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Round up of Top Wines for 2011 [not my top 10!] but DAMN Good

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Weston| Leave a comment

Someone I know said was the wine really that good or just the company? Maybe we will never know. I’d like to think its a bit of both, a connection to the wine to the place, to the people, or person you are with/at that very moment in time.

The beauty of Cellartracker is that you can pull up all types of reports, from what you scored you wines, then by region or by time, or both.  And of course everyone’s favorite pulling up how much you spend on wine, by month, or quarter or yearly, but this post isn’t about that.

So I went through what I tasted up until December 14th [I still dont know if the wines from now on out will be amazing, and maybe Ill do a follow up post if there are] but These are Jan 1st to December 14th.

Now I know some of these people are thinking what! Not your top ten especially the people I drank them with, I mean really some of these can be switched up in there but, my top 10 list I made for a specific reason.  Everything worked out in those top ten moments, the Wine,  the people, and that Ah Ha! Moment.

2001 Château Rieussec – I have had this wine twice now and both times at the end of the night after DRINKING wine and not spitting, the problem with that is I have never properly sat down and tasted it, I know its good but I really don’t know how good.

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There are Old Wines, then there are OLD Wines

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Weston| 1 Comment

OLD Wines are an interesting thing to behold.

How do you express what drinking an OLD wine those below are like [maybe minus the 1982].  There are old wines that when drunk at their peak they are as some critics would put it 100pts wines, or wines at the peak of enjoyment. Which I totally understand within the last year I’ve had a couple of these wines a 93 Caymus and a 94 Clape [Cornas] that when drinking them were utterly beautiful that linger in your brain, well probably forever.

Then you have these OLD wines, they are in a way like…Forgive before hand as I try not to insulalt anyone.  They are like a Retired old person, the guy at legion, the lady at tea shop.  Who have these stories to tell.  Some of them are Fantastic, some are interesting, some are just well you listen and don’t know what to make of it.  Thats how I find OLD wines, sometimes the story hearing them once is fine [One sip and your good] sometimes the story is fascinating, and you just want to hear it over and over again, even tho you can not connect with that actually story [think WW2 stories to a generation that has never experienced a modern war] .  Then there are stories that you don’t want to hear but you hear them anyways because you need to, just to understand.

To me that is how I explain OLD wines, they have a story to tell they are not the most ‘beautiful’ stories in a sense of perfection as they are pass their prime [outside their generation gap] but yet you want to hear/expierence them for what they are.

Enjoy the tasting notes, how do you explain a wine that is 50+ years old that isn’t oxidized or bad?

OLD WINES [1959 - 1982 ] – Vancouver (12/3/2011)

A Selection of Old Wines, Mainly Italian, and one French, which was Terrible!

  • 1970 Cantine Sociali Riunite Antico Piemonte – Italy, Piedmont

    This wine was short lived, was looking pretty rough from the start, but it had enough life in it 5-10mins so a sip or two for everyone in the room then it just went Mud brown right before our eyes

    Conc: An Experience to see a wine die this fast. Amazing

  • 1964 Cascina Montaldo Barbera d’Alba Giovanni Scanavino – Italy, Piedmont, Alba, Barbera d’Alba

    This wine had some life in it, Acidity for sure, touch of VA to keep it ‘fresh’ touch of red fruit, a interesting wine to taste thats for sure.

  • 1959 Casa Vinicola Flli Chiarusi Chianti Rùfina Pomino – Italy, Tuscany, Chianti, Chianti Rùfina

    No Formal Tasting Notes

    The Colour on this wine was unbeleivable dark, It looked in the decanter almost Opaque, I didnt take a close enough look to even see if there was any garnet. The fruit pure and still much there, of course it was in the develping stage but the acidity was amazing . This wine was fantastic at over 50yrs old.

