@karenhynes@kawichris650 I refuse to open a Victory just to outdo her… I’m a one Wellington a night kinda gal, I know how to manage my stock and not get ahead of myself….
@bunnymasseuse@kawichris650@rjquillin
As expected, Mr. September and I are over!!..on to new adventures (and fresh jail bait ).
Please meet Mr. October.
@hscottk@rjquillin Yeah, after all this time I finally figured that out. Neither that ugly pebbled countertop/backsplash, nor the stainless countertop appliances, does much to show off the subject. Luckily the cutting board was clean, so… The other option is on the stove, which is shiny and white, except when I’ve been messing it up cooking things like chicken under a brick. Anyway, the countertop has better light.
@kawichris650 I meant to ask how the 2010 Meeks Zin is doing. Back in late 2015 I remember Peter commenting on ageing for the mystery case and said this was best consumed within a year. Mine is long gone, but curious how they held up. He was being conservative but I still find it interesting how difficult it is to predict this stuff.
@rjquillin Yes, drank them in order from oldest to youngest. All are good. These don’t need a lot of time but I’m going to wait until at least 2025 before I tuck in to the 2019s I have sitting around.
Finishing up today’s Durigutti Bonarda offer.
It fell apart. That last day with substantial headspace in the bottle just did it in. Didn’t even finish the glass.
This is a hard ‘drink now’ bottle; imo.
@bunnymasseuse@danandlisa
Not sure about longer term cellaring; a year or a couple seems reasonable. Just don’t expect an open bottle with no attempts to preserve to go past a couple, or three, days.
I rather tend to use that to help, be a it right/wrong, correct/incorrect, way to help me think how it may age.
I’ve currently got a Kelley Fox '15 PN in the fridge I sipped on yesterday that was opened nearly a week ago that shows minimal if any signs of degrading.
Vodka at the Russian restaurant. They have a large selection of Georgian wines and Armenian brandies, but figured vodka would be the best. На здоровье!
@msten
Well thanks! Only our 2nd restaurant dinner since the shit broke out went to Musso and Frank’s have never been before, lots of food but the main was ribcap steaks. One thing I’ve learned through this thing is time to drink the good stuff cause I ain’t getting any younger.
@ScottW58
Ha! Nope…currently 73F. This is what happens when you wander across the street to your local Italian joint the night before the Chicago Marathon and have to have dinner at the bar (aka “danger zone”) because everyone is here carb loading.
@kawichris650
Drinking well, had with prime NY steaks. Don’t need to rush to drink up but don’t see any upside for further aging. I have 1 left and will drink it this fall/winter season. I like Syrah a lot and this is in a good place.
@kawichris650@rc70 This is Jana’s favorite vintage and it is disappearing from my cellar. In the winery it has been moved to our library program.
Cheers
Nothing yet, but soon. Figured I needed to stay sober while getting all the credit card calls done after the weekend I had. Pretty sure I have something in the decanter, I’ll figure it out soon when I pour! I did burn some pictures today to get my anger out, but that didn’t sooth the pain.
She-Devil, 2015
I really liked it.
She-WMBO (See what I did there?) didn’t.
Odd, since she likes Syrah.
We’ll see after it sits overnight on the counter.
Getting a jump on Wednesday, 2010 Wellington Meeks Zin. My last bottle of that vintage, sadly. The good news, it’s drinking beautifully and I had no trouble whatsoever with the cork. I can’t believe that I paid <$13 for this stuff!
@klezman
Ohh nice find have not had that, every time I put in an order I ask for some older bottles and usually get them without a big upcharge, I like that this bottle was just so perfectly balanced nothing out of place, I like that too! I think Marcus has been killing it for a long time and sadly I did not know about them.
@klezman
Very nice, medium / long finish ,dark fruits with a bit of complexity. Nicely aged bottle.
