Wine Geekery

[cravenmorhead]

I like cellartracker reviews more than any publication.

[irul&ublo]

It's worth mentioning that Robert Parker himself has no real professional association with the publication or website that bears his name. He sold his interest years ago.

Like Parker, I tend to prefer wines that are showy. They're easier to describe and easier to sell as a result. My wine reviews (I've written well over 10,000 of them) are short persuasive essays designed to illicit a covetous response from the reader. But they're sincere and they convey meaningful info that consumers can use to find wines that sound appealing to their own personal tastes.

At the end of the day, most of us have a fairly narrow range of wines that we would likely find satisfying. The key is learning what that range is and being able to describe it to others so that they can help us find the ones that tick our boxes. One thing any som loves is a customer who can articulate what they like.

Do you ever describe a wine tasting of pencil lead? How about old leather?


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[irul&ublo]

A wine review from the Pythons:

A lot of people in this country poo-pooh Australian table wines. This is a pity, as many fine Australian wines appeal not only to the Australian palate but also to the cognoscenti of Great Britain.

Black Stump Bordeaux is rightly praised as a peppermint-flavoured Burgundy, whilst a good Sydney Syrup can rank with any of the world’s best sugary wines.

Chateau Blue, too, has won many prizes, not least for its taste and its lingering afterburn.

Old Smokey 1968 has been compared favourably to a Welsh claret, whilst the Australian Wino Society thouroughly recommends a 1970 Coq du Rod Laver, which, believe me, has a kick on it like a mule. Eight bottles of this and you’re really finished! At the opening of the Sydney Bridge Club they were fishing them out of the main sewers every half an hour!

Of the sparkling wines, the most famous is Perth Pink. This is a bottle with a message in, and the message is “Beware!”. This is not a wine for drinking. This is a wine for laying down and avoiding.

Another good fighting wine is Melbourne Old and Yellow, which is particularly heavy, and should be used only for hand-to-hand combat.

Quite the reverse is true of Chateau Chunder, which is an appelation controllée specially grown for those keen on regurgitation. A fine wine, which really opens up the sluices at both ends.

Real emetic fans will also go for a Hobart Muddy, and a prize winning Cuvée Reservé chateau-bottled Nuit Ça Wugga-Wugga’, which has a bouquet like an aborigine’s armpit.


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[Cruiser]

Do you ever describe a wine tasting of pencil lead? How about old leather?


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Definitely! I got more descriptors than you can shake a stick at! Graphite and glove leather are favorites of mine.

[irul&ublo]

WTF does graphite taste like


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[PB]

Here's a pencil salad .....

[Cruiser]

WTF does graphite taste like


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Taste and smell are inextricably linked. I often get graphite on the nose and leather on the finish but you'll prolly experience those things in different spots cuz everyone's palate is unique. I remember being a kid and how excited I was to have the teacher choose me to empty the wall mounted rotary pencil sharpener in school. I hope I don't forget that smell. I also hope not to forget the way that the the stack of creosote treated telephone posts next to the road by the hay field smelled in late summer after it rained and then cleared up and got hot. Ya know?

[irul&ublo]

When put that way…makes some sense. Now, about the Chateau wugga wugga


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[Cruiser]

Wine has many uses but one of the most important ones is facilitating procreation

[XXX-er]

When put that way…makes some sense. Now, about the Chateau wugga wugga


all the bouquet of an aborigies armpit

[skaredshtles]

When put that way…makes some sense. Now, about the Chateau wugga wugga all the bouquet of an aborigies armpit

Reminds me of the documentary How Beer Saved the World

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcLasNk4i-c

[liv2ski]

Have any of you guys ever tried wine from Croud in Paso Robles? I opened my last bottle of zinfandel from last November's shipment and poured it out unannounced. My wife took a sip and said holy shit what is this, it is so good.
I really love the way this guy makes wine and if you've never tried it you really should.

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[Cruiser]

Best price/quality ratio Zin I've tasted lately has come from Sobon Estate. Their Fiddletown and Rocky Top cuvees were both right on point and retail in the low 20s.

[irul&ublo]

Sobon is classic Amador Zin. Very underrated region


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[liv2ski]

Oops, I misspelled Croad: https://www.croadvineyards.com
The guy makes a lot more than Zin, but I will be sure to try Fiddletown and Rocky Top cuvees and report back.
Sadly his Zin is not $20 or I would order a case a month.

[liv2ski]

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Oops, I misspelled Croad: https://www.croadvineyards.com The guy makes a lot more than Zin, but I will be sure to try Fiddletown and Rocky Top cuvees and report back. Sadly his Zin is not $20 or I would order a case a month.</p>

[neufox47]

Despite living an hour away I’m going on my first Amador trip in a couple months. Recommendations on vineyards to try, restaurants or other things to do with the wife?


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[irul&ublo]

Vino Noceto
Turley
Scott Harvey
Villa Toscano
Andis
Lava Cap and Boeger (El Dorado near Placerville)


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[ripvw]

Vino Noceto
Turley
Scott Harvey
Villa Toscano
Andis
Lava Cap and Boeger (El Dorado near Placerville)


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Cg D’Arie is a personal favorite. Great blends and likely the best Cab in the foothills.

Paul J is Paul Sobon’s other winery. Mostly small batch stuff that he is playing around with. Some real gems there.

Cooper is an Amador classic. If you want good representation of traditional foothill wines go here.

Not in Amador, but Bumgarner in Camino is also worth a stop. Small family run operation with a solid lineup of single varietals and blends. Their Many Hands Bordeaux style blend is a favorite. They also do cider if you’re into that. Tasting room is right off of 50.

[irul&ublo]

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&nbsp; &nbsp;Had a Bumgarner cab last night....very tasty</p>

[irul&ublo]

Bumgarner also has a cool tasting room in Fairplay in Amador. Nice spot


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[Cruiser]

Grower champagne and seared swordfish on tap tonight. I'd post a pic but, ya know, the forum is all broke

[ripvw]

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Haven’t been to their FairPlay place yet. Brian and Jennifer are awesome. During Covid, their teenaged kids delivered our wine club shipment to our house. Literally pulled up in their Camry and dropped the box on our front porch. Not going to get that from some corporate owned mega winery.

[cravenmorhead]

For any of the De Negoce/Cameron Hughes fans out there, he's launching a new venture focused on $10-15 bottles. https://thenegociantwine.com/

[Cruiser]

There's so much extra fruit and juice right now. It's ridiculous. Every major wine producing region with the possible exception of sancerre is oversupplied. The only problem with creating a private label to suck up some obscenely high quality juice for cheap is finding enough people to buy it once it's made.