San Francisco, April 24 or 25?

WTF

There were no alternate suggestions, so we are starting at 3pm. Til whenever.

The tedious food planning type stuff is mostly being done by email, but I'll post a summary here later if you want.

Currently we are about ten or so, but I plan to press-gang a few more tonight at Terroir. Feel free to do the same.

I just received my case of '04 Ageno (at silly closeout price) so we will have some nice orange wine to drink as well.
 
Added a few more folks last night. Good to have vlm and skraft onboard. Just make sure he gets some damned boxes packed tomorrow.

Picked up some ramps and other goodies tonight, including some morels. Not as many as I'd have liked though as they were surprisingly, nay, shockingly expensive. Lack of spring rain will do that, I guess. I'll hit the Hog Island stand in the am for some sweetwaters or kumamotos.

still room if anyone else wants to join us; msg me for details
 
Depending on the hour you'll be at Hog island we're going to do a Philippe Foreau with an oyster breakfast (late breakfast, like lunchish).
 
like Eden Mylunschish?

Cory, I'm just going to the Hog Island Oyster Company stand at the Saturday farmers market at the Ferry Building. Not the mothership in Marshall. Where are you guys having lunch?
 
Slaton,
Thank you for being an awesome host. You just whip out those delicious goodies as though they took no effort at all. And thanks for including me even tho I hadn't actually registered over here yet. ;-)

Here's a link to my pics from yesterday:
by rjennings55 I'll follow up with the list of wines later today.
 
Slaton, you always cook with sunglasses on?

Looks like a great time. I can't believe you got Jarvis Cocker to come to a jeebus.
 
WINE DISORDER OL - Slaton's place, San Francisco, California (4/25/2009)





Whites




2005 Domaine de la Ppire (Marc Ollivier) Muscadet de Svre-et-Maine Sur Lie Vieilles Vignes Clos des Briords - France, Loire Valley, Pays Nantais, Muscadet de Svre-et-Maine
Light butter yellow color; nice lime, tart green melon and mineral nose; tart, minerally, green fruit, tart melon palate, complex, but light and poised; medium finish 92+ pts. (92 pts.)
2005 Roche aux Moines Savennires Roche aux Moines - France, Loire Valley, Anjou-Saumur, Savennires Roche aux Moines
Light butter yellow color; white flower and fresh lime nose; tasty, spicy, tart melon, lime, mineral, stony palate with bracing acidity; medium-plus finish (93 pts.)
2005 Brgerspital zum hl. Geist Wrzburger Stein Riesling Kabinett trocken - Germany, Franken
Light yellow color; wintergreen, herbal and lime cream nose; solid, tart lime, wintergreen, herbal, tart orange and mineral palate; medium-plus finish (92 pts.)
2002 Hut Vouvray Ptillant Brut - France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Vouvray
Light medium golden yellow color; apple, herbal, green fruit nose; tart green fruit, herbal palate with medium acidity; medium finish (91 pts.)
1983 Rene Schmidt Gewurztraminer Selection Particulire - France, Alsace, Alsace AOC
Dark golden yellow color; earthy, a little oxidized, gardenia nose; nutty, creamy, spicy, lychee palate; medium finish (92 pts.)
2006 Avanguardia Rkatsiteli Cristallo - USA, California, Sierra Foothills
Very pale yellow color; pungent, herbal, green almond and lime cream nose; tart, pointed, green fruit and green almond palate, with surprising complexity; short-medium finish (89 pts.)
N.V. Catherine et Pierre Breton Vouvray La Dilettante - France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Vouvray
Light butter yellow color; tart green apple and lime nose; tart, spicy green fruit, green apple, lime palate; short finish (85 pts.)
2006 Alice et Olivier De Moor Chablis Rosette - France, Burgundy, Chablis
Tart green fruit nose; oxidized, tart lemon palate, disjointed; short-medium finish (78 pts.)

Light Reds (and Yellow Wine)




2002 Eyrie Vineyards Pinot Noir Reserve - USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
Light medium orange red color with garnet lights; evocative tart strawberry and orange spice nose; tasty, tart, smoky, orange and tart red fruit palate with minerals and lime acidity; medium-plus finish (93 pts.)
2000 Martinborough Vineyard Pinot Noir - New Zealand, North Island, Wairarapa, Martinborough
Medium red color with pale meniscus; dried plum, graphite, VA and prune cake nose; tart, over-the-hill, pruney, plum palate; short-medium finish (79 pts.)
2005 Domaine Comte Peraldi Ajaccio Comte De Poix - France, Corsica, Ajaccio
Light medium strawberry red color with pale meniscus; tart red fruit, red grapefruit, smoke and dried orange nose; elegant tart red fruit, roses, mineral and tart orange palate with good balance; medium-plus finish 93+ pts. (93 pts.)
1977 Lytton Springs Winery Zinfandel Dry Creek Valley - USA, California, Sonoma County, Dry Creek Valley
Cloudy dark raspberry red color; nice mature spicy plum, wood ear mushroom and berry nose; tart berry, mature tart plum and orange spice palate; medium-plus finish (92 pts.)
2004 La Stoppa Ageno Emilia IGT - Italy, Emilia-Romagna, Emilia IGT
Bright medium orange color with yellow lights; big tart kumquat, quince, dried apricot and sulfur nose; tart, rancio, dried apricot, kumquat, lime and mineral palate, with tart tannins; medium-plus finish 91+ pts. (91 pts.)
2006 C de Noci Vino di Tavola Notte di Luna - Italy, Emilia-Romagna, Vino di Tavola
Medium orange color with yellow lights; preserved orange, pistachio and smoky green nose; tart, pinched but complex, tangy, lightly oily, tart citrus, tart green fruit and mineral palate; medium-plus finish 92+ pts. (could age interestingly) (92 pts.)
2006 Domaine Poupat Coteaux du Giennois "Trocadero" - France, Loire Valley, Upper Loire, Coteaux du Giennois
Medium dark red violet color; minerally, dried cherry, dried red fruit and dried apricot nose; tasty, tart, tangy dried red fruit, mineral and rosehips palate; medium-plus finish (91 pts.)
2001 Clos Rougeard (Foucault) Saumur-Champigny - France, Loire Valley, Anjou-Saumur, Saumur-Champigny
Light medium red color with clear meniscus; earthy, dried mushroom and mineral nose; good tart mature red fruit, mushroom and truffle palate; medium finish 92+ pts. (92 pts.)
1990 Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses - France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Chinon
Orange red color with pale meniscus; brett and TCA nose; tart raspberry, red fruit palate with TCA NR (flawed)

