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Phillip F r a n k s wrote: Nailed it.

zachary l a n g wrote:Also, I know I can use a cast iron pan on the stove-top with a thermometer. The point is to avoid the hassle

Hassle-free.

Todd F r e n c h wrote:
Phillip F r a n k s wrote:
Phil is showing up next week with the real stuff.
2007 Heitz?

2007 St. Innocent Momtazi pinot noir, methinks.

I made no judgment about her as a person, I merely pointed out the possibility that such a statement is rather sexist, which, to me, it is. Why should it matter as a professional not to be seen drunk in public, regardless of sex? Playing devil's advocate here... Todd you are 100% correct she made a...

Please contact Mel Hill for photography lessons.

Steve Saxon wrote:
Tom Lee wrote:A "friend" showed up at your place with a young CA Cabernet? You better get back to Seattle asap.

Tom
Tom,

I said a friend of a friend . . .

Does that mean it's time to dump Major Phil?

Beau Carufel wrote:
Bob Wood wrote:How much air/decant time did you give the S-W?
About two hours, maybe a bit more. No one touched it until probably 9pm and we started around 7 or so.

There's your probable answer. It likely needed 10-12 hours in a decanter to blossom.

Nah. When I get up in the morning I have a decision to make. I can read the depressing shit on Google News or I can read the latest chapter in The Adventures Of KlappTrap and Those Who Think He's A Dick and Don't Hesitate To Tell Him. Entertainment value abounds here. [berserker.gif] Yeah but you'r...

Yes it does--you have to be able to distinguish many wines, for starters. What it doesn't say is which wines the MW prefers, but a good TN writer can work around that. I expect many on the BB here can do the same. that's just supposition until they do it. There are plenty on here who could be presi...

This thread is getting pretty sickening. Dit-to. Wish we could bury it. Nah. When I get up in the morning I have a decision to make. I can read the depressing shit on Google News or I can read the latest chapter in The Adventures Of KlappTrap and Those Who Think He's A Dick and Don't Hesitate To Te...

Nice rack?

Bill, Puget Sound is in Washington, to the north of us. That's where Seattle is. The Umpqua Valley is to the south, with the Umpqua River flowing into the Pacific Ocean. To the west of the Willamette Valley, the coast gets approximately 90 inches of rain a year and I don't know if anyone measures r...

Carole Meredith wrote:I read it online so it must be true

Carole Meredith wrote:Zin was important hundreds of years before Cabernet Sauvignon was even born.

Eh . . . what do YOU know? Are you some sort of authority on the subject?

I would think that there would be more interest in cooler microclimates than the Willamette Valley provides. Many years we struggle to ripen pinot noir before it rots as it is. Why would there be any interest in someplace cooler and wetter? Vineyard management without irrigation; lower alcohol, hig...

Bill H o o p e r wrote:I would think that there would be more interest in cooler microclimates than the Willamette Valley provides.

Many years we struggle to ripen pinot noir before it rots as it is. Why would there be any interest in someplace cooler and wetter?

How much air/decant time did you give the S-W?

Beau Carufel wrote:Isn't it easier to just violently shake your glass with one hand covering it?

Even easier to put the wine in a VitaMix.

If it has multiple gears it has French components. Derailleur . . .

The airline clubs have plenty of plugs. Go there. George Elitist. Yep, when it comes to travel. Anything that makes it easier. Was in the United Club about 3 hours ago at O'hare. BTW the Palm Springs airport has absolutely the worst security ever and no clubs. [bleh.gif] George Lots of clubs, just ...

Larry P wrote:
Bill Gibbs wrote:
M. Dildine wrote:France.
5 months late on this thread
Mike's all talk - get him to show up for a wine day and what does he bring?

A freakin' BICYCLE!

Tyler Rico wrote:I really like my Mount Eden Estate pintos

Larry Kroger or the car?

Yes, especially if it's something that's to be simmered for a long time like a stew. I made stew with a bottle of wine that was horribly corked and the flaw was completely undetectable in the finished dish.

Hands down the best I've ever had. http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/ ... uce-107596

I won't be there either. Hope to not see you again next year.

Neal.Mollen wrote:
Russell Faulkner wrote:Did Petrus get 100?
Only Bob, his boss Lisa, and their Singapore investors know for sure

What about Leve?

Kumamoto. End of story.

mike pobega wrote:Gents, remember, we're speaking pizza here. 6-7 minutes and done.

As is the tendency of all threads, this one has drifted. I fear the pizza ship has sailed, but perhaps it will return on the incoming tide.

Ravenswood was my first, in about 1994. That sounds about the time they started their wine club. Were you aware of them when they were still making wine at the Sangiacomo ranch? I'm not sure, Sean. I know that, when I signed on with them, they had fairly recently moved into their little (at the tim...

Sineann wines score well at Loren's tasting. Shocking.

Haven't seen a charbono since Br. Timothy was making it.

Ravenswood was my first, in about 1994.

Remy Drabkin of Remy Wines in McMinnville makes Lagrein grown in the Willamette Valley, at Illahe Vineyards.

I was gifted a bottle of NV Willamette Valley Strangeland "Chardonnay Decadence" - 14.25 % alcohol and 13 % RS (!) Google acknowledges that the wine actually exists, but there is no more tangible info whatsoever. In fact there isn't much on Strangeland beyond their own website which doesn...

Sashimi! Bellies are the best.

Kettle brand salt and cracked black pepper.

Any recommendations for wineries to go tasting at ? Just Google "Amador wineries friendly to those who end sentences in prepositions." [snort.gif] From Bryan A. Garner, Modern American Usage (Oxford University Press, 2003): The spurious rule about not ending sentences with prepositions is...

I would submit that extruded pastas (for me) are better dried and from a premium producer like Latini are something that I could not produce at home. I would agree with this 100% and add that, IMNSFHO, there are dishes that beg for fresh pasta and those that beg for dried. I realize I'm dealing wit...

March 7, 60+ wineries from the Willamette Valley. Getcher tix here: http://www.citywinery.com/chicago/ticke ... y-3-7.html

Chicken club with pesto mayonnaise.

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I think I need to re-calibrate my oven. This one isn't quite the way I'd like to see it, with a little too much doneness on the edge. Sure tasted good, though. And before anyone says anything, I tried to play with the pic in iPhoto to get the asparagus to reflect the actual color, but I couldn't get...

Made these with the Reinhart recipe Ken posted. Excellent, and they got a thumbs up from my Brooklyn-born Jewish neighbor.

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Napa Valley Wine and Cigar, of course.

Did Roberto send her?

I just looked at Terranea's website. It's too bad Neal's firm couldn't find an upscale place to have their partners' meeting.

You're not terribly far from Compton and Poppy can help there.

Forget it . . . he's rolling.

Cheese?

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