Recent content by MarkS

Ahh, return to normalcy!

Same difference.

Full disclosure is an admirable trait. I am still going through the singletaries and twosies, threeons I bought eons ago. I've only ever bought cases of single wines a few times over the years, probably the worst time being burned by getting an assortment of Byrd wines (Maryland) in my early...

They sure do. Mine can change twice a night. But when the feed pops up, it looks new to me.

Old chenin can get funky and this can throw people off.

Well, you are of the New World. Or, as Bruce Springsteen sang, 'Booorn in the Uuu Ess Ayy'.

What makes these wines more special than what you usually drink?

You've got me thinking about that 1970's lightly-decaffeinated coffee commercial now: "fill it to the rim...with Brim"

Never thought about halibut and truffle together as friends. Interesting!

Lot of wines in 3 days. Looks like you survived to write about it. 1995 Chateau Montus, Madiran - I've had this twice before. Nice with age on it.

Maybe the monks are real and simply know their limits?

Wine relativism is an interesting thing.

You'll be an Albanian! Mirë se erdhe!

We want to think our CEO's, managers,___[name your class here] are smarter than the rest of us schoomks, but they are human with all the failings that that entails.

I thought Lyle liked Any riesling, so maybe not much 'convincing' needed?