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Ian Sutton
Spanna in the works
2558
Sun Apr 09, 2006 2:10 pm
Norwich, UK
Ian Sutton
Spanna in the works
2558
Sun Apr 09, 2006 2:10 pm
Norwich, UK
NV Warre's Warrior Porto "Reserve" - I picked up a bottle at the local BevMo for $15 and opened it. If you told me this was cheap Aussie shiraz spiked with sugar and alcohol, I would believe you. I finished my glass, but this was not enjoyable. I'd much rather be drinking Aussie tawny ports at the same price.
Ian Sutton wrote:Hi Bob
An ITB friend says that if you go far enough back, Mouton Cadet was actually half decent, ditto Harvey's Bristol Cream / Bristol Milk (the latter I can vouch for as he had some from 1950s which was really complex & interesting). I suspect Mouton Cdet has been rubbish for 20-30 years at least.
regards
Ian
David M. Bueker
Riesling Guru
34396
Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:52 am
Connecticut
Matt Richman wrote:As the son of a restaurant critic I was around great wine for most of my childhood...
Jenise
FLDG Dishwasher
42679
Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:45 pm
The Pacific Northest Westest
Bruce K wrote:Matt Richman wrote:As the son of a restaurant critic I was around great wine for most of my childhood...
Off topic, but just have to ask: Is your father Alan Richman?
Jenise
FLDG Dishwasher
42679
Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:45 pm
The Pacific Northest Westest
Daisy D wrote:While my interest in wine has definitely grown over the years, I have yet to stumble upon that one wine that is THE wine that totally opens my mind to what wine can be. Part of me wonders if I've set the bar so high as to what i expect to get out of this magical bottle of vino that I hope to find one day. However, I do remember the wine that opened my eyes to the world and definitely intrigued me to learn more.
Concha y Toro Casillero Del Diablo Carmenere (don't recall the year, but didn't have it until roughly six years ago) is the first bottle that opened my eyes to a new world. While I was exposed to wine growing up and learned to appreciate a good glass every now and then this bottle was the first I truly enjoyed. I wish my appreciation of wine would have happened earlier because then I would have really relished the trip our family took to a Sancerre winery when we were in Europe many moons ago. The parents enjoyed it; and my best friend and I were both 21, but we really didn't understand what we were actually getting to experience.
Off topic, but just have to ask: Is your father Alan Richman?
Jenise wrote:
Your real epiphany may be yet to come. I drank wine exclusively for years before that Montrachet in Paris set me on fire, turning me from a casual wine preferrer, you might call it, into the budding geek possessed by the memory of something so far and away better than anything I believed possible that it would change the rest of my life. Btw, I don't know if you noticed the black-framed label on the wall of our wine cellar, but it was THAT bottle.
Ian Sutton
Spanna in the works
2558
Sun Apr 09, 2006 2:10 pm
Norwich, UK
Daisy D wrote:I have yet to stumble upon that one wine that is THE wine that totally opens my mind to what wine can be.
Bob Parsons Alberta wrote:I remember a discussion on UK board once about MC Ian. There was even talk about an Open House!!!
BTW, found this comment on a Piesporter Mickelsberg. Hope my experience is better!!
My first Piesporter, so I didn't know what to expect really. The wine is patently well made in the sense that it was in no way offensive, but it had absolutely no character nor even any definable aspects to it. Smooth and semi-sweet, this really did not have any notable characteristics at all. I hope they're not all like this.
Yeah, I once drunk something like that! Wonder if Bristol Cream is over here?
Bob Parsons Alberta wrote:
N/V Dr Zenzen Piesporter Mickelsberg.
I remember this one and the stuff served in a blue bottle! When I was dating Jessica of Ealing, her dad who ran a pub used to sell this at weddings catered in the pub.
Today, no real nose to speak of, palate has hints of sweetness but no recognisable quality. I served real chilled to staff at the Grill who thought I had lost it! Heck, its only $12.
Jenise
FLDG Dishwasher
42679
Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:45 pm
The Pacific Northest Westest
Bob Parsons Alberta wrote:That's close to masochism, Bob. ....Hey I did it for the team here! Who else is gonna delve into their past
Matt Richman wrote:Off topic, but just have to ask: Is your father Alan Richman?
No. My mother is Phyllis Richman. She was food critic and editor of the food section for the Washington Post.
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