[QUOTE=Greshmahg, post:12, topic:308620]
You buy onions from Walla Walla, not wine.
Yet to visit a vineyard down there that I’ve liked.
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That’s a real shame, your taste buds must be malfunctioning. Five Star, Walla Walla Vintners, Adamant, Reynvaan, on and on the shining stars go.
[QUOTE=davirom, post:9, topic:308620]
I really liked the syrah from K vineyards, which I believe is nearby, does anyone know if this is similar?
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For the Syrah, Reininger will be much different, more elegant and balanced, but probably a touch “hotter” in alcohol, and more lush. K Vintners is all about the raw, earthy, forest floor, minerally nature of Syrah. K does their best work when sourcing from super rocky vineyards, leading to a dense, almost concentrate quality to the syrah. The Reininger will be full in flavor, but a little warmer and sweeter than this. Pepper Bridge vineyards are just more balanced, more even than what K goes for in small Walla Walla vineyards (and even their Wahluke Slope stuff).
Woot: please offer the barrel of olives again on this woot-off.
My barrel has been empty for too long. I’m in for 3 if they are offered again.
[QUOTE=kagayaki1, post:21, topic:308620]
That’s a real shame, your taste buds must be malfunctioning. Five Star, Walla Walla Vintners, Adamant, Reynvaan, on and on the shining stars go.
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I’d have to agree with pro-Walla Walla reviews too… Walla Walla has many great wines. Whether you’re a believer in anything Robert Parker says, he consistently rates a few wineries/wines way up there in his ratings. Personally, Cayuse and Dumas Station are a few I’ve had that I loved. (had an '05 Grenache this past weekend from Cayuse.. wow!). Even the landscape lends to great grape growing, with its very rocky makeup. I’m sure some French growers would agree it looks similar to their homeland in that regard…
I bought this last time it was offered. I don’t typically drink Merlot or Syrah, so take this as you wish, but I thought the Merlot was fantastic and the Syrah was way too spicy and hot for my buds. Not sure if it needs more time in the bottle, but I have a wine fridge full of reds that need to age in the bottle more. I would think about going in for two and gifting the Syrah, but I should probably hold off on the wine buying before SWMBO and my baby girl-to-be kick my you know what…
[QUOTE=rmholder, post:15, topic:308620]
What’s with no wines from Texas? I know it’s not producing near what some California regions are, but there’s some decent stuff out here that I think the ww community would like (can’t be any worse than wine from Walla Walla - although I can’t judge too harshly or at all since I haven’t tasted in that region yet). I can’t make it to the website each day, so watch Cesare or someone post 1 or 12 links to previous offerings from Texas. Go ahead, make my day :oD
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Please never – NEVER – offer any wines from Texas. The only ones that I’ve thought were drinkable are from Driftwood (which is near Mandola’s which someone else liked) but Texas wines are beyond terrible. That may be just slightly harsh since I want the local stuff to be good and probably hold it to a higher standard (I live near the Hill Country and enjoy driving through it occasionally to see if things are getting better (and they are, but it’s very slow), but please don’t confuse the “wine” that’s being made in Texas with wine that’s drinkable.)
Not all of us that live in Texas think that all-things-Lone-Star are better than all-things-not-Lone-Star. Garbage is still garbage wherever it’s made.
[QUOTE=worldofjohnboy, post:25, topic:308620]
I bought this last time it was offered. I don’t typically drink Merlot or Syrah, so take this as you wish, but I thought the Merlot was fantastic and the Syrah was way too spicy and hot for my buds. Not sure if it needs more time in the bottle, but I have a wine fridge full of reds that need to age in the bottle more. I would think about going in for two and gifting the Syrah, but I should probably hold off on the wine buying before SWMBO and my baby girl-to-be kick my you know what…
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You ever try Andrew Murray, or Calcaraous Syrahs? What Syrahs do you like? (to give us points of reference!)
cheers!
[QUOTE=jbfowlertx, post:26, topic:308620]
Please never – NEVER – offer any wines from Texas. The only ones that I’ve thought were drinkable are from Driftwood (which is near Mandola’s which someone else liked) but Texas wines are beyond terrible. That may be just slightly harsh since I want the local stuff to be good and probably hold it to a higher standard (I live near the Hill Country and enjoy driving through it occasionally to see if things are getting better (and they are, but it’s very slow), but please don’t confuse the “wine” that’s being made in Texas with wine that’s drinkable.)
Not all of us that live in Texas think that all-things-Lone-Star are better than all-things-not-Lone-Star. Garbage is still garbage wherever it’s made.
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Nobody seriously drinks almost all Greek wines, or many Portuguese ones. It’s partly the weather…
Well, screaming monkey is up! This is the first woot-off that I didn’t buy in since I joined a year ago. 
[QUOTE=jbfowlertx, post:26, topic:308620]
Not all of us that live in Texas think that all-things-Lone-Star are better than all-things-not-Lone-Star. Garbage is still garbage wherever it’s made.
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Just as an aside, I am only a temporary resident of the state. I am not saying that they (or anything in Texas) are superior to anything else, I just think some of the wines I have had (mostly outside of hill country) were good. You’re statement could just as easily be applied to Napa wines. If they’re too small of a production to be offered here, then so be it.
[QUOTE=Greshmahg, post:19, topic:308620]
Out of all the Texas wines I’ve tried, Mandola in Driftwood was the only one that didn’t taste like piss.
Walla Walla wines are at least drinkable. But they’re the red-headed stepchild to the wider array of Columbia Valley wines and Willamette Valley wines. By Texas standards, they might as well be the finest vineyards in the world. For those of us in the Northwest, they’re the Pabst Blue Ribbon of wines.
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Reminds me of the aphorism oft attributed to Abraham Lincoln; “It’s better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak up and remove all doubt.”
Why can’t I look at the receipt for this purchase? Whenever I look at it I just get a server error. I can look at any other receipt, just not this one.
I have filled out the form on the page here:
telling the whole, sad, sordid story. Hopefully it’s something easily fixed.