It is hard to keep up on anything that has to do with computer and blogging and emails whenyour compputer doesn't work. I have been using my sisters to try and get up to date on all these things and get people up to date. This will be e short little note for now, but I will not forget about this one again.
With money tight and life busy the wines have not really been a priority as they once were. It is hard to keep interest in them when you can't go out and buy them to try and to enjoy. Hopefully some day I will be in a spot to do it and pick it up where I left off at.
Life.....oh life....can always be blogged about. I have found it time consuming to keep all you up on life, but my mind is made up to try and keep it going more then I have, simply because it is more fun then I remembered it to be. Gotta have it, it gets addicting.
I guess I better get my computer fixed and my own wireless internet at home, so I can become just another wacked out web addict. So easy to do and so fun.
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Sunday, May 23, 2010
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
where have I been on here....
My apologize for not being or blogging on this site for some time. I have been working out of town and not home to enjoy my wines. Hopefully somebody out there still checks on this every no and then, but if not, I do it any way.
I have opened a 2005 NINE POINTS (Stags' Leap Winery) Cabernet Sauvignon from the Napa Vally. It is, from what I understand a wine that is made for Safeway which is where I have bought most of my wines. Made by a good winery in California, Stags' Leap Winery.
I have opened it with some aged goat cheese and my favorite brie.
Aromas of black berry, vanilla and oak. It is lacking a little bit in body, but has good flavor, is full and I would recommend it. I like it, not my favorite by all means, but a good wine. A little pricey for what you get, but I am willing to pay for it. One of my weekly drinkers.
I have opened a 2005 NINE POINTS (Stags' Leap Winery) Cabernet Sauvignon from the Napa Vally. It is, from what I understand a wine that is made for Safeway which is where I have bought most of my wines. Made by a good winery in California, Stags' Leap Winery.
I have opened it with some aged goat cheese and my favorite brie.
Aromas of black berry, vanilla and oak. It is lacking a little bit in body, but has good flavor, is full and I would recommend it. I like it, not my favorite by all means, but a good wine. A little pricey for what you get, but I am willing to pay for it. One of my weekly drinkers.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
April....15
I have been working up North and haven't had the chance to really taste or read about any of my wines for the past couple of weeks. I did buy a bottle of a Rodney Strong Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Sonoma County. I don't remeber the vintage I think it was a 2005. Nothing I would recommend to anyone. It lacked nose, aroma and body. More like drinking water with a hint of blackcurrant or plum.
I also had a bottle of Forest Glen Cabernet Sauvignon 2003, California that had been sitting around. It was very bitter and with strong tannins. It had a great nose: aromas of blackcherry, vanilla, and a little oak. Lacked body and not balanced.
Those are the only two new wines that I have tried lately.
I also had a bottle of Forest Glen Cabernet Sauvignon 2003, California that had been sitting around. It was very bitter and with strong tannins. It had a great nose: aromas of blackcherry, vanilla, and a little oak. Lacked body and not balanced.
Those are the only two new wines that I have tried lately.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Dunham....
I have to admit...I haven't tasted nearly enough wines (cabernet sauvignon) to say which is the best. I can only say what one is the best among those that I have bought/tried. Dunham Cellars 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon, is by far the best Cab. that I
have tasted. I am sure there are a lot of professional wine critics like Robert Parker, Oz Clark, Joseph Tanzer, Kevin Zraly or even Paul Gregutt (Washington's Wine Guy), who would highly disagree with me. Of course these are some to the biggest names in the world when it come to wine. I can't imagine what a real top of the world wine must taste like. Of course
they all do say and reiterate that it is an individual palate that tells you what wines to drink, not so much the reviews and the points.
The Dunham was exceptionally full bodied, bold and for what I have experience very balanced. Hints of blackcurrant, berry, suttle oak and a slight bit of spice. I would highly recommend it to anyone who like cabs.
