Recent content by Roger LaMarque

They're out of Delware, no? Have they opened something out west as well?

Coming soon to the streets of Brooklyn...

I live in Ditmas Park, have tons of space, and would happily cook/host. Come for the dog, stay for the wine.

I don't drink it myself, but my wife freezes coffee into iced cubes.

Won't lovers revolt now?

That's my town!! FWIW, my limited experience with Bornard have been not good. I.e. microbes. Admit it, you just hate the cute fox on the label.

I know his stuff gets wildly differing views around here, but I really enjoyed a glass of Bornard Crmant BdB the other day. Of course, it was directly after sitting in on a Flanders Red tasting panel, so it could have been Schweppes for all I know.

Honorable. Woefully misguided, but honorable.

You couldn't throw in a set of parentheses?

Now that's a troll.

I simply don't trust advice that isn't given both begrudgingly and in a curmudgeonly fashion. I open 5 bottles of wine a week. If I have to get a few interweb black eyes to make sure what I open isn't crap, then I find that to be a small price. I want to take a moment to thank the people who...

My wife and I will actually be at that dinner at Buttermilk on the 12th. Looking forward to it.

A few bottles of this have made their way into my possession. I understand from posts from a few years ago that this was rather tight. Anyone had any recently? Any reason not to try the first one soon? For what it is worth, this will be my first Allemand, so I'm sure they'll all be corked.

I sure hope you like large scale tastings.

I'm always just a tiny bit pleased when I get a flawed bottle from CSW. I get to bring the bottle back and I inevitably leave with two or three bottles. It's like the opposite of the Thunderdome.