  • 1976 Château Batailley – France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    No Formal Tasting Note
    This wine was disappointing, the one thing I would say is the mouth feel on this wine was amazing, the texture fantastic, the colour still dark and fresh looking, but in the mouth a touch of fruit then it falls of a cliff, No Finish no nothing after the initial 1sec fruit then drying tannin no fruit no finish

    Conc: A Cliff wine (79 pts.)

  • 1968 Bertani Recioto della Valpolicella Amarone Classico Superiore – Italy, Veneto, Valpolicella, Recioto della Valpolicella

    Another End of the Night Wine.

    The Notes are definitely not formal, this wine was pretty damn good, the Heaviness of youthful Amarone fruit is gone, its mellowed, its not a dry wine, maybe a touch off dry but the acidity balance that tout, the fruit is still present. I can see why this is Franks Favorite wine

    I can also see why a sommelier in a restaurant would stear a person away from ordering this wine, if they dint know what they were getting into as its not a youthful type of Amarone so elegant

    Found my notes! Kinda
    A:Med Intensity, Developed. Really Really Floral Like crazy Germanium type of Floral. Chocolate Shavings
    T:Med+Intensity med+finish, med- tannin
    Gorgerous Red Fruit, Chocolate (94 pts.)

  • 1982 Fontanafredda Barbaresco – Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco

    End of Tasting Wine, Notes not formal

    Colour was a light ruby, maybe a hint of garnet, the fruit was still there tannins soft, all around a very enjoyable wine to drink (92 pts.)

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Washinton State Wines

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Weston| Leave a comment

I opened yesterday a Washington State wine, by Buty the 2009 Merlot/Cab Franc.  Instantly it just brings me back to why I love Washington State red wines, it has that youthful exuberant fruit [when drunk young] that is so engaging, and then it has the structure of tannins and acid that brings it all together without being over the top.  I think because of this it is one of those regions that just excites me.  Now to write about my OLD wine drinking experience may take some working out but this wine does help with that.

  • 2009 Buty Merlot/Cabernet Franc- USA, Washington, Columbia Valley (12/10/2011)Opaque
    Day 1
    A: Med Intensity
    Raspberry, Hint of Dark Mocha Chocolate, earthy
    T: Dry, High Acid, Med tannin Med+ intensity, long finish
    raspberry, bright, coffee/cream
    Conc: Day 1 its youthful 89pts
    Day 2
    The nose comes together in that delicious raspberry/cassis note, with delicious sweet cream. the palate dark fruit ripe but balanced,Conc: Its what washington state wine is that ripe fruit but with that great acidic back bone and tannins 91pts (90 points)

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Chateau Beaucastel Vertical Tasting [94-08]

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Weston| 1 Comment

Attending a vertical tasting of the same producer is really one of the most educational things to for ones brain and palate. To understand how  a wine develops and of course how the vintages differ.  Its always cool during one of these tasting that someone will say ‘this doesn’t taste like the same producer’.  Which to me makes it fascinating, it just shows you how the year was.

I’ve had the opportunity to do a couple vertical tasting now one of a Barossa Shiraz [which just shows how that youthful fruit fades/integrates, and same with the oak into something beautiful] and one from a new producer Osoyoos Larose [which shows that young vines really dont age].

Going into the Beaucastel tasting I was expecting a big ole Brett Party, and I was a little disappointed that I didn’t, because I was already had my 80s Bandana Ready, knee high socks, some thick rim glasses but NO.  What I found was maybe a couple vintages with a hint of Brett, and you know what maybe it was more of the Mourvèdre

Below are my tasting notes. You will notice that as we got to the end of the tasting my notes were less detailed, one maybe due to the alcohol as we were not spitting [which I don't like for writing notes] and the fact that the younger wines just didnt taste ready like the older ones so I became disenfranchised of the newer vintages, they were not ready to drink.  Another thing that did stand out was the labels, From 94 to 99 they all seemed to state 13% alc, then the 00 to 05 was 14% and the ’07 and ’08 were 14.5%. My Question is what is the true %, and were the just reusing the same label, was the vintage is on the next on its on label. Thoughts to ponder!

