I hear all the PSecrets... and lucky for you guys, PSometimes I PShare them.

So... PoSt away, folks.

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cjsiege wrote:Upcoming Woot Wine Gatherings…All The News for the week of March 4th.

March
3/31: Minnesota #18: It's About Time!

April
4/21: NYC #19: Napa Black Tie Event
4/21: NorCal #12: Volcanic Terroir and/or Eastern European Finds
4/27-28: Ohio Wine Dinner with Scott and Jana Harvey
TBD: NoVA/DC #26: Theme TBD

May
5/19: CyberPub Cellars 2011 Rogue Rhone Bottling- NEWEST Thread!

July
7/23-25: RPM's History Tour, Part 1
7/25-29: RPM's History Tour, Part 2 (Dates set, Deposits due 3/5)

Pending
TBD: Arizona Verde Valley Winery Weekend
TBD: Dallas #11

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PetiteSirah wrote:I hear all the PSecrets... and lucky for you guys, PSometimes I PShare them.

So... PoSt away, folks.

I hears them too!

I will make sure I find that special tie....

So, fresh on the heels of successfully making homemade yogurt, my wife wants to tackle laundry detergent. Seems simple enough, some washing soda, some borax, some dawn, some water. Bam, done. Now.....do you think I can find all of these things in one store? It appears as though I can get Washing Soda at Walmart, but not Borax. I can get Borax at Target, but not Washing Soda. I assume they both carry Dawn. Stupid stores.

bhodilee wrote:So, fresh on the heels of successfully making homemade yogurt, my wife wants to tackle laundry detergent. Seems simple enough, some washing soda, some borax, some dawn, some water. Bam, done. Now.....do you think I can find all of these things in one store? It appears as though I can get Washing Soda at Walmart, but not Borax. I can get Borax at Target, but not Washing Soda. I assume they both carry Dawn. Stupid stores.

I did the home made laundry detergent a while ago... It involved grating a bar of soap....I don't remember the brand... I think I used Dr. Brauners Lavender, borax and something else..... yes it was cheap....I stopped using it because I don't think it did as good of job as the commercial brands...

good luck...

mommadeb1 wrote:I did the home made laundry detergent a while ago... It involved grating a bar of soap....I don't remember the brand... I think I used Dr. Brauners Lavender, borax and something else..... yes it was cheap....I stopped using it because I don't think it did as good of job as the commercial brands...

good luck...

This one has no grating. you use dawn, which supposedly makes it work better. we'll see. I figure for the 10 bucks the ingredients will cost no big deal. if they don't work together, i'll use them individually. if it does work as a laundry soap that'll be dirt cheap soap. like a buck a gallon.

bhodilee wrote:This one has no grating. you use dawn, which supposedly makes it work better. we'll see. I figure for the 10 bucks the ingredients will cost no big deal. if they don't work together, i'll use them individually. if it does work as a laundry soap that'll be dirt cheap soap. like a buck a gallon.

I would absolutely love this, but for some reason my wife won't use anything except for Tide, which of course is the most expensive brand. If I had my way I would get the Kirkland brand from CostCo which is triple the loads for half the price.

North316 wrote:I would absolutely love this, but for some reason my wife won't use anything except for Tide, which of course is the most expensive brand. If I had my way I would get the Kirkland brand from CostCo which is triple the loads for half the price.

I used to be a Tide fanatic. I got over that pretty quick when Purex got my stuff just as clean for like 2 bucks on sale.

MarkDaSpark wrote:I hears them too!

You should share!

North316 wrote:I would absolutely love this, but for some reason my wife won't use anything except for Tide, which of course is the most expensive brand. If I had my way I would get the Kirkland brand from CostCo which is triple the loads for half the price.

The bummer is that Tide seems to be the only one that has the perfume/dye free stuff that actually cleans and is truly perfume/dye free. This of course is not carried at my costco, so I am relegated to watching for sales at the Safeway/Lucky and stocking up. I have tried the all, kirkland, and many other brands version of the perf/dye free, but they still irritate my skin.

klezman wrote:You should share!

Agreed, or at least a clue for us...

bhodilee wrote:I used to be a Tide fanatic. I got over that pretty quick when Purex got my stuff just as clean for like 2 bucks on sale.

Perhaps I'm just a bigger slob than you, but every time I've tried to switch brands from Tide I end up very disappointed in the cleaning results- I end up using Shout on just about every piece of laundry that goes in the machine until the bottle is gone and I go back to Tide...

One of the few branded/ripoff type items I'm religious about... Of course I'm one person so a big bottle o Tide lasts me like 3+ months.

trifecta wrote:The bummer is that Tide seems to be the only one that has the perfume/dye free stuff that actually cleans and is truly perfume/dye free. This of course is not carried at my costco, so I am relegated to watching for sales at the Safeway/Lucky and stocking up. I have tried the all, kirkland, and many other brands version of the perf/dye free, but they still irritate my skin.

interesting, I have found the exact opposite... the All does the best, Kirkland is ok, but Tide irritates me.

mother wrote:Perhaps I'm just a bigger slob than you, but every time I've tried to switch brands from Tide I end up very disappointed in the cleaning results- I end up using Shout on just about every piece of laundry that goes in the machine until the bottle is gone and I go back to Tide...

One of the few branded/ripoff type items I'm religious about... Of course I'm one person so a big bottle o Tide lasts me like 3+ months.