CT says I have some 11’s going to see if I can locate to compare. For Science
@davirom I like it. Enough, in fact, to have purchased more. I got the first bottle, drank that and got another three. It’s friendly enough just to drink alone, has complexity to go with food. I really enjoy Gamay so it was a no brainer.
@radiolysis Turns out my bottle is a 2019 and not reserve. I am not a frequent gamay drinker and this one seems darker and more full bodied than I remember the varietal, which I am OK with. Analogous to the difference between pinot noirs from Sonoma and Willamette Valley.
2018 Turley Barbera, Sleeper Ranch, Amador
I’m enjoying this so far. Young, of course, but not over the top. I think maybe Tegan gets more control over the non-Zin wines? I’m finding they’re far more interesting than most of the zins that are clocking in north of 15% these days.
2016 Virage Vineyards Cabernet Franc Rosé
Veggie/chicken soup, seemed like it would work, pulled one, put the case back in the stack and immediately knocked the bottle on the floor. Concrete. The second one made it.
@klezman, I still owe you any of these, before I crack any more?
Well made some smoked Armadillo eggs for an app, damn I said God damn those southern boys know how to eat jalapeno stuffed with seasoned cream cheese wrapped with sausage and bacon. And a Felsina now off to find my lipitor!
Seasoned cream cheese and it really worked! But if you don’t like cream cheese or feel it’s abused I will not force you to eat one. I loved it my heart probably not
@FritzCat Almost every one I’ve opened has been great, I just have many bottles and decided I better drink at least one a week for now, maybe I’ll slow down as the supply dwindles in a few years.
@klezman do you post TNs over there?
If so, I sure don’t see them.
And in the beginning I thought navigating here was strange, that one still eludes me.
@rjquillin I don’t really use it. I need another site like I need a hole in the head. I do check the deals, though, and there have been some very good ones thus far.
@rjquillin Still don’t know what you’re on about. You asked me if I use the other site for tasting notes and such. I don’t. There’s no real community there at this point.
If you were asking me for lab rat notes, you were an hour or so early before the offer even went live.
I am dumbfounded, aghast even…
I went looking for an older Pedroncelli to pop, for obvious reasons. Plenty of Wellington, sh!tloads of Ty Caton, a few bottles of Pedroncelli ‘Port’, and a couple of cases of the “90” (was that 2017) Peds, but I could find nothing that I was looking for. I do agree with Klezman, this is one to cellar it and forget it.
Stumbled upon a bottle of 2015 K Syrah, Milbrandt. OK, I’m satisfied.
Pedroncelli is not one that I’m thrown to buy because of “personal relationships” with the vintner as with Scott Harvey or WineSmith. I just know that it’s good juice, but I have plenty of good juice a few short steps down into the cellar.
@FritzCat
While Ed might not be as active as he used to be during the offers, Pedroncelli is still Italian for “QPR”. You would be hard pressed to find a better value, even among all the incredible values that @WineDavid49 provides.
Visiting son & wife in Austin and the Formula 1 race weekend activities. Grabbed this on the way back from qualifying sessions today, race tomorrow. Go Team Red Bull and Max Verstappen!
As I’m contemplating a trip to the Veneto region of Italy next year, I’m tasting some Amarone. I’ve acquired a couple of high-end (for me) examples, Marion and Dal Forno…'cause…
Tonight it’s a 2016 Zenato. I tasted it after pulling the cork, and it was way too hot! Poured it through a vinturi and waited an hour, and it’s much better. Although much too young, it’s a very good wine. Not as syrupy as many Amarones I’ve had.
You know, those wine experiences you’ve had that really opened your eyes? My first was a 2004 Masi Amarone, and my second was a Shafer One Point Five Cab.
The wine is a nice surprise. Kinda funky, in a good way. I guess if I’d been buried a while in a clay amphora, I’d smell funky too. Dry, like the label says.
@InFrom@ScottW58 Weren’t you there? Just saying I think you’ve tasted at least one Georgian wine before
It was in a clay bottle.