VERTICAL OF BEAUCASTEL [94-08 MINUS CPL YRS] – Vancouver, BC (12/3/2011)

A Vertical of Beaucastel, Minus 1996, 2002, 2006

  • 1994 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape- France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-PapeMed Ruby
    A: Med Intensity, Developing
    Currant Jelly, Stem/Earth, Light Leather notes, smokey leather to be exact
    T: med+ intensity, med body, med to med+intensity, long finish
    A Youthful Currant Jelly, Leather/Smk, Spicey Raisin GrapeConc: Has an elegance to this wine, with opening up to a raisin note
  • 1995 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape- France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-PapeA: Med Intensity, Developing
    Leather/Funk, Peppery not subtle
    T: High Acid, Med+ Intensity, Med+ Finish
    Intensely Focused, the brightness is so youthful. Leather/Spice, Youthful leather tho. Coffee, Vegetal/Cooked Not RawConc: So Youthful/Concentration is there but not ‘massive’
    This has another 15years of life!
  • 1998 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape- France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-PapeMed Intensity, DevelopingCrazy Fresh Pepper! Creamy/Cherry Creamsicle, amazing acidity focus. Hits all the spots.
    Med+ Acid to high acid, med tannins
    Chocolate, Cherry/Creamsicle deliciousness, Cola SpiceConc: as they say firing on all cylinders. Exceptional
    Beside the 95, more structure, more complete (95 pts.)
  • 1999 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape- France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Papemed+ Intensity, Getting close to the funk/brett
    Honey/Syrup, Youthful/Rich
    Med+Body, med Intensity
    Licorice, Chewy Cherry, Berry fruitConc: A little bit more on the riper side
  • 2000 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape- France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-PapeMed+ Intensity, Medicine/over the top fruit
    T: Med+ Acid, Med+ Body, med+Finish
    Big Fruit, Ripe, SpiceConc: I first wrote down ‘needs time’ and youthful, but going back to and from whatever says in the room, it just doesn’t seem to be there, and I dont know if time will do it justice [taking a quick over at CT notes it seems maybe it does need time/a good decant]
  • 2001 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape- France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-PapeStructure is there, Balanced for sure, coming across with that youthful ‘baby fat’ fruit notes, and ham fat, cranberry/cherrySome notes I wrote down ‘Spicy’ ‘meaty’ ‘elegant’Conc: I know a couple people really picked this one to be there beaucastel WOTN. I think this will be excellent in 5-10 years for sure (93 pts.)
  • 2003 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape- France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-PapeMossy/Fresh Forest Floor, Meaty [Chicken]
    Med+ Acid, med/med+ tannin, med+ body, long FinishFresh, Big, Structuredconc: from my notes this seems to be another one for the long haul, just too young but excellent (92 pts.)
  • 2004 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape- France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-PapeClosed Nose, Nothing [everyone in the room agreed]Med body, med+ intensity, med+ acid
    Bitter finish, baby fat fruit, spice dark chocolateConc: Might of shut down for the tasting
  • 2005 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape- France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-PapeLooks like I skipped over this wine. Is that good or bad?
  • 2007 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape- France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-PapeA: Med Int
    Mushroom, Touch of Fruit
    T: med+ Acid, med+ body, med+ tannin, med+ int, med+ finish
    Big Fruit, Chocolate, Dark/ConcentratedConc: Dark Structure, youthful, would like to see how it develops. This coming off from the ‘hot/ripe’ 07 (90 pts.)
  • 2008 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape- France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-PapeLooks like no notes, think this was too young for me to even bother to write anything down after everything else

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Pinotage, South Africa, Just a little scared

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Weston| Leave a comment

My Experience of South African wine has not been a good one, for one the selection is terrible here. The second reason is that Wines of South Africa when they held a tasting in Vancouver, Canada two years ago let a lot of people down in the city. One they poured all the same crap that the store carried [didn't even attempt to bring in the good stuff]. The stuff they did pour had my favorite good ole South Africa, Burnt Rubber Tire weirdness, some may call it South African Brett.

