 2021. Not sweet at all and has some nuance and isn’t all fruit.
These were BOTH delicious!
@kawichris650 looking tasty!
So a new Harris Teeter opened up nearby. familiar with, never been in one. A Kroger store and I kind of like what they do. Anyways they are dry aging beef, 21-30 days, their version of choice I guess. Never had it. Not crazy expensive to begin with, but they had a bunch on the sale bin. Hell what’s not to like with more age right? Quite tasty, there are more than a few in my freezer.
Ham yesterday, Manhattan Fish Chowder today.
@CorTot Well that’s a nice bottle of wine sir…
@kaolis it’s a birthday
@CorTot @kaolis
Nice you didn’t pull a GO bottle then
@CorTot @kaolis @rjquillin
Why would anybody pull a GO bottle
@CorTot @kaolis
Very nice… I hope?
@CorTot @kaolis @ScottW58
Not all have a afwe budget
@kaolis @rjquillin sadly no, it would seem inappropriate though since my max spend there is like $10 a bottle.
@CorTot @kaolis @rjquillin
Well $10 is tough but there are some pretty nice bottles under $20. Btw what is an afwe budget ?
@CorTot @kaolis @rjquillin @ScottW58 happy birthday to you? Your lovely wife?
Definitely a nice bottle!
@ScottW58
I believe it means “anti-flavor wine elite.”
There’s a thread about it on Wineberserkers.
https://www.wineberserkers.com/t/afwe-why/118956
@CorTot
Happy birthday!
@kaolis @klezman @rjquillin @ScottW58 My birthday, if it was my wife’s it would be something sparkling. I made her drink that cab.
@kaolis @rjquillin @ScottW58 GO is my go to for whites and roses, Candace isn’t real picky. For reds i’m very picky, and don’t find much worth even the heavy discounted price. It used to be better.
@kaolis @ScottW58 Doing well, needed about an hour of air to show its stuff. My dad got that as a gift at work 11 years ago from a vendor and doesn’t really drink red wine so i’ve been sitting on it. I have very little in that price range in the cellar.
@CorTot @kaolis @rjquillin @ScottW58
If I’d thought about that for more than 3 seconds…
2015 Bedrock Pagani Ranch Heritage
@chipgreen Bold move hanging on to that for 10 years? (not that this was, but reminds me I have more than a few bottles a little long in the tooth that need to go)
@kaolis
It’ll be even bolder 5 years from now, haha. We will never catch up to all the wine in our cellar before some of it goes bad, but it’ll be fun trying.
Thankfully, this was drinking very well!
Campo Grande Secreto… tacos with grilled radish/onion/jalapeno, sundried tomato cheddar
@kaolis
Looks delicious!
@kaolis good call on the tacos.
@kaolis
Oh and I do like that bottle! Ymmv
@kaolis Can’t go wrong with tacos. Yumm.
Breakfast bubbles
@chipgreen can’t drink all day if you don’t start early
Bottle from Thursday night: 2018 Pedroncelli Rose. This is even better with age.
Bottle from last night: 2012 Two Jakes Cab Franc, Roman Reserve. As odd as it sounds, it was the best immediately on pop-n-pour. After a few hours it got very thin, with lots of raw wood and nose of old bouquet of flowers. I still have a splash in the bottle “for science”, but the last bottle did not not improve with air either.
@karenhynes thoughts?
@hscottk @karenhynes and which vintage? I bought a good number of those the last month.
@hscottk @klezman
It was the 2018 offered here very recently.
My original plan was to open this at home and ponder it over a quiet evening of laundry (try not to be jealous!). As luck would have it, someone in my building decided to install some new shelving in their unit and drilled into the hot water main line feeding my part of the building so, no water for much of the evening. Soooo…I trekked my unshowered self across the street to have dinner and socialize with my local restaurant pals. As such, I didn’t give the bottle the attention I had intended but I will say it’s very yummy. A really nice mix of fruity, earthy, and floral notes on the nose. Smooth, has some tannin but not grippy. Fruit leans to the dark red/blue range. El Jefe called the floral note violet…I’ll agree with that. I often sense violet in pinot noir. I can’t specify the earthy range. I’ll probably open another this coming up weekend. There’s a pretty short window to impress folks with the fabulousness of the bottle!
@karenhynes thanks for the thoughtful and detailed note. Looking forward to popping one soon.