Dunham, from what I have read, make consistly excellent wines but haven't yet made it to the superior mark. Consistincy,
is a key to me when it come to wines. You know you will always get a full, balanced wine with a Dunham Cellars
have tasted. I am sure there are a lot of professional wine critics like Robert Parker, Oz Clark, Joseph Tanzer, Kevin Zraly or even Paul Gregutt (Washington's Wine Guy), who would highly disagree with me. Of course these are some to the biggest names in the world when it come to wine. I can't imagine what a real top of the world wine must taste like. Of course
they all do say and reiterate that it is an individual palate that tells you what wines to drink, not so much the reviews and the points.
The Dunham was exceptionally full bodied, bold and for what I have experience very balanced. Hints of blackcurrant, berry, suttle oak and a slight bit of spice. I would highly recommend it to anyone who like cabs.
Dunham, from what I have read, make consistly excellent wines but haven't yet made it to the superior mark. Consistincy,
is a key to me when it come to wines. You know you will always get a full, balanced wine with a Dunham Cellars
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Wine....
Well, I have finished another one of my wine books, and have gotten lots of useful information.
Although mostly general, it is educational as well. I have compiled a small inventory of wine that I am going to continue to expand and taste. I keep notes of the wines I have tasted, mostly from here at home, but a few from where I have gone to dinner. I will work on getting them but on here or at least doing some kind of a small wine review from myself and may be a link to the list of what I have an what I enjoy drinking.
Since I am a red wine drinking, that is the area of interest that I have.
Cabernet Sauvignon... spicy, herb, tannics, with a blackcurrant sent or flavor.
Merlots...more of a plummy aroma
Pinot Noirs... much lighter with a perfume aroma, more elegant
I have tried a fair number of different cabernet's and have literally found a huge difference in flavor, aroma, and overall characteristics. I really never noticed it to much until I started try more and more.
Although mostly general, it is educational as well. I have compiled a small inventory of wine that I am going to continue to expand and taste. I keep notes of the wines I have tasted, mostly from here at home, but a few from where I have gone to dinner. I will work on getting them but on here or at least doing some kind of a small wine review from myself and may be a link to the list of what I have an what I enjoy drinking.
Since I am a red wine drinking, that is the area of interest that I have.
Cabernet Sauvignon... spicy, herb, tannics, with a blackcurrant sent or flavor.
Merlots...more of a plummy aroma
Pinot Noirs... much lighter with a perfume aroma, more elegant
I have tried a fair number of different cabernet's and have literally found a huge difference in flavor, aroma, and overall characteristics. I really never noticed it to much until I started try more and more.
Another Saturday and another raindrop....
As the days pass, and continue stacking themselves aloft each other as if someone is lining up dominoes,
just waiting for that moment to gently tap the first one and watch them collapse one after
another until there are none. As if each one were a day of our life, stood up as a memory and when the time
comes, someone gently touches that first one and so begins our finally days. As long as the hand that is stand them up stay ahead for the falling days behind we can continue.
I don't have any idea where, why or if it even makes sense. I can't read it over after I typed it because I will realize that it doesn't make any sense.
To continue from my first post....
If you haven't ever had the opportunity to experience life without the pressures of materialistic needs and
a society that is all about more more more, you haven't had the opportunity to find who you really are.
As the mountains became our home and we lived and experienced the feeling of natures securities,
the beauty, and the serenity... we grew mentally, physically, and emotionally. Far beyond that of anyone, who lived in what I would call "the commercialized web of selfishness"
There are so many memories and emotion that go with each, I will try as I write to keep them as sequentially as I can. If any thing I type is incorrect or there needs to be modification, I would hope that those of you
who where there with me (family) would correct me with a comment.
Wow! what do you do in the middle of nowhere with nothing but four kids, some dogs and cats, and a station wagon with all your belongings in it. Mind you not much can really fit in a station wagon, when you have a family of six and some small animals. I don't know if my mother and my father really knew what they or shall I say we were in for, but I know one thing, they did what they had to.
I remember the meadow above the creek where the "Icebox" was built. (The first real house built, that was extremely cold) It seems that the summer was beautiful, the warm sun and the meadow and a creek
to cool off in. Is there a better place a person would want to be. Was there the sound of passing cars? No!
The sounds of people and dogs and televisions...? Nope!