Khvanchkara semi-sweet (apparently) red wine from Alexandreuli and Mudzhuretuli grapes in Racha, Georgia.
@InFrom@klezman
I certainly don’t remember it? The only weird wine I remember trying was some god awful wine in a fruit shaped vessel that some jerk brought to Kyle’s a long time ago oh and a brown rose that Ron brought to a gathering. Two sips of so called wine that still haunt me!
@ctmariner I don’t know that the grape itself necessarily has a funk to it. I feel like the fermentation in underground clay amphorae could have been a factor in the nose of this one. Now I need to plan a trip to the FL, with a stop at Standing Stone!
Went all out tonight, duck leg confit, made a potato gratin (pain in the arse) and green stuff with a mango vinaigrette. And my last bottle of my first purchase of Thomas Pinot.
2013 Tercero Grenache. Quite a change of pace from last night’s wine. Once it opened up, the mouthfeel is a lot more syrupy, though the wine isn’t what you’d call sweet. Both really enjoyable wines.
@ScottW58 Actually, Costco choice. I experimented with a West African spice mix rub that I was given and it overwhelmed the meat. The wine was fantastic though .
@klezman
Funny because the other couple brought a German ice wine to the dinner we told them to save it for another night and tonight they came over and dropped the bottle on the kitchen floor it will be a while before they can clean up that sticky mess!
Meh I’m not reposting, I’m still living in September:)
2009 Wellington Victory
@karenhynes Darn you Karen! Don’t you out Wellington me! Lol
I DEMAND A MANAGER!!
@bunnymasseuse @karenhynes
She’s a baller like that! She out did us both! haha
@karenhynes @kawichris650 I refuse to open a Victory just to outdo her… I’m a one Wellington a night kinda gal, I know how to manage my stock and not get ahead of myself….
@bunnymasseuse @kawichris650 @rjquillin
).
As expected, Mr. September and I are over!!..on to new adventures (and fresh jail bait
Please meet Mr. October.
With a lemony brick chicken.
@InFrom the white background is a nice touch.
@hscottk @InFrom
Yup, nice to see what should be for a change.
@hscottk @rjquillin Yeah, after all this time I finally figured that out. Neither that ugly pebbled countertop/backsplash, nor the stainless countertop appliances, does much to show off the subject. Luckily the cutting board was clean, so… The other option is on the stove, which is shiny and white, except when I’ve been messing it up cooking things like chicken under a brick. Anyway, the countertop has better light.
My dog had an encounter with a skunk this evening, this was well earned after that mess.
2013 Wellington Roussanne.
@klezman
Surprised how few of these remain in CT, or ever existed.
2018 Seghesio Family Vineyards Zinfandel. About what I’d expect.
@kawichris650 I meant to ask how the 2010 Meeks Zin is doing. Back in late 2015 I remember Peter commenting on ageing for the mystery case and said this was best consumed within a year. Mine is long gone, but curious how they held up. He was being conservative but I still find it interesting how difficult it is to predict this stuff.
@hscottk I had it last week (my last bottle) and it was doing nicely. Not sure there’s additional upside, but it’s delicious now.
@davirom
First loaf in awhile.
@CorTot Your loaves seem to come out crustier than ours. I wonder what we are doing differently (wrong)? Nice effect on the top.
@CorTot
Beautiful!
Another fun Fells Fun Festival in Baltimore!
Blueberry Pimms Cup
Downeast Cider Doughnut
42+ oysters from MD, VA, DE
Pulled pork cheese sticks
But first… Oyster tending to start the day! Playing with spat!
2012 Two Jakes Cabernet Sauvignon.
2015 Scherrer Old and Mature Vines Zinfandel
@klezman Have you tried the '13 or '14?
@rjquillin Yes, drank them in order from oldest to youngest. All are good. These don’t need a lot of time but I’m going to wait until at least 2025 before I tuck in to the 2019s I have sitting around.