@jmdavidson1
Don’t remember that bottle/cuvee but I do miss his wines
@jmdavidson1 @ScottW58 Living under a rock as I do, don’t know them. Who was Congruence?
@jmdavidson1 @kaolis @ScottW58 @Hscottk
Memory fuzzy on a Sunday morn, was Congruence a WB find/offer we purchased direct?
@hscottk @kaolis @rjquillin @ScottW58 Yes. It showed up on FB years ago. Turns out they made delicious reds. Then, it seemed just as quickly, the owner decided to retire and closed the business. The wines were sold at a nice discount.
@hscottk @jmdavidson1 @kaolis @rjquillin
Yup made Coombsville cabs and they were great and when he sold everything off for $30 or $35 a bottle I bought a lot! I didn’t know living in South Carolina was living under a rock
@jmdavidson1 @kaolis @rjquillin @ScottW58 Wish I had some left!
@jmdavidson1
I have a few of the '09 Cabs left. If you ever restart your Fall wine party, I will bring you a bottle. Or if you are ever in the Akron area, would be happy to open one!
2013 Baker Lane, Estate (Sonoma) Syrah
Sure it’s from the old site.
Barely OK on PnP. Day 3 it’s better.
Pepper, short finish, old-world.
Afternoon canapés in the stateroom.
@davirom where are you cruising??
@davirom That is a nice pile of smoked salmon!!
@ScottW58 NYC to Quebec
@klezman Definitely no shortage
Bacon wrapped chicken thighs stuffed with jalapenos and kabobs.
@ScottW58 Looks delish!
Is that Pinot? Gamay?
Also we can all smell now, so we should get together soon!
@ScottW58
Love the colors on those kabobs!
@klezman
Gonon’s second wine, syrah and damn good!
@klezman man long time without smell are you sure not COVID?
@ScottW58 yes. Just the thing people used to get that killed their smell - sinusitis.
@ScottW58 yum
Our friends hosted a clambake, so I brought these along, to go with their Francis Ford Coppola Claret and Kendall-Jackson Chardonnay.
@chipgreen
You’re a good friend
@chipgreen @ScottW58 indeed! How’s that Stolpman holding up.
@hscottk @ScottW58
The Stolpman is doing great and paired incredibly well with the roasted chicken that was served alongside the clam bakes.
@rjquillin
Looks great! Didn’t you open another one of these recently? Where did you get ahold of 35 year old Cab and how was it?
@chipgreen
Naw, same one from a few weeks ago. Ar is a wonderful thing; hadn’t changed even a smidge from when it was opened 9/29 and just what you’d hope for. Most of those CT notes and drink by dates are pure fantasy. Two more in the cellar from a $25 'tso purchase delivered 11/28/2011
@rjquillin
Very nice!
2011 Bailiwick Borderline Pinot
Fantastic. Too bad they closed up shop.
Daughter is back home with the baby and wanted her favorite champagne and caviar, I try to be a good dad
@ScottW58 You adopting any kids? If so, I’m available, dad.
@jmdavidson1
@jmdavidson1 @ScottW58 Baby needs new shoes…I doubt it
@jmdavidson1 @kaolis @ScottW58 nice spread!
@jmdavidson1 @klezman @ScottW58 Oh, forgot to mention, us common folk prefer the classic Champagne/fried chicken pairing to them fish eggs…ha!
@jmdavidson1 @kaolis @klezman
Yeah well us hoity toity people don’t care
Had this Barbaresco at an Italian restaurant with pasta Bolognese. Worked well with everything but the salad.
Ok, so once again I’m easily influenced. Kelley Fox lite, bs thighs rolled/stuffed with parm, fresh herbs, lemon, a few toasted pine nuts wrapped in prosciutto.
@kaolis did you get the Pinot and vermouth too?
@msten Negative. Haven’t made a direct order yet. Found these on the shelf retail.
@kaolis thighs look great. Last years Berserker Day had a “Dinner Special “ of a Chard, a PN,and a vermouth. Been holding it back for a special family/ friends dinner.
Scrounging around on the bottom shelf for something different and found this 2011 Spanish Petit Verdot.
Not bad…
Last night my friend from Iowa called and said he was in San Diego for business/fishing and wanted to know if he could come by and cook up some fresh tuna belly
how could I say no after he hosted us last month!? Let the party begin ha. Anyways I rounded up a leg of lamb, his friend cooked up some roasted chicken, mushrooms, and confit carrots and we popped some pretty great bottles. I’m getting too old for this shit 
@ScottW58 nicely done!
