Top 100 2005 preview, a Giacosa Lunch at Cru, the 2001s with Angelo Gaja, musings on a 2000 Barolo tasting with RP in Vegas and a Celebrity Death Match at Alto
Ok, this week’s write-up is chock full of recent events, thanks to a trip out to LA (I do a lot of my writing on planes), a holiday weekend, and the increased guilt of missing a couple weeks this month due to my recent Partypoker.com obsession. So let’s get right into it…
Sideways: road movie or “wine’ movie?
If one didn’t think the movie “Sideways’ was a “wine’ movie then one could be forgiven in the light of the tours and wine clubs that have grown up since its release: maps featuring the 18 locations of the film including the wineries and restaurants, a special “Sideways Package including wine tastings and accommodation, and [...]
Sideways: road movie or “wine’ movie?
If one didn’t think the movie “Sideways’ was a “wine’ movie then one could be forgiven in the light of the tours and wine clubs that have grown up since its release: maps featuring the 18 locations of the film including the wineries and restaurants, a special “Sideways Package including wine tastings and accommodation, and [...]
21 Vintages of Monfortino with Roberto Conterno and the 12 Angry Men
By the way, that ‘45 Romanee Conti I had the other week was a (99+), for those of you that were wondering. It is my first 99+ point wine; the wine was so good it made me redefine my personal envelope of wine greatness. We will taste two bottles again from the same batch at [...]
The Drinks Interval
The highly regarded Brokenwood winery in the Lower Hunter Valley wine region north of Sydney sells a ‘Cricket Pitch’ wine, so-called because the vineyard adjacent to the winery was once the site of a cricket ground. It also owns a ‘Graveyard’ vineyard, presumably named in honour of recent England tours of Australia. Geoff Merrill’s winery [...]
A Decade of 1960s Burgundies at Bouley and the Greatest Wine I Have Ever Had
Twenty very serious and fortunate wine aficionados gathered at Bouley in late April for a celebration of 1960’s Burgundies. All wines came directly from the impeccable cellar of Dr. Shelley Rabin, with whom we have been doing dinners for years. Every time we do a dinner featuring wines from Shelley’s cellar, the types of wines [...]