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Whats in your wine cellar?

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4:13a, 5/12/17
Pegau rules! Extremely jealous......
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In reply to SwissAgg • 6:27a, 5/12/17
WhoDatAg said:
HTownAg98 said:
My wife and I are going to do a river cruise from Lyon to Avignon in about two years. My fear is I'm going to do the trip and want to go back in a month.
Why wait so Long?

We're not doing that trip on the cheap.
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In reply to HTownAg98 • 7:51a, 5/12/17
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Sounds amazing. I'm guessing you'll have a chance to explore the Northern Rhone on the way down. Should be a great trip. And yes you will want to go back!
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In reply to BullSprig07 • 1:07p, 5/12/17
Water Turkey07 said:
Sounds amazing. I'm guessing you'll have a chance to explore the Northern Rhone on the way down. Should be a great trip. And yes you will want to go back!
thanks for sharing your incredible pictures. looks amazing.

I have a friend that visits France often, even though he is not a wine person. I need to put a bug in his ear about this area and get something organized.
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In reply to BullSprig07 • 2:58p, 5/12/17
When you say you bought cases of wine, was that for consumption while you were there, or do you have an importers license to get the wine back to the US?
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3:48p, 5/12/17
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Sorry that wasn't very clear. We bought wine during the day, and crushed it back at the house each night.
We would typically wake up to scenes like this on the kitchen counter

Some more pics


When we were ordering lunch at the festival, my dad was trying to tell the cook/chef that he didn't want his veal steak over cooked. There seemed to be a little bit of a language barrier. But he checked on us while we were eating, came up to my dad and poked his forehead and said "You Like? It's good? Americans like steak too hard!" and knocked on the table. Then poked my dad's sunburnt forehead and said "rose', pink meat is better!"
If you didn't know better you would think my dad is about to get chived by an ornery French cook, but they actually had a good time going back and forth with eachother.
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8:57p, 5/13/17
Wine #2 for Birthday week. Wine #1 was a 2013 Lillian Syrah.
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7:51p, 5/14/17
#3. This is pretty damn good, period. People that like French Rhone whites need to drink this, and not shy away because it's from Texas.
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In reply to HTownAg98 • 8:38a, 5/15/17
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Where in H-Town can I grab a bottle?
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8:56a, 5/15/17
I'm not sure you can.
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10:11a, 5/15/17
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Ben doesn't make much wine. Fewer than 1,000 cases per year last I asked.

It's a cool visit though. He doesn't even have a sign, just a banner draped on his pickup windshield parked on 290. Nice little "cave" winery/cellar. From his facebook posts he's been in France for awhile. Unsure when he's back or open. You have to call for reservations.

Calais Winery

Calais is one of the few wineries on 290 I send people to. William Chris is one of the others. Good Ag Chris Brundret was by Inwood yesterday with wife and kids in tow for Mother's Day. He and Dan spent awhile together barrel tasting Dan's newest Bordeaux blends. I tasted them at the end of the day as well. Not being released until 2019, but they will absolutely stun people with their quality. And being from vines just west of Fredericksburg!
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4:09p, 5/19/17
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550 year old barrel of wine!
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12:06a, 5/21/17
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For the Fredericksburg folks . . .

I'm debating whether to make a weekend trip next weekend. Will the Memorial Day crowds be unbearable?
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7:20a, 5/21/17
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Had a 2012 Paul Hobbs Pinot noir last night. Very good.
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In reply to awesome sauce • 7:28a, 5/21/17
awesome sauce said:
For the Fredericksburg folks . . .

I'm debating whether to make a weekend trip next weekend. Will the Memorial Day crowds be unbearable?

They will be bad on saturday, not so much on Sunday though. I'd make apppinrments for the better places on Sunday, and just roll with the crowds on Saturday.
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7:59a, 5/21/17
Headed to Willamette Valley in August. Looking for winery recommendations near McMinnville/Newburg/Dundee areas. TIA

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In reply to awesome sauce • 11:13a, 5/21/17
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And later in the day Saturday is better this time of year, but Sunday is always preferable. Come see me at Inwood Estates!
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10:00p, 5/21/17
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Thanks HTown & Cecil. Good info.

