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Jenise
FLDG Dishwasher
43611
Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:45 pm
The Pacific Northest Westest
Gary Barlettano
Pappone di Vino
1909
Wed Mar 29, 2006 5:50 pm
In a gallon jug far, far away ...
Robin Garr wrote:We do get some few large, corporate brands making decent wines that are, however, indistinguishable from their industrial-strength counterparts in neighboring California. But artisanal and small-winery bottlings from Washington are thin on the ground in the Eastern U.S. and beyond.
James Roscoe
Chat Prince
11034
Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:43 pm
D.C. Metro Area - Maryland
Gary Barlettano wrote:Robin Garr wrote:We do get some few large, corporate brands making decent wines that are, however, indistinguishable from their industrial-strength counterparts in neighboring California. But artisanal and small-winery bottlings from Washington are thin on the ground in the Eastern U.S. and beyond.
Did Arnold annex Oregon and not tell us?
Gary Barlettano wrote:Did Arnold annex Oregon and not tell us?
Carl Eppig
Our Maine man
4149
Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:38 pm
Middleton, NH, USA
Carl Eppig wrote:It kind of reminds me of Toad Hollow Eric's The Red that can be made in any year out of any combination of eighteen different grapes, and carries an NV designation so you don't what year it is!
Jenise wrote:Robin, you've discovered a wine that's of a very specific category of Washington state wine that it took a year or three of living here to realize exists, for it's not a custom I've seen elsewhere: the under $20 red blend. Typically priced at $13-17, almost every winery of note makes one, and it seems to be a hodge podge of leftover juice, immature vine product or demoted barrels that didn't end up elsewhere, so the blend from year to year is anything but cast in stone. The wines are either called Red Table Wine or given a whimsical proprietary name. I remember you publishing a note on Eric Dunham's Three Legged Red--that's another one.
Jenise
FLDG Dishwasher
43611
Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:45 pm
The Pacific Northest Westest
Gary Barlettano
Pappone di Vino
1909
Wed Mar 29, 2006 5:50 pm
In a gallon jug far, far away ...
Robin Garr wrote:Gary Barlettano wrote:Did Arnold annex Oregon and not tell us?
Is not your neighbor two doors down still your neighbor?
James Roscoe wrote:Oregon A.K.A. Northern California?
James Roscoe
Chat Prince
11034
Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:43 pm
D.C. Metro Area - Maryland
Isaac wrote:James Roscoe wrote:Oregon A.K.A. Northern California?
I don't think so, Jim!
Jenise wrote:Robin, you've discovered a wine that's of a very specific category of Washington state wine that it took a year or three of living here to realize exists, for it's not a custom I've seen elsewhere: the under $20 red blend. Typically priced at $13-17, almost every winery of note makes one, and it seems to be a hodge podge of leftover juice, immature vine product or demoted barrels that didn't end up elsewhere, so the blend from year to year is anything but cast in stone. The wines are either called Red Table Wine or given a whimsical proprietary name. I remember you publishing a note on Eric Dunham's Three Legged Red--that's another one.
Clint Hall wrote:the dividing line between plonk and paradise is usually just about that -- $20.
Robin Garr wrote:Clint Hall wrote:the dividing line between plonk and paradise is usually just about that -- $20.
So would you rate Recess Red as plonk then, Clint? I thought it was pretty good, but as noted, I don't get to taste much Washington State wine, and I do have some affection for Ecole.
Carl Eppig
Our Maine man
4149
Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:38 pm
Middleton, NH, USA
Clint Hall wrote: the dividing line between plonk and paradise is usually just about that -- $20.
Carl Eppig wrote:Since we rarely spend $20 or more on wine, I guess we drink a lot of plonk.
Jenise
FLDG Dishwasher
43611
Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:45 pm
The Pacific Northest Westest
which after discount set me back per bottle a modest twenty bucks...and seventy five cents.
Robin Garr wrote:Carl Eppig wrote:Since we rarely spend $20 or more on wine, I guess we drink a lot of plonk.
Me too, although I might say "seldom" rather than "rarely."
To clarify, though, I believe Clint was talking specifically about the niche of Washington State red blends, not about under-$20 wine in general.
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