The freedom as a child to explore the mountains, the woods, the trees, the creek to roam and never be interrupted by anything, is beyond anything words can describe, but only of inner feelings. If you have ever seen "The Swiss Family Robinson" think about how the kids made you feel while you watched. The freedom they had,
the adventures, and the piece and quiet, and the family unity and fun. That is the feeling I get now when I look back on it all. We lived it and what an adventure and what an experience it was.
Would I do it again? Inside I would say yes. But knowing what I know now and realizing how hard is
was at times I don't know if I could actually handle it. When you haven't been there, I don't think
a person has any real idea of some of the hardships, the struggle and just the things we did
that were everyday things, because that was just the way it was.
One quick example is, walking through two or three feet of snow to the bus stop, which was 2 and a half miles away. As a kid it was an adventure, dark and cold mornings with the sound of snow crunching under our feet. I don't want to walk that far in the snow, that cold today. Not even once a week! But
then again that is simply because I don't have to. It made no difference to us as kids, that is just the way it was. Now thinking back on it, I don't want to do it. What it build inside of use as individuals and as a family
can never be replaced and will be with us for as long as those days keep getting stood up behind us.
just waiting for that moment to gently tap the first one and watch them collapse one after
another until there are none. As if each one were a day of our life, stood up as a memory and when the time
comes, someone gently touches that first one and so begins our finally days. As long as the hand that is stand them up stay ahead for the falling days behind we can continue.
I don't have any idea where, why or if it even makes sense. I can't read it over after I typed it because I will realize that it doesn't make any sense.
To continue from my first post....
If you haven't ever had the opportunity to experience life without the pressures of materialistic needs and
a society that is all about more more more, you haven't had the opportunity to find who you really are.
As the mountains became our home and we lived and experienced the feeling of natures securities,
the beauty, and the serenity... we grew mentally, physically, and emotionally. Far beyond that of anyone, who lived in what I would call "the commercialized web of selfishness"
There are so many memories and emotion that go with each, I will try as I write to keep them as sequentially as I can. If any thing I type is incorrect or there needs to be modification, I would hope that those of you
who where there with me (family) would correct me with a comment.
Wow! what do you do in the middle of nowhere with nothing but four kids, some dogs and cats, and a station wagon with all your belongings in it. Mind you not much can really fit in a station wagon, when you have a family of six and some small animals. I don't know if my mother and my father really knew what they or shall I say we were in for, but I know one thing, they did what they had to.
I remember the meadow above the creek where the "Icebox" was built. (The first real house built, that was extremely cold) It seems that the summer was beautiful, the warm sun and the meadow and a creek
to cool off in. Is there a better place a person would want to be. Was there the sound of passing cars? No!
The sounds of people and dogs and televisions...? Nope!
The freedom as a child to explore the mountains, the woods, the trees, the creek to roam and never be interrupted by anything, is beyond anything words can describe, but only of inner feelings. If you have ever seen "The Swiss Family Robinson" think about how the kids made you feel while you watched. The freedom they had,
the adventures, and the piece and quiet, and the family unity and fun. That is the feeling I get now when I look back on it all. We lived it and what an adventure and what an experience it was.
Would I do it again? Inside I would say yes. But knowing what I know now and realizing how hard is
was at times I don't know if I could actually handle it. When you haven't been there, I don't think
a person has any real idea of some of the hardships, the struggle and just the things we did
that were everyday things, because that was just the way it was.
One quick example is, walking through two or three feet of snow to the bus stop, which was 2 and a half miles away. As a kid it was an adventure, dark and cold mornings with the sound of snow crunching under our feet. I don't want to walk that far in the snow, that cold today. Not even once a week! But
then again that is simply because I don't have to. It made no difference to us as kids, that is just the way it was. Now thinking back on it, I don't want to do it. What it build inside of use as individuals and as a family
can never be replaced and will be with us for as long as those days keep getting stood up behind us.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
First post on this blog...
