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2017, Bellefontaine Cabernet Sauvignon, IGP Vin de Pays d'OC, France. $7/btl. Fantastic for the price! If you see it try it.

93 points to my palate. A noise of blackberries, black raspberries, graphite, cedar, and leather. Good vibrant acidity, silky smooth tannins, dark fruit flavors, with notes of forest floor and earth. Rich, heavy mouth feel. A surprising amount of lingering finish. This is case worthy, better than many $20 to $30 California Cabernet Sauvignon that I have tasted.

Austrians are sneaky like that. Exept for Meinklang rose, it's a loud one. But the cedar was the loudest! I quieted em all down by finishing the bottle. Bought 2 cases of it today, not a whisper from either case.

2018, Elk Cove Pinot Noir Rose, Willamette Valley, Oregon.

2018 Prisma Rose of Pinot Noir
Casablanca Valley, Chile...

love it. a blend of 3 clones from a single vineyard, think it was 12 or 13 skins

2016 Luc Cholot Reserve Pinot Noir,
Vin de Pays D'Oc

great and cheap...like me


100% pinot noir, btw.

2018, La Spinnetta rose, Italy.

St Francis Old Vine Zin 2015

2015 Pepp Zweigelt Austria
nice, dryish, super cheap.

I got a bunch of those too. Seems like it would be worth it just to place an initial order. Get a case of something you like, and you'll go through it eventually.

R.L. Buller & Son Victoria Tawny

I heard that. And again. A bottle doesn't last me for more than a few hours, so I leave it for Sundays

2018 Samuel Robert Winery Vintner's Reserve Pinot Noir Rose
Willamette Valley
semi-dry
delicious.

Chardonnay was top barrel forward to me

(Cavino) Ionos Roditis Rose...Greece
no year given.
80% roditis
20% syrah
very cheap, very good.

Uhhh, hard to take wine advice from a feller that doesn’t drink...

He knows his schitt, dat’s fer shur.
Does dat mean it’s schitt advice?

Duuuuhhhhhh. I dunno.......

Duh duh duh duh duh ........

You've got a lot of catching up to do.

So here is a few questions to see if you are even remotely close.

1) How many continents have you drank wine from?
A) How many countries from each of those continents.
have you drank wine from?
B) How many specifically named and delineated
regions have you drank wine from?
C) How many sub regions from that delineated region
have you drank wine from?
D) How many varietals or blends of wine have you
drank from that sub region?
E) How many of those varietals or blends have you
drank red, white, and rose versions of?
F) How many of those varietals and blends have you
had that were orange wines, biodynamic wines,
certified organic wines, USDA certified organic
wines, or biodynamic wines?
G) How many orange wines have you had that were
made from Sauvignon Blanc, Assyrtiko, Pinot Gris,
or Pinot Grigio?
H) Have you had an orange Pinot Grigio made in the
Ramato method?
I) Have you had a wine made in the Ramato method
that was made in Amphoras?
J) Have you had wine made in Amphoras that was
cut with water like ancient Roman wines were?
K) Have you had a wine made in the ancient Roman
method using indiginous yeast captured on bread
that went through uncontrolled fermentation?
L) Have you ever had a wine that went through
uncontrolled fermentation that stuck that used
the ancient Grecian method of restarting
fermentation using beet sugar?

Ok, I wanted to get through the end of the alphabet, but that's all I got. And I'm not going to give you one that easy either. Freakin amateur!!!

M) Have you ever had a Burgundy that illegally
used beet sugar to bump up the alchohol
content in an underipe vintage?
N) Have you ever had a red Burgundy that blended
in Moroccan wine illegally?

O) Have you ever had mega purple made from Moroccan wine?
P) Have you ever had a California Cabernet Sauvignon that used mega purple to Parkerize the wine.
Q) Have you ever had a Beaux Freres Pinot Noir, a winery in Oregon started by Robert Parker?
R) Have you ever had a whole cluster Pinot Noir from Oregon?
S) Have you ever had a whole cluster green pruned red Bodeaux?
T) Have you ever had a red Bordeaux that used all 5 of the traditional Bordeaux grapes?
U) Have you ever had a Cabernet Suavignon, one of the traditional Bordeaux grapes, that strongly tasted of green bell pepper because it was grown into hot of a region such as California's central Valley?
V) Have you ever had a central valley labeled Rhine and didn't know what it was fine Rhine has no meaning on California wines?
W) Have you ever had a Spatlese Riesling from Reingau, the most famous wine region on the Rhine river in Germany?
X) Have you ever had a Mueller Thurgau from German, a workhorse grape that they make their bulk whites from?
Y) Have you ever had a Sylvaner grown primarily in Germany and Austria?
Z) Have you ever had a Federspiel Gruber Veltlinger from Wachau, a sub region, of the delineated region of the Danube valley, in Austria, on the European continent?


Wine comes full circle, how about that? Freakin amateur!!!

Orion’s Nebula (Ledger David)
Schmidt Family Vineyards Cab Franc

the cops had a term other than "wine cellar" for that sub-foundation concrete closet

YAY!
so Spey's wine corner column will be resuming?

Light honey hued in color. Aromas of pineapple and lemon lead to pear & white grapefruit on the palate balanced with lovely acid structure. The finish is medium bodied and lively with a touch of minerality.

just had a glass of High Hook Pinot Noir 2015 Willamette Valley.
Finally a Pinot Noir that doesn't make me think I'm drinking a heavy Cab

Yes, the Encore is sweet, the Primoris is dry.