@klezman Humm, somehow, except for some 18 Rosé, I only ended up with '13~'15; at least in CT.
Were the newer ones another WB day buy or direct offer?
@rjquillin We split a case of 2019 futures - you have 3 each of the Shale Terrace and OMV in your northern storage locker.
@kitkat34
With some fish and chips from Robin Hood’s British pub. Damn I forgot how good these fish and chips are!
Finishing up today’s Durigutti Bonarda offer.
It fell apart. That last day with substantial headspace in the bottle just did it in. Didn’t even finish the glass.
This is a hard ‘drink now’ bottle; imo.
@rjquillin Thank you. This makes my decision to wait so much easier.
@danandlisa @rjquillin Drink Now, like it won’t last for cellaring?
@bunnymasseuse @danandlisa
Not sure about longer term cellaring; a year or a couple seems reasonable. Just don’t expect an open bottle with no attempts to preserve to go past a couple, or three, days.
I rather tend to use that to help, be a it right/wrong, correct/incorrect, way to help me think how it may age.
I’ve currently got a Kelley Fox '15 PN in the fridge I sipped on yesterday that was opened nearly a week ago that shows minimal if any signs of degrading.
@bunnymasseuse @rjquillin Such restraint. When I have a Kelly Fox PN, the bottle does not last a week.
@bunnymasseuse @danandlisa
Just distracted. It’s at about 40~45% now.
And it’s tasty enough I don’t feel like getting pie-eyed on it.
@bunnymasseuse @danandlisa @rjquillin
A week?!?!?!?! If I have a half glass the next day it’s a miracle
@bunnymasseuse @rjquillin @ScottW58 Scott, I agree 100%.
Fogline 2014 Pinot noir
2013 Wellington Zinfandel (Meeks). I think this is my last Meeks.
Overlooking Long Island Sound. Paired with a fried clam dinner.
@InFrom
Minamilistic but you get your point across loud and clear, nice!
@InFrom stunning
2013 Wellington Vineyards Grenache Estate
Forgot it was WW.
2015 NxNW Syrah
2020 Stars and Dust Grenache Rose
Nikki for a great job on this! Delicious!
@klezman
Agreed
@klezman @ScottW58
Yes, agreed.
@chefjess @klezman @ScottW58
She could also sell ice cubes to indigenous Alaskans.
Vodka at the Russian restaurant. They have a large selection of Georgian wines and Armenian brandies, but figured vodka would be the best. На здоровье!
Last night four of us went out for dinner it’s been a really long time and opened some great bottles!
@ScottW58 I’m happy for you and your friends. What was served with the wine?
It’s always a joy to see what you’ve uncorked.
@msten
went to Musso and Frank’s have never been before, lots of food but the main was ribcap steaks. One thing I’ve learned through this thing is time to drink the good stuff cause I ain’t getting any younger.
Well thanks! Only our 2nd restaurant dinner since the shit broke out
@CorTot nice. I still have two 2010 and three 2011. Opened a couple this year. My guests enjoyed them. Hope you do too.
Lost Mine. Homage to todays offer.
@msten Ditto.
2016 Patricia Green Balcombe Vineyard, Mortimer Cooke Memorial Pinot Noir
…and a vodka gimlet (extra lime-y).
…and some Dorda Sea Salt Caramel and Dark Chocolate liqueurs.
@karenhynes
Ahhh the perfect drink when it’s snowing, is it snowing??
@ScottW58
Ha! Nope…currently 73F. This is what happens when you wander across the street to your local Italian joint the night before the Chicago Marathon and have to have dinner at the bar (aka “danger zone”) because everyone is here carb loading.
@karenhynes @ScottW58 Have a good marathon!
@Mark_L @ScottW58
Right! I’m not even planning to DRIVE 26 miles tomorrow.
@karenhynes @Mark_L
Lol
With some flannery filets they threw in one of my bigger orders.
@ScottW58
Oh and this Trinidadian spiced fruit salad
@rc70
How’s it drinking? I think I have one bottle left.
