Four Hands

• March 2013

  Before I retired I did a stint as chairman of Hawkes Bay Vintners (all the wineries in Hawkes Bay) and was asked to write a short article for the local newspaper. All the wineries offered tasting of most of their wines and sometimes I felt, the public didn't really understand how enthusiastic winemakers were about their product."Lets do the wine... Read More

  Forum post in the topic From a winemakers point of view.

  
  

• November 2012

  Unlike with my pick for Wine of the Year, which is a wine that has moved me and changed my view of wine in some way, shape or form, I award my Winery of the Year selection to a winery that has had consumer interests at top of mind.This can be seen as a vague statement in that most wineries have their consumers’ interests at heart in one way or a... Read More

  From the article Winery of the Year

  
  

• October 2012

  Has anybody been working (paid or volunteer) at your local winery for harvest?I just put in a half day shift at Fall Line Winery in South Seattle yesterday.  We had 7 bins of Cabernet Sauvignon and 10 bins of Cabernet Franc from the Red Willow vineyard to put through the destemmer and into the fermentation bins.What an experience! The only place... Read More

  Forum post in the topic Harvest Time

  
  

• September 2012

  I noticed that OutThere purchased seven bottles of a particular wine at $14 and it occurred to me that it was a $100 purchase, and enough to last about a week.  So I got curious, and mentioned in the thread that it would be interesting to know how much per week people spent.  Well, Emark has better records and more time on his hands than I do, a... Read More

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• September 2012

  I love yellowtail wines but these foam corks are very hard to remove please go back to the original cork corks . Thank You Sue.  Read More

  Forum post in the topic Corks

  
  

• June 2012

  There hasn't been one of these threads here in quite some time so I thought I'd start it up again. Weather is warm here so I popped a Rosé.What are you drinking? Read More

  Forum post in the topic Whatcha drinking tonight?

  
  

• June 2012

  It's that time of year. Beer is probably the best bet, but I'm wondering what wine others like to drink with Carolina-style pulled pork and/or ribs. Read More

  Forum post in the topic Carolina BBQ

  
  

• May 2012

  I suppose yet again another post by someone who has stumbled upon a bottle of fine wine that surpasses their abilities to appreciate and wishes to know how best to dispose of it.... Years ago my father was gifted the above named wine when he retired from ABC TV in Chicago. How he stored this bottle I do not know. Years ago he gave it to me and I... Read More

  Forum post in the topic 1947 Chateau Lafleur

  
  

• March 2012

  This comes up a lot, and dmcker said something interesting about it that sparked some thoughts:I don't think wine should be rated only double blindFirst, I think "double blind" is a bit of a misnomer. It's a term from clinical trials in medical research,  referring to the fact that both the clinician measuring the results and the patient don't k... Read More

  Forum post in the topic Blind Tasting

  
  

• March 2012

  When word of the Italian Wine Masters tasting hit my inbox, I was quick to hit the reply button.In the years I’ve been writing and attending tastings, I don’t recall ever attending a more comprehensive tasting of Sangiovese-based wines from Tuscany than the IWM. Everything from Chianti Classico, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano and Brunello di Monta... Read More

  From the article 2007 Brunello

  
  

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