NWFlyer 2 #26 February 2, 2005 QuoteSpecial occasion wines...try finding a 100-point first or super-second for less. In any case, I usually stay well under that, with most of my "high-ends" being in the $50-$80 range (except the occasional Opus or Caymus SS). Last year I got a couple bottles of Leonetti's, a couple more of Woodward Canyon "old vines", and a half-case of Quilceda Creek cab. Everything else was under $50 (retail, I don't count restaurant prices), and the bulk was under $30. Spoken like a guy who lives out in wine country. Sounds like I gotta start angling for a dinner invite to Dave's! Hey, Dave... how *you* doin? "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #27 February 2, 2005 QuoteQuotewho cares!! wine tastes like rotten grapes anyway!! I should hope so. I would not want my wine tasting like say...rotten fish. But it is oh so delicious. finally someone got the joke!!!I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #28 February 2, 2005 QuoteSpoken like a guy who lives out in wine country. It's getting a little crazy over here. The last real "date" I went on was with a winemaker, to the wedding of a vineyard owner, that was attended almost exclusively by winery owners. The cool thing was it was at a restaurant, and the entire ceremony was: "Do you take her to be your lawfully wedded wife?" "Sure" Do you take him to be your lawfully wedded husband?" "I do" "Give her the ring" ... "Kiss her" ... "I now pronounce you husband and wife...let's drink." QuoteSounds like I gotta start angling for a dinner invite to Dave's! Dinner invites at my place are pretty easy to come by. If you're at the DZ and want to have dinner, we're probably on. You might however want to wait till after I get a cellar in my new house and my ex & I divide up our collection. Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #29 February 2, 2005 Carefull.... he'll probably serve you some god awfull chocolate based desert and expect you to like it... Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #30 February 2, 2005 QuoteDinner invites at my place are pretty easy to come by. If you're at the DZ and want to have dinner, we're probably on. I'm holding you to that. Definitely hope to make it out that way this spring when it's soggy here and a little warmer (and definitely sunnier) over there. Quote You might however want to wait till after I get a cellar in my new house and my ex & I divide up our collection. Nah, I'd much rather help you drink your way through it so there's nothing left for her. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #31 February 2, 2005 QuoteCarefull.... he'll probably serve you some god awfull chocolate based desert and expect you to like it... Chocolate is like wine. It's hard to go wrong. Possible, but difficult. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #32 February 2, 2005 QuoteCarefull.... he'll probably serve you some god awfull chocolate based desert and expect you to like it... I would do no such thing! I can't believe you have the gall to even suggest it. Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GTAVercetti 0 #33 February 2, 2005 QuoteQuoteCarefull.... he'll probably serve you some god awfull chocolate based desert and expect you to like it... Chocolate is like wine. It's hard to go wrong. Possible, but difficult. Someone at work gave me some chocolate yesterday from Japan. It tasted like hickory Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #34 February 2, 2005 QuoteNah, I'd much rather help you drink your way through it so there's nothing left for her. LOL - That might take a little while. It'd be a damn tasty while though though! Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #35 February 2, 2005 Quote Chocolate is like wine. It's hard to go wrong. Possible, but difficult. Chocolate is evil; a scourge upon the earth. I am a freedom fighter trying to remove all traces of it by the most logical method available. Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #36 February 2, 2005 QuoteLOL - That might take a little while. It'd be a damn tasty while though though! I'm up for the challenge. Now I've just got to make the over the mountains. Hmm.... when's spring barrel tasting this year? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #37 February 2, 2005 Quote I am a freedom fighter trying to remove all traces of it by the most logical method available. Happy to serve with you! Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #38 February 2, 2005 QuoteHmm.... when's spring barrel tasting this year? In the spring? April 22-24 in Yakima Valley/Red Mountain. Confirmed participants include: Sagelands, Tefft, Snoqualmie, Kestrel, C.R. Sandidge, Thurston Wolfe, Willow Crest, Oakwood, Portteus, and Hedges. My experience suggests several others will get on board, some good, some not so good. Expect to see Hogue (head winemaker is skydiver Dave Forsythe), Tucker (wine SUCKS, but Anthony's Homeport is always outside serving lunch), Sandhill, Apex, Buckmaster, Horizon's Edge, Seth Ryan, Terra Blanca, Gordon Brothers, Barnard Griffin, Bookwalter, and more. Those last 3 are less than 5 miles from my house & the DZ, and many of the others are ~10 miles away. May 7-8 in Walla Walla valley. Fewer wineries, but better average quality of wine. Nobody listed yet, but expect to see K, Waterbrook, Three Rivers, L'Ecole, Reininger, Walla Walla Vintners, Woodward Canyon, and more. Both are obviously more fun with a bunch of friends, in a big rental (limo or van), with a hired (sober) driver. Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #39 February 2, 2005 QuoteQuote I am a freedom fighter trying to remove all traces of it by the most logical method available. Happy to serve with you! We're so under-appreciated. In some alternate universe, our heroism would cause men to idolize us and women to swoon. Hmmm...I wonder if U-Haul would let me take a one-way there. Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #40 February 2, 2005 QuoteIn the spring? Sigh. QuoteExpect to see Hogue (head winemaker is skydiver Dave Forsythe) Nice... I'd go there just for that, but I also remember liking their wine last time I was out there for barrel tasting (sadly, I think it was 2000, far too long in my book). QuoteTucker (wine SUCKS, but Anthony's Homeport is always outside serving lunch) Yup, remember that, too. But I can go to Anthony's any time I want since I live on the right side of the mountains. QuoteApex I could wax rhapsodic for hours about the 1996 Apex Chardonnay (and I'm not even a chardonnay fan). Wish I'd bought more than 2 bottles. QuoteThose last 3 are less than 5 miles from my house You accepting reservations yet? Quotethe DZ, and many of the others are ~10 miles away. Wine and skydiving. Can't think of a more perfect weekend. QuoteBoth are obviously more fun with a bunch of friends, in a big rental (limo or van), with a hired (sober) driver. Of course. The driver is key. As long as it isn't me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hooknswoop 19 #41 February 2, 2005 We picked up a couple bottles of Robert Sinskey Pinot Blanc Los Carneros 2003. Very nice Pinot Blanc, highly recommended. Derek Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #42 February 2, 2005 Quoteour heroism would cause men to idolize us and women to swoon. As long as we belive in it, its our reality....Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #43 February 3, 2005 QuoteI can go to Anthony's any time I want since I live on the right side of the mountains. We just got an Anthony's last fall. Great location, nice building, decent eats, but not good enough to justify their prices. Unfortunately it's about as close as we get to fine dining in the Tri-Cities. The closest truly great food, a little tiny French restaurant, is about 70 miles away in the tiny town of Dayton. Best restaurant in eastern Washington, bar none. QuoteI could wax rhapsodic for hours about the 1996 Apex Chardonnay (and I'm not even a chardonnay fan). Wish I'd bought more than 2 bottles. Apex has been making consistently good wines for several years now. Unfortunately, their new labeling and pricing makes me think they've been bought out by one of the big conglomerates (Chalone or Stimson), so I expect the quality of their wines will go downhill fairly quickly. QuoteYou accepting reservations yet? Name the weekend. I'm a somewhat regular host to visiting jumpers. QuoteOf course. The driver is key. As long as it isn't me. NOT IT! Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #44 February 3, 2005 QuoteName the weekend. I'm a somewhat regular host to visiting jumpers. Score! Ditto if you find yourself on this side of the mountains in search of some for-real fine dining. Hint: it ain't gonna be Anthony's. Okay, I think I'm done threadjacking. Yes, yes, there *are* lots of pinot varieties out there. "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #45 February 3, 2005 QuoteThe last three >$150 bottles I've bought have been terrible. The first two I dumped, the third got set aside while we drank a couple decent bottles, then guzzled just on principle. Guzzled $150 of wine? How do you guzzle a 55-gallon drum? "I buy my wine at the Sams Club Drum-O-Wine display..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #46 February 3, 2005 Quotewho cares!! wine tastes like rotten grapes anyway!! and you call yourself a Viking!! The Vikings LOVED wine! For the Viking it was considered a great honor to be able to serve wine to your guests at a feast. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
