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Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:17:39 -0600

Just had the Joel Gott( Three Thieves) 2005 "The Show" Cabernet again.I liked it more this time around. I guess it mellowed. The bouquet was intriguing and pronounced with floral notes, nice smoke(calmer since the last time) still with bacon notes, cassis, cedar, and sage. Flavors of tabacco, oak, sweet dark berry fruit, pepper, and mixed spices. Dusty tannins here also. Again, not a typical tasting Cali. Cab. but I enjoyed it. Even though, I didn't want to put the glass down this style might not be for everyone. Note: Mostly Cabernet but small mix of other grapes as well.

Presidential Wine Sterling Vineyards

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:48:06 -0600

"I could dictate what the bottle says but the pics are alot more useful."

So far they really haven't proven to be more useful at all let alone alot more useful.

So in response to my request that you "Tell us everything it says on the front label and anything inaugural related from the back label." you write that you "could" do that and that maybe you will.

Gosh, that's swell of you. I don't want to put you to any trouble by my attempts to help you find the information you want.

Presidential Wine Sterling Vineyards

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:51:10 -0600

Yea, I tried looking it up as well but I had no luck. My dad has a restaurant in D.C. and he got it from one of his wine suppliers if im not mistaken. I still cant post links. Could I send you the links via email and perhaps you can post them here? And yes im sure its a double mag.

Presidential Wine Sterling Vineyards

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:44:55 -0600

"sterling vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 that was made just for this past inauguration"

Certainly not a wine that can be tracked down in a minute or so. In fact, I have been unable to find any reference to such a wine with a couple of minutes looking.

You don't especially need a picture - tell us where and how this wine shows that it was made for the inauguration . Tell us everything it says on the front label and anything inaugural related from the back label.

You're sure it's a 3L?

Presidential Wine Sterling Vineyards

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:17:21 -0600

Yea, I did a search and could not find much about it either, and I still cant post links. My father got it through one of his wine suppliers (he owns a restaurant in D.C.) I could send you the links of the photos on photo bucket via email and if you wanted, you could place them up here. I could dictate what the bottle says but the pics are alot more useful. Ill try posting what the bottle says tonight if I can. And yes its a 3L. Tony

How much to Spend?

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:14:42 -0600

Welcome a-"board", allaboutpinot. With your 'nom de 'net' and willingness to spend up to $60 for an occasion, I guess you gots to be knocking back some Burgundies.

How much to Spend?

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:08:45 -0600

I like going to a specialist bottle shop and finding the little secrets that a good wine merchant knows. They give great advice and always can recommend a wine within the budget. If I am buying wine for an occasion, I may spend up to $60, but normally between 15 to 30.

Do's and Don'ts of Wine Tastings

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:05:26 -0600

The best way to do wine-tasting at a dinner is to make it a dinner and not a wine tasting. Make some poor shlub write down all wines drunk (or even if he is not drunk.) Notes are catch as catch can. I have been to wine dinners where I tasted 12-15 wines, but they were dinners, not tastings.

As unfun as it may sound, a "formal" wine tasting is the best way to do a wine tasting and they certainly can be fun. One needs light to see the wine (your #2), relative quiet to discuss the wine (your #3), some time without disturbances (passing the olives or making room for the next pouree) (akin to #1) to think about the wine.

I know you don't expect to hear it from me, but a great feature at a wine tasting (or even a wine dinner) is to have the delicate amenity of a spit bucket. It is best to have several. Hey, .08 is .08. You pays your money, you can take your chances, but maybe somebody doesn't want to take chances.

It probably won't surprise you to hear that I believe a wine tasting needs a moderator - a leader. Perhaps one could think of this person as an emcee - no, for a formal wine tasting let's make that MC a Master of Ceremonies. Group activities with one goal in mind sometimes do not work best as democracies.

A little thing that is easily forgotten is to have some thing white that may be used to evaluate color. Good lighting is on thing, but if you have to examine the wine against the backgound of sea foam wall paper, an ecru table cover, or over your pinkish tapas plate or burgundy napkin, or even against a beautiful green lawn or the clear blue sky, you really won't know what color it is.

Do's and Don'ts of Wine Tastings

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:47:53 -0600

Kim, sorry the "wine tasting" really wasn't a wine tasting event but rather a "wine chugger" party. Well I have never hosted a "real" wine tasting event myself but I agree with you on the points you made. I have always wanted to do a wine tasting at our house and in my head it resembles your idea of one.

love and wine

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:37:17 -0600

LOL!!!