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Best Wines:Ridge Zins, Veuve Clicquot ChampagneDream Wine:I'm just trying to get through my cellar.....Recent Favorite:Cline Old Vine Zin
Best Wines:Sacred Hill Sauvignon Blanc (New Zealand), Orogeny Chardonnay, Provenance Mt. Veeder Merlot, Miner Family Vineyards Oracle.Dream Wine:Opus One anything - yeah, I'm a virgin.Recent Favorite:Navarro Correas Ultra
Best Wines:Need to taste a few more before I can label any of them "the best."Dream Wine:A collection of 2008 vintages to cellar and enjoy for anniversaries.Recent Favorite:1994 Lafluer de Gay Pomerol: Had it on my honeymoon with Lamb.
Best Wines:1996 Chateau St Jean Cinq Cepages
1997 or 1998 Merryvale Profile
2000 Beausejour Becot Bordeaux
1996 Dom Perignon
1997 Silver Oak NVCS
A Peter Huwiler "Graveyard Special" He buried several bottles of Merlot (1992?) in his backyard and brought them to a party - they looked awful but tasted divine! Sorry to see him leave Merryvale. He's a fun guy!Dream Wine:I guess I'd like to try the Screamin' Eagle so I can see what makes it so "coveted."Any of the First Growth Bordeaux from 1961, 1990.
Recent Favorite:1996 Chateau St Jean Cinq Cepages - this was a #1 on Wine Spectator's Top 100 list if memory serves.
Best Wines:Heitz 1990 Cabernet SavignonRecent Favorite:The one last night.I've Visited:Alsace; the Pfalz and Rheinhessen in Germany; Napa
Best Wines:Geeze, far too many to count. But what started it off for me was an Eberle Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, from Eberle Winery in Paso Robles.Dream Wine:Screaming Eagle, Petrus, and eventually my own wine.Recent Favorite:Every week I'm fortunate to have fantastic wines at a variety of price points. Recently in New York I had Orin Swift's "The Prisoner."
Best Wines:definitely a 1929 Chateau Y'QuemDream Wine:1998 Petrus, 1982 Haut Brion.Recent Favorite:2005 Bodega Castano 'Solanera' an inexpensive wine, Monastrell, CS and Tintorera.... fab for $11 with grilled chicken.
Best Wines:Silve Oak Cab, Dry Creek Old Vines Zinfandel, Franciscan Magnificat, Mt. Veeder Cab, Domaine Chandon Pinot Nois, Des Voignes Cellar's Untitled and many more that were so good, I can't remember the name, if you know what I mean.Dream Wine:I don't know. There are so many wonderful wines out there waiting to be explored.A Petite Rouge from the Valle d'Aosta region of NE Italy. Mmmmm.
Best Wines:Domaine de Granajolo Blanc (100% Vermentinu) from CorsicaDream Wine:I'd really like to try a Chateau d'Yquem to see what the fuss is all about.Recent Favorite:Surprisingly, I recently finally tasted a Vino Verde I enjoyed. I had almost given up on them but found one worth trying.
Best Wines:88 LatourDream Wine:Mouton-Rothschild, Pauillac and Chateau PetrusRecent Favorite:again. hmm, so many to choose from
Best Wines:The very few I have tasted I would have to say the most full bodied cab Napa could produce.Dream Wine:I have yet to learn of such a wine, when that it is a glass of wine that each new day brings is a dream itself.Recent Favorite:Roth, Napa valley 04'
Dream Wine:Chateau Petrus - just for the Alias connection.Recent Favorite:A sparkling red from Piemonte. Awesome. Great as a replacement to champagne either before or after dinner.I've Visited:Just California wineries so far! Sonoma, Napa, Paso Robles, Santa Barbara...
Best Wines:Again... Franciscan Cabernet 2004, Ferrari Carrano Alexander Valley 2004, Roth 2004, Napa Cellars 2004,
BV Rutherford Napa Valley 2004, Louis Martini Napa Valley 2004...
The list goes on...Dream Wine:I can't name a specific brand but I do know it would be a full bodied smooth, dry cabernet. Preferrably Napa.Recent Favorite:Napa Cellars on Saturday night.
Best Wines:Let me come back to this one in a few years- I'm still pretty green.Dream Wine:TBD...Recent Favorite:Hands down, the 06 Arterberry Maresh Pinot Noir.
Best Wines:hrmmm...I'll tell you when I have tasted more. :-)Dream Wine:2003 Rene Rostaing Cote Rotie La Landonne. I tasted this wine recently and it was absolutely, and without question, the best wine I have ever tasted - complex structure, bouquet and finish with the most significant earthy, mineral flavor of the regional terroir throughout. Just amazing.Recent Favorite:2005 Rene Rostaing Cote Rotie Cuvee Classique
Best Wines:You know, I tend to love the wines that go with amazing meals and happy times spent with friends. To me, where and with whom you drink wine becomes part of the experience. I do love the Mosel's amazing rieslings and the amazing way Fiano di Avellino (perhaps a Feudi di San Gregorio or Mastroberardino) pairs with the bold seafood dishes you find in Naples and the surrounding seaside towns. I'm a lot more about the entire wine experience and much less interested in labels, price tags and scores. But that's just me.Dream Wine:I'd love to own some of the Mosel's best rieslings, perhaps from Markus Molitor. Once, long ago, I tried a red wine from the Ahr region of Germany and it was wonderful. Ahr wines are almost impossible to find in the U.S., but I'd happily add Ahr reds to my collection.Recent Favorite:A beautiful Auxerrois from Weingut Adam Müller in Leimen, Germany...we tried it in the vineyard...you can read about it here.
Best Wines:1989 La Mission Haut Brion or 2001 d'YquemDream Wine:1947 Cheval BlancRecent Favorite:Recently I had the pleasure of two outstanding and aged dessert wines:
1935 Taylor Vintage Port
Ruby in color with some purple hues. The nose is raisins, raspberries and no real signs of advanced age. On the palate, this is so smooth. Red raspberries. Whispers of tannins. Long finish. This was remarkable.1955 Suduiraut Sauternes
Copper/orange in color, darker, clear and bright. The nose is gorgeous. Honeyed with oranges. On the palate, this is slightly sweet. Obviously mature but not over the hill at all. Oranges and baked honey. Long finish. This brought a wow from me.
Best Wines:Chateau Musar, MacPhail Pinot Noir, Tandem Pinot Noir, and many italian/french wines the names of which now escape me.Dream Wine:One of the wines on which Thomas Jefferson inscribed his initials.Recent Favorite:Chateau Musar. Had it for the first time recently at Delmonico's in Vegas. My new favorite wine.
