What's in your glass tonight?
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Don't let them bully you. Yes, your first choice was rather simple vs. complex, but it is not a bad first choice in my humble opinion (you can tell how old I am since I didn't drop an IMHO for that one). There are bottles to try other than those two. You do need to sample many to get a good overall basis for your research. Enjoy the journey!
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Boatboy24
No longer a newbie, but still clueless.
Started with Two Arrowheads Viognier/Roussanne from Paso, followed by Torbreck Vineyard's "Woodcutters" Shiraz from Barossa Valley.
Been beering all afternoon. Got my testing done so poured a glass of a Harford Vineyards 2015 Cab Franc that I bought today. Light in body and color, but a nice peppery finish. I think my wife will like some of this tomorrow afternoon. I'm converting her to the "dry side", and this is a good one for her to try (not too much oak, not too much body, not sahara like dry (a bit of fruitiness evident)).
Edit: actually the more of this I drink, the more I notice the nice oak background. There might not be any left if I keep pouring glasses of this...sort of like tipping a carboy. Eventually it will get empty.
Edit: actually the more of this I drink, the more I notice the nice oak background. There might not be any left if I keep pouring glasses of this...sort of like tipping a carboy. Eventually it will get empty.
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Does this count? I am getting closer....
So, I was in a different local grocery store that has a fairly wide wine selection (a few hundred labels, I would say). They had little in the way of Washington Syrahs, but I spied this. I was pretty sure it was from "the same people" as The Pundit, but was very confused when I saw it was from France (Costières de Nîmes, far southern Rhone valley). It was originally priced at ~$26, then marked down to ~$18, and on special this week for ~$12. I nabbed one. Online, the lowest price I see is $20. And, yes, somehow my poor knowledge was correct. Tenet Wines is a collaboration between people in Washington and people in the Rhone Valley. So I got wine from the right winery, but the wrong side of the Atlantic
Opened it for dinner tonight, and it was quite lovely. The nose is strong, and redolent of blueberries (actually, almost like artificial blueberries!). It was good, but I will admit that I would have been disappointed had I shelled out $26 for this wine. But no complaints here!
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Don't worry, I am still looking!
Pulled this over the weekend. This has held up very well especially in light of the cool growing season in 2010. Only got one should have gotten more .... 
Boatboy24
No longer a newbie, but still clueless.
A little Rose on a warm September day!
I finally bottled my WE Italian Piedmont Eclipse Nebbiolo. I had left it bulk aging for a really long time, namely, 22 mos. This was due to a combination of laziness, benign neglect, having plenty of other wine, and not needing the carboy it was in. Not surprisingly, I have never bulk aged that long before.
It is lovely. It is drinking wonderfully right now. Very approachable, very quaffable, very tasty.
It is lovely. It is drinking wonderfully right now. Very approachable, very quaffable, very tasty.
Boatboy24
No longer a newbie, but still clueless.
Cascina Chicco Roero Arneis. Was at a restaurant a few weeks ago and this was recommended by our very wine-literate waiter. We were back there tonight and I had it again. Fantastic white wine - think of a combo between Viognier and Sauvignon Blanc. The great citrus and minerality of the SB, combined with the wonderful floral and stone fruit notes of a Viognier. Not a very common grape, but If you find one, I recommend it.
A Clos du Bois Marlstone. Big wine.
Rocks Funk! 2010 Proper Syrah. Dayum.......
Mike, just wondering....
Would you mind terribly if I were to stop by, just before dinner, a few days a week? You know, just for a quick hello and perhaps a drink. I would be happy to bring a 6-pack of beer and a bottle or two of my kit wines.... That would be equitable, right?
Would you mind terribly if I were to stop by, just before dinner, a few days a week? You know, just for a quick hello and perhaps a drink. I would be happy to bring a 6-pack of beer and a bottle or two of my kit wines.... That would be equitable, right?
Boatboy24
No longer a newbie, but still clueless.
You show up and I will pop a few corks! LOL I had forgotten just how good this wine was!
Mike, just wondering....
Would you mind terribly if I were to stop by, just before dinner, a few days a week? You know, just for a quick hello and perhaps a drink. I would be happy to bring a 6-pack of beer and a bottle or two of my kit wines.... That would be equitable, right?
Boatboy24
No longer a newbie, but still clueless.
2014 LaCrema Chardonnay. Wonderfully crisp AND buttery, with very little (if any) hint of oak. Sort of a 'best of both worlds' kind of Chardonnay.
I served a rehash of last night's "pastrami," which, you have to admit, is a hard pairing A friend was invited tonight, and she showed up with a Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, which I think worked as well as anything could. Of course, we were "softened up" by preprandial servings of my Pinot Gris/Viognier blend, and we rounded the meal out with my WE Selection Petit Verdot (~"meh"). No complaints on my end!
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