What are you drinking right now?

[kwilkinson]

Bulleit is a great bourbon. Between Knob, Woodford, and Bulleit, I always try to keep at least one bottle around. Bulleit is probably my favorite of the 3, but I drink Knob more than the other 2.

 

[Piobaire]

I'm going to a wine tasting tonight. It's the "Reserve" tasting night, with a small crowd, and the wineries will all have their best wines. The stemware is Riedel

Fourteen of the city's top chefs are doing the appys and gnosh. It is at a very nice resort/hotel and we are really looking forward to it

Here's the winery list:

Acacia Vineyard
1800
Alamos
Alois Lageder
Anakota
Andeluna
Antinori
Archipel
Argyle
Arrowood
Atalon
August Briggs Winery Austin Hope
Avalon
Barnard Griffin Winery
Bawls
Beaulieu Vineyards
Bennett Lane Winery
Benvolio
Billington Wines
Bogle
Brancott
Brassfield
Burford & Brown Winery
Byron
Cade
Calera
Calina
Callaghan Vineyards
Cambria Winery
Campo Viejo
Cantina Tramin
Cape Mentelle
Cardinale
Cardinale
Carmel Road
Carralejo
Cartlidge & Browne
Casa Lapostolle
Casa Noble
Ceretto
Charles Heidsieck
Charles Krug, A Peter Mondavi Family Winery
Chateau Ste Michelle
Ciroc
Civello
Clayridge
Cline Cellars
Clos du Val
Col Solare
Columbia Crest
Cooralook
Cosentino
Cousino Macul
Cuvaison
Czechvar Lager
D'Arenberg
Dievole
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
Domaine Chandon
Domaine de Nizas
Edmeades Winery
Enrique Foster
Epicurean Imports
Erath
F.E. Trimbach
Faust
Ferrari Carano
Fess Parker
\tFoppiano
Franics Ford Coppola Presents
Freemark Abbey
Frog's Leap
G.H. Mumm Champagne
Galante
Gaucho Imports
Glenfiddich
Gordon Brothers Cellars
Graffigna
Gran Centenario
Granbazan Winery
Hanna
Hans Fahden Winery
Hartford Family Winery
Havens
Hawkes Winery
Heathcote Estate
Hedges
Heitz Cellars
Hope Winery
Inama
IO
J Lohr Vineyards & Winery
Jacob's Creek
Jacuzzi Family Vineyards
Joel Gott
Karly Wines
Kendall Jackson
Kenwood
Khortytsa Vodka
Kinton
Klinker Brick
Kobrand
Kona Pipeline Porter
La Crema Winery
La Jota
Laetitia Vineyards & Winery
Lake Sonoma
Lassegue
Leffe Blonde
Legacy
Marco Felluga
Markham
Marques de Grinon
Maryhill Winery (Washington State)
Masi
Matanzas Creek
Maven
Mendocino Wine Company
Merryvale
Michael David
Milagro Blanco
Millbrandt Vineyards
Moet & Chandon
Monterey Vineyard
Monterey Vineyard
Moon Mountain Vineyard
Mosen Cleto Winery
Mumm Napa
Murphy Goode
Navarro Correas
New Belgium Brewing
Northstar
Northwest Core Collections
Nuvo
Ole Imports
Palm Bay Imports
\tParducci
Patz & Hall
Paul Dolan Vineyards
Peltier Station
Pelton House
Pepi
Perrier Jouet Champagne
Pine Ridge
Piper
Plumpjack
Prevail
Provenance Vineyards
Quintessa
Raymond Vineyards
Ray's Station
Robert Craig
Robert Whale Selections
Robert Young
Rojo Mojo Winery
Rosenblum Cellars
Row Eleven Wine Company
Rubicon Estates
Sacred Hill
Sandeman
Sanford
Santome'
Seghesio
Seven Daughters
Small Vineyards
Solex
St. Supery Vineyards & Winery
Stag's Leap Wine Cellars
Starry Night Winery
Stellina di Notte
Sterling Vineyards
Stonestreet
Stratton Lummis
Stuhlmuller
Sun Garden Winery
Talk Rain Twist
Taltarni
Tamari
Tamas Estate
Tenuta di Arceno
Tenuta Sant'Antonio
Terlato Wines
Terra Valentine
Terrazas de los Andes
The Sorting Table
Tin Roof
Titus
Tomero
Truchard
Valley of the Moon
Veramonte
Verite
Vias Imports
Vignot
Vintage Point
Vistalba
Wend-Tyler Winery
Wente Family Vineyards
Wild Blue
Wild Earth / Blind Trail
Winebow Imports
Yabby Lake
Yangarra Estate
ZD Winery

 

[kwilkinson]

Damn playa, you're gonna be blasted after an hour.

