Mike Evans
Mike Evans
My most recent bottle of the '97 last August was drinking very well (and better than a 2000 tasted a month or two later), so there is some basis for optimism.
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My most recent bottle of the '97 last August was drinking very well (and better than a 2000 tasted a month or two later), so there is some basis for optimism.
The Abe thing per NYT mag.
originally posted by Chris Coad:
what Chris has called "beanbag chair."
As a child of the 70s, my family had a lemon-yellow beanbag chair in our TV room. I thought it was teh awesome and used to claim it for my own and watch Checkers and Pogo, Ultraman and Gigantor from its warm confines. I can still smell that smell.
I did the tour this weekend. The first wine tasted was a North Fork Riesling. Beanbag chair, bandaid, shower curtain, the olfactory memory triggered in me was that of my grandparents 1960's Ford Fairlane Station Wagon. Baby blue inside and out. My Grandfather had this uncanny ability to maintain that "new car smell" appearingly indefinitely in his cars (possibly because he never allowed anyone to ever smoke in his cars - quite the rarity in those days). All of that, it was all there.
Aside from the vinyl the other common thread was a general lack of acidity save for some VA on a couple of the wines and a sweetness that I would normally associate with high alcohol levels, though all of the wines were listed under 13% ABV.
Love the passion, not a fan of the wines.
Sharon Bowman
Sharon Bowman
Maybe we should make it a new euphemism.
kirk wallace
kirk wallace
"Interesting" and "passionate". Toute la rage.
Sharon Bowman
Sharon Bowman
"Looks like you have a really passionate hairdresser!"
originally posted by SFJoe:
I'm getting over passion, in general. I hear many many people lauded for their "passion," as opposed to, say, their competence or skill or knowledge or some other mundane unemotional quality.
I figure it's not enough on its own.
Ok, ok. The wines suck and they are way too expensive. I was just trying to be nice.
originally posted by kirk wallace:
"Interesting" and "passionate". Toute la rage.
Not to be outdone by Dan Savage's "Lifting my luggage"
originally posted by JasonA:
originally posted by SFJoe:
I'm getting over passion, in general. I hear many many people lauded for their "passion," as opposed to, say, their competence or skill or knowledge or some other mundane unemotional quality.
I figure it's not enough on its own.
Ok, ok. The wines suck and they are way too expensive. I was just trying to be nice.
No, sorry, I didn't mean to pile on these guys--my point was much more general. I hear this about all kinds of people in all walks of life--am I the only one to whom this is a cliche of the last year?
Sharon, maybe it can be the next best thing to, "Bless their hearts."
originally posted by SFJoe:
originally posted by JasonA:
originally posted by SFJoe:
I'm getting over passion, in general. I hear many many people lauded for their "passion," as opposed to, say, their competence or skill or knowledge or some other mundane unemotional quality.
I figure it's not enough on its own.
Ok, ok. The wines suck and they are way too expensive. I was just trying to be nice.
No, sorry, I didn't mean to pile on these guys--my point was much more general. I hear this about all kinds of people in all walks of life--am I the only one to whom this is a cliche of the last year?
Sharon, maybe it can be the next best thing to, "Bless their hearts."
No really, just because they are in Brooklyn, R E D H O O K, B R O O K L Y N, and they get all kinds of press and survived Sandy, doesn't mean you shouldn't pile it on, if piling is due. This is Wine Disorder isn't it? Are we not men (and women)?
I wish them all the luck in the world.
kirk wallace
kirk wallace
originally posted by JasonA:
originally posted by kirk wallace:
"Interesting" and "passionate". Toute la rage.
Not to be outdone by Dan Savage's "Lifting my luggage"
LOL. Good old George Recker and his weak back.
Jeff Grossman
Jeff Grossman
Lifting luggage is easier with a handle, no?
Jay Miller
Jay Miller
originally posted by SFJoe:
originally posted by JasonA:
originally posted by SFJoe:
I'm getting over passion, in general. I hear many many people lauded for their "passion," as opposed to, say, their competence or skill or knowledge or some other mundane unemotional quality.
I figure it's not enough on its own.
Ok, ok. The wines suck and they are way too expensive. I was just trying to be nice.
No, sorry, I didn't mean to pile on these guys--my point was much more general. I hear this about all kinds of people in all walks of life--am I the only one to whom this is a cliche of the last year?
Sharon, maybe it can be the next best thing to, "Bless their hearts."
Maybe not quite up there with "secret sauce" but I agree with your general point.
originally posted by Brad Kane:
Have disorderlies ever really had a problem saying, "I admire their passion, but their wines suck?"
Taken on the face of things, Brad, that statement sounds downright Zylberbergian.
Mark Lipton
Chris Coad
Chris Coad
originally posted by Brad Kane:
Have disorderlies ever really had a problem saying, "I admire their passion, but their wines suck?"
I admire your passion in all things, Brad.
Ken Schramm
Ken Schramm
I've opened this thread twice now, expecting to see someone's comments on the merits of Deutsche Grammophon. I have a confirmed diagnosis of Attention Deficit Disorderly Disorder.