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Location: Wellesley, MA, United States

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  1. (5 months ago)

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    nickinnorthbeach
    I've shown remarkable restraint thus far in opening those bottles from our trip. I'm considering taking the Cleary Ranch bottles to Pinetop with me next weekend to share with my family, but those rubes probably woudn't know good stuff from two buck chuck. I'll probably sit on them for a while. I've been doing my jug shop thing lately. New reviews posted!

  2. (6 months ago)

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    mcrandall
    ...that was a $40 Chardonnay? OK, from a value perspective I did not love it! Taking price into consideration, I'd pass on it. Sheesh, Bob, you treated us TOO well!

  3. (6 months ago)

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    mcrandall
    ROFL! Sure, Bob...it's in my twitpic account. I'll retweet the URL. Just curious, were you sneaking off and making tasting notes whilst the rest of us were getting wasted? No way was my head in it enough to review those wines in any coherent sense! :-D I just know I loved the Chardonnay we started on and the Cabernet Sauvignon we had third. Thanks again and again for having us!

  4. (7 months ago)

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    mcrandall
    You've never eaten oak?! What makes you think you can review wine! ;-) I am going to look for that bitter finish you found in the Acacia. I wonder if it was the vintage, because I haven't noticed it before.

  5. (9 months ago)

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    mcrandall
    Review of Profile up...I loved it!

  6. (9 months ago)

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    mcrandall
    Maybe I don't get this whole corkboard thang. I think I have to post here, for you to be notified that I replied to you! So, here you go...I said, on my own board (d'oh): Heh, I killed a bottle of Clos du Bois Chardonnay last night...guess I could review that one. Not very exciting, though it did the trick!

  7. (9 months ago)

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    nickinnorthbeach
    I have tried a few burgandys. Most memorably in NYC at a small french place in the meat packing district when Brandi and I stayed there prior to a certain Conneticut wedding we "attended" in 2000. Maybe that's why I was so hung over the next day and got lost in New Jersey. For the most part I like old school French burgandys but as described in Mondovino, they're so much more understated than new world wines. This is a good thing according to the movie's premise, but I'm just so used to the big reds. I'm probably just another California wine rube that way. It's hard to get into French and Italian wines in San Francisco when CA wines are so much more familiar to me, to restaurants, to wine store clerks, etc. I found one wine bar in the neighborhood which specializes in French wines, but it's like $10 a glass. Gimme a bottle for $15 and I'll be on my way home to watch the giants game thank you. I know on the east coast French and Italian are 1 and 1A on the list. Here CA wines are 1, then Aussie and NZ wines probably come in 2nd. Then European. Proabably because Aus and NZ are more similar to the CA style. I would love to learn more about French wine. My sister has toured wineries in France and Italy and says it was a great experience. If you have some recommendations I'm all ears.

  8. (9 months ago)

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    nickinnorthbeach
    Hey have you seen "Mondovino" yet? I think you would really like it.

  9. (9 months ago)

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    nickinnorthbeach
    Yes, good pinot noir is hard to find cheap. The SF Chron did a big article a couple years ago about how the recent Pinot rage made for a lot of cheap labels "cabernizing" Pinot Noir with cheaper merlot and cab grapes blended in. Also the California trend in making wines bigger has made "true" burgandy style pinots more rare. Hence the price hike. Have you ever had Mark West Pinot Noir? They carry it at costco here. It's a blend from several CA regions but it's still pretty darn good for $10. My local wine shop calls it "the people's pinot". Still, Russian River, Carneros, Anderson Valley, and Oregon are all fantastic but you have to spend double on what you would a decent cab.

  10. (9 months ago)

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    nickinnorthbeach
    What up Bob. Just cruising around this site and I read some of your recent reviews. Dude you live the high life! I'll try to start posting reviews on the wines I drink in the future so we can compare notes. I'm on a Pinot Noir kick lately. My wallet is feeling it. Very difficult to get good stuff under $20. Although Mark West is not bad for $10....