Francisco is from Portugal.
Bobvin is a winemaker, from California I believe.
The guy next door to me has a vineyard. Other folks within just few miles are winemakers with their own vineyards. There is as much wines as there are music players where I live. I am completely surrounded.
German wines are the perfect wines for the hot, summer months and pair extraordinarily well with Chinese and Thai food. Based on the current market scarcity, German Rieslings seem to be making huge strides in popularity despite the lack of recent "great" vintages. Still it's easy to understand given the affordability along with all of the wonderful attributes you so clearly enumerated. Sadly, German weather hasn't been very cooperative this decade and even when weather was decent, yields were low.
That sounds like an extraordinary generous visit and one that you obviously still recall fondly. I would have guessed that all German Rieslings, from Kabinett to TBAs would be discussed more vigorously in this thread given the number of people who make the annual pilgrimage to Munich audio show.
Thanks Bob, but no, I am not a wine maker, though I am a "Vineyard" as it is my last name (hence bobvin). And, not from California either, grew up in Washington state, moved to Portland 5 years back. Very much a wine lover, Pacific NW has many, many great wineries and growing regions. Walla Walla, Red Mountain, Willamette Valley (if you like Pinot), and your Okanogan up in B.C. Lots of great 'new world' wines that I love, but I have a real fondness for Bordeauxs—love that dirt!
And yes, wine and music are my pairing of choice, why I added this little audition when I remodeled the music room:
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Thank you (and your cousin) very much for the update. While there are some who may consider 2015 on the Mosel and in Rheingau quite good, most will agree that neither have had a truly exceptional vintage since 2009.My cousin has told me this year should yield a good harvest in Germany. 2018 wines could be one of best years ever for Germany.
It has been quite hot for a long amount of time.
I dont now all that much about wine, because I only cook with it and do not drink it.
Thanks for getting this started.Glad you really like Australian and NZ red wine.Recommendations anyone?
Under $200
- RED Stag's Leap: FAY Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
- RED Penfolds: St. Henri 2010/2014
Under $100
- RED Le Sol - Craggy Range 2010
- RED Penfolds - Bin 389
Under $25
- RED Alamos: Merlot (Catena Zapata) 2005, 2010, 2011 (UNDER $15!!!)
- RED Primogenito Merlot
- RED Pulenta State Merlot
- RED Penfolds Bin 8
- WHITE Ottaviano Lambruschi: Vermentino 2014
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