Lea is ogling that tuna belly.
@klezman @ScottW58 Now that’s the way to do spontaneous
@ScottW58
Wow, what an unexpected treat!
2009 Wellington Victory Reserve
Last night, 2012 Unti Syrah Benchlands
@klezman Used to drink a bit of Unti, visited a few times. Still get the emails and I think I should pull the trigger on a few just for grins
A Portugese red blend with Sloppy Joe’s, twice baked potatoes and unpictured salad.
@chipgreen
Now you’re talking and that Joe looks to be sloppy enough
We’ve enjoyed all three of the Marchelle offer. Would buy again. Paired nicely with the Arrabbiata
@msten Arrabbiata, a fave… green stuff in the distance
@kaolis @msten
…where it belongs
Laura Michael 2014 Cab - This might be an exaggeration but I think I could just drink this forever.
Ok, last of these halves from casemates (has been in my travel bag for a couple of weeks next to sweaty laundry so hey why not)…and pot roast weather never coming so had to go for it anyway. Maybe @Winedavid49 or @Winedavid59 or whoever he is can come up with a good half bottle offer again
@kaolis yes please. We usually jump on the 1/2 bottles.
@kaolis
That is some nice comfort food.
@chefjess your bottles always just blow my mind.
@karenhynes
We have a diverse group with varied cellars so it’s always interesting. The wines change according to the menu and the attendees’ cellars. Our dinner this week was a steakhouse so big reds were on the menu. We always start every dinner with champagne and have a white for apps/salad. It’s a lot of fun. Lots of wow moments over the years.
@chefjess @karenhynes
Doing it right!
@chefjess @karenhynes @ScottW58
@chefjess
Amazing selection, as always. How was the Diamond Crest Cab?
@karenhynes how was the HH, thought about it
Clearing out leftovers from the past week+ or so meals;
hangars, polenta & shrooms, green stuff, and this from a local winery I found in the back of the cellar that I picked up 9 years ago for $5 from an abandoned locker where I store some of my ‘overflow’. Totally saturated cork, but the Durand pulled it in one piece. Really lite color saturation, like a PN and just 13.4% AbV
Faded, but still fully intact, with no off notes at all.
1996 Orfila Vineyards Syrah “Val De La Mer”
Going to a rock star themed Halloween party. Had to throw in the Ghost Signs. Dressing up as Axl Rose. OK, more like Fat Axl, haha. There will be NOT be pics.
@chipgreen awww come on
@kaolis
I will share the product pic from Amazon. Looks a lot better than it does with me in it, haha.
@chipgreen @kaolis
Pics or it didn’t happen
@chipgreen @kaolis @ScottW58 I remember the Rockus Bockus….good stuff and cost next to nothing.
@kaolis @ScottW58
Fine. Thankfully my wife stepped in to salvage the pic!
@chipgreen @kaolis
You guys look great! Must have had a fun time
@chipgreen @kaolis @ScottW58 Those auburn tresses are a good look!
@InFrom @kaolis @ScottW58
Haha. I did actually come in 2nd for male costume, to Kurt Cobain with a gunshot wound.
@chipgreen @InFrom @ScottW58 An award winner for sure!
@davirom I am also in Canada although they served South American Malbec…
@klezman I’m sure your dinner was better than ours too
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@davirom We were in Canada last weekend and I tasted all the Pillitteri Estates wines including the $100 Cdn and Appassimento wines. They were not to my liking.
@davirom When tv was tv
@davirom fancy wedding, so yes?
@davirom @FritzCat that’s a shame. I’ve enjoyed many bottles of Pillitteri over the years, including their icewine. I haven’t had their table wines in a long time though same I’d be sad to hear they’ve not kept the quality up.
@davirom @FritzCat @klezman
I’ve not had any, so curious as to their profile and what didn’t click for you
@davirom @klezman @rjquillin No fruit. If you’re an AFWE, you might like it. Give me a Napa Cab over a Bordeaux any day.
@davirom @FritzCat @rjquillin that’s the best reason to not like it. I like more savoury wines so it’s in my wheelhouse.
@davirom
Cannedada
@chipgreen I don’t have the referent
@davirom
It was just a play on words, or rather, a compound word.
@chipgreen @davirom nice to run into you guys at the airport!
