PoSt away folks!!

Cross-Post from last week's Pub ...

bahwm wrote:Aaaaannnnddddd, he made it! Yeah wooters! Sparky, cue up a round of applause for the wooters who helped PB make his goal! Also, a round of applause for PB cycling 70 miles on Sunday!

And speaking of last week's Pub:

bhodilee wrote:Not that anyone other than Sparky would have any left, but the 2004 Madison Cellars Syrah just could not be drinking better right now. Holy crap.

Actually have 2 cases, if anyone is interested in some. Well, really more than 2 cases, but you don't get those!!!

About time the Pub came up.

Also, why is the Denver gathering not on the list?

And will woot ever be out of Beta?

joelsisk wrote:About time the Pub came up.

Also, why is the Denver gathering not on the list?

And will woot ever be out of Beta?

Cause no one cares about Denver gatherings?

Courtesy of CJ:

cjsiege wrote:Upcoming Woot Wine Gatherings…All The News for the week of June 3rd.

June
6/9: SoCal #19 @ Sparky's Wine Lockers
6/16: NoVA/DC #26: Picnic By The Pool
6/23: Denver Gathering #4?!
TBD: NYC #20 Interest Thread

July
7/23-25: RPM's History Tour, Part 1
7/25-29: RPM's History Tour, Part 2
(Dates set. There is room on both tours for more people!)

Pending
TBD: NorCal #12: Volcanic Terroir and/or Eastern European Finds
TBD: Arizona Verde Valley Winery Weekend
TBD: Dallas #11

Looking for some helping hands:

• South Florida Interest Thread
  
• NorthEast Florida Interest Thread
  
• Missouri Interest Thread
  
• Central NC Interest Thread
  
• Albuquerque Interest Thread
  
• Lake County/Chicago Interest Thread

No events in your area??? Start one! Create an interest thread in the World of Wine Woot Community Tab!

So join or create a WW Gathering!

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bahwm wrote:Aaaaannnnddddd, he made it! Yeah wooters! Sparky, cue up a round of applause for the wooters who helped PB make his goal! Also, a round of applause for PB cycling 70 miles on Sunday!

Thanks Bahwm for the assistance. The Cyber Pub took me to my goal. I really appreciate the support in this community.

And fortunately my legs feel fine today. I don't want a repeat of the year that I had to go up stairs backwards.

polarbear22 wrote:Thanks Bahwm for the assistance. The Cyber Pub took me to my goal. I really appreciate the support in this community.

And fortunately my legs feel fine today. I don't want a repeat of the year that I had to go up stairs backwards.

Great to hear! I usually have trouble walking down the stairs when my legs are tired.

otolith wrote:Great to hear! I usually have trouble walking down the stairs when my legs are tired.

I generally just have trouble walking.

I know it would take a lot of blackberries, but you could literally use the seeds as pavement. What an aggravating food. Incredibly delicious, but a giant pain in the ass.

bhodilee wrote:I know it would take a lot of blackberries, but you could literally use the seeds as pavement. What an aggravating food. Incredibly delicious, but a giant pain in the ass.

I don't want to know how many berries you ate to have it cause pain there...

Hmmm, I wonder if the Iron Horse Wedding Cuvée Jeroboam (Double Magnum) would be nice as a wedding gift for someone getting married this year.

Or perhaps two someones (only one Wooter in the bunch though)?


Edit: I'm talking about JavaDrinker (July wedding) and my nephew (Sept. wedding).

polarbear22 wrote:Thanks Bahwm for the assistance. The Cyber Pub took me to my goal. I really appreciate the support in this community.

And fortunately my legs feel fine today. I don't want a repeat of the year that I had to go up stairs backwards.

Doh! I forgot to donate, and yours is one I always try to do so for. Is it too late to add to your total, or can you still donate today?

MarkDaSpark wrote:Hmmm, I wonder if the Iron Horse Wedding Cuvée Jeroboam (Double Magnum) would be nice as a wedding gift for someone getting married this year.

It seems like a no fail gift for a wedding, imo.

Did we all catch the new woot plus links?

