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Hoke
Achieving Wine Immortality
11420
Sat Apr 15, 2006 1:07 am
Portland, OR
Hoke
Achieving Wine Immortality
11420
Sat Apr 15, 2006 1:07 am
Portland, OR
Victorwine wrote:Hi Hoke,
(1) I always thought it was Ruby Cabernet (CS X Carignan) X Grenache
(2) Muscat (Alexandra) X Pinot Gris
Salute
Jenise
FLDG Dishwasher
42706
Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:45 pm
The Pacific Northest Westest
Hoke wrote:
2. Symphony had some success too. It, too , is still around today. It was actually a grape that had an entire winery operation built around it. (Anyone remember the name now?) Made dry wine, sweet wine, and even sparkling wine. Symphony was a blend of ___________________ and ____________________________. If you've had the wine from this grape, you'll probably be able to guess the first grape in the cross, but be clueless about the second. Unless maybe your name is Steve Edmunds.
Hoke
Achieving Wine Immortality
11420
Sat Apr 15, 2006 1:07 am
Portland, OR
Jenise wrote:Hoke wrote:
2. Symphony had some success too. It, too , is still around today. It was actually a grape that had an entire winery operation built around it. (Anyone remember the name now?) Made dry wine, sweet wine, and even sparkling wine. Symphony was a blend of ___________________ and ____________________________. If you've had the wine from this grape, you'll probably be able to guess the first grape in the cross, but be clueless about the second. Unless maybe your name is Steve Edmunds.
The winery was in Sonoma; I don't recall if they made a still version but it was the sparkling wine they were known for. Somewhere around 1995 to 1998, the winery (or at least vineyards) were bought by Jess Jackson and that was going to be the end of the sparkling symphony. Have I got the right story?
David M. Bueker
Riesling Guru
34412
Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:52 am
Connecticut
Jenise
FLDG Dishwasher
42706
Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:45 pm
The Pacific Northest Westest
Hoke wrote:
There was some Sierra Foothills production of Symphony as well, as I recall, back in the day.
Hoke
Achieving Wine Immortality
11420
Sat Apr 15, 2006 1:07 am
Portland, OR
Jenise wrote:Hoke wrote:
There was some Sierra Foothills production of Symphony as well, as I recall, back in the day.
Still is. The wine has a proprietary name, Obsession, which I remember w/o remembering the winery name. Iron-something, might be. Ironstone? And I don't know if they still have it, but Rex Hill I believe had an acre of it in Oregon from which they made a sparkling wine in the years they got good fruit. One of those novelties you only see/buy at the winery.
Jenise
FLDG Dishwasher
42706
Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:45 pm
The Pacific Northest Westest
Hoke
Achieving Wine Immortality
11420
Sat Apr 15, 2006 1:07 am
Portland, OR
Hoke
Achieving Wine Immortality
11420
Sat Apr 15, 2006 1:07 am
Portland, OR
Peter May
Pinotage Advocate
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Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:24 am
Snorbens, England
TomHill wrote:Harumph, Hoke....I, of course, had the answers..but you spilled the beans afore I could respond and dazzle folks
w/ my superior knowledge and deft turn of phrase.
So...Harold Olmo had a son who started a wnry that specialized in making varietals from his Dad's grapes.
What was his name and where was the wnry located??
I...of course...followed his wnry...from the very start.
Tom
Hoke
Achieving Wine Immortality
11420
Sat Apr 15, 2006 1:07 am
Portland, OR
TomHill wrote:TomHill wrote:Harumph, Hoke....I, of course, had the answers..but you spilled the beans afore I could respond and dazzle folks
w/ my superior knowledge and deft turn of phrase.
So...Harold Olmo had a son who started a wnry that specialized in making varietals from his Dad's grapes.
What was his name and where was the wnry located??
I...of course...followed his wnry...from the very start.
Tom
PS: Your phrasing is not nearly so obfuscatory this time around.
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