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These devices are already in use in airports, though for the detection of explosive or toxic compounds. I'm not surprised someone developed a unit for measuring specific compounds in wine. Sugar, pH, alcohol concentration, all those are easy. Trying to detect the more complex substances is the tough part. I imagine they have built the detector with a very limited set of character compounds in mind.
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Can you get Jordan wines where you’re at Chess? If so, I just had their Chardonnay and it was very good. Probably the second best chardonnay I’ve ever had with first place going to Peter Michael, which is very hard to find.
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Can you get Jordan wines where you’re at Chess? If so, I just had their Chardonnay and it was very good. Probably the second best chardonnay I’ve ever had with first place going to Peter Michael, which is very hard to find. I'm not sure if the Jordan brand is carried here or not. We typically get the 'big' widely sold brands and the occasional harder to find wines at the local private stores. The selection is good, but rarely would one ever fine a bottle of a 1000 case limited selection XYY from anywhere outside of the province let alone the country. There are some 'rare' BC wines that used to sell here in Manitoba quite well but because of the western country demand, i haven't seen them in ages. I have to travel to BC to buy them now. I will ask around for the Jordan brand. If i don't find one, perhaps we can setup a chardonnay exchange. There is a bottle you can only buy in Ontario that i think you would love.
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My case of Hartford wines arrived two weeks ago and I tried the 2006 Russian River Valley Zinfandel last night. Very nice Zin and seeing how I signed up as a wine club member, I get 15% off, which puts this bottle around $25. At $25, it’s the best zin at that price that I’ve had in quite some time. It’s not over the top and even with 15.5% alcohol, it wasn’t too heavy. It has a pleasant nose without being too fruity and a great finish. Depending on how my week goes, we plan on doing a Pinot horizontal with the 2006 Fog Dance, 2006 Land's Edge and 2005 Jennifer's Pinot. I also had them send me one of their Chardonnays.
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We’re making our annual pilgrimage to Napa next month. Oct 10th – 12th. Anyone going to be in the area that might want to meet with us for some Rutherford Grill cornbread?
This time we are targeting some of the smaller, private wineries that require appointments. Some I’ve tried, some not….
White Rock Orin Swift – (St. Helena) Flora Springs Jericho Canyon Winery (Calistoga) Madrigal Winery (Calistoga) T-Vine Cellars Barnett Spring Mountain Winery (St Helena, Spring Mountain Road) Jordan Winery (Healdsburg)
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I’ve made it through most of the Hartford wines I received a while back.
Tried the single vineyard Zin last night. It was a very fruit forward tasty zin. There’s no way to confuse this one with anything but a Cali Zin. At $50 a btl though….I’ve had better.
I still haven’t opened the Jennifer’s Pinot. The Fog Dance Pinot was excellent. A unique pinot to say the least. Everyone who had some (five of us) all enjoyed it. I’ll be buying more of these. The Land’s Edge Pinot was just too hot for my tastes. Way too much alcohol. I won’t be buying that one again.
All in all I this Hartford makes some very good wines. I can’t help be think they’ve been “Parkerized”. Parker’s ratings have enabled them to raise prices to a point where one has to wonder if they are paying too much or not. I’ll try a few more before I make up my mind whether or not to continue on with the wine club membership.
…….so many bottles, so little time and not enough money.
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Annual pillage of Napa already, has a year already gone bye. Looks like you have some good ones lined up. Wish I could get up there to join you for a taste, but these kids and their darn schooling now.
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Sissy!!!
Just kiddin...well not really...OK maybe a little. Too bad you can't join us. I'm looking foward to meeting your bride...er, I mean you!
Just opened and drank the Hartford Sote Chard. Dammmmm....this is one heck of a bottle. I'd rank this one right up there with the Peter Michael. And if anyone doesn't already know, Peter Michael wines are extreemly hard to find, and for good reason. to put this one on the same shelf is really saying something.
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Believe me I would love to come up, we're talking about doing Thanksgiving up there and doing the wine train Thanksgiving Family deal. This summer I started doing some white wines again after not really touching whites for several years, I've been trying to do a better job of pairing the wines with our Dinner and the whites really go better with much of the fare we've been eating. I'll have to grab a couple bottles of the Hartford Sote Chard. I still have a bottle of Cakebread Chard. somewhere around that I haven't tried
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Re: OT - What's your favorite Reds?
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Charles Shaw Shiraz (2 buck Chuck). Let it stand in a goblet for an hour and just slosh it down.
If you have to spend more money on your wine, then a 1985 Chateau Margaux will also work.
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