Recent content by Patrick Cappiello

OMG! That's the best article ever! Thanks for this RD, I'm glad we opened in February. But then again, I would love to be quoted saying "Muscadet is cool."

Opened Pascal Monts Damnes 2010 tonight, natural cork finished. Guess he doesn't believe his Rose can age.

Drank F Cotat Rose 2010 tonight. No plastic wrapped cork. Both wines were great. Pascal - fat, ripe, and sweet. Francios - lean, mineral, and herbaceous.

I definitely believe the whitening/cleaning of corks with hydrogen peroxide which became a common practice in the mid 90's through 2007+ is the cause of premox. Many burgundy producers now agree. Also I am lucky enough (because of my job) to have pulled many corks on Coche-Dury and Domaine...

Opened P Cotat Rose 2010 tonight and discovered a cork I have never encountered before. Natural cork with plastic wrapped ends. Is this the solution (TCA/Premox)?

I don't remember writing "telling funny jokes, and spilling sauces all over himself at fancy dinners" though... But now I wish I had!

The frappata was my mistake.. Thanks for posting this Joe. Hope a few of you will consider joining us. Won't it be nice to be drinking these amazing wines somewhere besides Ten Bells in the LES or Terrior in SF? SFJoe said it best "If you build it, they will come..." or at least he said that's...

I can't remember which one of you warned me about missing a day or two on this board, and then having to spend as many catching up... Whoever it was, you were right. I still don't know what the hell this thread is about. Has anyone been working on a Rosetta Stone?

I believe, and I'm sure Joe will correct me if I'm wrong, that Ct, Cabernet, and Gamay are all available cork finished. Some of the wines have both cork and synthetic finished options. Pif is the one that has only been synthetic finished. I'm no fan of TCA, but Pif is such a powerful wine that...

I'm being told MMVIII will be arriving Feb 9th. Stop by on the 10th for a taste!

How hard do I have to pray to get Cuvee Pif on the same track?

Life is too short to worry about opening any of those wines too early. Especially with Levi getting a year older. I have no regrets, and no tasting notes... Levi, I'm trying to remember the nickname you gave the '69. I was a bit foggy at that point...

The line up Closer pictures The 69 Happy birthday Levi! Thanks again!

As a resident of the East Village, I take offense to the reference. My neighborhood is more like St. Joseph. With the price of Clape '07 as a benchmark, Cornas is obviously Tribeca... I only wish I could find Mr Trollat's apartment!

http://winedisorder.comhttp://winedisorder.com/library/images/original/MartinParr.jpg It would be much nerdier if I could figure out how to add a hyperlink...