Putnam Weekley
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Jeff Grossman
Jeff Grossman
Did you notice that Heinz recently removed the little pickle from its labels?originally posted by MarkS:
Are those fighting or loving pickles??
Great sky over the Ambassador, Putnam.
Jeff Connell
Jeff Connell
Putnam, thanks for the pictures, they're wonderful. And yes it is so wrong to be smitten by recent Bonny Doon wines, especially in Detroit. Though it is understood that enthusiasm and a positive outlook on most things is fairly unavoidable in your locale.
John Roberts
John Roberts
What serendipity. There is a small gourmet food store down the block from my house that gouges amateur chefs who forgot to pick up bread or replenish their stock of olive oil. I only go into the store if it's an absolute emergency. The '08 Circa Requisite just appeared on their shelves, for a cool $25. Very excited...originally posted by Putnam Weekley:
originally posted by John Roberts:
MI VINOPutnam - Can you tell me what Michigan wines I should be drinking right now?
i'm not sure. i wouldn't presume to. except that i recently drank a bottle of 2008 "requisite" from circa winery (blaufraenkish) and thought it might be the best bottle of michigan red wine i ever drank. the price is not particularly friendly at about $35 though. but it seems small to complain. the wine is dense and white pepper scented. no oak taste. monolithic? perhaps that's a blaufraenkisch trait. ian fitzsimmons was over this summer and we drank a bottle of the 07, which is pretty nice too, and you should be able to find that for about 25 standard units of us currency.
chateau fontaine's 08 riesling is nice too.
if your in ann arbor come by the wine shop in kerrytown (where i work two days a week)
originally posted by John Roberts:
The '08 Circa Requisite just appeared on their shelves, for a cool $25. Very excited...
Just drank this last night. Not earth-shattering, but an enjoyable bottle that held up well through a long meal.
John Roberts
John Roberts
originally posted by fillay:
originally posted by John Roberts:
The '08 Circa Requisite just appeared on their shelves, for a cool $25. Very excited...
Just drank this last night. Not earth-shattering, but an enjoyable bottle that held up well through a long meal.
Fillay, other MI wines you like better?
Wyncroft's pinot noir and "Shou" are favorites, when I can get my hands on them. I've liked Black Star's "Arcturos" pinot noir and cabernet franc in the past, and a bottle of Brys pinot noir purchased at the winery Labor Day weekend was nice (and about $20). As with the Circa, these were wines that were very happy at the table even if you didn't wake up in the middle of the night a couple of days later thinking about them. I'm just not sure the growing season is long enough to get adequate ripeness - I've had a few too many frighteningly green cab francs tarted up with vanilla, and so am a little gun shy about Michigan reds.
Maybe Sean O'Keefe from Chateau Grand Traverse will pipe in again with some suggestions - I worked my way through most of his short-list of Michigan rieslings posted earlier this summer and was not disappointed.
Maybe Sean O'Keefe from Chateau Grand Traverse will pipe in again with some suggestions - I worked my way through most of his short-list of Michigan rieslings posted earlier this summer and was not disappointed.
Ian Fitzsimmons
Ian Fitzsimmons
I like Sean's wines quite a lot, FWIW, and also those of Penninsula Cellars. Last time I was up in that part of the state, I preferred those wineries' Rieslings to Black Star's, but that was several years ago, and the wine culture there is developing quickly, so my experience may be obsolete. Good Michigan Rieslings, IMHO, would blend in unobtrusively in tastings of high-quality dry and semi-sweet Rieslings from anywhere in the world.
I've had a couple of bottles of Wyncroft's Shou from earlier in the decade but wasn't swept away. I know Wyncroft has many loyal adherents, but, IMHO, Shou is at best a good Bordeaux-blend solely in the context of Michigan red wines; it's not a contender for high quality in its category over a broader geographic range, and not particularly good value.
I've had a couple of bottles of Wyncroft's Shou from earlier in the decade but wasn't swept away. I know Wyncroft has many loyal adherents, but, IMHO, Shou is at best a good Bordeaux-blend solely in the context of Michigan red wines; it's not a contender for high quality in its category over a broader geographic range, and not particularly good value.