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Best Wines:Ridge Zins, Veuve Clicquot ChampagneDream Wine:I'm just trying to get through my cellar.....Recent Favorite:Cline Old Vine Zin
Best Wines:Sacred Hill Sauvignon Blanc (New Zealand), Orogeny Chardonnay, Provenance Mt. Veeder Merlot, Miner Family Vineyards Oracle.Dream Wine:Opus One anything - yeah, I'm a virgin.Recent Favorite:Navarro Correas Ultra
Best Wines:Need to taste a few more before I can label any of them "the best."Dream Wine:A collection of 2008 vintages to cellar and enjoy for anniversaries.Recent Favorite:1994 Lafluer de Gay Pomerol: Had it on my honeymoon with Lamb.
Best Wines:1996 Chateau St Jean Cinq Cepages
1997 or 1998 Merryvale Profile
2000 Beausejour Becot Bordeaux
1996 Dom Perignon
1997 Silver Oak NVCS
A Peter Huwiler "Graveyard Special" He buried several bottles of Merlot (1992?) in his backyard and brought them to a party - they looked awful but tasted divine! Sorry to see him leave Merryvale. He's a fun guy!Dream Wine:I guess I'd like to try the Screamin' Eagle so I can see what makes it so "coveted."Any of the First Growth Bordeaux from 1961, 1990.
Recent Favorite:1996 Chateau St Jean Cinq Cepages - this was a #1 on Wine Spectator's Top 100 list if memory serves.
Best Wines:Heitz 1990 Cabernet SavignonRecent Favorite:The one last night.I've Visited:Alsace; the Pfalz and Rheinhessen in Germany; Napa
Best Wines:Geeze, far too many to count. But what started it off for me was an Eberle Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, from Eberle Winery in Paso Robles.Dream Wine:Screaming Eagle, Petrus, and eventually my own wine.Recent Favorite:Every week I'm fortunate to have fantastic wines at a variety of price points. Recently in New York I had Orin Swift's "The Prisoner."
Best Wines:definitely a 1929 Chateau Y'QuemDream Wine:1998 Petrus, 1982 Haut Brion.Recent Favorite:2005 Bodega Castano 'Solanera' an inexpensive wine, Monastrell, CS and Tintorera.... fab for $11 with grilled chicken.
Best Wines:Silve Oak Cab, Dry Creek Old Vines Zinfandel, Franciscan Magnificat, Mt. Veeder Cab, Domaine Chandon Pinot Nois, Des Voignes Cellar's Untitled and many more that were so good, I can't remember the name, if you know what I mean.Dream Wine:I don't know. There are so many wonderful wines out there waiting to be explored.A Petite Rouge from the Valle d'Aosta region of NE Italy. Mmmmm.
Best Wines:Domaine de Granajolo Blanc (100% Vermentinu) from CorsicaDream Wine:I'd really like to try a Chateau d'Yquem to see what the fuss is all about.Recent Favorite:Surprisingly, I recently finally tasted a Vino Verde I enjoyed. I had almost given up on them but found one worth trying.
Best Wines:88 LatourDream Wine:Mouton-Rothschild, Pauillac and Chateau PetrusRecent Favorite:again. hmm, so many to choose from
Best Wines:The very few I have tasted I would have to say the most full bodied cab Napa could produce.Dream Wine:I have yet to learn of such a wine, when that it is a glass of wine that each new day brings is a dream itself.Recent Favorite:Roth, Napa valley 04'
Best Wines:Château La Nerthe. Châteauneuf du Pape 2004 Rouge #1
Le Dix DE Los Vascos
Groth 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon
Ramey Jerico Canyon Cab 2003
Mateus Rose
Orphelin, St. MichelleDream Wine:..any Chateau Lafite Rothschild Paulliac. ..and guzzle it for pure fun....Recent Favorite:Châteauneuf du Pape 2004, Château La Nerthe; simply fireworks for minutes after a sip, ja?
Best Wines:Champagne Giraud Grand Cru Ay, Fut du Chenes 1998; Chateau Tertre Roteboeuf, 2005; Domaine Cornu, Corton, 1991; Domaine Henri Naudin-Ferrand, Ladoix 1er Cru, La Corvee...Dream Wine:A very old french wine that was fabulously made and is still singing it's own little opera.Recent Favorite:Panasau, El Vell Coster 2005; Ca d"Rocchi, 2000 Amarone Della Valipolicella, La Bastia, Tinazzi.
