24may - yet more pink wine
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an apparent never ending supply of the dry, rosy wine that pleases me so.
so far in the last four month i'd say, without exaggeration, maybe 50 or 60 different roses have come through our doors, many of which i'd never seen before and some of which won't be available to me again. truly a glorious time. (i'm not entirely discounting the possibility that i'm actually dreaming and when i awake it'll be the early 2000's again and i'll be struggling again to sell pink wine...)
so it's with great satisfaction that i see an acceptance and an embrace of this style of wine that i honestly believe to be one of the most perfect solo sippers and versatile companions to our cuisine.


also, these beers are fun. especially that organic dunkel (like a crisp, elegant xingu. like if xingu had a smarter, wittier, prettier sister who's visiting from germany and you know you shouldn't be interested but xingu knows you're interested. then xingu and you get into a tiff later on as you're cleaning up after the dinner party and xingu is accusing you of flirting with lammsbrau and you say "xingu, are you crazy? come on, i was being polite. lammsbrau was telling a story; i was listening with interest!" but xingu doesn't believe you. then you happen to  see lammsbrau walk into a bookstore and you race in and pretend to run into lammsbrau accidentally. next thing you know it's raining and you and lammsbrau are frothing. now you've had a taste of lammsbrau and you can't get enough but you don't know what to tell xingu and...
wait a minute... i think i'm just thinking of details from several woody allen movies. you know what? never mind. try the lammsbrau.)

current wine-by-the-bottle list as of
17 may

White
’11 Adelsheim AUXERROIS Newberg, Willamette Valley, OR (13%).…..…………..……...........................................$45
'11 Müller-Grossman “Steiner Point” RIESLING (dry) Kremstal, Austria (13%alc)..…..............................................$40
'09 Trimbach  RIESLING (drier)Alsace, FR (13%alc)…………….……………………..................................................$36
'12 A-Z  RIESLING (sweet)Newberg, OR (12%alc)…………….…………………….....................................................$36
’11 Abbazia di Novacella “Stiftskellerei Neustift” KERNER Alto-Adige, Italy  (14%alc) ….…..........................……$55
‘11 Jean-Maurice Raffault CHENIN BLANC Chinon, Loire, FR (13%alc) .……..……………...…………….................$40
 ‘11 St Innocent “Vitae Springs Vineyard”  PINOT GRIS Salem, Willamette Valley, OR (12.5%alc).…....................$45
’11 Adelsheim PINOT GRIS Newberg, Willamette Valley, OR (13.2%).…..…………..……...................…(1/2 bottle)$27
‘10 The Eyrie Vineyards PINOT GRIS Dundee Hills, Willamette Valley, OR (13.5%alc)…....... ...............................$40
‘11 Eidosela/ALBARIÑO/ Rias Baixas, Spain..…  ….…………….………………………………..……….......................$36
‘11 Valdesil “Montenovo” GODELLO Valdeorras, Spain (13%alc).….……………………………………............…... $ 36
‘12 Sigalas "Santorini" ASSYRTIKO Santorini, Greece(13.7%alc) .............................................................................$55
‘09 Chehalem "INOX" CHARDONNAY Willamette Valley, OR(13.8%alc) (stainless steel)..........……..…...…..…….$40
‘10 Emile Beranger CHARDONNAY Pouilly-Fuissé, Côte d’Or,Burgundy, FR (13%alc) …………..………...….…….$50
‘10 Maison Louis Latour “En Paradis” CHARDONNAY Pouilly-Vinzelles, Côte d’Or,Burgundy, FR (13%alc) .. .....$45
‘11 Domaine les Grands Crays "Le Clos du Chateau" CHARDONNAY Viré-Clessé, Burgundy, FR(13.5%alc).........$55
’11 St Innocent "Freedom Hill Vineyard"CHARDONNAY Salem, Willamette Valley, OR(13%).…..….....................$50
Rosé
'12 Propietà Sperino “Rosa del Rosa” NEBBIOLO+vespolina/ Piedmont, Italy(13%alc)....……................................$40
‘11 Adelsheim PINOT NOIR Willamette Valley, OR(13.4%alc) ….......…...........................................................….…$36
Red
‘10 Brick House GAMAY  Ribbon Ridge, Newberg,Willamette Valley, OR (12.75%alc)... .…............…..……..……...$60
*'11 Domaine du Crêt de Bine GAMAY (12%alc) Beaujolais, FR ..............................................................................$36
‘11 Brick House “Select” PINOT NOIR   Willamette Valley, OR (13%alc).............................…………..………..…....$75
‘10 The Eyrie Vineyards PINOT NOIR   Dundee Hills, Willamette Valley, OR (13.5%alc) ….......……….(1/2 bottle)$40
‘09 R. Stuart & Co. “Big Fire” PINOT NOIR  Willamette Valley, OR (13.4%alc) …..……….……............................$40
‘10 Joseph Mellot “Le Rabault” PINOT NOIR Sancerre, Loire Valley, FR  (12.5%alc)……..……………….………..$50
‘10 St Innocent “Momtazi Vineyard” PINOT NOIR  McMinnville,Willamette Valley, OR (13%alc).........(1/2 bottle)$45
‘10 Hirsch Vineyards “San Andreas Fault” PINOT NOIR Sonoma Coast CA (13%alc)………......………(1/2 bottle)$55
‘09 Erath “Estate Selection” PINOT NOIR WillametteValley, OR (13.5%alc)..……………..…...……………...............$70
’10 Adelsheim "Elizabeth's Reserve" PINOT NOIR Newberg, Willamette Valley, OR (13.4%).…....…………..……...$80
‘10 Archery Summit  “Premier Cuvée” PINOT NOIR   Willamette Valley, OR (13.5%alc)…...…....……….........…....$80
 ‘11 Lovingston PINOTAGE Lovingston, Virginia  (13.5%alc)….…………………………..……………………..….…....$45
‘10 Morgan “Cotes du Crow’s” SYRAH, Grenache/ Monterey, CA (13.5%alc)  ………………….……...................…..$40
’11 Poderi Foglia AGLIANICO Roccamonfina, Campania, Italy (13.5%alc)………………….…………………………..$36
’08 Pietra Santa SANGIOVESE Cienega Valley, Central Coast, CA(14.5%)…………..................…….….…………....$45
’09 Domaine de Grangeon CHATUS  Coteaux de l’Ardèche, Rhone Valley, FR(13.5%)……………….….…………....$55
’05 Tezza “Brolo delle Giare” Ripasso CORVINA+rondinella+molinara/Valpolicella, Veneto, IT(14.5%alc)…...… $50
'10 Andrew Rich "Coup d'Etat" GRENACHE+mourvèdre+syrah/Columbia Valley, WA(14.1%alc)…..................… $55
'09 Carol Shelton "Monga Zin" ZINFANDEL Cucamonga Valley, South Coast, CA(14.9%alc)…..........................… $50
'10 Ridge "Lytton Estate" PETITE SIRAH+syrah+peloursin+zin /Sonoma, CA (14.3%alc)..……….....................…..$60

