Any Focusing ideas for April?

David posted this late Feb...just to keep people up to date on recent topics. Could it be Pinot Noir time?

Feb 2013 - Riesling
Jan 2013 - Merlot
Dec 2012 - Sweet wines
Nov 2012 - Cab Franc & Merlot
Oct 2012 - Syrah & Syrah Blends
Sep 2012 - Sauvignon Blanc
Aug 2012 - New Zealand
Jul 2012 - Chianti
Jun 2012 - Rosé
May 2012 - Vouvray
Apr 2012 - Beaujolais
Mar 2012 - New world Rhones
Feb 2012 - Unclassified Bordeaux
Jan 2012 - Southern Italy

[David M. Bueker]

I keep trying for Pinot Noir and keep getting overruled.

I vote for Burgundy!

I vote for Burgundy!

Me too.

Personally, I have a lot more domestic Pinot Noirs than Burgundy. Then again, there's Chardonnay.

[David M. Bueker]

Then again, there's Chardonnay.

No there isn't.

I'll vote for Burgundy, I don't want David's tears to overflow the Housatonic river.

[Robin Garr]

I keep trying for Pinot Noir and keep getting overruled.

I'd rather do Pinot Noir than Burgundy alone, primarily because of the price points. "World of Pinot Noir" is fine with me, though ... in fact, I've enjoyed an exceptionally good Tasmanian Pinot, a decent cheap Pinot Nero delle Venezie and an okay generic Pinot Noir Borgogne within recent weeks, so if we can do international Pinot, I'm good to go.

Yeah, but Burgundy includes Chardonnay.

[David M. Bueker]

Sounds good to me, though WOPN is trademarked.

I keep trying for Pinot Noir and keep getting overruled.

I agree with you David. Even though Easter is the last day of March, many will have left over ham which goes great with Pinot.

I vote for wines based on Vermentino!

I agree with you David. Even though Easter is the last day of March, many will have left over ham which goes great with Pinot.

Leftover ham = pea soup.

I'm opening a CA Pinot Noir for Easter and will be finishing off the bottle in April so could report on that as part of the Pinots of the world focus. I also have a number of Burgundy wines (white and red) although some are rather young to be opening now.

Having just come back from the Willamette Valley with a case of pinot noir, I vote Oregon Pinot Noir!

I keep trying for Pinot Noir and keep getting overruled.

I'd rather do Pinot Noir than Burgundy alone, primarily because of the price points. "World of Pinot Noir" is fine with me, though ... in fact, I've enjoyed an exceptionally good Tasmanian Pinot, a decent cheap Pinot Nero delle Venezie and an okay generic Pinot Noir Borgogne within recent weeks, so if we can do international Pinot, I'm good to go.

Nicely put Robin.
Burgundy is for the rich, Oregon is mostly available only to "the locals"...
Nevertheless, our coming (april 11th) private forum meeting here in Israel will be blind tasting of Washington state wines.

Eli