A little Orange among friends

Just wanted to pass along a thank you for the whole orange bombing you've done around here. Your enthusiasm is infectious. I am envious of the tasting you put together (and the one Slaton did in SF). I wish I could have been there. As I have found out, trying to find some of these wines in Chicago is an arduous task. Though, over the weekend, I went to visit my buddy who had just gotten in the Bea "Chiara" and the Coenobium "Rusticum" and poured me some of each. My first orange wines! I picked up some of the Rusticum (if only because it was cheaper), though I did love the lightness and freshness of the Chiara. Anyway, thanks for helping open my eyes to these beauties. It's like having someone recommend a band that just fits your mood and state of mind at that time perfectly.
 
originally posted by lars makie:
Great post... Thanks LeviJust wanted to pass along a thank you for the whole orange bombing you've done around here. Your enthusiasm is infectious. I am envious of the tasting you put together (and the one Slaton did in SF). I wish I could have been there. As I have found out, trying to find some of these wines in Chicago is an arduous task. Though, over the weekend, I went to visit my buddy who had just gotten in the Bea "Chiara" and the Coenobium "Rusticum" and poured me some of each. My first orange wines! I picked up some of the Rusticum (if only because it was cheaper), though I did love the lightness and freshness of the Chiara. Anyway, thanks for helping open my eyes to these beauties. It's like having someone recommend a band that just fits your mood and state of mind at that time perfectly.
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I'll be sure to pass along your thanks to where it belongs, to Chip Coen, aka The Rat Bastard Book Stealer.
 
I can't believe I forgot the Gravner 2001 "Amphora" Ribolla Gialla moment. Crazy. Cause it was. Crazy. It was the night we opened for business under the new name, an Italian restaurant recently renovated in Tudor City. It was just myself, and it was late. Maybe 4 or 5 am. I'd been at the resto all day. Busy place. Tired me. Always there was one more thing to do, more folks to help with this or that. That's how it is with openings. But now there was just me and an unfinished bottle of Gravner, left over from no less than Ruth Reichl's table. I sat at the bar and poured myself a glass. How to explain. Uh, well, I saw Monument Valley melt in front of me. A translucency, you could feel the sun's rays on your tongue. A liquid Monument Valley. There might even have been a little John Wayne in there somewhere surfing. I don't remember. But I remember just this INCREDIBLE texture, I mean this is what it's all about, this is it, this is the best wine EVER!!! This is what I have been looking for allllllll this time. Nobody is around during such moments. Maybe I make them up. All I know is I want that one back. That one was a keeper.
 
originally posted by Levi Dalton:
Uh, well, I saw Monument Valley melt in front of me. A translucency, you could feel the sun's rays on your tongue. A liquid Monument Valley. There might even have been a little John Wayne in there somewhere surfing. I don't remember.
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Holy shit, Levi. I've need phenethylamines for that sort of reaction. Now I'm really jealous.

Mark Lipton
 
Levi, your post here was when I was firmly entrenched in my multi-year hiatus from the wine board world. Had never seen it before. So a belated, “Bravo!” Not only for the content and the implied eye-opening that it prognosticated but also the clear effort that went into the thoughtful and clever telling.
 
Good stuff, Levi. I have some '13 Ageno on the way that I ordered earlier this year. Should be a good time.

Speaking of Edi Kante, his regular lineup from 2013 are drinking beautifully right now. The 2013 Malvasia is one of the best whites I've had this year but they are subtle beauties, all.
 
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