What's new in your cellar?

[ibglowin]

Paso Robles Spring 2023 haul!

Tolosa Pinot's and Chardonnay's



Denner Rose, White and Red Blends



2020 Turtle Rock Red Blends



2020 EPOCH Red Blends



The new Wonder Winery of the 2023 Tour de Paso Robles. McPrice Meyers!



McPrice Meyers "Hard Working Man" wines. All amazing 5 Star QPR wines IMHO.

 

[wood1954]

Paso Robles Spring 2023 haul!

Tolosa Pinot's and Chardonnay's

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Denner Rose, White and Red Blends

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2020 Turtle Rock Red Blends

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2020 EPOCH Red Blends

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The new Wonder Winery of the 2023 Tour de Paso Robles. McPrice Meyers!

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McPrice Meyers "Hard Working Man" wines. All amazing 5 Star QPR wines IMHO.

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Nice haul, wish I was your neighbor

 

[ibglowin]

Some Red Mountain goodness came today!

 

[Hazelemere]

Best wines in my cooler not including my wife's. Homemade wines are in bold font, I don't store wines for long aging that score below a 9. Wines in the 8+ range get consumed as house wines. I have one bottle of a Raspberry Chambord at SG 1.010 that I'm drinking now that I'm going to try to clone this year to get 2 cases. It is the best raspberry wine that I've ever tasted. I'd put it on this list at 9.5 i.e. almost perfect raspberry wine hence the label on the left. Pinnacle is anything with Cabernet Sauvignon(s) with or without Cabernet Franc:

Reserve Grape Wines in Bottle		Number	Score
		in Stock
Gran Apasso	2018	1
Mission Hill Reserve Meritage	2018	1
Langmeil Barossa Hangin Snakes Shiraz	2019
Akarua Pinot Noir	2019	1
Fenton Road Bannockburn Pinot Noir	2020	1
Fenton Road Calvert Pinot Noir	2020	1
Meritage	2020	11	9.5
Primo	2020	1	9.5
Dineen Cabernet Franc	2020	14	9+
Pinnacle of Sirah 2020-2021	2020-21	8.5	9+
Pinnacle of the Pacific 2020-2021	2020-21	10	9.5
Petite Pinnacle	2020-21	22	9+
Akarua Pinot Noir	2021	1
Tripleberry Cassis	2021	3	9
Chenin Blanc Gewurtztraminer	2021	3	9+
Pacific Red 2020-2021	2020-21	15	9+
Carol's Red 2020-21	2021	15	9+
Tripleberry Cassis 2022	2022	5	9+
Pacific Muscat 2022	2022	5	8.5+
Gewurtztraminer Chenin Blanc	2022	1	9.5
Carol's Muscat 2022	2022	15	9+
Pacific Chardonnay	2021-22	25	9+
Chenin Blanc Cyser Pyment	2021-22	2	9
		161.5

 

[ibglowin]

The hits keep coming! This time from Walla Walla. Rhone and Bordeaux blends. Must be that time of year!

 

[ibglowin]

Our share of the haul from our Fall "Tour de Paso"! All entered into CT and tucked away in the cellar for a long Winter's sleep.........

 

[wood1954]

Our share of the haul from our Fall "Tour de Paso"! All entered into CT and tucked away in the cellar for a long Winter's sleep.........

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Nice labels. Looks like some great wine, I take it Paso Robles is pretty warm.

 

[ibglowin]

Nice labels. Looks like some great wine, I take it Paso Robles is pretty warm.

Its a nice mix of microclimates since its so close to the Pacific. Warm days but cool nights make for a long growing season with extended hang times. 40-50 degree diurnal shifts are the norm making for great acid levels. You can grow anything here in the right spot from Cabernet to Pinot Noir. Its only 3 hours away from Pasadena where our oldest daughter, SIL and our grandkids live so we make the trip out to Paso twice a year when we come out for visits. We visit the wineries midweek and usually you are the only one's there.

 

[ibglowin]

Some pretty decent WA juice just hit the cellar shelves this week. Mag of QC CVR.

 

[sour_grapes]

A fun WTSO delivery of magnums:

 

[jswordy]

FedEx finally showed up, a day late as usual...

 

[ibglowin]

FedEx finally showed up, a day late as usual...

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Did they make you give them your drivers license and scan it?

 

[jswordy]

Did they make you give them your drivers license and scan it?

No. He asked for ID and I said, "I'll go get it," then he stopped me and asked my B-day and I said, "Just put in OLD MAN!" and we laughed before I supplied it. Then I signed the screen and FINALLY!

 

[ibglowin]

No. He asked for ID and I said, "I'll go get it," then he stopped me and asked my B-day and I said, "Just put in OLD MAN!" and we laughed before I supplied it. Then I signed the screen and FINALLY!