@klezman Same plane home! Whoda thunk?
Harris Teeter dry aged ribeye, 11 bucks from the sale bin batch
@kaolis The qpr is real!
2014 Woot Cellars Large Bold Text - still holding well!
@sosptuba how much life you think remains?
@rjquillin I’d say a few years yet, which I certainly hope is the case since I have close to a case left still
@sosptuba just under a half here; thanks.
2013 Woot Cellars vinitwo del finito - also still holding up well and I would guess it has several years left yet
@sosptuba we just opened one too! Except the screw cap was leaky somehow.
Wings and baked beans while hopefully watching the dodgers win another one against the hated Yankees! No offense intended. Have not been watching much sports in my old age but wanted to know how the Yankees got there. Hey @chipgreen when the hell did the Indians become the commanders?!?! And why the hell would you do that?
@ScottW58 nice pairing!
@ScottW58
It was more about the Chief Wahoo logo than the name “Indians” but the vocal minority got their way and the team owners decided to make the change to Guardians which refers to a Guardian figure incorporated into a bridge in Cleveland.
@chipgreen
Oh brother
@chipgreen @ScottW58 yeah…
@klezman @ScottW58 damn nice bean bottle
@ScottW58 just noticed that’s a mag.
Way to go child killer.
@rjquillin
If that bottle is a magnum I’m drinking out of the biggest wine glass in the world lol. And I don’t think a 10 year old napa cab a baby.
@ScottW58 Ah, looking again…
I see it’s bottle ### of ### and not mag # of #
The number follows the bottle and not mag text.
Guess I’m just not as used to those fancy numbered bottles, as others are.
Still saying if it were a mag it would have been…
@rjquillin
That may be, so I guess you will be mad when I pop this mag soon! I would invite you but I don’t want to offend your tender sensibilities
@rjquillin @ScottW58 You won’t offend my sensibilities! Just tell me when and where and what to bring! It actually should be in a great late-youth window right now.
@klezman @rjquillin
Lol will do, oh and I stumbled across this quote today, I would imagine it would apply to old men too
“Appreciating old wine is like making love to a very old lady. It is possible. It can even be enjoyable. But it requires a bit of imagination.”
— Andre Tchelistcheff
Kind of slow around here, with a little fresh linguine/marinara
Finished up a Rhys 2018 Anderson Valley pinot and a dN Lot 270 pinot
There was also a cheese course
@chefjess
I would have walked out without the cheese course!
@chefjess @ScottW58 Jealous!
2017 Stags’ Leap Petite Sirah.
Day 2. Yeah, it’s good.
Okay if you want me to drink old crap I will! Not sure what I’m eating yet? Bottle is doing well maybe the acid is starting to overwhelm the fruit. Bottle in perfect condition.
@ScottW58 Yeah that happens…sometimes old Bordeaux tastes like old Bordeaux…but wait. I like old Bordeaux
@kaolis
Yup don’t get me wrong it was still a delicious bottle, very old Bordeaux like
Woot Cellars Emergencier Holiday Provisions (I know I have at least 1 bottle of the original EHP…maybe 2 somewhere) No year on the bottle but it is still holding it’s own although it’s mellowed a bit since the last time I had some. Still have several bottles left.
2015 Graton Ridge Petit Sirah Dessert Wine - coming in hot at 18.3% but with some time to breathe it cools off
Much more enjoyable on day 2 and 3. Used to make coq au zin. Julia Child is rolling over.
Happy Wednesday!
A Virginia Chard, enjoyed on the deck after dinner.
Garbage salad in a plastic bowl…whilst watching World Series rooting for LA, however this old man on the east coast fell asleep at the end of 7… oh well it happens
Champagne and truffle fries were a fantastic pairing. All the wines were delicious
@chefjess beat my garbage salad lineup I’d say.
2016 Qupé Syrah Bien Nacido Hillside Estate
substantially better than the last bottle 2 years ago
2014 Cazadero Winery Cabernet Sauvignon, Bei Ranch, Sonoma Coast
K&L was blowing these out and I’m sad I only got 3. Excellent over two nights. Might not be fruity enough for some but I’m enjoying it.
Yeah I know it’s Nov 1, rabbit rabbit rabbit. But this was consumed Oct
Sandlands was fresh off the truck, carryout smoked and fried wings.
@kaolis Oh yeah…I think my Sandlands comes next week…