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Krug is ridiculously good.

I can't say I've ever had a bad bottle.

You want to hate them but the wine is that good.

Hey, it's because I care! What works best on BD? Seems to be people being themselves. Really, that's the first piece of advice. People love the passion and sincerity. The connection to a common experience. Larry exemplifies that story. I spent 2 hours working on offers tonight. A couple of them... I...

Hey! Welcome to your first berserkerday.

Not only does Greg love pinot noir he's probably the biggest foodie I've ever met. Definitely at the top of the list of people to invite to your potluck party. Ha!

And his wife is amazing too.

BD11 alert: more newbies!!! Come check out their intros

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hey, lots of newbie introduction threads for wineries participating in BD11 right here

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Yes, yes you do! Man, I got to try that Vincent. 2016 Vincent Gamay Noir Bjornson Vineyard - USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Eola - Amity Hills (6/30/2019) Brought to a dinner loaded with Kutch, William Selyem, beaux frere and this wine was the WOTN for a number of people. Impressive showing. Dark c...

deadhorse [drinkers.gif] Todd, I’d like to see each vendor specify in their offers which shipping option they use for orders. It matters to me whether FedEx or UPS is their shipper of choice. I have to ask each winery before ordering because I have different addresses for each shipping preference. D...

Food at avion was good. Get a table on the deck looking out.

Josh Grossman wrote: ↑
January 17th, 2020, 1:57 pm
Other things that have peaked my interest include:
Arco Beach
Remote, rustic hangout with a waterfall

El Avion
Restaurant

Eco Chontales Waterfall

Topolandia

Catarata del Toro
Waterfall and canyon

Steve Brickley wrote: ↑
January 16th, 2020, 7:35 pm
The CellarTracker scores and reviews are impressive, too. Hopefully, see some library PN show up.

First Berserkerday and you want library wine?

Well... Let's just say Kelley Fox is a true berserker.

Erin - So glad to see you and Massimo as part of the community here. For folks not familiar with the wines, these are well-made, elegant and high quality wines. The cab from the Farella vineyard reminds me of some of the Dominus wines from the mid 1990s, showing elegance and intensity in balance an...

Thanks to all for the immensely kind feedback and comments on the wines. Massimo and I both really value this kind of discussion, among collectors and enthusiasts, and we are grateful for the chance to spread the word about Di Costanzo Wines. We are working on putting together our very first Berser...

Really enjoying the newbie's intros .... so many good options already. Just a few tidbits from behind the curtain... If I had to guess BD11 will have 100+ offers. All the favorites are there. There's lots of new talent, the intros are the tip of the iceberg for newbies participating this year. Watc...

Barry just to make certain that Poppy doesn't get confused, it is Arenal and not Arsenal. You must be a football fan No But my spell check is! This is the butterfly conservatory I mentioned butterfly conservatory arenal Poppy, michael has the greater experience, I defer to him. Butterfly conservato...

Hey the newbies threads are up. Check out a few, more to come.

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This was a very popular requested winery. Look forward to snapping up something.

Welcome, Will.

I've had a few of the BN winery wines. Should fall right in the wheelhouse of many here I think I met the winemaker with Boheme at bersekerfest in Lompoc a few years back. Nice guy.

Erin will be offering something for Berserkerday, should be interesting.

Don't laugh but White Claws and Truely are putting a hurt on wine and more so on beer

AG just gave the 2018 Platt Pinot Noir a trippie diggie! "...The 2018 Pinot Noir Platt Vineyard is the single greatest Pinot I have ever tasted from Rivers-Marie. Rich, deep and explosive in its beauty, the 2018 is an arresting, breathtaking wine that takes hold of all the senses and never lets up....

Okay boys and girls,

this concludes this year's Virtual Tasting Series which raised lots of money for many good causes resulting in the world being a better place than yesterday.

Cheers

From CT Bedrock Wine Co. 31.8% Bottles (2,432) Arnot-Roberts 14.4% Bottles (1,100) Keating 13.5% Bottles (1,028) Turley 11.9% Bottles (911) Beta 7.7% Bottles (592) St. Francis 7.1% Bottles (546) DuMOL 6.5% Bottles (494) Carlisle 3.4% Bottles (256) Beekeeper Cellars 2.4% Bottles (185) Camino 1.0% Bot...

Todd F r e n c h wrote: ↑
January 2nd, 2020, 5:28 pm
Anybody watches the Pro Bowl?

Grammar question.

He watches the Pro Bowl?

They watch the Pro Bowl?

Anybody watches the Pro Bowl?

Anybody is the plural of Anyone.

Shouldn't it be: Anybody watch the Pro Bowl?

January 27th will be your day my friend. Berserkerday is like sommselect on steroids. Hi all, I’ve been looking into the myriad of daily wine offerings and have been looking at SommSelect the last few days. What are some of your thoughts about their price and quality of offerings? It seems like they...

How about bigger Pinots than TRB from the other Brown? 2016 Cirq Pinot Noir Bootlegger's Hill - USA, California, Sonoma County, Russian River Valley (1/2/2020) Paul brought this which quickly put a smile on my face because the gang had tasted this wine from a shiner at the winery. This is a big red ...

