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a few buddies and i do blind tastings every once and awhile the other night we did a california cabernet sauvignon tasting groth, mt veeder, caymus, pine ridge, ridge and franciscan this is balla   each person had 6 outstanding cabs in front of them  the first course wedge salad  more pics in a little bit |
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Cabernet Sauvignon Tasting Dinner December 27, 2007 Caymus, Napa Valley 2005 Ridge Monte Bello, California 1997 Mount Veeder, Napa Valley 2004 Pine Ridge, Napa Valley 2003 Franciscan, Napa Valley 2004 Groth Oakville, Napa Valley 2004 Wedge Salad – Bleu D’Auvergen (France) Short Rib Ragu – Maytag Blue (Iowa) Lamb Chops with Gorgonzola Butter and Sweet Potato Puree – Gorgonzola (Italy) Pear and Fennel Salad – Cambozola (Germany) Dates Stuffed with Blue Cheese and Almonds, Wrapped in Bacon – Shropshire Blue (UK) Justin, Obtuse Paso Robles, California 2006 blue cheese theme braised short rib ragu  lamb chops  gremolata fixings garlic, parsley and lemon zest   pear and fennel salad  date with mango, ginger habanero sauce 
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Lamb chops are sooooooo good!! How much were the wines $$? |
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3 3 3 I'm only half evil.
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Groth: $47.99 Pine Ridge: $72.99 Caymus: $65.99 Mt. Veeder: $ 29.99 franciscan about $20 and the ridge was about $70 |
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| TR on the wines? which would you buy again, and is there a huge difference between the $70 wine and the $10 wine? | |||
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| flomo |
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TR for the wines all the wines were fantastic and worth buying again(ok maybe not the pine ridge) the ridge which would normally be the most expensive about $140 was on sale at a local store to move it-->marked down $70 the ridge was also old compared to the others, it was a 1997 in the blind tasting the four of us ranked it low, the best it got was fourth from one taster the pine ridge and franciscan were both ranked very low --> mostly 5 and six for everybody groth was ranked in the middle the caymus was #2(lots of toffee, chocolate, and nutty flovors) the mt veeder was #1(dark fruit and caramel) |
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thx for the TR flomo. I've had a Caymus cab before and enjoyed it, but not enough to justify the price. The Mt. Veeder is more reasonable, I'll definitely look for it. Although I've been less into big, fruity California Cabs recently and have been drinking more from France, Spain and Italy. You didn't mention the Justin... I think their entry level (~$25 I think) is excellent, but that's not it in the picture. I'm sorry you're on the opposite coast, you're high on my list of FTR'ers I'd like to hang out with 
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i am 18 and i just started to get a taste for red wine. don't like the whites right now. I guess my palate is maturing, a few months ago I didn't like wine at all. I also do some cooking, I can post some pictures, but its not the stuff flomo does up. I feed the family from time to time so its usually really tasty, cheap to make good stuff. thread delivers flomo. im going to cut my food into wedges from now on. Everything tastes better in wedge form. |
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another wine tasting(the start of a large tasting, 12 different wines eventually) New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc   brancott reserve, matua valley, nobilo, babich piquillo peppers and goat cheese  piquilllo peppers are amazing, just open can/jar and eat look for ones that come from spain chorizo and shrimp(tapa)  scallop ceviche with guacamole   yellowfin tuna ceviche  the brancott reserve and babich were the favorite wines, but all were excellent NZ SBs are all great and inexpensive(below $25) the tastings are blind |
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My Dad was given 6 x bottles of Chateau Margaux. About £90/$180 a bottle. He put them away, though we were gonna have a coupla bottles with Xmas dinner(twas the best wine i've had, and i drink about 3 bottles(ahem, probably more) a week). anyways.....My Nan was over there with my sister and some of my sisters friends, all of whom have no tastebuds and couldn't tell the difference between a sweet sherry and a bourbon whiskey. They proceed to get through 2 bottles. "As you had 6 bottles i thought that was the best one to drink" ........she did very kindly replace the 2 bottles. With Blossom Hill. Unbelievable |
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As for the wine, I've had a Justin Isosceles back in 2003ish and it was fantastic. I brought a bottle to a tasting on the recommendation of a local wine merchant and it did not disappoint. You can pick up a bottle for under$50 and it was ranked better by our amateur panel than wines costing 2x as much. I have never had their port before. Frankly I don't appreciate ports. Flomo, if you have a meritage tasting night, I highly recommend a good vintage Justin Isosceles. Caymus is usually good. I have a couple bottles in the cooler waiting for a good occasion. The Mt. Veeder sounds like one I'll have to try soon. As for the Ridge I can't believe the 1997 didn't drink well. Wow that should have been prime for the pickings. As for WillburForce, that is a freaking crying shame, freaking shame. I'm all about sharing good wine and turning friends into wine drinkers, but not people who have zero appreciation and zero desire to even learn. It's Thunderbird or Boone's Farm for them. |
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Playing live . . . thanks alot Bin Laden.