@kawichris650
Drinking well, had with prime NY steaks. Don’t need to rush to drink up but don’t see any upside for further aging. I have 1 left and will drink it this fall/winter season. I like Syrah a lot and this is in a good place.
@rc70
Thanks for the input. I’m a fan of the varietal as well. I wonder if @ScottHarveyWine can hook us up with a replenishment of Syrah.
@kawichris650 @rc70 This is Jana’s favorite vintage and it is disappearing from my cellar. In the winery it has been moved to our library program.
Cheers
U més U fan Tres Cava 1+1= 3 Cygnus Organic Reserva Brut Nature while out to dinner at a local teppan place.
2018 WineSmith Grenache Rosé. We liked it. I agree it’s different but worked with shrimp dinner so that’s what counts!
Nothing yet, but soon. Figured I needed to stay sober while getting all the credit card calls done after the weekend I had. Pretty sure I have something in the decanter, I’ll figure it out soon when I pour! I did burn some pictures today to get my anger out, but that didn’t sooth the pain.
She-Devil, 2015
I really liked it.
She-WMBO (See what I did there?) didn’t.
Odd, since she likes Syrah.
We’ll see after it sits overnight on the counter.
@FritzCat Phenomenal on day two! Of course, “just ok” for SWMBO. We don’t agree on everything…sometimes I’m wrong.
Younger daughter is 44 today
2009 Iron Horse Vineyards Brut Rosé
2007 Buena Vista Pinot Noir Estate Vineyard Series Ramal Vineyard
NV Momokawa Diamond Junmai Ginjo Medium Dry Premium
NV Momokawa Organic Nigori Junmai Ginjo
1977 Quarles Harris Porto Vintage
Ah, supper was sashimi
@rjquillin
That sounds delicious! Happy birthday to your daughter.
Here’s one you won’t find on casemates. Serval,Vidal,and Niagara. Sweet.
Getting a jump on Wednesday, 2010 Wellington Meeks Zin. My last bottle of that vintage, sadly. The good news, it’s drinking beautifully and I had no trouble whatsoever with the cork. I can’t believe that I paid <$13 for this stuff!
It’s Wellington Wednesday!
2007 Nysa Pinot Noir
This one is good too - they’re so far nothing special, but it hasn’t had too much time to breathe either.
2015 Kendric Vineyards Sangiovese Reward Ranch
@winedavid49 Get Stew on here more often.
Gruet Brut with homemade sushi.
This damn bottle was ridiculously good last night!
@ScottW58 oops
@ScottW58 Nice. The 2011 Souris was one of the best domestic Pinots I’ve ever had.
@klezman
this bottle was just so perfectly balanced nothing out of place, I like that too! I think Marcus has been killing it for a long time and sadly I did not know about them.
Ohh nice find have not had that, every time I put in an order I ask for some older bottles and usually get them without a big upcharge, I like that
Well mama’s birthday today so a birth year wine for the old girl, I will never admit to saying that!
@ScottW58 Meant to text you earlier to tell her happy birthday from us! So I’m telling you now!
@ScottW58 still a young 'un. Wish her well.
@ScottW58 happy birthday! We’re a day apart…
@klezman
Andrea says thank you!
@hscottk
Well then happy birthday today!
@ScottW58
Happy belated birthday to Andrea and happy birthday to you @hscottk
@rc70 looks interesting!
@rc70 how was it? The other Piers bottles I’ve picked up have been good so far.
@klezman
Very nice, medium / long finish ,dark fruits with a bit of complexity. Nicely aged bottle.
CT says I have some 11’s going to see if I can locate to compare. For Science
2008 WineSmith Pinot Noir
@karenhynes 2007 WineSmith Cab Franc
2018 Bachelet Fleurie
@radiolysis I just picked up a bottle of that. What do you think of it?