If you taste anything that stands out in Chateau Ste. Michelle, let me know. I love their lower end stuff so much, but have never been sure if it'd be worth buying some of their more expensive options.

 

[Piobaire]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

Damn playa, you're gonna be blasted after an hour.

If you taste anything that stands out in Chateau Ste. Michelle, let me know. I love their lower end stuff so much, but have never been sure if it'd be worth buying some of their more expensive options.

I'm going to be choosy about what wines I actually taste. And you keep your sips small and don't hesitate to dump it out or spit.

 

[kwilkinson]

Originally Posted by Piobaire

I'm going to be choosy about what wines I actually taste. And you keep your sips small and don't hesitate to dump it out or spit.

Are you kiddin me? That's some high class bullshit. The point isn't to go drink wine and get blown out of your mind?


(I knew you didn't actually have to swallow it all. Although I still thnk it's stupid)

 

[Connemara]

Pio, please forgive young Anakwilk. Back on the farm they just keep on drinkin' till they ain't know anythin' no more!

 

[Piobaire]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

Are you kiddin me? That's some high class bullshit. The point isn't to go drink wine and get blown out of your mind?


(I knew you didn't actually have to swallow it all. Although I still thnk it's stupid)

At the general tasting, tomorrow night, there will be about 800 folks and the tickets are about 1/5 the price. I'm sure what I call "The Peasant Syndrome" will be in ample evidence.

 

[binge]

Well, I'm these comments are certainly before you heading out for your tasting, but here are some fairly random thoughts on a slice of the names listed in your program

Two of which I would make a stop for sure: Rosenblum, St. Supery

Worth sampling if vintage/interesting: Stag's Leap, Frog's Leap

Testing something easily available at good prices: Le Crema (Chardonnay)

Stuff others like, but I don't: Ferrari-Carano (Chard), Parducci

Ubiquitous, don't spend your time tonight: Joel Gott, Kendall-Jackson, Kenwood, etc.

Worth sampling IIRC: Hartford Family Winery

IIRC I visited the Mendocino Wine Store back in the spring. I don't remember them having their own label, but IIRC they had Parducci and a few others that weren't very good.

Cheers!

 

[DNW]

I'm having a Bourbon Highball right now. What a wonderful drink when the weather turns a little nippley.

 

[Piobaire]

We decided early on that no notes, no purchases, and just "experience" it. The stand outs for me last night were a 1997 brunello, a supertuscan (and my cellar/wine knowledge of I wines is low), a 2000 Burgundy, and oddly, a Washington state zin.

Not to say there wasn't a ton of other great stuff. You know how your tongue gets at a big tasting, and there was a ton of great food, from wagyu beef to seared ahi to caviar on salmon mousse to crab bisque. One noted local chef was there, doing figs stuffed with cheese (fontina I think) and pine nuts, wrapped in prosciutto, and baked. Another well known local guy had lobster ravioli in a very rich sauce.

Other tasty wine included several Cali pinots and cabs. Oh, note to BV lovers. The 2005 is radically different in taste from prior vintages. Far oakier and not a good thing IMO. If you liked the Georges de Latour BV, stock up on past vintages. A really nice Oregeon pinot I can't remember the name of. Was ranked #3 in the Robb Report if that helps.

Krug and Moet was flowing everywhere. One guy was pouring 30 year tawny, can't remember which house, but one of the major Port houses. Someone else was pouring DuMol pinot (yum). One table was a cocktail based around Contreau.

The weather was perfect, the lodge is set in beautiful surroundings, and my wife greatly enjoyed this part of her b-day weekend.

 

[thomas.336]

Hi! Oh well, right now I'm having a healthy sparkling mineral water, completely non-toxic and non-alcoholic, the seventh of my eight glasses a day, so it's all good. I have to admit shamefully, though, that I'm going out later tonight and I will probably have a gin and tonic or a vodka and juice. Or two. It's so hard to resist and besides, if you train hard and eat right, you can allow yourself one-offs.

 

[pscolari]

Victory Golden Monkey (tripel style) right now and then an Allagash Grand Cru in a few minutes.

 

[Gus]

I just got back from BevMo with these two bourbons. I plan to do a comparison taste test tonight.

 

[kwilkinson]

I love KC. Only had Buffalo Trace once, but I loved it as well.
Let us know what you think!!

 

[King Francis]

Originally Posted by pocketsquareguy

I just got back from BevMo with these two bourbons. I plan to do a comparison taste test tonight.

I'll be interested to hear your thoughts.

I'm stuck at work on a Saturday night. I could use some bourbon right about now.