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(2009-12-27 19:37:16 UTC)

Angela Laurion
Angela Laurion said…

I just had to say, I loved your story about the bear/tree stump.

2004 Red Belly Black Shiraz
(2009-03-28 17:43:49 UTC) buddy icon 2004 Red Belly Black Shiraz 92/100

Received as xmas gift... definitely adding it to our list of regular buys. great blend of berries and what i want to call a black pepper...

2007 MANAGE A TROIS
(2009-03-28 16:04:43 UTC) buddy icon 2007 MANAGE A TROIS 96/100

Incredible red wine... had great blackberry taste and a refreshingly subtle spicy finish. The best gift wine we've ever received.

2005 chateau teyssier st emilion grand cru
(2008-12-10 01:26:14 UTC) buddy icon 2005 chateau teyssier st emilion grand cru 89/100

NV White Catawba
(2008-12-08 02:39:54 UTC) buddy icon NV White Catawba 93/100

My second favorite Ferrante wine (to Gewurtz) is a nice blend of sweet and fruity flavors...

2006 Alice White - Lexia
(2008-12-08 02:36:13 UTC) buddy icon 2006 Alice White - Lexia 90/100

Refreshing outdoors in the summer type of wine... more a table wine for the picnic area, than a fine addition to dinner.

NV Ferrante Vidal Blanc
(2008-12-08 02:33:16 UTC) buddy icon NV Ferrante Vidal Blanc 92/100

Sweet and tasty white from one of the better northern ohio wineries, despite their heavy leanings in commercialized nerdiness.

NV barefoot chardonnay
(2008-06-29 21:42:41 UTC) buddy icon NV barefoot chardonnay 93/100

A few years ago I was walking in a national park on the eastern seaboard of the united states. my friend and i spent a cloudy september day hiking to the base of a 6,000 foot mountain and then back up to our car. On the way back up, the clouds parted and while we looked up at the picturesque beauty of a blue sky through the boughs of enormous conifers, i saw a large black object out of the corner of my eye. I yelled (this story has also been told with the word "shriek" in place of yell. i prefer yell.) and ducked into a fetal position. 15 minutes later, my friend nudged me and said "that wasn't a bear, it is a tree stump"... i immediately stopped rocking back and forth in my carefully assembled nest of pinecones and deer droppings, grabbed my walking stick and continued up the mountain. for the price, this wine may seem scary. $6 wines are usually only noticed during peripheral scans of the local wine merchant, and before even considering buying them, we form an idea in our heads of corked vinegar in bright packaging... but don't worry, it's good stuff. the barefoot chardonnay is regularly consumed by me and the missus.