@davirom I like it. Enough, in fact, to have purchased more. I got the first bottle, drank that and got another three. It’s friendly enough just to drink alone, has complexity to go with food. I really enjoy Gamay so it was a no brainer.
@radiolysis Turns out my bottle is a 2019 and not reserve. I am not a frequent gamay drinker and this one seems darker and more full bodied than I remember the varietal, which I am OK with. Analogous to the difference between pinot noirs from Sonoma and Willamette Valley.
2013 Twisted Oak *%#&@!
With my last a5 Waygu NY strip.
@hscottk Very nice!
2018 Turley Barbera, Sleeper Ranch, Amador
I’m enjoying this so far. Young, of course, but not over the top. I think maybe Tegan gets more control over the non-Zin wines? I’m finding they’re far more interesting than most of the zins that are clocking in north of 15% these days.
2017 Pedroncelli Dry Rose of Zinfandel
@CorTot whoa. i have not seen that label!
@CorTot @Winedavid49 Wow…nice find! Where’d that come from?
@klezman @Winedavid49 candace was able to grab it through a local shop. Bought it for my 40th.
@CorTot @klezman @Winedavid49
Well done!
2018 Joseph Jewell Eel River Valley Pinot Noir, Humboldt County
Amarone & Nachos.
If that’s wrong, I don’t wanna be right!
@FritzCat
Lol
@FritzCat
Ha. That’s awesome!
EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!
2016 Virage Vineyards Cabernet Franc Rosé
Veggie/chicken soup, seemed like it would work, pulled one, put the case back in the stack and immediately knocked the bottle on the floor. Concrete. The second one made it.
@klezman, I still owe you any of these, before I crack any more?
@rjquillin Not according to CellarTracker
@klezman @rjquillin
I see what you did there
It’s Wednesday!
Had to use an ah-so to get the cork out and there’s quite a bit of sediment, but the wine is drinking beautifully.
Just finished a glass of day 2 2011 Wellington Petite Sirah and am about to open a 2020 Briceland Pet Nat d’Orleans.
Well made some smoked Armadillo eggs for an app, damn I said God damn those southern boys know how to eat
jalapeno stuffed with seasoned cream cheese wrapped with sausage and bacon. And a Felsina now off to find my lipitor!
@ScottW58
yum!
@ScottW58
Those look delicious! Just crush up the Lipitor and sprinkle on top!
@ScottW58 But why on earth would you fill that with cream cheese? It seems like that’s one of the most frequently abused ingredients…
Seasoned cream cheese and it really worked! But if you don’t like cream cheese or feel it’s abused I will not force you to eat one. I loved it my heart probably not
@ScottW58 It’s be better filled with meat
@klezman
I’m guessing you overlooked the part that it’s wrapped in sausage and bacon… Or not
@ScottW58 Not overlooked, no
You’ve seen Epic Meal Time, right??
@klezman
I have not? For the last year and a half I’ve been concentrated on southern boys and girls smoking meats
@ScottW58 they’re much older than that. Google the turbacon epic.
2011 Wellington Vineyards Merlot Sonoma Valley
My last Wellington Merlot, drinking fine despite the cork that broke.
@catcoland Do we need to sacrifice our Wellingtons?
@FritzCat Almost every one I’ve opened has been great, I just have many bottles and decided I better drink at least one a week for now, maybe I’ll slow down as the supply dwindles in a few years.
2019 Bonny Doon Vineyard Vin Gris de Cigare.
2016 Dutton Goldfield Pinot Noir, Dutton Ranch, RRV
Rat bottle for WD’s other site.
@klezman That one does sound interesting.
Thoughts?
@rjquillin Needs air. Big time. Tight as a drum. Hope it comes out of its shell today.
@klezman do you post TNs over there?
If so, I sure don’t see them.
And in the beginning I thought navigating here was strange, that one still eludes me.
@rjquillin I don’t really use it. I need another site like I need a hole in the head. I do check the deals, though, and there have been some very good ones thus far.