So I was hesitant about the up coming tasting on South African wines imported by Marquis Wine Cellars. To be fair I’ve never had a problem with South African whites, just never found them interesting enough to buy. But this post is on Pinotage.

See Full Tasting Book of what was avail here

Table 5: Pinotage
I was scared of this table lets be honest, there was one wine on this table that brought back some of those scary memories. And there was some lovely gems that made me sit back and enjoy the wine. I really dont know what pinotage “should” taste like, what is varietal correct?

2010 Perdeberg Pinotage
-Pretty red fruit, with a touch of leather on the palate
2010 Perdeberg Reserve
-Bready nose [almost what you would get off some Bordeaux reds], and a nice lovely cherry/round palate
2008 Kaapzicht Pinotage
-Big Style, Some of that South African Scariness, overdone leather, close to the burnt tire but not, but you know its there in the back ground
2009 Rijk’s Pinotage ‘Touch of Oak’
-So Elegant, I mean not much more you can say about this wine, pretty, elegant enjoyable
2007 Springfontein Pinotage, Terroir Selection
-No notes, dunno if that is good or bad
2008 Post House ‘Missing Virgin’ [Blend of Pinotage with some Petit Verdot]
-This has crazy raspberries on the palate with bouncy around acidity, which im going to say is coming from the P.V. it really needs to calm down, a kid with to much energy
2006 Rajk’s Pinotage Private Cellar
-A touch to big for me, I would stick to the Touch of Oak by Rajk’s and for the price yeah.

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Osoyoos Larose Vertical [ 2001 - 2007 ]

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Weston| 1 Comment
From June30th

Well might as well say it right off the bat, but the tasting was disappointing to say the least.  I had actually had high hopes going into this tasting, 6months before I opened a 2004 Magnum and it was really nice.  So I went in going this is going to be an awesome tasting.

Tasted with some local wine people, one has just written his review and the other will be shortly.  Visit http://www.justgrapeswine.com/ for the one and http://www.winecouver.ca/ should be up shortly.

Well the tannins in the first three vintages were all dried out. Really acidic wines throughout all the vintages.  The only saving grace was the 2007 which from the new oak it was vanilla and had a nice sweetness, but from the other vintages would probably not age at all. Even with food it didn’t help much so to make us feel better after that disastrous tasting we drank the other reds that we had openned for our BBQ and these were delicious.

From June30th

2005 Chateau du Tertre, Margaux [Excellent, Beautiful]

2008 Azienda Agricola Cos Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico

Below are my tasting notes, after 2004 I was disappointed was very hard to concentrate and take proper notes which is not a good thing.  There was also a question about proper storage, Yes not all the bottles were straight from the cellar, but I dont think that would of changed much, but I will not be spending $45 a bottle for another tasting.

OSOYOOS LAROSE VERTICAL [ 2001 - 2007 ] – Vancouver, BC (6/30/2011)

All wines were either double decanted or left in decanter. The first couple notes I Took was straight from the bottle, and not too much changed for those maybe slowly opened up but nothing to change my opinion about them

