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Anybody check out the new reviews that is still a member.
Nice reviews for our friend Adam Lee, congrats on all your wines.
Saxum - lots of love
SQN no 100 but solid scores

So this is the first official Antonio CA review yah?

Congrats to Adam.

I tried this already. Here goes again, I was glad to see a review of the 2009 Rhys wines , congrats Kevin. If I am not mistaken, Antonio’s scores are significantly higher. Maybe he appreciates this style of wine . Let’s hope so. Even Without the scores, I was going to buy across the board on the upcoming offer. Joe

Yes it is but I noticed AG scored the SQN The Thrill '090 Syrah but RP scored the Upside Down '09 Grenache

What was reviewed this time (areas)?

Re: Galloni taking over California from Parker: plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose

Vertical of Lynch Bages, Top scores, 1989----99+, 1990— 99. I have had both, wow great wines.

Rats, I responded but must have hit cancel instead of post.
From memory
Central Coast
Washington
Vertical SQN '95-09
Tuscany '08- '09
Chablis
Western Australia
Top Values- Domestic
Corsica
Beaujolais

I think a couple others too but my computer is so slow loading over there I’m not going to log back in right now.

A quick check of scores of wines I’m familiar with (Carlisle, Saxum, Big Basin, Villa Creek) look very Parker-like (i.e. glowing).

Two other (less fruit-forward) favorites - Ridge and Rhys came out extremely well, with somewhat highter scores than I would have expected from Parker.

Nice coverage of one of my new favorites - Gypsy Canyon! Too bad Antonio didn’t review her old vine Mission Angelica.

Looks like AG reviewed both, but RP also did a vertical of SQN Grenache which included the Upside Down '09 Grenache. So there are 2 reviews of that wine in this issue.

Ken,
I think the review in the “Wines Listed” is also by RP for the Grenache, I didn’t see AG listed by it. The one I was disappointed to see wasn’t reviewed was Lillian.

If you look for all reviews of that wine, you will see one by RP and one by AG. Both with the same score.

Schrader??

Schrader what? In Central Coast or the Domestic Value Wines

Speaking of Herb Lamb and Anderson Conn Valley. P.S. At least one of your Twitter followers read your Tweets.

Yes, I too was pleased to see Antonio give a nod to Rhys and Ridge. Having read Antonio’s reviews of Piedmont, I was somewhat surprised to see his very high regard for very fruit forward and high-alcohol - not to mention the O-word- wines. Admittedly, I like many of those that were highly reviewed, too. Although I am fond of both Sine Qua Non and Saxum, I can’t abide the noxious reductive notes of Alban and dropped off that list a couple of years ago. While many may have hoped for a recalibration of central coast (all of California?) scoring, in retrospect the ‘two points lower across the board’ is cynically unsurprising in many ways. So I will re-exhaust my French by restating: plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose

Thanks Joe. I enjoyed meeting Antonio and I am happy that he liked our wines.

Reading this thread is compelling me into subscribing to WA again…really interested in reading Antonio’s CA reviews. Sounds like Bob made a good decision.