Recent content by Jeff Davidson

"I think a thread where everyone has absolutely no idea what's going on is a perfect tribute to traditional values." That sounds suspiciously like something Adolf Hitler might say Aren't we all talking about the sous réserve de la journée, Donald Trump? For example, "Seven pillars? I thought...

I don't know what the problem is, we're still drinking 100 point wine every night at chez davidson. I will admit, winemaking techniques have improved to the point where it's tough to find the two 50 point wines that make up our 100 point wine. sometimes we take one for the team and sacrifice a...

thanks for the replies! fedex also prohibits consumer-to-consumer shipments, what makes them safer? lack of enforcement?

I'd like to send wine to a friend, did some poking around and found it to be illegal. Is this a "don't ask, don't tell" proposition or is there a likelihood the wine will be seized, I'll be subject to a fine and/or thrown in a holding cell at rikers island for a couple of months?

"half of all wine sold is Bordeaux, really?" hard to make that conclusion without the context of their data.

mark, my D will be attending university in ithica in the fall, any restaurant suggestions?

"I've looked into roasting my own a few times, but have been talked out of it by a friend who is a coffee importer". while your friend makes a sensible point, the price of entry is fairly low for the sr500, it will quickly pay for itself and allows you to experiment with different roast levels...

my wife patrice is a coffee snob and I'm a technologist so we set off on a journey of research and experimentation with the goal of making better coffee than our local (award winning) coffee shop. In the end, we bought this grinder: baratza virtuoso this roaster: sr500 roaster this coffee...

leftover from our time working with PJs, raspberry, cedar, rose hips, eucalyptus. after 12 years, still a lot of in-your-face red fruit composed of dried cherries, cassis, vanilla, some black pepper and untamed, drying tannins. The tannin level and well-hidden 14.5% alcohol form an unpleasant...

maureen, I'm so glad someone claimed the DRC. I just need you to pay for shipping. To that end if you'll just email me your checking account and bank routing number, I'll initiate the transfer and ship you the DRC.

Joe Cz and I are swapping wine we've been holding for each other for about 15 years. it occurs to me I may have some other people's wine down there. Let me know if you think I have some of your wine.

Turns out he wasn't objecting to the tasting note, he bought a case of the wine and didn't like it...

Hi, I look after the pjwine.com web site. Thank you for sharing why you stopped being a customer of PJ's. We are always looking for ways to improve our site, retain our current customers and win back customers that have left. In hopes of winning back your business, I have added a site check...

I actually agree with the guy, the tn is way over the top, but who really cares? And its four years later! So I drafted this reply, but didn't send it: Hi, I look after the pjwine.com web site. Thank you for sharing why you stopped being a customer of PJ's. We are always looking for ways to...

Hi Folks, Haven't had much time for internet forums as I've created a startup with some partners. Patrice and I are still doing work on the PJs website. We received this email today. Notice the date of the tasting note...I'll post my first draft reply and my actual reply below. From...