Cecil - are you pouring next weekend? If I come through I'll look you up.
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In reply to awesome sauce • 11:10p, 5/21/17
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Yes! Hope to see you!
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In reply to HTownAg98 • 3:21p, 5/23/17
I totally agree--this is the best Texas version of a Rhone white that I've ever had. I was very impressed with everything they had to offer.
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3:35p, 5/23/17
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Chris Brundret '06 of William Chris Winery is the featured Winemaker of the Month in the new June 2017 issue of "Wine Business Monthly".
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In reply to notheranymore • 4:04p, 5/23/17
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Have not been to Oregon myself, so I can't comment on winery experience but only on the wines. My in-laws belong to the Trisaetum wine club. I have had a lot of their Riesling and it is fantastic. It's a good pairing with Thai and other asian foods, which can be tricky to work out. Their pinot isn't bad either, but I wouldn't call it the star. Little back end on the taste spectrum.

Also had some De Pont. Again, great pinot. Consistently better than Trisaetum in my opinion.

[EDIT] - Called De Pont "Dundee Hills". that was the appellation, obviously not the winemaker.
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10:27a, 5/28/17
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Howdy guys - We're hosting a Wine Dinner fundraiser in Houston on June 4th to support pediatric cancer research. I started a thread over in the Houston forum - but wanted to cross-post here as well:

https://texags.com/forums/38/topics/2856905

Thank you guys for your consideration - hopefully we can see you on June 4th!

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In reply to notheranymore • 9:19a, 5/29/17
Go to Brickhouse, Rocco (Aggie owned), Sotor, Erath (Aggie winemaker), Sokol blosser, North Valley, Winderlea all really cool spots. Make sure to make an appt. if you like farm house brew Wolves and People brewery was pretty epic.
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7:33a, 6/1/17
Dog Point from NZ Malborough. Fell in love with them when I was there on holiday. The Sauvignon Blanc 2013 - Dog Point in particular! It's our favourite. But all the Dog Point Wines are highly recommendable & also affordable 30-60 bucks (usually).
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7:36a, 6/1/17
I'm thinking of buying a new decanter for our reds. Do you have any recommendations?
I found a few reviews just now here: http://carafes-and-decanters.com/products/wine-decanters/

And the Wine Enthusiast Duck Decanter seems to be a great fit and isn't too expensive. Any thoughts, maybe..?

Thanks
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8:24a, 6/1/17
You can decant wine into a quart mason jar and get the same effect, so buy whatever you want.
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In reply to WhiskyEnthusiast • 3:31p, 6/1/17
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Our cleaning lady dropped and broke our decanter last week so I'm in the market as well
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7:18p, 6/1/17
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Pyrex Erlenmeyer flask is what I use mostly.
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8:16p, 6/1/17
If you are decanting old wines that will have a bunch of sediment, a nice decanter that will be gentle on the wine is a good thing. If it is a young wine that you just want to get some air into, just pour it into sometihing that is glass and pour it in the vessel as fast as possible.
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1:26a, 6/8/17
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Anyone tasted with VHR in Napa? How is the experience (details)? Also, I need to host a group of 6 for a "fun" casual dinner in city of Napa on a Monday night next month. Suggestions? I was considering Bounty Hunter.
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1:27a, 6/8/17
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Also, looking for recommendations for a driver who will drive us in OUR vehicle.
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8:34a, 6/10/17
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Had a couple friends over for dinner last night. Had some bruschetta, homemade pasta, sous vide pork chops, and tiramisu and gelato for dessert.

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12:03p, 6/11/17
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Boy, they must be GOOD friends.
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8:02a, 6/12/17
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Finally opened the '07 Maybach Materium last night at dinner with Dan & Rosemary Gatlin.

Sadly, it was past it's peak. Good fruit, but tannins were completely gone, to the point the fruit (almost) gave a whisper of sweetness. It was good wine and we certainly drank it all, but I think would have been better two years ago when I should have opened it. Dan opened a 2008 Ridge Estate Cabernet (not Monte Bello) and it was much better to me.
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