Well, here it is I finally decided to try a blog about my wines and my thoughts about them. I have managed to get, for me, a pretty good collection of wines, that I enjoy. I tend to stay relatively local with my selections and my tasting. I have far more wines then I have sampled, but the purpose of having all these bottles, is to eventually sample them and then be able to share them with friends and family as well as enjoying them.
I am a Cabernet Sauvignon person. I enjoy the flavors, the boldness, and the overall characteristics of the Cabernets. I have recently ventured out of my realm and had a Pinot Gris from the Willamette Valley and a Pinot Noir also from the Willamette Valley. I rather enjoyed the Pinot Noir, but for me the Pinot Gris... just not for me.
I am a Cabernet Sauvignon person. I enjoy the flavors, the boldness, and the overall characteristics of the Cabernets. I have recently ventured out of my realm and had a Pinot Gris from the Willamette Valley and a Pinot Noir also from the Willamette Valley. I rather enjoyed the Pinot Noir, but for me the Pinot Gris... just not for me.
A little about myself, I am in my mid to late thirties (that's all you get from me on that) I come from
a family of four kids. Two sisters that are older than myself and one sister who is younger then myself.
Yep, that's it the only boy!
Spending six years living in the mountains of Central Eastern Washington up in Okanagan county was
the experience of a live time. My parents bought some land, as I refer to it, in the middle of nowhere and called it home.
With four kids, dogs, and cats (not four of the later two)... piled into a red station wagon with everything
they owned inside, they we were. Where? Your guess is as good as mine... "The Middle of Nowhere" Being only of the age of four at the time of our arrival, there are several adventures and memories that
have to be refreshed for me during our current family visit and dinners, but there are several that I always
have in my mind.
Freedom to walk and play as we wanted to. The security of nature, the trees, the meadows, the creek, the wildlife and the comfort of a family that made it work with what we had.
How I got where I am today is a story of great length. I will post, as I have started this, with pieces of my life here and there as I expand this blog.
The main purpose of this is to share first and foremost my recent passion for wine, learning about it, and buying, and hopefully slowly become a source of information for those who I know that are looking to
enjoy a fine glass or bottle of wine with me, or for themselves, friends and family.
At this point my knowledge, in my opinion is elemtary, but I will continue to read, sample and buy so that I can
convidently post and discuss wines and and everything about them. My focus, as I have stated previously is on the more local wines: Washington, Oregon and California. There are so many wines, wineries, vineyards and origins of great wine from around the world that it is overwhelming. With over 400 wineries in Washington, close to 300 in Oregon, and a handfull over 1900 in California... there are more than enough wines to focus on, (for me)
right here on the West Coast.
a family of four kids. Two sisters that are older than myself and one sister who is younger then myself.
Yep, that's it the only boy!
Spending six years living in the mountains of Central Eastern Washington up in Okanagan county was
the experience of a live time. My parents bought some land, as I refer to it, in the middle of nowhere and called it home.
With four kids, dogs, and cats (not four of the later two)... piled into a red station wagon with everything
they owned inside, they we were. Where? Your guess is as good as mine... "The Middle of Nowhere" Being only of the age of four at the time of our arrival, there are several adventures and memories that
have to be refreshed for me during our current family visit and dinners, but there are several that I always
have in my mind.
Freedom to walk and play as we wanted to. The security of nature, the trees, the meadows, the creek, the wildlife and the comfort of a family that made it work with what we had.
How I got where I am today is a story of great length. I will post, as I have started this, with pieces of my life here and there as I expand this blog.
The main purpose of this is to share first and foremost my recent passion for wine, learning about it, and buying, and hopefully slowly become a source of information for those who I know that are looking to
enjoy a fine glass or bottle of wine with me, or for themselves, friends and family.
At this point my knowledge, in my opinion is elemtary, but I will continue to read, sample and buy so that I can
convidently post and discuss wines and and everything about them. My focus, as I have stated previously is on the more local wines: Washington, Oregon and California. There are so many wines, wineries, vineyards and origins of great wine from around the world that it is overwhelming. With over 400 wineries in Washington, close to 300 in Oregon, and a handfull over 1900 in California... there are more than enough wines to focus on, (for me)
right here on the West Coast.
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