Recent content by Rob Lateiner

Anyone have any experience with them? Thank you in advance.

Some Rhys Chardonnays start to really drink well after a couple years. Alpine actually has a great rainwater, saline spine that comes out more after a couple years in bottle. The 2007 is a perfect example and is really starting to show beautifully now, as is the 2008. A couple years in bottle...

That's funny. What other whites have gotten you psyched recently?

I'd rather drink some pure bourgogne blanc over other oaky 1ers or whatever any day. Don't be snobby, drink some fichet bourg blanc.

weinbach sylvaner

Just off the autoroute or main road south of Puligny is the Cooperatif for vineyard and winery supply. They sell boxes and styro there. Grab a roll of "fragile" marked tape and a sharpie to draw arrows to the right side up. The boxes they sell there are really compact and efficient. For wine...

Just trying to keep it fresh. Not too overripe, ya know.

"...on the Texier, 99, ripeness wasn't the problem. It's just that the wine tasted austere. I assume that was the style Texier wanted. I don't think it works much better for CdP then oak and overripeness does though." Loesberg, drink up the oak and overripeness.

Keep stroking disorderlies.

Right. Unless you choose to open an '05 and it's drinking great in which case your responses, John and Ian, are unnecessary and continues the tradition of wine disorder self-indulgent ego masturbation. He had the wines, they were good and open (if you don't get it don't bother), take note, shut...

What's your guys' experience?

Sounding a bit douchey and nonsensical fatboy.

Amiot is the one.

I used to live in Charleston a while back. Fig, EVOO, Hominy Grill, sandwiches from ted's butcher block for a picnic. Enjoy! Go to folly beach! Zia taqueria on the way out is superb.

Banished Burgundy Varietals Tasting. Limestone v. Granite. Need some advice please: Setting up a blind tasting of Loire Gamay against Beauj Gamay to try and understand better the play of limestone versus granite here. Looking for producers whose vinification styles could be comparable. Any...