Low dosage rose made from 100% Pinot Meunier. Ok, hipster. NV Laherte Frères Champagne Rosé de Saignée Vieilles Vignes Les Beaudiers - France, Champagne (1/1/2020) I guess I just like Pinot meunier based wines. I tasted this blind and guess the varietal correctly. I have no idea who the producer mig...

Scott Watkins wrote: ↑
December 31st, 2019, 4:30 pm
2016 Rhys Alesia Pinot for $26.99 wtf

Anderson Valley, correct? Very nice wine and great price. I think it's all Bearwallow fruit.

Not the Santa Cruz at that price...

Calling on all hipster sparkler drinkers....

Brian Tuite wrote: ↑
December 31st, 2019, 11:04 am
Last night for mine, come in strong with some sparklers!!!!

Oh, I'm with FMIII tonight so you know we'll be drinking the Hipster sparklers, nouveau en vogue, negative dosage.

Jay's Big Red Wine theme is posted, details to follow.

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This is the last week go get in there and make Jay PAY!

Ok, thanks ;-) And what about the wine himself ? ;-) How is this Grenache ? Are we close to the Chateauneuf du Pape Grenache ? ;-) Thx I love southern Rhone Grenache and Santa Barbara County Grenache, but I wouldn't say the two are close. I would expect less mineral and earth on the Ojai and potent...

Hello, Can u help me please. i need some informations about this wine : Oaij Grenache 2014. I have never heard of this producer, here in France, but my wine merchant advised me this cuvée, John Sebastiano Grenache 2014. can you tell me more ? The price, here, is about 39€ (44$ more or less). Do you...

2018 Barrel Heist Cabernet Sauvignon Bourbon Barrel Aged - USA, California, Central Valley, Lodi (12/28/2019)
Oh sweet Jesus. Hipsters, keep your bourbon barrels out of my wine.

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Found the producer in the late 2000s at San Francisco's Arlequin Wine store when they were pouring some of the wines for a tasting. Started buying their wines again recently and this one is certainly a winner. 13.5% alc, "natural", 98% Cinsault (2% syrah), from the Sierra Foothills in CA. I think i...

Steve Anderson wrote: ↑
December 25th, 2019, 8:24 pm
A little hoobastank on the nose initially

That is spectacular

John Glas wrote: ↑
December 25th, 2019, 1:47 pm
Jerry who is the Lakers and who are the Clippers in this one?

That will be decided tonight, they play each other on Xmas.

This is THE next big thing, furmint! Just ask GergT, not. And I agree, dry furmint is great especially when drinking local wines visiting eastern Europe. They are perfect. But they are susceptible to oxidation and the grape is challenging to grow. This is the less sweet version, only 3P, which makes...

Thanks, Brian.

I'm going full hipster with a variety mentioned in another thread. It'll be my Xmas closing wine.

Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, and peace on Earth.

Hipster wines, baby!!

Brian's week is started in wine talk.

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Nothing quite smells like a food alleyway in Bangkok... YMMV

Erin will participate in berserkerday this year.

How about this one? NV King Frosch Nürnberger Markt Glühwein - Germany (12/20/2019) Off the beaten path. Mulled wine, new best friend. Loaded with Christmas spices, dark cherry and cinnamon. It's a German version of hot sangria for the holiday season. https://cdn.ct-static.com/labels/063ef226-3c41-4...

Mich@el Ch@ng wrote: ↑
December 20th, 2019, 12:55 pm
the best place to get the 09 cristal is still vino volo, as far as I can tell. $175/btl or so.

I've never tasted a champagne at release and then again when it had any age on it but if the 09 cristal gets better, that's not fair.

Alan Rath wrote: ↑
December 18th, 2019, 8:47 pm
Years ago I remember an Australian producer or importer brought in wine in a huge bladder, then bottled it here. No idea if that would be practical, or change the tariff outlook.

Going on more than ever. There's an actual exchange for it.

https://en.vinex.market/

A great compliment to Gary is he is a "demand generator" and that's a rare skill.

I don't own or drink enough nebbiolo. While it's not off the beaten path for most people I just don't have a cellar full of the stuff. I should. This was a nice wine and a nice value, more along the lines of pizza wine personally, but still nice. 2014 Travaglini Gattinara - Italy, Piedmont, Northern...

ybarselah wrote: ↑
December 18th, 2019, 12:51 pm

water is irrelevant.

Folklore is the NYC water is why the crust is good.

https://www.wnyc.org/story/water-really ... supremacy/

Just in case any socal people are watching this thread with envy there's this place in Aliso Viejo

http://terramiapizzeria.com/about.html

The best "NY style" pizza not from NY and before the NYers scream about the water is the secret to the crush, I know, but this could pass all day for a legit pie.

I have a few of these from various vintages stashed away. I don't mind drinking it "young" but I knew immediately this could become really special with age, we shall see.

TomHill wrote: ↑
December 18th, 2019, 7:30 am

A wee BloodyPulpit:
1. This is, of course, KevinHarvey's/Rhys foray into Italian grapes. He's a big believer in Carricante & I believe he has some planted in Calif.

https://www.aeriswines.com/california/
Centennial Mountain has the Carricante, Nebbiolo, Riesling, and I heard rumors of zin...

Excellent theme.

For the Cellartracker crowd here's a list by variety in your cellar to make it easy.

https://www.cellartracker.com/list.asp? ... ietal&S1=q

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