Dream Wine:Chateau Petrus - just for the Alias connection.Recent Favorite:A sparkling red from Piemonte. Awesome. Great as a replacement to champagne either before or after dinner.I've Visited:Just California wineries so far! Sonoma, Napa, Paso Robles, Santa Barbara...
Best Wines:Again... Franciscan Cabernet 2004, Ferrari Carrano Alexander Valley 2004, Roth 2004, Napa Cellars 2004,
BV Rutherford Napa Valley 2004, Louis Martini Napa Valley 2004...
The list goes on...Dream Wine:I can't name a specific brand but I do know it would be a full bodied smooth, dry cabernet. Preferrably Napa.Recent Favorite:Napa Cellars on Saturday night.
Best Wines:Let me come back to this one in a few years- I'm still pretty green.Dream Wine:TBD...Recent Favorite:Hands down, the 06 Arterberry Maresh Pinot Noir.
Best Wines:hrmmm...I'll tell you when I have tasted more. :-)Dream Wine:2003 Rene Rostaing Cote Rotie La Landonne. I tasted this wine recently and it was absolutely, and without question, the best wine I have ever tasted - complex structure, bouquet and finish with the most significant earthy, mineral flavor of the regional terroir throughout. Just amazing.Recent Favorite:2005 Rene Rostaing Cote Rotie Cuvee Classique
Best Wines:You know, I tend to love the wines that go with amazing meals and happy times spent with friends. To me, where and with whom you drink wine becomes part of the experience. I do love the Mosel's amazing rieslings and the amazing way Fiano di Avellino (perhaps a Feudi di San Gregorio or Mastroberardino) pairs with the bold seafood dishes you find in Naples and the surrounding seaside towns. I'm a lot more about the entire wine experience and much less interested in labels, price tags and scores. But that's just me.Dream Wine:I'd love to own some of the Mosel's best rieslings, perhaps from Markus Molitor. Once, long ago, I tried a red wine from the Ahr region of Germany and it was wonderful. Ahr wines are almost impossible to find in the U.S., but I'd happily add Ahr reds to my collection.Recent Favorite:A beautiful Auxerrois from Weingut Adam Müller in Leimen, Germany...we tried it in the vineyard...you can read about it here.
Best Wines:1989 La Mission Haut Brion or 2001 d'YquemDream Wine:1947 Cheval BlancRecent Favorite:Two recent Barolos from my birth year:
1958 Borgogno Barolo Riserva
This was opened at 2:30 and slowly oxygenated until 5:30 when we left for the restaurant. It was decanted for sediment right before pouring. This was light ruby on pouring. It looked and acted like a 1990 Barolo. This was a library release. Just a classic Barolo to me. It was a bit tight on opening but quickly opened in the glass. The nose was cherries, tar and rose petals. Wonderful. On the palate, this was just right. Complex. Layers of cherries, floral notes and a bit of earthiness at times. Wonderful balance and great acidity. Perfect with the food. I was able to follow this for about an hour, perhaps a bit more as I drained the remains in the decanter and it never fell off or died. 50+5+14+18+8=951958 G. Conterno Barolo
This was opened at 2:30 and allowed to breather until 5:30 when we left for the restaurant. It was decanted for sediment right before pouring. A fascinating wine to watch. Light orange/garnet in color, clear and bright. The nose was gorgeous on pouring but had a slightly oxidized/caramel quality to it. Somewhat sherry like. That however, blew off after about 20 minutes. There was also a cherry, dried cherry, tar and rose component that kept getting stronger. This tasted like an older wine, much older than the Borgogno, but really rocked. At about the hour mark, it was showing vibrant although delicate cherry flavors. Great earthiness and was packed with craisins, tobacco, tar and earthiness. In the end I preferred this to the Borgogno but just by a bit. I think the table was mixed. 50+4+14+19+9=96
Best Wines:Chateau Musar, MacPhail Pinot Noir, Tandem Pinot Noir, and many italian/french wines the names of which now escape me.Dream Wine:One of the wines on which Thomas Jefferson inscribed his initials.Recent Favorite:Chateau Musar. Had it for the first time recently at Delmonico's in Vegas. My new favorite wine.
