He's at it again...

originally posted by Thor:
(I did once leave a snarky comment on his blog referring to his famous uncle, so maybe this is in retribution or sumfin)
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That's the last question I'd ask.

Yes, Levi, but what about the North Fork?
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I appreciate beating up on Asimov simply on principle, as it is always good to discomfort the comfortable. But "shilling for Levi" suggests an actual commercial conspiracy, which I believe, in my simple-mindedness, to be beyond Eric's grasp. He writes about Levi because Levi is a guy he knows who has interesting things to say.

On the other hand, may I say in all sincerity, Fuck Lon Guyland Wines. I grew up there. I know it's all about real estate, not wine. Pyramid and Bedell and Wlffer Estate...fugheddaboudit, all that shit costs too much, and will always cost too much, because there are idiots in Manhattan who will overpay for this stuff even though they know better.
 
Problem is, Wine Mule, you are shouting amid a throng of shouting people. I think your take is fairly the doxa (pace Roland Barthes) on wines of that region. There aren't many folk ordering them in (a) steakhouses, or (b) dimly lit little wine bars in middlingly sketchy neighborhoods.

Also, Wlffer is South Fork.

Last spring, I was served a glass of Shinn Estate Vineyards Red at Terroir NYC. It was good. Chris Coad liked it, too. He was drinking Mendoza Malbec from a box. The Shinn Red (a field blend with no stated vintage) was also available at retail in lower Manhattan in the $13 zone. Organic, too, if the idea of horses plowing in the rural scape off Sound Avenue floats your boat. I bought it a couple further times.

At the risk of muttering under my breath amid a throng of shouting people, I will add that I have had nice bottles from Pellegrini Winery & Vineyard and Paumanok Vineyards, as well. The basic Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc from Pellegrini are both very well-constructed and age well. Last ones I had cost $19.99-ish.

Though in general, the price tags of the region don't match comparable quality from, say, the Loire Valley.

And concerns like Bedell are not the pockets of quality into which one would seek to stuff one's hand, so to speak.
 
I appreciate beating up on Asimov simply on principle
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Who's beating up on Asimov? The only person here who tried that was VLM, and his reward was a soft cuddle, a comfy chair, and a star billing in the next column.

Hmmm. Maybe we should all beat up on Asimov.

But "shilling for Levi" suggests an actual commercial conspiracy
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Mr. David Erickson, let me introduce you to Mr. Thor Iverson, who over the years and far too many wine fora has been known to focus his WIWP attentions in the area of sarcasm.
 
originally posted by The Wine Mule:

But "shilling for Levi" suggests an actual commercial conspiracy, which I believe, in my simple-mindedness, to be beyond Eric's grasp. He writes about Levi because Levi is a guy he knows who has interesting things to say.
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I don't buy it.

There is something untoward going on.
 
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:


Last spring, I was served a glass of Shinn Estate Vineyards Red at Terroir NYC. It was good. Chris Coad liked it, too. He was drinking Mendoza Malbec from a box. The Shinn Red (a field blend with no stated vintage) was also available at retail in lower Manhattan in the $13 zone. Organic, too, if the idea of horses plowing in the rural scape off Sound Avenue floats your boat. I bought it a couple further times.
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I visited the Shinn Estate late summer in 2007. We had a nice lunch outdoors in front of the tasting room. I too remember the Shinn Red being very good. Then again it was a beautiful day and with great food for a picnic picked up in Cutchogue, may have added to the experience. Both the husband and wife team were there in the tasting room but she ran off at one point to jump on the tractor so I don't think there were any horses plowing back then.

The Shinn Estate was much more laid back than other places we visited that day, no dedicated parking for tour buses or limos and no wine pouring fembots behind the counter.

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I don't buy it.

There is something untoward going on.
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It's true that it was very suspicious when Eric left the orange wine dinner early. For heaven's sake, who ever does that sort of thing? What could his motives possibly have been?

Maybe the Mule is right? Maybe!
 
originally posted by JasonA:
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:


Last spring, I was served a glass of Shinn Estate Vineyards Red at Terroir NYC. It was good. Chris Coad liked it, too. He was drinking Mendoza Malbec from a box. The Shinn Red (a field blend with no stated vintage) was also available at retail in lower Manhattan in the $13 zone. Organic, too, if the idea of horses plowing in the rural scape off Sound Avenue floats your boat. I bought it a couple further times.
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I visited the Shinn Estate late summer in 2007. We had a nice lunch outdoors in front of the tasting room. I too remember the Shinn Red being very good. Then again it was a beautiful day and with great food for a picnic picked up in Cutchogue, may have added to the experience. Both the husband and wife team were there in the tasting room but she ran off at one point to jump on the tractor so I don't think there were any horses plowing back then.

The Shinn Estate was much more laid back than other places we visited that day, no dedicated parking for tour buses or limos and no wine pouring fembots behind the counter.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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for my taste shinn makes by far the best juice on li. they recently came out with an extended skin contact sb that was fab.
 
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