Jeff Grossman
Jeff Grossman
Even the market in Union Square has no more variety. You have to go to specialty stores to get good shrooms.
What did you drink tonight?
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Even the market in Union Square has no more variety. You have to go to specialty stores to get good shrooms.
There was a guy at the Saturday Inwood market who had pretty good maitakes, and I think he also used to be at one of the weekday Union Square markets. At least a few years ago.
But yes, the point still stands. Excellent and diverse mushrooms are hard to come by. Because I may have been going to the wrong places, but in many cases even specialty stores are very expensive without the corresponding quality.
But yes, the point still stands. Excellent and diverse mushrooms are hard to come by. Because I may have been going to the wrong places, but in many cases even specialty stores are very expensive without the corresponding quality.
Sharon Bowman
Sharon Bowman
Violet Hill Farm had some nice yellowfeet on Friday at Union Square, and a couple of other things. But $$$.
Robert Dentice
Robert Dentice
Jay Miller
Jay Miller
Our farmer's market has a great stand with both foraged and farmed mushrooms. I got a foraged porcini last month that Arnold is still talking about.
Mike Evans
Mike Evans
Tonight, with leftover fried chicken, I picked a California Chardonnay. The 2012 Briceland Chardonnay Lolonis Vineyard is crisp and clean, with lemony pear and soursop, taking on some weight through the middle leading to a tangy finish. The acidity is prominent enough that it pairs better with food than it drinks alone, though well within my acid tolerant limits. It isn't terribly complex, but is pleasant and a fine value.
Jay Miller
Jay Miller
originally posted by Dan McQ:
2005 KL is a fine 10 year old that will prove the rule of 15 and then some.
Difficult to keep my hands off the others that long, though perhaps not as difficult as turning your head sideways to see the picture oriented properly.
An unmistakably Napa Cabernet which I nonetheless love. Lots of fruit but all in balance.
Mike Evans
Mike Evans
The 2011 Jean-Paul Brun) Beaujolais Blanc is in a very good place right now. Well-knit and well-balanced, with lemon, spring water, and a bit of butterscotch, it's a homey neighborhood French bistro in a bottle.
kirk wallace
kirk wallace
So, hanging out, enjoying the Oregon coast, and in trying to obey the "when in Rome," axiom, I went with a local(ish) wine. Apparently, 8 acres of Dijon clone Pinot planted in 1995. According to BH's website: "The “Les Dijonnais” Pinot Noir represents the best barrels from this warm site. "
I guess 2011 was not a super warm year, because this clocked in at 13% abv, the lowest of any Pinot available at our dinner spot (the ambitious, and generally successful, Resteraunt Beck in Depoe Bay). The wine was lovely, well balanced with nice acidity. Plenty of pinosity, nice touch of earth and minerality. No shortage of fruit, but no overextracted or jammy strawberry or cherry flavors. I'd order again.
Also had a glass of Trisaetum Coast Range Estate Dry Riesling 2013, which is definitely off-dry, and surprisingly pleasant. I was fearing insipidness, but it had decent acidity and gave me plenty of pleasure. 12% abv. Sort of something like a medium-weight kabinett feinherb from the Rheingau or Pfalz. I don't think you'd go looking for it, but it it found you around sunset, before your dinner food started arriving, I don't think you'd kick it to the floor.
I guess 2011 was not a super warm year, because this clocked in at 13% abv, the lowest of any Pinot available at our dinner spot (the ambitious, and generally successful, Resteraunt Beck in Depoe Bay). The wine was lovely, well balanced with nice acidity. Plenty of pinosity, nice touch of earth and minerality. No shortage of fruit, but no overextracted or jammy strawberry or cherry flavors. I'd order again.
Also had a glass of Trisaetum Coast Range Estate Dry Riesling 2013, which is definitely off-dry, and surprisingly pleasant. I was fearing insipidness, but it had decent acidity and gave me plenty of pleasure. 12% abv. Sort of something like a medium-weight kabinett feinherb from the Rheingau or Pfalz. I don't think you'd go looking for it, but it it found you around sunset, before your dinner food started arriving, I don't think you'd kick it to the floor.
Oswaldo Costa
Oswaldo Costa
Nice, Kirk, and gtk.
For the last two days we celebrated the change of personal decade by ravishing a ravishing magnum of 1985 Dujac GC aux Combottes. No change from day one to two, just sublimity through and through. Sigh.
For the last two days we celebrated the change of personal decade by ravishing a ravishing magnum of 1985 Dujac GC aux Combottes. No change from day one to two, just sublimity through and through. Sigh.
kirk wallace
kirk wallace
That is a good way to do it, O. Portends that perhaps the 60s will be as good as, or better than, the 30s....
Sharon Bowman
Sharon Bowman
'Ware the Big One!
Sharon Bowman
Sharon Bowman
This was my experience last night, only it was 2014 Pépière, and it was a bottle rather than a magnum. But dear god, what a sublime wine, both on day one and day two.
Jeff Grossman
Jeff Grossman
Deuxieme jour pour la Pépière. Oh, l'humanité!
kirk wallace
kirk wallace
Indeed. We're carrying our tsunami escape route maps with us.
Christian Miller (CMM)
Christian Miller
Don't be surprised. Willamette Valley produces some fine Riesling and Trisaetum has been consistently good.