17 May: not the beer i was looking for...
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but, after trying it, i'm very glad it was mis-delivered to me.
so bright and floral and champagne-crisp!
and, unlike many beer with this level of character, it's only 4.5% alcohol. so...that's a plus.

19april- the weekly line up
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that peyrassol is far too tall.
the a-z inspires glee.
that sparkling rosé is on display.
a pink sancerre? well, i declare.
pink cotes du rhone is better known.
that young rully is hardly hooey. 
and those sakes there i'll have to share.

05 April- more and more rosé

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while no written records exist to indicate the purpose of rosé-henge's construction there are scholars who believe it to be a site of hedonistic significance and undoubtedly the site of fluidic rituals.


also. we've got some willamette valley pinot noir. finally, a cheverny! been waiting for more of that.
that murky business in the middle is a sparkling garganega and, most interestingly for me, that fellow on the far left with the fox is a sparkling ploussard-based wine from the jura region. 

15Mar- We'll be closed on Saturday 16Mar.

because of the 5points st patrick's day festival. if you're going down there please be careful and if you're not going down there, i don't blame you. too much booze and fun and revelry and enthusiastic youthful shenanigans. guh.
meanwhile, i'll be holed up with one to three of these bottles featured below. 

01mar- getting to the bottom of things.
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That was amy overstreet's wordplay. i wish i could take credit for it.
anyway, i'm in love with that ayinger. it's so bright and crisp and german and drinkable and chuggable and i want to float in my canoe with several of these with some sausage and mustard.

but, for baan sawan, the pheasant sausage and rabbit sausage spicy noodles would be an absolutely awesome pairing. you know, if you like awesome pairings.
and at 5.2% alcohol the 500ml goes by fast, let me tell you.

22feb- if there's one thing i know...

 ...it's that tonight i'm going to open that rose from vaucluse. if there are two things i know it's that i'm going to drink some of it. 

...that's about as far ahead as i've thought.

and we're starting to audition some larger reds to replace the tempranillo so we're going to look at a couple of aglianico tonight. ahh, the barolo of the south, as it has been said.

and this is just a non-sensical picture. never you mind.