I actually am pretty cleanly, the kids on the other hand apparently don't know how to eat. Their clothes all come clean though. Great thing is, if they do make a mess we can treat and wash the item right away. With 3 kids, there's ALWAYS a load of laundry to be done.

trifecta wrote:Agreed, or at least a clue folks...

It's Dark & Delicious!

MarkDaSpark wrote:It's Dark & Delicious!

Here comes da judge (in training)!

How was it? Can't get us jealous without sharing more details.

And what's next after you are trained?

polarbear22 wrote:
And what's next after you are trained?

he get's married?

MarkDaSpark wrote:It's Dark & Delicious!

Nice.... from a familiar?

PetiteSirah wrote:I hear all the PSecrets... and lucky for you guys, PSometimes I PShare them.

So... PoSt away, folks.

Pso Hopsefully you know about the 06 Quixote PS for $15 at TJ's

mother wrote:Perhaps I'm just a bigger slob than you, but every time I've tried to switch brands from Tide I end up very disappointed in the cleaning results- I end up using Shout on just about every piece of laundry that goes in the machine until the bottle is gone and I go back to Tide...

One of the few branded/ripoff type items I'm religious about... Of course I'm one person so a big bottle o Tide lasts me like 3+ months.

My problem the first time I came to the States was that US commercial detergent was the only stuff that ever left yellow marks under the arms of any white Tshirts I had. Persil and the other European brands never did that.
Tide appears to be less bad than the others, so far.

richardhod wrote:Pso Hopsefully you know about the 06 Quixote PS for $15 at TJ's

or 07 for $15.99

polarbear22 wrote:Here comes da judge (in training)!

How was it? Can't get us jealous without sharing more details.

And what's next after you are trained?

It was great!!!! Fun group and very instructive. One more year as Judge in Training, and then watch out! Here comes da Judge!


We finished our last group this morning (Cabs between $12 & $25), then selected the Best of Reds (17 categories). Then after lunch, we selected Best in Show from the Top White/Red/Sparkling/Dessert wines. Riesling won from Finger Lakes.


Best of the Reds:




Best of Show:





Will link album later. Pics of PS to make Loweeel drool.



Link to Album

trifecta wrote:Nice.... from a familiar?

Yes.

MarkDaSpark wrote: finished our last group this morning (Cabs between $12 & $25), then selected the Best of Reds (17 categories). Then after lunch, we selected Best in Show from the Top White/Red/Sparkling/Dessert wines. Riesling won from Finger Lakes.

:

What Riesling? Or can't you say yet?

polarbear22 wrote:What Riesling? Or can't you say yet?

The bottle of sparkling wine above with the pink label is from Constantin Frank in the Finger Lakes?

bhodilee wrote:he get's married?

Bite your tongue!!!! Misery loves company, eh?

polarbear22 wrote:What Riesling? Or can't you say yet?

Have to check, don't remember them saying anything, but there may be something.

beefytaco wrote:The bottle of sparkling wine above with the pink label is from Constantin Frank in the Finger Lakes?

Yep, that Chateau Frank BdN bottle is hard to miss once you've seen it...

I'm pretty sure the Chateau Reneau Semi-Dry bottle next to it must have been the winner then. ;)

klezman wrote:You should share!

I did -- at the afterparty . Courtesy of one of our favorites.

richardhod wrote:Pso Hopsefully you know about the 06 Quixote PS for $15 at TJ's

No!!!! Link please???

mother wrote:Yep, that Chateau Frank BdN bottle is hard to miss once you've seen it...

I'm pretty sure the Chateau Reneau Semi-Dry bottle next to it must have been the winner then. ;)

hah! I just realized that the photo could be viewed in a larger size. I've had a bubbly Chateau Frank reisling and guessed that maybe that was the varietal.

As an aside, I've never had a Chateau Frank (sparkling) that I enjoyed.

PetiteSirah wrote:I did -- at the afterparty . Courtesy of one of our favorites.

Awesome. That was really nice at Scott's on Sat.

The Quixote PS got re labeled as "Lance and Windmill" at Trader Joes.

http://wine.woot.com/Forums/viewpost.aspx?PostID=4353936&PageIndex=73&ReplyCount=2962#post4898768

PetiteSirah wrote:I did -- at the afterparty . Courtesy of one of our favorites.

I'm racking my brain here. We did drink a lot of yummy ps.

CAGrl wrote:I'm racking my brain here. We did drink a lot of yummy ps.

I seem to remember a white label that didnt get finished at the party, but did at Scott's. Now I am second guessing myself though...

trifecta wrote:I seem to remember a white label that didnt get finished at the party, but did at Scott's. Now I am second guessing myself though...

Perhaps the title of the Pub is a clue?

polarbear22 wrote:What Riesling? Or can't you say yet?

Chateau Lafayette Reneau Dry Riesling

Chateau Frank Pinot Noir/Meunier Sparkling (2006?)

Fenestra Meritage

D. Galleano Winery Sherry (Scott used to source his Zin grapes for the InZinerator from him, I think).

MarkDaSpark wrote:Perhaps the title of the Pub is a clue?

I kind of figured that, but couldn't find any bottle designs on the website with a white label like I remembered. Bring on the party!

PetiteSirah wrote:No!!!! Link please???

Conversation starts here and continues from there.

MarkDaSpark wrote:Perhaps the title of the Pub is a clue?

Hmmm. I think I've figured it out. Will definitely keep my eye out on. Thanks!