01-22-2013, 10:58
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And that is how they ruined Colorado.  |
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01-22-2013, 11:04
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And that is how they ruined Colorado. |
Yup, you got that right. 
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01-22-2013, 21:35
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I was up in the Alexander, Dry Creek, and Russian River Valleys yesterday for the Winter Wineland open house of 140 wineries. Each winery was offering select tastings with food pairings and @ $40/person it was a great way to spend the day. Started at Ridge, then on to Murphy-Goode, LaCrema, Walker-Stevens, Armida, Twomey, VMT, Arista, DeLoach, and finished with Hook & Ladder (which is actually the DeLoach family's winery as they sold their label to a corp) where we did a barrel tasting of their to-be-released 2011 Zinfandel paired with two year aged cheddar and 60% dark chocolate.
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Does anyone really NEED to drink that much wine? Probably not, so we should pass some laws to limit a person to 25mL total per day, over 4 cumulative days in any 7 day period. Heck, 140 wineries is probably overkill as well, so let's tax the crap out of them and make them liable for any damages caused by someone that drank too much of their product and caused any damages. Frankly, if you've already had wine, then cheese and chocolate is simply gluttony, so how about we make it illegal to consume more than one of the three (wine, cheese, chocolate) on any given day. You'll be a much better and humble person for the sacrifice.
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01-22-2013, 22:19
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Does anyone really NEED to drink that much wine? Probably not, so we should pass some laws to limit a person to 25mL total per day, over 4 cumulative days in any 7 day period. Heck, 140 wineries is probably overkill as well, so let's tax the crap out of them and make them liable for any damages caused by someone that drank too much of their product and caused any damages. Frankly, if you've already had wine, then cheese and chocolate is simply gluttony, so how about we make it illegal to consume more than one of the three (wine, cheese, chocolate) on any given day. You'll be a much better and humble person for the sacrifice.
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Sounds like you and the FLOTUS are on the same sheet of music.
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01-22-2013, 23:34
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OUCH!!!
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01-23-2013, 08:17
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...pass some laws to limit a person ...
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Good luck with that one - wine's been around a lot longer than guns...as has been envious whining. 
If they're gonna change the laws - again - I'd better stock up on my 'killer' wines (e.g., La Sirena 2008 Cab-Sauv, Chateau Montelena 2008 Cab-Sauv, Hartford 2009 Sevens Bench Vineyard Pinot Noir, Boeger 2009 Barberra, Gustavo Thrace 2007 Tessera, to name a few), hi-capacity wine coolers, and build me a cellar to secure them.
"They'll get my wine when they pry my varietal specific Riedel glass from my cold dead fingers."
A few tips.
If you're looking for a $30-$35 quality Chardonnay but don't want to pay the price, the Bogle 2010 at about $9 is great tasting at an incomparable bargain. Bogle is over on the Sacramento River near Clarksburg about 18 miles from our ranch and we go there for Friday evening summer concerts accompanied with wine/food pairings.
http://www.boglewinery.com/ourwines_chardonnay.php
If you're looking for a $45-$60 quality of Pinot Noir, Cabernet-Sauignon, Zinfandel taste but don't want to pay the price, either the Columbia Crest Amitage blend out of Washington at about $8 or the Bogle Essential Red at around $9 are both bargains to go with those hearty grilled red meats.
http://www.columbiacrest.com/grandEstates/release/435
http://www.boglewinery.com/ourwines_essentialred.php
The Sierra foothills are again producing some wonderful wines, especially Boeger up on Apple Hill out of Placerville which is about 40 miles from the ranch and has some of the oldest Zinfandel and Barberra vines in the state.
Tastings cost over in the Napa-Sonoma-Mendicino areas; they're free here in the Valley or up in the foothills. When doing a tasting, my wife and I "share" so we're only paying for one, not drinking very much wine, and enjoying the experience more.
My wife and i like to think of ourselves as being like a fine wine, we're not getting older, we're becoming more complex. 
Richard
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01-23-2013, 15:02
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Richard, thank you I was looking for a new Pinot Noir, love Le Crema but it can hit the wallet a bit.
Now back to the regularly scheduled program of Californians ruining other states.
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