Since I rarely drink any more, you're welcome to come by and sample a bit,
and grab a bottle or two.
Unfortunately, I only have old wine in the cellar ;-))
Shel
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From: Brendan MacRae
Shel,
I have a new wish for Christmas this year.
I want to sample your wine cellar!
A warm and wonderful Merry Christmas greeting to all those who embrace and
celebrate the holiday.
Tonight I'm going to my first ever Christmas Eve dinner. We're having
Indian food prepared by an Armenian cook who grew up and learned her craft
in Jerusalem. One of the wines I'll be bringing is a
Thanks Shel
Have a great holiday yourself
Dave
Quoting Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
A warm and wonderful Merry Christmas greeting to all those who embrace and
celebrate the holiday.
Tonight I'm going to my first ever Christmas Eve dinner. We're having
Indian food prepared by an
On Sun, Dec 24, 2006 at 10:40:47AM -0800, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
. . . One of the wines I'll be bringing is a 1985 Rubicon from
Francis Ford Coppola's vineyard in Napa, and the other will be a 1978 Mt.
Veeder late Harvest Zinfandel. I'll also bring a nice Alsace Pinot Grigio.
That
Hi John,
I do believe there were some earlier Rubicons - I'll have to check, but I
recall having a sample glass at the winery of something older, something
that Coppola would break out for special guests.
As for the cost, well, I got a couple of cases when they were released ( I
got a couple of
Sounds like fun. I've had the Mt. Veeder Zin. Maybe not that vintage,
but I remember it as a very good wine with high alcohol content. Zins
were my first love for many years, but I don't like very many of the
new ones. While Zin is a wine that is usually consumed young, an
older one should
Shel,
I have a new wish for Christmas this year.
I want to sample your wine cellar!
Warm Regards and Happy Holidays!
-Brendan
--- Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A warm and wonderful Merry Christmas greeting to all
those who embrace and
celebrate the holiday.
Tonight I'm going
The wife and I are planning a couple of double BB's in front of the
fireplace. just prior to a long winter's nap.
NOEL ALL!
Jack
--- Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sounds like fun. I've had the Mt. Veeder Zin. Maybe not that vintage,
but I remember it as a very good wine with high
Hi John,
I checked my tasting notes - we had both a '78 (the last bottle in the
joint!) and '79 Rubicon at Frankie's place, and, IIRC, Frankie, at that
time, felt that the '79 was his favorite. '78 was the first year of
production, but it wasn't released until five or seven years later. I have
Paul,
The late harvest Zins tend to stand up well over time. Michael Bernstein
introduced me to a wonderful treat back then - LH red wine, like the zin,
and chocolate. M at that time it was an unknown treat to me, and
I recall opening a bottle and putting out some wonderful chocolate
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