tonyr14226 wrote:Incidentally, I would be intrested in attending a Buffalo-area Woot wine-tasting party, but sushi just isn't my bag.

Not to try to talk you into it, but they do have other food there.
Just be sure to keep your eyes on the forum for future events in the Buffalo/WNY area. I was serious about trying to put together a dessert/dessert wine tasting, but we'll be doing something a bit more middle-of-the-road again sooner or later, as well.
Meanwhile, next month there's this. Come and join us. The more, the merrier.

HitAnyKey42 wrote:Both of you should keep an eye out for when we do the next NYC Woot Tasting. Join in on the fun and wine.

The Finger Lakes are fabulous in all seasons, but Summer and Fall I think are your best bets.
Many things here are seasonal and EVERYTHING is open then. Lots of Harvest events in Sept/Oct and the lakes are great in the summer. Hunt Country does an annual event in the fall...early Oct. that's local food and wine based...lots of fun.

As a plug, we are sponsoring an event on the Seneca Wine Trial June 10-12 where each winery will be pairing a wine with one of our JAVA -GOURMET products...Smokin' Summer Kick Off...you can reach the link via our homepage at www.java-gourmet.com
We are excited and looking forward to it!

javalady wrote:
As a plug, we are sponsoring an event on the Seneca Wine Trial June 10-12 where each winery will be pairing a wine with one of our JAVA -GOURMET products...

Darn you! Seneca is home to many of my favorite wineries, but my wife is due with our first May 24th...

I took a tour in October 2009 and it was a fantastic experience.

Sounds like you only have a month and a half of a guaranteed designated driver! Better take advantage of that...
Congrats! Are you finding out the gender? We just had our first on 1/1/11 and whenever anyone asked if we knew what we were having we would say "hopefully not a puppy" lol
Jonathan

worldofjohnboy wrote:Darn you! Seneca is home to many of my favorite wineries, but my wife is due with our first May 24th...

I took a tour in October 2009 and it was a fantastic experience.

Congratulations!!
Forgive the shameless promotion, but why don't the THREE of you visit us during our 22nd Annual Harvest Festival on Oct. 1-2. Your son or daughter will be 4 months old...a little young for grape-stomping or a barrel-tasting ;-) but a leisurely lunch at a picnic table and horse-drawn wagon ride through the vineyards might be perfect!
Jim, Hunt Country Vineyards

Sorry for not responding sooner to all the post on my behalf, work has intruded upon an otherwise perfect weekend. Thanks to all for the numerous replies to my post and all the info and suggestions. I'll take all of it and pay attention to what the regulars here have to say on future offerings and will certainly experiment while dining as also suggested. I've got to catch a flight this evening so this is just a brief thanks to all for helping out a beginner and giving some great insight. Again, thanks all.

Hey Jim: How come we all were assigned avatars but you got a photo?! :-P

Tonight I answer the age-old question: How well does a 2008 Ty's Red go with a skirt steak made with Sicilian Citrus Java Rub?

Tune in later to find out. Unless I'm in a food and wine coma.

I just got in from grilling locally grown pastured pork chops in the snow.. Caroline is sauteeing collard greens, and we are having it with some HCV 09 Semi Dry Riesling

mikegberg wrote:Tonight I answer the age-old question: How well does a 2008 Ty's Red go with a skirt steak made with Sicilian Citrus Java Rub?

Tune in later to find out. Unless I'm in a food and wine coma.

So the verdict is: God I love this website.

mikegberg wrote:So the verdict is: God I love this website.

I agree with your thoughts on the website.
Ty's red would at least for me overpower anything I put on the plate. I enjoyed it but not with food.

cortot20 wrote:I agree with your thoughts on the website.
Ty's red would at least for me overpower anything I put on the plate. I enjoyed it but not with food.

