The Coffee House

[davidharmier60]

I do not have a pallet for wine. To be perfectly honest a fountain Dr. Pepper is pretty darn good.
% hours and enough minutes to get to 23 even for the week. Came home and weed eatered part of the yard and got a blower started for Dad.
Just did my comics. Got what I belive is the perfect strap for this watch in the mail.

Blue Expedition on C&B Orange NATO by Just Plain Dave, on Flickr

 

[terri54]

beat equally priced wines in Europe

The Judgment Of Paris: The Blind Taste Test That Decanted The Wine World

Yeah, that happened. I think a movie about it was made, if I'm not mistaken? It was back in the 70s, when CA was breaking into the world market. There's beautiful terroir in many areas.

But that doesn't change what it's become since then.

 

[Gary A.]

beat equally priced wines in Europe

The Judgment Of Paris: The Blind Taste Test That Decanted The Wine World

Bottle Shock is the movie. Quite entertaining.

 

[Gary A.]

A wonderful image from the Times’ Sports section.

 

[terri54]

beat equally priced wines in Europe

The Judgment Of Paris: The Blind Taste Test That Decanted The Wine World

Bottle Shock is the movie. Quite entertaining.

That's it. I liked it, and it has the advantage of being based on the true story. I liked Sideways better for entertainment value. Both flicks were love letters to Napa Valley.

 

[Gary A.]

beat equally priced wines in Europe

The Judgment Of Paris: The Blind Taste Test That Decanted The Wine World

Bottle Shock is the movie. Quite entertaining.

That's it. I liked it, and it has the advantage of being based on the true story. I liked Sideways better for entertainment value. Both flicks were love letters to Napa Valley.

Sideways took place in the Santa Rita Hills/Santa Barbara County.

 

[Dave442]

Working most the time in Latin America has moved me to the Chilean and Argentine wines. A tour of a few wineries will turn up talent brought in from around the world with California highly represented. Although when in California I usually go with a California wine. Of course when I was in west Texas in the early 80's my gift to family in California was always a bottle from the local Llano Estacado winery.

 

[markjwyatt]

My [red] wine choice hierarchy is usually

1. California
2. Australia
3. France
4. Spain
5. Argentina
6. Chile
7. other (Italy, South Africa, etc.)

Not an expert opinion, based on personal experience, but usually works out.

 

[smoke665]

Naahhh ... these are high school kids. You have to just get in their face and:

1. tell 'em what you gonna tell 'em.
2. tell 'em.
3. tell 'em what you told them.

I never had to say much. When they came around it wasn't unusual for me to have a couple of guns in view, and be sharpening a rather large XXX Case Hunting knife while scowling in their direction. The sound of that knife dragging across stone was unnerving to most. Few years back a young man came to the warehouse for a small package pickup. Every one was busy loading trucks, so I told him I'd take him out and get it. I noticed he was on the skittish side and kept watching me. Finally asked him if he was okay, told me that he had come to my house to see my daughter many years back and that I'd scared the hell out of him. He never got over it apparently. Young minds are so impressionable LOL

 

[Gary A.]

Gary thinks there are two reasons for the California high wine pricing ... the cost of labor here is very high (union farm labor) and the local economy can bear the cost.

 

[markjwyatt]

re: CA wines

Deals can be found + the rest of my list...

 

[limr47]

Then there are the overlooked Portuguese wines that are quietly being discovered by an international market. We finally decided to share

 

[markjwyatt]

Then there are the overlooked Portuguese wines that are quietly being discovered by an international market. We finally decided to share

I hear some are quite good. I have not tried them yet.

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

Then there are the overlooked Portuguese wines that are quietly being discovered by an international market. We finally decided to share

I hear some are quite good. I have not tried them yet.

That is because the little rowboat delivering them is still making it's way across the ocean

Sorry @limr ( couldn't resist )

 

[markjwyatt]

Then there are the overlooked Portuguese wines that are quietly being discovered by an international market. We finally decided to share

I hear some are quite good. I have not tried them yet.

That is because the little rowboat delivering them is still making it's way across the ocean

Sorry @limr ( couldn't resist )

Haha. That explains it.