The Official Wine Thread

[Principle]

Yankee Spirits in Sturbridge!

 

[ocooney]

Thanks! It is a nice shop all the way around

 

[Principle]

Yeah, there’s a nice little pond outback we discovered recently, looking to drink the purple cans we got down the road.

 

[wojt]

This Chardonnay is fantastic, 19.50 EUR on Sicily in supermarket and was my favorite from what we tried there(10-35 EUR bracket).

Back home costs 33 EUR with limited availability

 

[ocooney]

Yeah, there’s a nice little pond outback we discovered recently, looking to drink the purple cans we got down the road.

Of course you can’t go wrong with BTs, but I only live half an hour away

 

[Piobaire]

PSA for this week only. Code "Adam25" gives 25 cent shipping at Siduri right now.

 

[Piobaire]

Fun fact: Eddie Vedder gets Siduri with no labels, referred to as "shiners" in the business, shipped to drink on stage during tours.

 

[CBrown85]

Tasted Opus One’s “diffusion” blend this past weekend along with a nice Barolo that had a bit of age. Ended up grabbing the Barolo because I couldn’t spare the $250 they wanted for the OO (even though I’m regretting not getting it a little).

 

[Omega Male]

Didn't know this thread existed. Need to go back and do a lot of reading. Currently drinking some K Vintners (Charles Smith) that I found in a dusty corner of the cellar, and it's still bloody good.

 

[David J. Cooper]

Thanks for the consice note Omega. At least we know what wine you are talking about. There seems to be a lot of insider talk here. It's flown well above my head.

I've only had a few Charles Smith wines so I'm no expert but some age probably helped.

 

[Piobaire]

Almost had a K Vintner's Grenache yesterday for National Grenache Day. Went with an Epoch instead.

 

[Omega Male]

Almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades, as they say.

I had a mate over so we got into a second bottle. Different approach to the grape, but another fine result.

 

[Omega Male]

70 degrees, bright sunshine -- can't beat it with a stick.



The Hansel wines are a terrific value pretty much across the board.

 

[David J. Cooper]

I'm not sure when Grenache Day was but we had a Ferrand CdP last week.

2006 Domaine de Ferrand Châteauneuf-du-Pape - France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape (9/17/2018)
Medium red, Browning slightly. Elegant light intense nose, earthy BlackBerry, mushroom and pepper. Dry medium weight flavours, plum, berry and pepper and a dry mouth filling finish.

Nice traditional CdP just turned d down to about 6 on the volume. (90 pts.)

 

[Omega Male]

Correcting yesterday's oversight.

Booker Ripper 2016, 100% Grenache, Paso Robles. Bit young but good after some air.