Recent content by Dan McQ

Two weeks!

Love the Sandlands Cinsault. Beautiful wine, but also a gluggable crowd pleaser.

1996 Thunder Mountain Bates Ranch Star Ruby RTW This was a happy discovery. Cork was intact; dark purple color with no bricking. Nice Bordeaux style nose with fruit and a touch of eucalyptus. Oak has receded fully and a nice fruit palate remains. Not terrifically long but drinking really well...

I had a bottle of 2022 Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Chablis over the past 2 nights - similar roundness to what you describe (though the wine is obviously not on par with Dauvissat) that seems more than I remember, with a bit less cut and salinity. Certainly different than the 2019 version in that...

Jim - I've found the same. I have a couple bottles I sent to the back of the queue for a few years' timeout. Dan

The Arnot Roberts Trousseau is definitely one of my favorite trousseaus, especially with a few years in the bottle.

Opened one of these this past weekend as part of a good friend’s birthday party and this is spot on. Happy to have a couple more at home.

Social media is occasionally useful. Coming soon to my sister’s neighborhood: A bit of searching unearths the following: Feb 22 Chatterbox posting on Tablehopper: https://www.tablehopper.com/newsletter/this-weeks-tablehopper-all-grown-up-free/...

I was in SF yesterday and today to visit my parents who live in an assisted living building near Japantown. Went to La Ciccia last night with my brother, sister and brother-in-law who are all locals but had not been back since it was sold. I thought it was quite good - everything we had was...

Baudry Chinon Rose is an annual case purchase around these parts.

2020 Idlewild Lost Hills Ranch Arneis. Carried home from the tasting room in Healdsburg - revisited after opening 2 nights ago. Still a little shy on the nose (it’s young), this is brilliant stuff and the best US produced Arneis I’ve had.

Every vaccine ever made has caused a few allergic, even anaphylactic, reactions in recipients. The buzz is that the 2 in the UK at least may have been to PEG in the preparation. Speaking personally, my upper arm was a bit unhappy about being converted into a spike protein factory for a day or...

Thanks for the link. Accepting one of these in my deltoid in the near future. Breathtaking accomplishment.

I happily have a handful of these.