Twisted Oak
Iron Horse Vineyards

Here to help, here to help...

Would anyone like to hear about my wine club wines I got recently? Is that cool for Cyberpub or should I go make my own thread?

inkycatz wrote:Would anyone like to hear about my wine club wines I got recently? Is that cool for Cyberpub or should I go make my own thread?

Anything, and everything, and even things people don't want to hear about, but still end up hearing about....are all cool for Cyberpub.

inkycatz wrote:Here to help, here to help...

You *do* realize that opens you up to a whole lot of things.

Such as -- little envelope icon to allow me to send PM's are not showing up in IE7. And before the codemonkeys get their tails in a twist, please remind them that a lot of businesses do *not* have the latest versions of browsers available for their employees. Especially my employer. :eye roll:

Yes, I have sent this tidbit in on the Beta Feedback line as well. But a ping from you may be worth more than my lone wolf crying in the wilderness.

inkycatz wrote: Would anyone like to hear about my wine club wines I got recently? Is that cool for Cyberpub or should I go make my own thread?

Sure! that will also remind me to extol the delicious virtues of my favorite winery's wine club shipment here as well.

And when you drink them, be sure to give us tasty...ummm...tasting notes in the "What are your drinking tonight" thread, too!

inkycatz wrote:It seems like a no fail gift for a wedding, imo.

Did we all catch the new woot plus links?

Twisted Oak
Iron Horse Vineyards

Here to help, here to help...

Would anyone like to hear about my wine club wines I got recently? Is that cool for Cyberpub or should I go make my own thread?

Yes! And thank you very much for starting those threads. I like them, plus the logos you add to the post really help!


And I ditto about knowing what club shipments you got.

HitAnyKey42 wrote:Anything, and everything, and even things people don't want to hear about, but still end up hearing about....are all cool for Cyberpub.

Yay! So after a few meanderings over to Bainbridge Island, I decided to join the eleven winery wine club. While originally it was a quarterly shipment, they've been able to increase the number and variety of wines to offer six shipments a year! (That's exciting, they're a pretty small winery but very tasty.) I'm on the two bottle/shipment plan (although I just pop over to the tasting room and pick it up personally).

The first wine is a 2010 Syrah "Hangtime" from Yakima Valley, and exclusive to the club.

Stats: 100% Syrah from Elephant Mountain Vineyard, Sara Lee clone (I don't know what that last part exactly means)
Appellation: Rattlesnake Hills (but labelled with the inclusive Yakima Valley appellation)
Aging: 18 months in barrels
Oak: Approximately 25% new, French
Fining: Unfined
Alcohol: 14.5%
Production: 48 cases
Bottling: May 18, 2012

Tasting notes (from winery): "This Syrah is inky dark from start to finish. The color is nearly impenetrable dark purple. The nose reveals little, hiding the wine secrets in its brooding depths, only hinting at dark fruits and spices. Finally, in the mouth, those dark fruits reveal themselves in onyx splendor: blackberry and black currant, with a gentle whir of spices and earth."


... a gentle whir? Should I be concerned?

(wine 2 in the next post)

WINE #2, May Wine Club!
2011 Roussanne
Elephant Mountain Vineyard, Yakima Valley

Now we're on something I'm more familiar with - a white!

Composition: 85% Roussanne, 15% Marsanne, both from Elephant Mountain Vineyard
Appellation: Same as the other
Primary Fermentation: Roussanne tank fermented, Marsanne fermented in neutral barrels
Secondary Fermentation: 100% ML on Marsanne only
Aging: 6 mo in tanks
Alcohol: 13.5%
Production: 88 cases
Bottled: May 19, 2012

Tasting notes from winery (short version):
Nose - fresh and fruity, with hints of lemon and star fruit, herbs and butter
Mouth - crisp and creamy and full bodied, complex herbal notes around a core of 'crisp Asian pear'
Finish - creamy

I also got recipes for pairing, including Roast Duck Breast w/Bing Cherries, Farro and Watercress and the other is Grass-Fed Beef Bone Marrow, Pear & Fennel Salad. Do you all get recipes with your various wine clubs?

(It's my first wine club. I'm quite intrigued!)