@klezman Don’t understand.
You get a rat bottle but don’t rat?
@rjquillin Huh?
@klezman said
@rjquillin Still don’t know what you’re on about. You asked me if I use the other site for tasting notes and such. I don’t. There’s no real community there at this point.
If you were asking me for lab rat notes, you were an hour or so early before the offer even went live.
2008 Pedroncelli Sangiovese.
CT tells me I bought it back in 2011, for $8.75. Wow.
@InFrom
yup, 4/25/2011 and $8.75
only one left of three.
NV Wellington Vineyards White Port
@rjquillin Love that stuff.
I’m happy I have one of those left.
I am dumbfounded, aghast even…
I went looking for an older Pedroncelli to pop, for obvious reasons. Plenty of Wellington, sh!tloads of Ty Caton, a few bottles of Pedroncelli ‘Port’, and a couple of cases of the “90” (was that 2017) Peds, but I could find nothing that I was looking for. I do agree with Klezman, this is one to cellar it and forget it.
Stumbled upon a bottle of 2015 K Syrah, Milbrandt. OK, I’m satisfied.
Pedroncelli is not one that I’m thrown to buy because of “personal relationships” with the vintner as with Scott Harvey or WineSmith. I just know that it’s good juice, but I have plenty of good juice a few short steps down into the cellar.
@FritzCat
While Ed might not be as active as he used to be during the offers, Pedroncelli is still Italian for “QPR”. You would be hard pressed to find a better value, even among all the incredible values that @WineDavid49 provides.
@chipgreen @Winedavid49 You’re not wrong.
2013 Woot Cellars Revelry
This is still packing some pucker power at PnP.
Long life ahead.
with some Holy Grail wagyu, caramelized onions and shrooms, asparagus, truffled mashed spuds and beet/feta salad.
But no pretty pics…
Whitehall lane 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon
NV Gruet Blanc de Noirs
2008 WineSmith Pinot Noir
2015 Et Fille Pinot Noir, Deux Vert Vineyard
Visiting son & wife in Austin and the Formula 1 race weekend activities. Grabbed this on the way back from qualifying sessions today, race tomorrow. Go Team Red Bull and Max Verstappen!
Last we had a Flannery Jorge steak with a 1986 Ravenswood Sonoma County Cabernet. Those Ravenswood library releases are amazing.
2009 Louis Latour Saint Véran Les Deux Moulins
With crab legs and pasta with Chanterelles.
@rjquillin
Not the Mâcon-Villages that everyone is dumping down the sink?
@chipgreen While I was looking for that one but couldn’t find it, I wouldn’t have had it with the crab anyway; I still do want to find them…
Made some french onion soup and some rose.
Getting an early start on Wellington Wednesday with the '12 Meeks Zin. So delicious.
@InFrom
And pretty.
Day 2 of a 2017 Turley Amador Zinfandel, Buck Cobb vineyard
It’s Wellington Wednesday
As I’m contemplating a trip to the Veneto region of Italy next year, I’m tasting some Amarone. I’ve acquired a couple of high-end (for me) examples, Marion and Dal Forno…'cause…
Tonight it’s a 2016 Zenato. I tasted it after pulling the cork, and it was way too hot! Poured it through a vinturi and waited an hour, and it’s much better. Although much too young, it’s a very good wine. Not as syrupy as many Amarones I’ve had.
You know, those wine experiences you’ve had that really opened your eyes? My first was a 2004 Masi Amarone, and my second was a Shafer One Point Five Cab.
@FritzCat Dal Forno was my a-ha moment.
@msten Fantastic! Can’t hardly wait to try the bottle I got. Thanks for escalating my anticipation. Good anniversary wine.
Digging around one of my wine fridges I found 3 of these
did not know I bought the reserve, and 
whipping up some steaks.
Spaghetti and meatballs with the adult kids tonight.
Tonight’s curiousity, a wine from Georgia. The country.
Too bad we’re not serving orzo.