  • 2001 Osoyoos Larose Le Grand Vin- Canada, British Columbia, Okanagan Valley, Okanagan Valley VQAPopNPour
    Med+ to deep ruby, slight garnet at rim
    med intensity, a freshness, vegetal notes, some hint of dark fruit a little floral
    T: Dry, med+ tannins [drying], med+/high acid, med body, med finish
    Red fruit, cranberry, hint of cherryconc: A short finish, drying tannins, the intial attack is good but mid palate drops a bit and not complex. DRINK NOW! (80 pts.)
  • 2002 Osoyoos Larose Le Grand Vin- Canada, British Columbia, Okanagan Valley, Okanagan Valley VQAPopNPour
    Med+ Ruby
    A: Med- Intensity, Clean, subtle smoke, some funk
    T: Med+ acid, med tannin [drying], med body,. med finish,
    Lots of Acidity, “Fresh” savoury, red fruit cranberryConc: Mid palate drops out the tannins are drying again, DRINK NOW (80 pts.)
  • 2003 Osoyoos Larose Le Grand Vin- Canada, British Columbia, Okanagan Valley, Okanagan Valley VQAMed Int, starting to develop
    Berries
    T: Med+ Acid, med tanning [drying], med int, med/+ finish
    Floral, red cranberry, tomato stalk juice, touch of spice, vegetal ripeConc: Better then the 01 and 02, a little bit more complex on the palate, it opened up some with a decant, BUT DRINK NOW, tannins are drying (84 pts.)
  • 2004 Osoyoos Larose Le Grand Vin- Canada, British Columbia, Okanagan Valley, Okanagan Valley VQAA: Med Int, Developing, Woody, Vegetal, Meaty, Dill, Earth
    T: Med+ Acid, med+ tanin [drying], med+ body,
    Fleshy Plum, SavouryConc: Not overly complex, a little more fruit on this then the 01-03 but tannins still drying (85 pts.)
  • 2005 Osoyoos Larose Le Grand Vin- Canada, British Columbia, Okanagan Valley, Okanagan Valley VQAAfter the first four vintages [ 01 - 04] being disappointing it was kinda of hard to focus properly and take real notes, was not interestedClosed Nose, Slowly Opens up but disappointing (82 pts.)
  • 2006 Osoyoos Larose Le Grand Vin- Canada, British Columbia, Okanagan Valley, Okanagan Valley VQAFROM A MAGNUM
    After the first four vintages [ 01 - 04] being disappointing it was kinda of hard to focus properly and take real notes, was not interestedAcidic [High Acid], decanted half the magnum shows better decanted but acid is screaming high, just not interesting not complex or anything (79 pts.)
  • 2007 Osoyoos Larose Le Grand Vin- Canada, British Columbia, Okanagan Valley, Okanagan Valley VQAAfter the first four vintages [ 01 - 04] being disappointing it was kinda of hard to focus properly and take real notes, was not interestedFruit/ Juicy, VanillaConc: this one was the best out of them all it was fleshy, juicy and the vanilla from the oak helped out (86 pts.)

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Barossa Valley, Australia, LANGMEIL VERTICAL [1998 - 2008 ]

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Weston| 1 Comment

During the Vancouver Playhouse Festival I was fortunate enough to attend a vertical tasting of Langmeil Winery, on their wine “The Freedom” 100% Shiraz.  Now to be honest, I didnt go into this event with high expectations as I for one do not find a lot of austrlian wines interesting to me, usually a little to big for me, I’ve had a couple of the Penfolds mid tiered stuff St Henri, RWT, and they came across as Blackberry jam so with that knowledge I just wasn’t expecting anything to change my mind on austrlian wines.

Then I tried the The Freedom Shiraz, the olders ones were great, the oak intergrated into the wine, lots of red fruit with great acidity was it awesome, the young ones especially the 2008 is what I would expect of Shiraz from Austrlia but becasue I tried older vintages I could see how in the future it would be an amazing wine, give it 5-10years and you have yourself an excellent wine.

Thanks to Trialto Wine Group for the ticket the event

LANGMEIL VERTICAL [1998 - 2008 ] – Gotham Steak House, Vancouver [Basement] (4/1/2011)

Vancouver Intertional Playhouse Wine Festival Week, this event was for Langmeil Winery, to try a vertical of “The Freedom” 1843, Vines are rfom 184. Alluvial Loam Soil/Red Clay over Limestone/Ironstone.

  • 1998 Langmeil Shiraz The Freedom – Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley

    C: Med+ Intensity, Garnet
    A: Med Fruit Intensity, Developing/Developed
    Savoury Notes, Opening nicely to some beautiful semi dried notes raisin/cranberry/prunes

    T: High Acid, Med+ Tannin, med+ intensity, med+ finish
    on the initial attack tons of minerality, Cranberry (89 pts.)