HitAnyKey42 wrote:Doh! I forgot to donate, and yours is one I always try to do so for. Is it too late to add to your total, or can you still donate today?

You are still able to donate. They don't close it off until mid-July. So, thanks.

inkycatz wrote:Yay! So after a few meanderings over to Bainbridge Island, I decided to join the eleven winery wine club. While originally it was a quarterly shipment, they've been able to increase the number and variety of wines to offer six shipments a year! (That's exciting, they're a pretty small winery but very tasty.) I'm on the two bottle/shipment plan (although I just pop over to the tasting room and pick it up personally).

The first wine is a 2010 Syrah "Hangtime" from Yakima Valley, and exclusive to the club.

Stats: 100% Syrah from Elephant Mountain Vineyard, Sara Lee clone (I don't know what that last part exactly means)
Appellation: Rattlesnake Hills (but labelled with the inclusive Yakima Valley appellation)
Aging: 18 months in barrels
Oak: Approximately 25% new, French
Fining: Unfined
Alcohol: 14.5%
Production: 48 cases
Bottling: May 18, 2012

Tasting notes (from winery): "This Syrah is inky dark from start to finish. The color is nearly impenetrable dark purple. The nose reveals little, hiding the wine secrets in its brooding depths, only hinting at dark fruits and spices. Finally, in the mouth, those dark fruits reveal themselves in onyx splendor: blackberry and black currant, with a gentle whir of spices and earth."


... a gentle whir? Should I be concerned?

(wine 2 in the next post)

I know your are just starting your win(e)ducation like I am, so just wanted you to note that this one is unfined, meaning you will want to stand it up-right and let it rest, or give it a good decanting and a careful pour, as to not stir up the sediment.

I personally have not joined the club scene yet, mostly due to any discounts being destroyed by shipping across country to Ohio. That is why woot is so great, $5 shipping of wine is unbeatable.

North316 wrote:I know your are just starting your win(e)ducation like I am, so just wanted you to note that this one is unfined, meaning you will want to stand it up-right and let it rest, or give it a good decanting and a careful pour, as to not stir up the sediment.

See, this is exactly the sort of advice I need to optimize the awesomeness of my wine!

mother wrote:I don't want to know how many berries you ate to have it cause pain there...

Ummmm, bad. I had the same thought . . .

inkycatz wrote:WINE #2, May Wine Club!
2011 Roussanne
Elephant Mountain Vineyard, Yakima Valley

Now we're on something I'm more familiar with - a white!

Composition: 85% Roussanne, 15% Marsanne, both from Elephant Mountain Vineyard
Appellation: Same as the other
Primary Fermentation: Roussanne tank fermented, Marsanne fermented in neutral barrels
Secondary Fermentation: 100% ML on Marsanne only
Aging: 6 mo in tanks
Alcohol: 13.5%
Production: 88 cases
Bottled: May 19, 2012

Tasting notes from winery (short version):
Nose - fresh and fruity, with hints of lemon and star fruit, herbs and butter
Mouth - crisp and creamy and full bodied, complex herbal notes around a core of 'crisp Asian pear'
Finish - creamy

I also got recipes for pairing, including Roast Duck Breast w/Bing Cherries, Farro and Watercress and the other is Grass-Fed Beef Bone Marrow, Pear & Fennel Salad. Do you all get recipes with your various wine clubs?

(It's my first wine club. I'm quite intrigued!)

I believe I get recipes from my wine clubs. Sometimes on a separate postcard sized card and sometimes inside the glossy newsletters inside.

Hey sanity - did you get caught in the mix-up for the 2005 TO Viogniers? Which one did you bring to the bottling? The 2006 or the 2005? I remember it being really really tasty and I'm wondering how concerned I should be about receiving the Canterbury Vineyards designate one, since April seems to be frightened of it.

bahwm wrote:Ummmm, bad. I had the same thought . . .

Oh Bahwm, I'm so sorry!

MarkDaSpark wrote:Hmmm, I wonder if the Iron Horse Wedding Cuvée Jeroboam (Double Magnum) would be nice as a wedding gift for someone getting married this year.