Heavier Reds



2000 Tenuta San Leonardo Merlot Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT - Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT
Slightly cloudy and opaque medium dark red violet color with pale meniscus; nice maturing tobacco, herbaceous, olive nose; tart black fruit, mineral, tar, graphite, tart plum palate with depth; medium-plus finish 94+ pts. (94 pts.)
2007 La Clarine Farms Mourvedre Cedarville Vineyard - USA, California, Sierra Foothills, El Dorado
Medium red violet color with pale meniscus; tart black fruit, mineral and graphite nose; tart, tangy, plum, boysenberry and charcoal palate; short-medium finish (87 pts.)
2001 Schwarz Zweigelt 'W' Red Table Wine - Austria, Burgenland, Neusiedlersee
Medium dark cherry color with clear meniscus; bacon, roasted fruit and smoky nose; tart berry, black fruit, tar, spicy and nervy, with depth; medium-plus finish 92+ pts. (92 pts.)
N.V. Avanguardia Amatore - USA, California, Sierra Foothills
Light medium cherry red color with clear meniscus; graphite, sweet spicy plum nose; narrow, tart spicy plum palate; short-medium finish (81 pts.)
2005 Union des Vignerons Saint Pourain VDQS Domaine de la Croix d'Or - France, Loire Valley, Upper Loire, Saint Pourain VDQS
Light minerally tart red fruit nose; tart, minerally, cherry and red fruit palate with orange acidity; medium finish 91+ pts. (91 pts.)
2007 Domaine de la Tournelle Arbois L'uva Arbosiana - France, Jura, Arbois
Very light red color with clear meniscus; tart, very herbal, oregano and bay laurel nose; light bodied, tart herbal, oregano, bay laurel and tart red fruit palate; medium finish (88 pts.)

Sweet Wines



1992 Zind-Humbrecht Tokay Pinot Gris Rotenberg Vendange Tardive - France, Alsace, Wintzenheim, Alsace AOC
Medium apricot color; smoky, baked apple, mulled pear nose; tart mulled pear, apricot, mineral and acid palate; medium-plus finish (91 pts.)
2005 Domaine Ostertag Muscat Fronholz Vin d'Alsace - France, Alsace, Haut-Rhin, Alsace AOC
Lovely honeyed, orange blossom nose; fairly dry, solid, Muscat, orange blossom and orange honey palate; medium finish 90+ pts. (90 pts.)
1988 Goldene Rebe Riesling Bereich Mittelhaardt - Germany, Pfalz
From 375 ml - medium dark orange color with red lights and pale yellow meniscus; baked apple, figgy pudding and prune nose with a touch of petrol; nice, mature, tart plum, prune, baked cherry and tart apricot palate with good acidity; medium-plus finish 92+ pts. (92 pts.)
1989 Dr. Brklin-Wolf Wachenheimer Knigswingert Gewrztraminer Auslese - Germany, Pfalz
From 375 ml - medium golden yellow color; spicy Gewurtz, old roses nose; tasty, poised, juicy pear, ripe green fruit, peach palate with good acidity; medium-plus finish (92 pts.)

 
Thanks all for the crazy amount of good shit you brought over. Good times. I should have forced more leftovers on y'all, sorry.

I started a thread on the main board for posterity, please chime in with your recollections.

Lars, I had just dropped 250 mcg and was feeling paranoid. I was feeling more grounded later, as you can see from the pics.
 
I seem to have acquired a bone colored Farberware porcelain plate with pale pink, yellow and purple flowers around the rim. Anyone want to claim this?
 
originally posted by slaton:
I seem to have acquired a bone colored Farberware porcelain plate with pale pink, yellow and purple flowers around the rim. Anyone want to claim this?
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It's mine Slaton. I'm in no hurry to claim it though. Hey, maybe I could trade you my gingerbread housemaking prize for it. ;-)
 
Slaton, Sandi has your salad-serving spoon. Apparently, it sunk to the bottom of her bowl along with the tomatos.

If you need it sooner than later, we can figure something out.
 
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