Forum: Wine, Beer, and Spirits
09-25-2009, 04:13 PM
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Forum: Wine, Beer, and Spirits
08-19-2009, 11:43 AM
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Re: The Under $20 A Bottle Wine Thread:
Nice article, although somewhat misguided as most wine reporters and critics seem to be. He should have done more research. For example, adding tannins is done to retard any bacteria that may have...
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Forum: Wine, Beer, and Spirits
07-18-2009, 12:25 AM
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Re: The Under $20 A Bottle Wine Thread:
What did you drink?
Did you have Mt. Langhi Ghiran? d'Arenberg, Parker Station, Torbreck, 3 Rivers, Run Rig, E&E, Cimicky? And what were your impressions?
With Oz Shiraz, you need to pick and...
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Forum: Wine, Beer, and Spirits
07-18-2009, 12:13 AM
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Re: The Under $20 A Bottle Wine Thread:
We were talking WINE, right? What are Grey Goose and Glenfiddich?
Cheaper and "bad" are two different things, very much so in this discussion, IMO. Cheaper are the wines I listed above, there is...
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Forum: Wine, Beer, and Spirits
07-16-2009, 07:45 PM
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Re: The Under $20 A Bottle Wine Thread:
I am not sure I understand "... then run through lab" point you made. I know of no one who runs their wines "through lab", I am talking fine wines of course and save for verifying alcohol, acidity...
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Forum: Wine, Beer, and Spirits
07-14-2009, 10:27 PM
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Re: The Under $20 A Bottle Wine Thread:
Sean, the Meridian Pinot I am talking about is from CA grapes. Granted, nothing in the Burgundy mold, but for the sake of this thread, a very nicely done wine and at a great price. FWIW, I have yet...
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Forum: Wine, Beer, and Spirits
07-13-2009, 10:24 PM
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Re: The Under $20 A Bottle Wine Thread:
Johnny, I really hope that the scores Sam's and Parker give out are based on a 110 point scale. If these wines are rated 91 points, then I sure can taste you and Parker on wines that easily rate MUCH...
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Forum: Wine, Beer, and Spirits
07-09-2009, 10:55 PM
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Re: The Under $20 A Bottle Wine Thread:
And a popular translation for the rest of us:
Black plums - way overripe fruit
Maduro Tobacco - plenty of oak tannins (most likely chips at the price point)
Mourvedre - brett (the only grape...
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Forum: Wine, Beer, and Spirits
07-09-2009, 10:50 PM
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Re: The Under $20 A Bottle Wine Thread:
Lance, this past weekend I bought a few bottles of Meridian Pinot Noirm on sale at Safeway for $5.99 each and the wine was not bad at all. Merlot, same price, had way too much oak for me, though.
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Forum: Wine, Beer, and Spirits
03-05-2009, 10:38 PM
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Re: The Under $20 A Bottle Wine Thread:
Lance,
Problem with Costco is that most of the wines they carry are selected and pushed onto the stores by the corporate buyers, local wine managers have little room to sneak in what they like...
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Forum: Wine, Beer, and Spirits
03-05-2009, 06:00 PM
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Forum: Wine, Beer, and Spirits
03-04-2009, 11:58 PM
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Forum: Wine, Beer, and Spirits
03-04-2009, 09:39 PM
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Re: The Under $20 A Bottle Wine Thread:
Costco Kirkland and (Napa) Kirkland are two separate companies and have nothing in common. Costco simply has a trade name and then contracts other wineries to make products for them, I see Kirkland...
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Forum: Wine, Beer, and Spirits
03-04-2009, 07:52 PM
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Re: The Under $20 A Bottle Wine Thread:
BLM went downhill I thought? Their storage conditions were sub-par, but they did bring in a lot of great wine.
Very few shops on this coast have end bins, sadly.
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Forum: Wine, Beer, and Spirits
03-04-2009, 12:01 PM
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Re: The Under $20 A Bottle Wine Thread:
Martignetti's? Marty's and Blanchard's were also the places I looked, in fact I found a whole bunch of older Baumards (QdC) at crazy low prices on one occasion at Marty's.
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Forum: Wine, Beer, and Spirits
03-03-2009, 07:38 PM
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Re: The Under $20 A Bottle Wine Thread:
Usually a bottle or two here and there, when a shop is down to almost no wine (out of a case or more they had), they clear up shelf space to place another wine there and what's left of the wine that...
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Forum: Wine, Beer, and Spirits
03-03-2009, 07:35 PM
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Re: The Under $20 A Bottle Wine Thread:
Gott, both Zin and Cab. Zin should be $12 or so, Cab a few dollars more. Old timers in the wine game, although still not well known. Well made wines.
Franciscan Cab. Can be found for $20. A...
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Forum: Wine, Beer, and Spirits
02-26-2009, 09:51 PM
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Re: The Under $20 A Bottle Wine Thread:
Kevin knows each and every wine. Try some whites as well, some are really good. Splurge (less than $30?) on a bottle of Toro Albala Pedro Ximenez and have some next time you light up, let me know...
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Forum: Wine, Beer, and Spirits
02-26-2009, 09:15 PM
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Forum: Wine, Beer, and Spirits
02-26-2009, 09:12 PM
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Re: The Under $20 A Bottle Wine Thread:
No one is bashing your recommendations. I should emphasize, YOURS. But when you post someone else's, without ever tasting the wine, I think it is fair game to question them. If you think I am...
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Forum: Wine, Beer, and Spirits
02-26-2009, 07:55 PM
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Re: The Under $20 A Bottle Wine Thread:
Go to Spanish Table in Berkeley, Kevin has a great selection of Spanish wines (and Portos as well), if you like Paso Robles versons, then I am sure you'll love the real deal, so to speak.
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Forum: Wine, Beer, and Spirits
02-26-2009, 05:11 PM
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Forum: Wine, Beer, and Spirits
02-26-2009, 05:10 PM
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Re: The Under $20 A Bottle Wine Thread:
And you'd be right, of course. Nice wine to go with a fresh off the grill burger.
Just curious what attracted you to try the wine in the first place? The label that says "Old Vine"? Its not, I...
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Forum: Wine, Beer, and Spirits
02-26-2009, 02:01 PM
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Re: The Under $20 A Bottle Wine Thread:
Moses,
Its in the eye of the beholder, right? I've yet to find a Burg, at less than $100+ per bottle, that talks to me, let alone one for $20 or less (for any Pinot). A lot of them have great...
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Forum: Wine, Beer, and Spirits
02-26-2009, 12:20 PM
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Re: The Under $20 A Bottle Wine Thread:
Arghhh....
Read the note again. Dark and brooding nose? In Pinot Noir? Wow, a first for me. Any mention of BLUE in a tasting note for Pinot Noir is a death knell for the wine and anyone looking...
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