SWMBO barely sips when it comes to red wine. I have plenty left for that.

jonathanhuntwinemaker wrote:I just got in from grilling locally grown pastured pork chops in the snow.. Caroline is sauteeing collard greens, and we are having it with some HCV 09 Semi Dry Riesling

Wow! today we had a locally grown slow-cooked Berkshire pork butt, North Carolina cole slaw, collard greens with uncured bacon, and some baked mac-n-cheese; Southern Cookin' at its best! We enjoyed a few different white wines and an incredible Super-IPA. Unfortunately the Heels lost, but the food was great!

EDIT: But it was 75 here in ATL!

jhkey wrote:Wow! today we had a locally grown slow-cooked Berkshire pork butt, North Carolina cole slaw, collard greens with uncured bacon, and some baked mac-n-cheese; Southern Cookin' at its best! We enjoyed a few different white wines and an incredible Super-IPA. Unfortunately the Heels lost, but the food was great!

EDIT: But it was 75 here in ATL!

EDIT EDIT: Not very nice!

Have a good night folks! I hope you enjoy the wines! Any questions Jim, Andy or I can be reached @ info@huntwines.com

Thanks!
Jonathan Hunt

mikegberg wrote:So the verdict is: God I love this website.

And what about that skirt steak???

Yeah...I hate my avatar...can you help Mr get a photo up? I plugged the Harvest Festival too :-)

jonathanhuntwinemaker wrote:Hey Jim: How come we all were assigned avatars but you got a photo?! :-P

javalady wrote:Yeah...I hate my avatar...can you help Mr get a photo up? I plugged the Harvest Festival too :-)

If you click your avatar, you'll find a link to change it under the larger avatar that appears.

Hi Wooters,
I'll be here until the end of this woot to answer any quetions you might have, but just wanted to say now how much Andy, Jonathan and I have enjoyed sharing the "WootStage" with you all this weekend. It's really been fun. THANKS SO MUCH for your kind comments and your generous patronage. We really hope you enjoy the wines, and PLEASE, if you're ever in our neck of the woods, do stop by to see us at Hunt Country. It would be a real pleasure. Please don't forget to mention you're a Wooter!
Best wishes,
Jim Alsina, Hunt Country Vineyards

My wallet wishes wine.woot would not keep a wine up for a whole weekend. It's hard enough to refrain from clicking that button after a day's worth of comments. If I can make it past the second day, I consider that a victory. And on the third day, I reward myself with a click of the button. Oh, the sweet taste of victory...

Winedavid39 wrote:Good work Hunt!

Clue?

Not nabisco.

Flowers? Majority owner of Keebler.

Winedavid39 wrote:Good work Hunt!

Clue?

Not nabisco.

Sunshine Mountain Vineyard?

HUGE THANKS to the Hunt Crew for the great participation, it definitely pushed me to buy! Great Job!

jimhcv wrote:Hi Wooters,
I'll be here until the end of this woot to answer any quetions you might have, but just wanted to say now how much Andy, Jonathan and I have enjoyed sharing the "WootStage" with you all this weekend. It's really been fun. THANKS SO MUCH for your kind comments and your generous patronage. We really hope you enjoy the wines, and PLEASE, if you're ever in our neck of the woods, do stop by to see us at Hunt Country. It would be a real pleasure. Please don't forget to mention you're a Wooter!
Best wishes,
Jim Alsina, Hunt Country Vineyards

Thanks for all the great participation. We'll definitely be stopping by as soon as we're in the neighborhood. It's not that far from Buffalo, so we'll try to make it soon.

jhkey wrote:HUGE THANKS to the Hunt Crew for the great participation, it definitely pushed me to buy! Great Job!

It was our pleasure. So glad you decided to woot!
Jim
Hunt Country Vineyards

ddeuddeg wrote:Thanks for all the great participation. We'll definitely be stopping by as soon as we're in the neighborhood. It's not that far from Buffalo, so we'll try to make it soon.