The wine is a nice surprise. Kinda funky, in a good way. I guess if I’d been buried a while in a clay amphora, I’d smell funky too. Dry, like the label says.
I’m reminded by a nearby ex-editor that the word is spelled “curiosity”.
@InFrom
Interesting have heard of them but never had an opportunity to try a wine from there.
@InFrom @ScottW58 Tim brought some to a gathering at my old apartment …
@InFrom @klezman
Annnnd…
@InFrom @ScottW58 Weren’t you there? Just saying I think you’ve tasted at least one Georgian wine before
It was in a clay bottle.
Khvanchkara semi-sweet (apparently) red wine from Alexandreuli and Mudzhuretuli grapes in Racha, Georgia.
@InFrom @klezman
oh and a brown rose that Ron brought to a gathering. Two sips of so called wine that still haunt me!
I certainly don’t remember it? The only weird wine I remember trying was some god awful wine in a fruit shaped vessel that some jerk brought to Kyle’s a long time ago
@InFrom Had a Superavi from Standing Stone Vineyards during a recent trip to the Finger Lakes - it was very good and not funky all
@InFrom @ScottW58 So that’s good…this one didn’t traumatize you!
I just remember it being Georgian and in that clay bottle.
@ctmariner I don’t know that the grape itself necessarily has a funk to it. I feel like the fermentation in underground clay amphorae could have been a factor in the nose of this one. Now I need to plan a trip to the FL, with a stop at Standing Stone!
http://www.georgianwinehouse.com/brand/39/Orgo
With some smoked turkey, getting an early start on Thanksgiving.
Furthermore Pinot Noir, Graton Ridge Vineyard, RRV
Trying a Sichuan noodle place tonight and so we put a 2015 Markus Molitor Graacher Domprobst Riesling Kabinett (White Capsule) in the fridge.
Last night: 2017 J. Dusi, Escandalosa.
Went all out tonight, duck leg confit, made a potato gratin (pain in the arse) and green stuff with a mango vinaigrette. And my last bottle of my first purchase of Thomas Pinot.
2013 Scott Harvey Winemakers Reserve
2013 Tercero Grenache. Quite a change of pace from last night’s wine. Once it opened up, the mouthfeel is a lot more syrupy, though the wine isn’t what you’d call sweet. Both really enjoyable wines.
@davirom
Looks like flannery? How was it?
@ScottW58 Actually, Costco choice. I experimented with a West African spice mix rub that I was given and it overwhelmed the meat. The wine was fantastic though
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@davirom
Gotta love Costco! Nice marbling
@davirom @ScottW58 I have often found packages among the “choice” that look much closer to prime – but you have to search through the piles.
2011 Two Jakes of Diamonds Cabernet Franc Diamond Ridge
with some ribeyes
2013 Wellington Syrah Charlie Walker’s Corner
Last of these.
Happy Scott Sunday!
Also, happy Halloween!
Instead of candy I’m having some of this. (And I might argue that this is better than candy haha.)
Had sushi last night, I don’t like sushi! Wine was awesome tho.
VAN MURALS! GROUND SQUIRRELS! SPIT CURLS! AWESOME!
@ScottW58 That’s my kind of sushi night!! (molarchae’s too…bubbly and Burgundy?! Add in icewine and that’s her trifecta!)
@klezman
it will be a while before they can clean up that sticky mess!
Funny because the other couple brought a German ice wine to the dinner we told them to save it for another night and tonight they came over and dropped the bottle on the kitchen floor
@ScottW58 this also reminds me that we need to get together again soon!
2009 Pedroncelli Mother Clone Zin. Cork was a crumbly pita to extract, but the wine is quite fine. And, it’s our last one. Muy triste.
The good news, I saved half in a .375 bottle for tomorrow night.
/giphy The Long Goodbye
Saturday night Halloween bbq.
2011 Louis Latour Saint Véran Les Deux Moulins
& onion soup