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- 20:03 Tue 08 Apr 2008
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Utrecht w/b 21st April 2008
- Replies: 29
- Views: 12990
- 07:20 Tue 08 Apr 2008
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Utrecht w/b 21st April 2008
- Replies: 29
- Views: 12990
- 07:14 Tue 08 Apr 2008
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: 2006 Declarations
- Replies: 55
- Views: 31434
Granted, this probably should go under a different headliner, but the theme is relevant: Niepoort decided to forego their renowned dry wines 'Batuta' and 'Charme' bottlings for 2006 as well. Apparently quality was a bit evasive in 2006, something I detected amongst many Douro wines at ProWein a few ...
- 19:38 Tue 25 Mar 2008
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: What is port?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7694
- 11:58 Sat 22 Mar 2008
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Scoring Ports
- Replies: 29
- Views: 11854
g-man...Rolling Stones does rate music, but I think it's with stars or something, no? Not the 100-point system so frequently in use amongst the wine cognescenti. I don't know how exactly they arrive at their scores and find a great deal of them to be flat-out wrong, but hey, that's the subjective na...
- 13:17 Thu 20 Mar 2008
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Scoring Ports
- Replies: 29
- Views: 11854
Sorry :oops: A sensitive subject for me, this scoring business. I wish I could get to the point a bit quicker like you Derek. I wholeheartedly agree with the comment you made about notes that are incredibly descriptive and precise. While being interesting and very helpful--I myself attempt to write ...
- 10:16 Thu 20 Mar 2008
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Scoring Ports
- Replies: 29
- Views: 11854
Now. NOW. Here's the rub: The world of wine aficionados is inundated with those for whom points are of utmost importance. I don't think this is inherently a bad thing. For many of us, the greatest ports we've ever drank are extremely high scorers, mostly 95+. Certainly we're not searching out these ...
- 08:45 Thu 20 Mar 2008
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Scoring Ports
- Replies: 29
- Views: 11854
This issue is probably the most perplexing aspect of wine appreciation, for me at least. I think that when considering (high) quality wine, we're primarily evaluating it as a work of art, perhaps only slightly more than as a work of science. I think this is collectively a safe assumption. With that ...
- 00:33 Sun 09 Mar 2008
- Forum: Reviews
- Topic: Lord & Lady Roots Off-to-Oman-Line
- Replies: 61
- Views: 27832
To the Roots! I raise a toast to you both and thank you so much for sharing your lives, your wine and both your homes with Mandy and me over the last four years. It's sad to think you will be so far away for the next four, but I suppose things won't be too entirely different than they are now, aside...
- 23:43 Sat 08 Mar 2008
- Forum: Reviews
- Topic: Lord & Lady Roots Off-to-Oman-Line
- Replies: 61
- Views: 27832
- 23:37 Sat 08 Mar 2008
- Forum: Reviews
- Topic: Lord & Lady Roots Off-to-Oman-Line
- Replies: 61
- Views: 27832
- 11:56 Fri 07 Mar 2008
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Lord & Lady Roots Virtual On/Off-line - 8th March 08
- Replies: 27
- Views: 12404
- 11:51 Fri 07 Mar 2008
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: A Charlatan, or a growing attitude...
- Replies: 25
- Views: 9973
You must look for the higher prices in different places to discover what are the real good wines. While I agree with AHB and Conky, you can't help but ackowledge that soooooooo many people believe THIS lie that's it's quite impossible to classify it as 'deception', especially when every endorses it...
- 15:01 Wed 05 Mar 2008
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: March is US National Peanut Butter Month
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7156
Take a whole-wheat hot dog bun and toast both sides (does not have to be done at the same time; this works better if toasted separately). Take some high cocoa percentage milk chocolate and melt it on one side of the toasted hot dog bun. Sprinkle chili powder on top of the melted chocolate. On the ot...
- 00:08 Sun 02 Mar 2008
- Forum: Other Wines
- Topic: 2003 Kruger-Rumpf Spaetburgunder 'R'
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1797
2003 Kruger-Rumpf Spaetburgunder 'R'
Pinot Noir. I'd forgotten this nut-kicker came in at a smashing 15% alcohol. In the glass, the nose was closed for business upwards of two hours. I've never experienced something so muted before (actually, a 1997 Leoville Las Cases never emerged after three days in a decanter. Fail.). Vigorous swirl...
- 07:02 Thu 28 Feb 2008
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1995 Warre Cavadinha
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6970
1995 Warre Quinta da Cavadinha
This wine is beautiful in the way a bonfire is beautiful-the smell, the sparks flying, embers burning, the heat, the atmosphere. This was exuberant, youthful wine that, with air, continued to take on more and more nuances...and became hotter and hotter on the finish. All the fruit is there in spades...
- 22:02 Wed 20 Feb 2008
- Forum: Site Stuff
- Topic: PM Question: The 'Outbox'
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5458
- 22:00 Wed 20 Feb 2008
- Forum: Other Wines
- Topic: Mulderbosch Sauvignon Blanc 2005
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5278
Ronnie, if you still have your e-mail saved, can you send it to my house? ezatc123@yahoo.com I won't be at work until next Wednesday. I have a good, good friend from high school coming with his wife to visit us for a little less than a week. Cologne, Bingen, Heidelberg, the eastern stuff really, at ...
- 00:19 Wed 20 Feb 2008
- Forum: Site Stuff
- Topic: PM Question: The 'Outbox'
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5458
- 20:26 Tue 19 Feb 2008
- Forum: Other Wines
- Topic: Mulderbosch Sauvignon Blanc 2005
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5278
Ronnie, Where are you at right now? Are you still in Dutchland? Or long since departed? Sucks that the SB was lackluster, but maybe we should have expected that. I have never had opportunity to try a Cloudy Bay SB, but based on reports here and abroad, this is something I'll have to put on the 'Must...
- 20:14 Tue 19 Feb 2008
- Forum: Site Stuff
- Topic: PM Question: The 'Outbox'
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5458
PM Question: The 'Outbox'
Admin, I have a message lingering in my Outbox as opposed to my Sentbox. This message is rather important and I'm curious as to the status of a message in the Outbox: Has it actually been sent, or is it waiting to be sent? Shall I just cut and paste the same message to a New Post and get on with it,...
- 21:16 Thu 31 Jan 2008
- Forum: Reviews
- Topic: Tsunami's Blind Offline - Crusting Pipe - 30 Jan 2008
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10995
- 20:53 Thu 31 Jan 2008
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: Luc! Quebec House, any clues...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4616
- 20:51 Thu 31 Jan 2008
- Forum: Reviews
- Topic: Tsunami's Blind Offline - Crusting Pipe - 30 Jan 2008
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10995
- 11:41 Thu 31 Jan 2008
- Forum: Reviews
- Topic: Tsunami's Blind Offline - Crusting Pipe - 30 Jan 2008
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10995