Recent content by David M. Bueker

whatever.

Wow - vitriol central here at Wine Disorder today.

Mark - they don't actually want to talk about wine.

I'm still waiting for the "why did you open these so young" comment...oops.

Honestly, the Republican debates made the internet look tame in 2011.

Nope, but we can give you a URL...

While I am no fan of botrytis, not all of the rot in 1976 and especially 2006 was dirty.

It's between the Domprobst and the Sonnenuhr, which are both directly on the opposite side of the river from the actual town of Wehlen.

Some people actually like riesling with lots of botrytis. I do not, but I have heard that such people exist.

We had vastly different bottles. What year was yours? Mine was the 2005, and resembled drinking a cold sword.

Had a bottle of it a few months ago - severe and rather uninteresting except as a curiosity.

Despite the fact that he is a noob in more than one sense of the word, I shall refrain from the traditional Disorder welcome and merely wish Andre a Merry Christmas in return.

Noble thoughts Oswaldo. Stay clear of windmills.

Your comments on the cookies reminds me of an Ojai Syrah I once had that was a brutal match with dinner, but a wonder with chocolate chip cookies.

I've generally found that non-geeks complain more about sweetness in wines that we would call (using your words above) "perceptibly dry" since even minimal rs enhances fruit, and the uninitiated have a hard time with the difference between fruit and overt sweetness.