Wine

[VABuckeye 2472]

Not a shred of humbleness in that brag and I love it. 

[milkman 428]

Mags show you care! Walked into a small town Montana wine shop and found this mag of champs. The bordeaux was a smoke show!

[DDD Dad 14339]

Popped a Sojourn Sonoma Coast tonight to go with sous vide lobster tails and flatiron steak.  Sojourn may be one of the best values in Sonoma.   I've yet to have a bad bottle (cab or pinot noir) and even their most expensive cab is around $100.

If you're not familiar with them, I'd suggest you try them out.

 

Edited March 8, 2021 by DDD Dad

[HenryJames 66096]

Donnhoff, imo.

 

[HenryJames 66096]

Thierry Pillot, imo.

 

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19103]

Wine from dinner last night.

[milkman 428]

[VABuckeye 2472]

That looks like a commercial for a good time!

[milkman 428]

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19103]

On 3/7/2021 at 8:20 PM, milkman said:

Mags show you care! Walked into a small town Montana wine shop and found this mag of champs. The bordeaux was a smoke show!

How was that 2001 Chateau Canon?  I have some 2014 and 2015 that is cellared right now.

[milkman 428]

How was that 2001 Chateau Canon?  I have some 2014 and 2015 that is cellared right now.

This 01 Canon is shockingly great! Let those babies rest for another 10-15 years.

[milkman 428]

Just another Thursday in Bozeman

[b_p 448]

On 3/11/2021 at 11:42 AM, milkman said:

Couldn’t read the vintage on the Heitz... 2010? How was it? And how was the Chardonnay?

Edited March 12, 2021 by b_p

[VABuckeye 2472]

Another great daily drinker.  This one from renowned Super Tuscan producer Grattamacco but it's their Rosso which is made to drink young and very affordable.

[HenryJames 66096]

Knebel, imo.

 

[b_p 448]

Fuck pictures are too hard now. Fuck it

Edited March 16, 2021 by b_p

[DDD Dad 14339]

Fuck pictures are too hard now. Fuck it

Tapa? I almost never can get them to post anymore. Have to use safari on the phone. Too many clicks.

[b_p 448]

23 hours ago, DDD Dad said:

Tapa? I almost never can get them to post anymore. Have to use safari on the phone. Too many clicks.

Not tapa but I used to be able to upload to imgbb and copy paste. Now it doesn’t work regardless of what I try and I haven’t yet been inclined to figure out why. Just know that there are some special wines being consumed over the next two weeks and if I get enough gumption I’ll figure it out. Maybe @immamac can give me a couple of quick pointers to help out. 

[VABuckeye 2472]

Use direct link tab on imgbb. 

[b_p 448]

Maybe this will work 

Edited March 17, 2021 by b_p

[DDD Dad 14339]

Oh my.

I have a bottle of the Bonneau stashed away somewhere.  I can't recall the vintage.

[milkman 428]

Maybe this will work 

Love me some Lala!

[Party_Taco 3741]

Maybe this will work 

Winninnnggg

[b_p 448]

Last night, 1990 Champagne

 

[b_p 448]

Last night, a few 1982 Bordeaux and a pretty amazing 1967 Gilette

 

[b_p 448]

Tonight - a 40-50 yr old Penfolds Grange vertical and some A5 Wagyu... should be a pretty nice little evening

[DDD Dad 14339]

Did you get all of those from Rudy?









I kid.

[luke duke 6413]

Don’t forget the A1 for the steaks and a couple of ice cubes to put in the wine!

I’m jealous.

[b_p 448]

Nice little Sunday

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19103]

I like Elin McCoy, the wine person at Bloomberg.  Her taste has not steered me wrong.  Bloomberg has a recent article on wines under $25, most from Portugal.  I love Portuguese wine, but it is not as easy to find stateside.  

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-18/best-wine-under-25-from-portugal-home-of-the-secret-bargains?srnd=premium&sref=knoriXqz

[HenryJames 66096]

Portuguese Vinho Verde blends Albariño with other grapes, but Albariño by itself is good. Especially with shellfish. Spain’s Galicia produces a lot of good Albariño, and Do Ferreiro is the benchmark. And it’s under $30.

[HenryJames 66096]

All the cool kids are drinking Carricante from Etna. Growing grapes around active volcanoes is punk as fuck.

 

 

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19103]

All the cool kids are drinking Carricante from Etna. Growing grapes around active volcanoes is punk as fuck.
 
 

I like Etna wines. A trip to Sicily has been on my to do ever since I did a Sicilian wine class. Some tasty wines being made in Sicily.

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19103]

13 hours ago, HenryJames said:

Portuguese Vinho Verde blends Albariño with other grapes, but Albariño by itself is good. Especially with shellfish. Spain’s Galicia produces a lot of good Albariño, and Do Ferreiro is the benchmark. And it’s under $30.

I love Galician Albarino.  Such a good summer drinking wine.  

I am going to look for that one. 

[b_p 448]

[HenryJames 66096]

Sicilians also make reds, and this one is very good. And it’s like $30.

 

[b_p 448]

50 yr old Barolo and some 2017 Chardonnay from CA and Australia

[HenryJames 66096]

How was the Monfortino?

[milkman 428]

50 yr old Barolo and some 2017 Chardonnay from CA and Australia

Love me some Aubert & Leeuwin!

[b_p 448]

15 hours ago, HenryJames said:

How was the Monfortino?

It was a good bottle. The fruit is mostly gone but the tertiary flavors are all solid. Still quite acidic and the tannins are soft but still present. A well kept bottle probably has another 25 years or more left in it. Overall an excellent wine. 

[b_p 448]

For the La La fans

[HenryJames 66096]

Oregon makes wine outside the Willamette Valley.

[HenryJames 66096]

Raul Perez, imo.

 

[milkman 428]

A little get together from last night to celebrate

[sidis 9832]

@milkman, your life fascinates me...you have weekly "little get togethers" celebrating something in which you drink the equivalent of $15K worth of wine each time.  at some point, you are going to have spill the beans or at least start inviting me.  i turned 40 last year, let's get together and celebrate.  i'll come to you.

[milkman 428]

[mention=841]milkman[/mention], your life fascinates me...you have weekly "little get togethers" celebrating something in which you drink the equivalent of $15K worth of wine each time.  at some point, you are going to have spill the beans or at least start inviting me.  i turned 40 last year, let's get together and celebrate.  i'll come to you.

My life is interesting, perhaps, but hardly fascinating.....I'm just part of a group thats happens to be enthusiastic drunks!

[sidis 9832]

25 minutes ago, milkman said:

My life is interesting, perhaps, but hardly fascinating.....

The details of my life are quite inconsequential... very well, where do I begin? My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. My childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds- pretty standard really. At the age of twelve I received my first scribe. At the age of fourteen a Zoroastrian named Vilma ritualistically shaved my testicles. There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum... it's breathtaking- I highly suggest you try it.

[HenryJames 66096]

Do Ferreiro, imo.

 

[b_p 448]

9 hours ago, milkman said:

A little get together from last night to celebrate

Interested to hear how you rated all those.

[Tonesky 941]

Three UT buds and our wives have been zooming every Saturday night for the past year until tomorrow!  I don’t have any idea what I’m drinking in between, but I am bringing the beginning and end of the evening: