Recent content by Daniel Richards

Congratulations!

BJ Had meant to tell you, you helped springboard my (early and still naïve) wine pursuits (encouraged, deepened, and indulged on this bored) to intro hifi. Ended up with an Advent 300 driving a couple of ADS L500s, with an AR-XA at the helm (the LP-12's progenitor). Thanks!

Dining you might check out The Restaurant in Fort Bragg, just 10 min up the road from Mendocino...

Story is they're done. And I've had mostly similar experiences, but figured there might be a few troopers that handled the heat, upright, for way too long. Got suckered back by the 50%+ off closing sign walking by. We'll see.

Share the sentiment, but figured six inexpensive gambles might yield one or two gems. Hopes are on the 97 Quinta do Ribeirinho Pé Franco. $4?

A going-out-of-business gamble from Crossroads... Opened to tart fruit and reticent nose, faint garrigue and green, evolving into an odd, electric elegance of Kalamata olive acidity and more flesh. Fading, but still intriguing, if a poor pairing with the venison and balsalmic/raspberry gastrique.

Anyone have experience with older Foradori, still labeled with the single vineyard Vigneto Sgarzon designation?

Was excited to find a 1997 (in NYC) last year, but likely poor storage, as it tasted cooked to our group. Does anyone know, was this the last year before they replanted the old MR vines?