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 spoonit try this 
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just to make you wine hounds jealous - me and Missus are sorting our hols. Gonna do a 10 day wine/cider/calvados tour of Northern France. Ferry over from England, into Normandy - loads of nice ciders and calvados. also gonna pay our respects at the beaches. Then gentle drive into Loire valley. mmmmmmmmmm better white than red, but they'll have wine from all over. Gonna see various vinyards, fill up boot and spent the 10 days eating and drinking. 
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another group of NZ SB's cloudy bay, drylands, tohu and villa maria lomo, piquillo peppers and goat cheese  red and yellow pepper soup   scallop tartare with wasabi  red pepper hummus with veggies  mussel salad with avocado dressing  the wines were all great ---with cloudy bay being my favorite 2 villa maria 3 tohu 4 drylands i'm no expert, just like to drink trying to move up a level from drunk to wino 
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| flomo you are my new favorite poster | |||
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| will641 |
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| damn flomo you know how to have a good time. | |||
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These pics are making me hungry. Flomo I work in the Livermore Valley , some nice wines over here! |
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Beer is living proof that God loves and wants us to be happy- Benjamin Franklin
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I like how you roll Flomo!!!!!! Awesome set of Cabs ya got there. |
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Poker is easy, it's winning at poker that's hard.
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real food for Fyr chile rellenos  pork chops  ribs  general flomo's chicken 
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| Deanglow |
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| Know any good simple recipes (aka cheap for my college ass) for pork chops? I have salt and pepper fwiw. | |||
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| This is pretty awesome. I'm just posting here so that I remember to check on it whenever you add more. | |||
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Chile Rellenos!! mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Flomo, I'm drinking White Crane Cab ( 2004) right now- it's happenin
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Beer is living proof that God loves and wants us to be happy- Benjamin Franklin
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jdubs i'll have to check out the white crane (if it is in my price range an davailable in my area) |
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I never have been able to enjoy any wine, though I'm sure I haven't had the best stuff before. The food looks good though! This is more my style. 
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blind beer tasting pale ales and IPA's   we are not experts just drunks all 8 beers were great with the top 5 being fantastic this is the order we put them in 1. stone coast brewing "420" 2. stone IPA 3. bass 4. sierra nevada 5. shipyard 6. flying dog 7. brooklyn 8. sam adams we would have liked to had can of dale's pale ale included but were unable to get to MA before did this tasting next time we will get a few cans last time we did this sierra nevada was the one we liked best i reccommend everyone try doing this sort of thing
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IPAs are the best... My father-in-law and his neighbor conduct these massive (>15) taste-testings of Pale Ales, IPAs and a few ESBs... SOOOOOO fucking good. We agree that while Sierra Nevada is not the BEST IPA, but it is the gold-stamp standard by which one can judge all others... For being available almost anywhere, it is remarkably good. I'm having a difficult time remembering which I preferred overall... but I want to say that Centennial' IPA was very high on my list... We also did a testing with lagers, which was meh, cuz I'm not a big fan of lagers. Also a testing of a range of single-barrel and (premium) blended Irish Whiskeys... which was excellent. (My favorite was Redbreast.) FLOMO: Quick side question which is more to do with personal preference than anything, but if you had a choice between two IPAs and the only thing you could use to choose would be the clarity of the beer... would you prefer one that is more translucent (very clear) or more opaque (murky/cloudy)? Also, why not include the Long Trial IPA (seen in the background??) |
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So you click their picture and then you get their money?
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Flomo, I am jealous of your tastings that you can hold w/ your friends as I don't know anyone who appreciates beer or wine enough for one of these. Nonetheless, I am very disappointed in the choice of stemware for your beer tasting. Man up and steal some pint glasses from the local pub or something. |
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Playing live . . . thanks alot Bin Laden.
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| i saw you bought the wine at the nh liquor store, are you in nh? | |||
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| flomo |
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silly i only have 5 pint glasses but have 4-5 dozen wine glasses slowly educate a buddy or 2 to do tastings try something they like first, tastings are adddictive andy dartmouth area |
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| Silly String |
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I'm just being sarcastic 90% of the time. Don't take anything I say seriously on these boards unless it is poker related. I could try to organize a tasting, but all my friends would end up bringing Bud Light, White Zinfindel, or Thunderbird. blech! |
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Playing live . . . thanks alot Bin Laden.
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| boost |
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| murky beers are better. When you strain it youre removing flavor. Thats why the head of really clear beer almost tastes like soap. | |||
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another blind tasting of beer i love beer  last time we mostly prefered the darker styling, this time we preferred the light styling in order of how we liked them longtrail(light) smuttynose(med-dark) stone(light)<---this is a must try beer for ballas = $16.00 a six pack harpoon(light) bass(dark) shipyard(dark) "420" stone coast(dark) sierra nevada(med-light) we thought all were excellent beers and worth buying again i think the only filtered beer in the group was bass the word "unfiltered" reminds of wheat beers and i'm not a big fan of those |
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GENERAL FLOMO i like it |
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| Sierra nevada is sooooo good, drink a 6 pack of that and I'm feeling really Good!! | |||
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