Super! Please give us a hollar when you know the day you'll be coming, so I can be sure to be at the winery.
Best,
Jim

Anyone else getting an error when trying to place an order, or are the woot gods just punishing me for waiting so long to decide to buy? :-(

Winedavid39 wrote:Not nabisco.

2008 Three Rivers Winery Gewürztraminer Late Harvest Biscuit Ridge

chemelf wrote:Anyone else getting an error when trying to place an order, or are the woot gods just punishing me for waiting so long to decide to buy? :-(

It seemed to be hung up for a few minutes, but a couple of orders just went through. Would you like to try again?

jimhcv wrote:It seemed to be hung up for a few minutes, but a couple of orders just went through. Would you like to try again?

Nope, still not working for me, and I've tried 4 times now over the last half hour. Shot a message to service@woot.com, so hopefully they can help me out. I just would hate to miss out on this one!

Thanks so much for all the winery participation (as well as my fellow wooters)! I knew I was going to buy some as I love dessert wines on special occasions but due to Hunt County Vineyards helpfulness and excitement for their wines I went in for 3! It's great to see people who are so excited about what they make. It's really contagious.

Wine: the socially transmitted disease
Thanks all!
Jonathan

jonathanhuntwinemaker wrote:Wine: the socially transmitted disease
Thanks all!
Jonathan

>1000 Woots, not a bad weekend's work!

Hope Woot comes back w/ more FL wines, some Rieslings would be nice!

It was great to see the participation from a winery I enjoyed visiting. It was a struggle for me not to pull the trigger, given the description, my impression of the winery, and the great price here, but the logical part of my brain get going back to the image of the open bottle of 2004 Late Harvest Vignoles, along with other open bottles of dessert wine in my fridge, and I realized that as much as I love dessert wines, in practice I just don't drink these up when I open them. A sad state of affairs.

richardhod wrote:Saw the previous post. Good point re the icewine. The Shadow Canyon was just a bit sweet for me too. I have five bottles left, for someone who likes it a lot (klez..?)
I like a good sweet wine like a Beaumes-de-Venise, with a dessert. But for me a Botrtytis or Eiswein should have that crisp acid backbone to counterpoint the sweetness: that's the whole point. I like to drink them on their own, or - like that rat - with less-sweet things like cheese.

This sounds like such a wine, so I'm sorely tempted. Anyone want to make an offer for the Shadow Canyon? It's tasty but c'est pas mon truc.

I agree with you, Richard. I need the acidity to balance the sweetness or it's just moderately alcoholic syrup to me. (Hence my general dislike for Muscat, both CA and Asti.) I haven't yet tried the Esoterica Viognier or the Shadow Canyon. If I like either of them I'm sure I'd be happy to take a couple off your hands.

Aside - my main beef with Vidal icewine tends to be the lack of acidity in *some* bottlings. I've had much better luck with liking the icewine when tasting Riesling more than any other white grape, and CF more than any other red grape.

javalady wrote:Yeah...I hate my avatar...can you help Mr get a photo up? I plugged the Harvest Festival too :-)

Tip #1:
Change your Facebook or Twitter profile picture to be whatever you want your Avatar here to be. Then go to your member profile screen, click on the link to change your avatar. Then click the link to "use it" from your FB/Twitter account. Then go back to your FB/Twitter account and put your profile pic back to what it was previously. Your W.W avatar pic will remain as the new thing.

ddeuddeg wrote:Not to try to talk you into it, but they do have other food there.
Just be sure to keep your eyes on the forum for future events in the Buffalo/WNY area. I was serious about trying to put together a dessert/dessert wine tasting, but we'll be doing something a bit more middle-of-the-road again sooner or later, as well.
Meanwhile, next month there's this. Come and join us. The more, the merrier.

Thanks. I will keep my eyes peeled for other events.

ThunderThighs wrote:That phrase gives me the shivers.

Oh, dear. You've ruined that phrase for me now, ugh...