A fair restaurant corkage fee is:
The wine region I most want to visit:
My "wish list" of wines I want to acquire soon:
'82 Gaja Barbaresco, '82, '89 Cavallotto Bricco Boschis Riserva, '90 Sori Paitin Barbaresco, Boncompagni Ludovisi Fiorano Semillon
My biggest wine pet peeve:
Jammy, sweet, unharmonious wines that spoil immediately due to having no structure.
My dream wine to one day taste or own:
A '66 Latour with a nice neck high fill, '45 Mouton but that is stretching it, '59 Bollinger or some other amazing bubbly, an old Prosecco or Pavi, vintage Giacosa Riserva Barbaresco.
The best wines I have ever tasted:
'94-96 Ducru Beaucaillou, '90 Opus One, '89-93 Boncompagni Ludovisi Fiorano, '82 Cavallotto Bricco Boschis Riserva, '89 Francesco Rinaldi & Figli, '66 Ribolla Gialla Movia "Moon", '68 Merlot Movia, '65 Badia a Coltibuono Chianti Riserva, '70 Tenute Colue, '90 Cannalicchio di Sopra Riserva Brunello, '01 Sori Paitin Barbaresco, '06 Domaine Moillard, '01 LeRoy Bourgogne Rouge
The people with whom I most often enjoy wine:
Oliveto regulars and staff. Marco Mirenzi. Jen Lampton. Terbo Ted. My father.
The last wine I had that I absolutely loved:
2001 Sori Paitin Barbaresco.
What I think of the movie Sideways:
Charming. I like some central coast wines. I found it funny that so many people have the same taste: hate bad chard, love reds, some syrah, some riesling too. *snicker*
My thoughts on the 100 point rating scale made famous by Robert Parker and emulated by seemingly everyone:
It's better than the Michelin three star scale. *snicker*
My wine travels have taken me to the following wine regions:
Napa, Sonoma, Germany (multiple areas), Austria, Val d'Aosta, Australia
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