I had it out with my FedEx guy about 3 months ago. They are a local contractor (not FedEx employees) out of Santa fe. New company took over and decided they were going to go by the book and make you give up your DL and scan it for all alcohol deliveries. I said no, you don't need my DL. You can clearly see I am over 21 and I am tired of getting my PII hacked/stolen every other month by some company that doesn't see it necessary to protect my personal data. He said he couldn't leave my wine then and left with it. I figured he would go back and reattempt the next day so I looked at their own FAQ on the FedEx website and it clearly states they can visually inspect the DL for the date and get a signature. Again even a moron should be able to tell I am over 21. Well they sent the wine back to WA State! So after that I switched all my deliveries that I could especially all Wine Club shipments over to UPS. Vote with your feet as they say,

 

[Hazelemere]

With such a diverse group of wine drinkers, spread out not just across North America, but all over the world, it would be nice to see what wines folks find and collect. I realize that we have a "what's in your glass tonite" thread, but waiting til someone cracks a bottle open sometimes means one may have difficulty locating a wine from earlier vintages. We could share amateur and professional tasting notes, photos of the bottle, best pricing, where to find it, that sort of stuff. There are thousands of wineries just in the US, many small and unheard of, but I'd bet we have members near lots of them. Could be little hidden gems in the rough, wines you collect from big wineries, whatever you like.

Quite a few of our members regularly post this type of info in a thread, it gets some comments for a while, and then drifts into the electronic depths of WMT. This thread would, at least, give us the opportunity to keep that type of info together and a little easier to find.

What's new in your cellar?

Reserve Grape Wines in Bottle
Gran Apasso	2018
Mission Hill Reserve Meritage	2018
Langmeil Barossa Hangin Snakes Shiraz	2019
Menagerie	2020-21
Dineen Cabernet Franc	2020
Pinnacle of Sirah 2020-2021	2020-21
Pinnacle of the Pacific 2020-2021	2020-21
Petite Pinnacle	2020-21
Tripleberry Cassis	2022
Pacific Chardonnay	2021-22
Chenin Blanc Cyser Pyment	2021-22
Raspberry Chambord	2023
Black Iris Cerise	2023
Carol's Muscat Dry Auslese	2023
Marechal Foch	2023
Dineen Cabernet Sauvignon	2023
Dineen Petit Verdot	2023

 

[jswordy]

I had it out with my FedEx guy about 3 months ago. They are a local contractor (not FedEx employees) out of Santa fe. New company took over and decided they were going to go by the book and make you give up your DL and scan it for all alcohol deliveries. I said no, you don't need my DL. You can clearly see I am over 21 and I am tired of getting my PII hacked/stolen every other month by some company that doesn't see it necessary to protect my personal data. He said he couldn't leave my wine then and left with it. I figured he would go back and reattempt the next day so I looked at their own FAQ on the FedEx website and it clearly states they can visually inspect the DL for the date and get a signature. Again even a moron should be able to tell I am over 21. Well they sent the wine back to WA State! So after that I switched all my deliveries that I could especially all Wine Club shipments over to UPS. Vote with your feet as they say,

I sent an email to the shipper saying that I would buy a lot more wine from them if only they used UPS instead, and that I resented being under house arrest for two days to get a case of wine. I have sent them similar messages before, since this happens every time. No result. The rub is that this is the best deal on Southern Belle! My UPS guy was just signing for me and leaving them, since he knows there are no kids at our house. But now I think he has retired.

 

[ibglowin]

I sent an email to the shipper saying that I would buy a lot more wine from them if only they used UPS instead, and that I resented being under house arrest for two days to get a case of wine. I have sent them similar messages before, since this happens every time. No result. The rub is that this is the best deal on Southern Belle! My UPS guy was just signing for me and leaving them, since he knows there are no kids at our house. But now I think he has retired.

Before this new contractor for FedEx took over I actually had my local FedEx drivers cell#. He would call me every time I had a wine shipment and if I was not going to be home he would sign for me and leave it.

UPS usually wants a sig but not always. Have had drivers just leave it when we were home and not home. I am lucky in respect that our little hamlet of WR is small enough that if we have to leave I can usually drive a loop around and spot the Brown truck in less than 15min and just pull up and sign and get my wine and be heading down he hill in short order.

 

[winemaker81]

@VinesnBines stopped by today with her husband to pickup grape lugs I saved for them from last fall's crush. Sadly, these very sturdy lugs are tossed in the landfill, and I was happy to save the lugs for them.

They dropped off a bit of wine:

 

[ibglowin]

Spring allocation from Toil which is O&O by Chris Figgins in WA State. This project is all OR grown fruit. For the 1st time they offered up a mixed 6 pack with 2ea of their Estate wines (Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Rose' of Pinot). Perfect sample allocation for me!

 

[ibglowin]

Costco find from the other day........ If you see this in the wild it punches way above its $12.99 price tag.