  • 1999 Langmeil Shiraz The Freedom – Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley

    C: Med Ruby showing signs of garnet at rim
    A: med+ intensity, developing
    still showing youth some savoury notes, beautiful red lipstick touch of funk, mint/herb
    T: MeD+ Acid, Med+ Tannin
    Red fruit/dried cranberries, savoury, very fresh mint/herbs, opening with some crushed flowers

  • 2000 Langmeil Shiraz The Freedom – Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley

    Med+ Ruby
    Med+ Intensity, Nice red fruit gorgerous red cherry, with a dash of licourice, floral+, violets
    T: med+ acidity, med+ tannin
    Nice mix of red cranberry, black currant, little cola,spice, still young and fresh

    Conc: This was one of my favourite of the flight [along with 2005] so pretty with violets yes please (92 pts.)

  • 2001 Langmeil Shiraz The Freedom – Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley

    Hottest year in 100yrs
    Med+ intensity
    Savoury, red fruit, grapey/red, little stemminess, nice licourice, little raisin
    T: High tannin, med+ acid, med/+ intensity, med/+ finish
    Nice round fresh cherry,

    Conc: Balanced, fresh and young very good for a hot year (91 pts.)

  • 2002 Langmeil Shiraz The Freedom – Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley

    Deep Ruby
    Coffee/mocha Notes, nice red fruit
    T: med+ tannin, med/+acid, med intensity, med/+ finish
    minerality, sweetness of oak, coffee/mocha

    Conc: has potential still needs time to integrate with the oak

  • 2003 Langmeil Shiraz The Freedom – Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley

    Big Rain Fall this year
    Nice Perfume, peppery, black seasme, coffee

    Palate, Minerality ++, Rhubarb, Cherry, A nice elegance to it (91 pts.)

  • 2004 Langmeil Shiraz The Freedom – Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley

    Deep Ruby
    A: Refined nose, interesting nose could not pin down

    Med+acid, Pronounced Intensity, long finish
    Mineral, Mocha, Cherry, raspberry coolie, dash of vanilla (91 pts.)

  • 2005 Langmeil Shiraz The Freedom – Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley

    Gorgerous Aromas, fresh, a little red raisin, love it

    T: Med+ Acid, med+ tannin, high intensity, long finish
    complex fruit, spice very interesting not dried fruit notes but not fresh very nice, Opening up very nice now too

    conc: The first thing my brain told me when I tasted this “If Amarone was good” (93 pts.)

  • 2006 Langmeil Shiraz The Freedom – Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley

    Nose is Closed, maybe touch of Meat
    T: med+ acid
    Mineral, Cranberry/cherry, little oak sweetness

    conc: mainly shutdown tho

  • 2007 Langmeil Shiraz The Freedom – Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley

    Nice Fresh fruit, perfume, little nutty?
    High Acid, Med+ body, young lots of red fruit

    Conc: Very Young, need 4yrs min

  • 2008 Langmeil Shiraz The Freedom – Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley

    Med+ Ruby
    Sweet Ripe fruit, some floral notes

    Vanilla, Cherry, Youthful, meat

    Conc: Young needs 4-5yrs

My Favourite Wines
2000 and 2005
2nd and 3rd Place was 2001 and 2002

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New York City [May 2011]

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Weston| Leave a comment

May 2011 decided to head to New York City for what it has to offer, and that is wine, food and art!

Our plans of what we decided to visit were as follow.  A longer write up on some of the events to come.

Wine: Our plans included a visit to Bar Boulud for their big bottle BTG [by the glass] that Michael Madrigale does so well. A Vayniac Tasting at Tribeca Grill, and drink up some wines I purchased off of Zachys Auction. Also a visit to Wine Library in New Jersey to drop off some Painted Rock wines for the show

Food: Dinner at Daniel [3 Michelin Stars]

Art: Guggenheim, MOMA, and the Buildings!

New York Taxi

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