Or perhaps two someones (only one Wooter in the bunch though)?

I promise I won't let him open it for flag day.

Edit: Go Kings!!!!

So, as a person not familiar with the TO brand, which of the four current offerings should I consider purchasing?

Itwdswafo wrote:So, as a person not familiar with the TO brand, which of the four current offerings should I consider purchasing?

Most, especially Cat, would say "yes".

Itwdswafo wrote:So, as a person not familiar with the TO brand, which of the four current offerings should I consider purchasing?

If I had the money and the space I would be in on everything but the tempranillo/torcido combo. Ive tried the tempranillo and it just wasnt for me. Extremely dry and kind of smokey taste that was very offputting to me.

North316 wrote:I personally have not joined the club scene yet, mostly due to any discounts being destroyed by shipping across country to Ohio. That is why woot is so great, $5 shipping of wine is unbeatable.

I understand your thinking; shipping to Western NY is as bad, but it's the only way to get my hands on some really excellent wine from Scott Harvey and Peter Wellington, for example. So I bite the bullet, and pay the shipping, thinking that the wine club discount offsets the shipping cost. And once in a while there are some really special perks, like a couple of nights in the winery guest suite or guest house, just for being a member.

Just submitted a peer-review for an article submitted for publication. Yowza, is it difficult!

otolith wrote:Just submitted a peer-review for an article submitted for publication. Yowza, is it difficult!

True. Especially since doctors are not well known for their spelling. Or is that hand-writing?



Congrats!

Sounds like this would be valid for all of us ...



... wouldn't it?

otolith wrote:Just submitted a peer-review for an article submitted for publication. Yowza, is it difficult!

Congrats...and if you think the submission is hard just wait until the reviewers get their hands on it. Grumble.

Good luck getting it in first time around!

North316 wrote:If I had the money and the space I would be in on everything but the tempranillo/torcido combo. Ive tried the tempranillo and it just wasnt for me. Extremely dry and kind of smokey taste that was very offputting to me.

Which Tempranillo? I don't recall offhand which year I had, but I had to let it decant for quite a while before it got really good. Man did it get really good though.

I do remember it being off tasting when I first opened it as well as very hot. It sat in the decanter for over 2 hours before it started coming together, but it was well worth the wait.

klezman wrote:Congrats...and if you think the submission is hard just wait until the reviewers get their hands on it. Grumble.

Good luck getting it in first time around!

Ooops. Posted that with some funny wording that made it confusing. I was the reviewer. It's amazing how much work you can put into it, especially when you say, "no." I hated saying it, just because I know how much work went into it.

MarkDaSpark wrote:True. Especially since doctors are not well known for their spelling. Or is that hand-writing?



Congrats!

It's our hand writing that isn't so great. Unfortunately, I write the same whether it's fast or slow, which is really embarrassing when I'm writing a card or note. We went to the Pirates exhibit at the Science museum of MN, and it was amazing to see some of the original writings. Their penmanship was amazing. It's definitely a lost art.

Hi woot.wine! I just got back from a concert in Dortmund, Germany. My German wine friend and I went to see Ozzie Osborne. Good show, Ozzie looked good and sounded good and played all his Black Sabbath classics. Before the concert last night we had some wine (of course). One bottle was a California Cabernet, a 1985 Clos Du Val, Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. Holy cow, it was fantastic! Nice smooth tannins, nice cassis and cherry fruit and good acid. The finish was a little short but I don't think the bottle is past it's prime yet, it didn't taste as old as it was. As my friend said, it was a pre-Parker California wine. We both agreed if we were blind tasting we would have guessed it was a Bordeaux wine. It was only 12.9 % alcohol if you can believe that! He said he only paid about 20 euro (about $25.00)for it and looking on the web, that was a great price. Fortunately he bought several bottles of it. I wonder if RPM has any experience with this wine. If only they could go back to making more wine like that in Cali, excepting of course a few wine makers like Peter Wellington et al.

Doc Ot, doctors handwriting is definitely abysmal. I was the go to guy for deciphering the doctor's notes in our Army clinic, I was pretty good at figuring it out.